Lake Song (track)
by The Decemberists
Year: 2015
From the album What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World (track #5)
Lake Song appears on the following album(s) by The Decemberists:
- What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World (track #5) (this album) (2015)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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80/100  | 09/01/2025 17:23 |  ExTeaSea | | 86/100 |
80/100 | 07/13/2024 03:47 |  imacgill | | 81/100 |
65/100 | 05/12/2024 18:19 |  Rhyner | | 67/100 |
90/100 | 07/06/2022 02:28 |  luigybetis | | 89/100 |
90/100 | 03/14/2021 19:00 | JoeyBones1986 | | 88/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 20% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 77.9/100, a mean average of 77.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.1.
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Really lovely track and reminiscent of early Decemberists. My favorite on the album.
After hearing "Make You Better" and then this song, I really had hope for a quality album. I liked this song even more so than "Make You Better", although it probably has less commercial potential. I loved the instrumentation (especially piano) as well as the poetic lyrics. It felt unique, yet approachable and is arguably my favorite song on this album.
I can hardly believe how well they wrote the lyrics.
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