Never Were The Way She Was
by Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/12/2026 21:16 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,306 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/28/2026 14:22 | TonySayers61 | 25,106 | 64/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 21:43 | Araldo | 1,472 | 80/100 |
| ! | 10/22/2023 20:45 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,660 | 74/100 |
| ! | 06/10/2023 23:30 |  LedZep | 5,085 | 79/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.2/100, a mean average of 72.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.
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Grzywa 12/31/2015 11:15 | #155431 | TOP COMMENT
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A surprising masterpiece. The most consistent and meaningful album of 2015 for me. Hypnotic minimalism, an ambient soundtrack on live instruments, beautiful and somehow sinister.
HoldenM 12/14/2015 04:31 | #154527 | TOP COMMENT
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I had no idea what to expect. Not bad. Not bad at all.
BEA members really dissapointed me, really? here?
definitely one of best work of decade.
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