Casimir Pulaski Day (track)
by Sufjan Stevens
Casimir Pulaski Day appears on the following album(s) by Sufjan Stevens:
- Illinois (track #10) (this album) (2005)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 09/01/2026 08:33 | Siromynian | 20,079 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/23/2026 11:24 |  Tamthebam | 46,243 | 79/100 |
| ! | 07/23/2026 13:35 |  NowhereMan | 15,069 | 85/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 91.3/100, a mean average of 90.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.7.
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Felidane 02/16/2015 23:40 | #135135
Took a while to grow on me, but now I can safely say this is one of the best songs I've ever heard. Emotionally devastating and overflowing with melancholic beauty. (Edited)
slurpdurp 01/20/2017 05:34 | #183429
Carries the emotional weight and devastation of "In The Backseat" by Arcade Fire. I love both tracks to death.
Just realized how horrible that pun was...
arthur237 01/16/2016 22:22 | #156779
This song is just so perfect. Everything works so beautifully, trumpet, guitar and voice, creating this real essence of beauty and loss. Magical
jhuik TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/12/2017 01:40 | #194118
Back to back withe the beautiful Chicago, this provides the astonishingly beautiful cenrepiece to one of the most powerful and beautiful recordings ever. (Edited)
Amazing, beautiful lyrics, set to a incredibly touching instrumental. Melancholic to the core. One of the greatest on the album.
