Silver (track)
by Pixies

Silver by Pixies
Year: 1989
From the album Doolittle (track #14)
Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 553 votes)
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Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 553 votes)
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01/21/2026 15:35 Robert_fripp  Ratings distribution  82386/100
 
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12/28/2025 06:58 spinout  Ratings distribution  38,94083/100
 
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11/18/2025 15:22 VictorVale  Ratings distribution  43,24788/100
 
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11/10/2025 18:20 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  80,14370/100
 
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10/30/2025 22:38 kinginsomniac12  Ratings distribution  5,498100/100

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This track is rated in the top 5% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 80.6/100, a mean average of 79.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.1.

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70/100
From 12/26/2020 18:24 | #263243
Giving this 100/100 just does a massive disservice to the far better tracks on this album and the myriad of great songs that exist throughout the music world.

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Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | -2 votes (0 helpful | 2 unhelpful)
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70/100
From 10/31/2020 22:38 | #260035
Glaringly the weakest song on the album. Real good stand-alone song, though. A testament to how amazing the rest of the album is.
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70/100
From 07/08/2019 10:31 | #239110
Nice to have a slow, atmospheric one before Gouge Away, but this is the only time the album drags a little for me.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 09/29/2018 03:18 | #221814
Underrated by too many...
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100/100
From 10/24/2017 21:40 | #200033
Possibly the most underrated Pixies track ever. Hauntingly gorgeous.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
85/100
From 05/17/2017 20:27 | #190964
This eerie Kim Deal-led song probably deserves a little more love than it gets on BEA, though it rightly gets overshadowed by the peppier and more memorable tracks on Doolittle. Deal, usually the bassist, adds some creepy work on the slide guitar.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
90/100
From 04/06/2017 10:51 | #188777
Eerie track!
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
80/100
From 05/16/2016 12:56 | #166153
Those weird voices and that slider makes for a very special song.
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Rating:  
65/100
From 01/13/2015 23:08 | #131486
A haunting track, I can see the similarities with Nirvana
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100/100
From 05/17/2014 22:09 | #112112
How is THIS the worst rated track???
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