Cloud Of Unknowing (track)
by Swans
Cloud Of Unknowing appears on the following album(s) by Swans:
- The Glowing Man (track #2) (this album) (2016)
- Deliquescence (track #5) (2017)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 11/30/2025 20:02 | Exist-en-ciel | 78,552 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/27/2025 17:16 | Pepeov | 6,377 | 78/100 |
| ! | 05/18/2024 23:44 |  talinhosgameplay | 1,487 | 85/100 |
| ! | 04/28/2024 12:34 | snooppigg | 10,316 | 77/100 |
| ! | 04/26/2024 21:36 | phmusic | 62,859 | 100/100 |
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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 86.1/100, a mean average of 87.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.8.
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AvalancheGrips 03/24/2021 01:08 | #267674
This is a very intense and cerebral track. The explosion of instruments around 14 minutes in and the final movement are some of the best moments of Swans.
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