New Dawn Fades (track) by Joy Division

New Dawn Fades by Joy Division
Year: 1979
From the album Unknown Pleasures (track #5)
Average Rating: 
90/100 (from 519 votes)
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90/100 (from 519 votes)
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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 89.5/100, a mean average of 88.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.7.

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85/100
From 01/09/2022 08:41
Darkness finely put to wax--
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From 09/26/2021 17:35
Incredible. A complete banger while also being pitch black. One of the best on the album.
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90/100
From 04/11/2019 11:43
Emotional and tormented interpretation. No contemporary band can match this expression of despair and loss.
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90/100
From 12/06/2018 17:46
Guitar kinda sounds like "War Pigs"
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80/100
From 08/04/2018 14:39
Add symbols and more screaming vocal and it could be Nirvana. A damn fine tune. One of the best songs on the album with a fantastic tortured vocal
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From 09/11/2017 02:14
"A loaded gun won't set you free. So you say."
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95/100
From 01/12/2016 15:47
This is one of the most powerful songs I have listened to!
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90/100
From 12/06/2015 14:23
My favourite off the album
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From 03/29/2015 14:06
Arguably the best song on the album. So much emotion within Curtis's words here, like some indignant outrage, full of regret and unparalleled darkness.
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From 10/11/2014 09:53
Brilliant song, a very good song to represent Joy Division with.
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