Shadowplay (track)
by Joy Division
Year: 1979
From the album Unknown Pleasures (track #7)
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Shadowplay appears on the following album(s) by Joy Division:
- Unknown Pleasures (track #7) (this album) (1979)
- The Best Of Joy Division (track #3) (compilation) (2008)
- Heart And Soul (track #9) (compilation) (1997)
- Heart And Soul (track #45) (compilation) (1997)
- Les Bains Douches 18 December 1979 (track #4) (2001)
- Preston 28 February 1980 (track #6) (1999)
- Warsaw (track #11) (1994)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/12/2026 08:30 | Siromynian | 20,416 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/07/2026 21:06 |  serpico | 4,007 | 89/100 |
| ! | 06/01/2026 12:50 | Bjartmar03 | 3,345 | 80/100 |
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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 90.5/100, a mean average of 89.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.4.
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DeusExMackia TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/12/2018 00:22 | #207798
There's a darkness and determination found in those wailing guitars that chills your spine and gives you goosebumps.
The guitar work here is phenomenal.
Killer bass playing from the best track off of Unknown Pleasures
This song is unbelievably beautiful and dark, I love it.
The dark counter part to the Strokes' "Hard To Explain"
