A Life Of Possibilities (track)
by The Dismemberment Plan
Year: 1999
From the album Emergency & I (track #1)
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A Life Of Possibilities appears on the following album(s) by The Dismemberment Plan:
- Emergency & I (track #1) (this album) (1999)
- The Dismemberment Plan Gets Rich (track #6) (compilation) (2000)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 09/23/2026 20:29 | Siromynian | 20,406 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/31/2026 08:42 | Exist-en-ciel | 182,975 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/05/2025 09:11 |  DommeDamian | 79,421 | 51/100 |
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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 87.2/100, a mean average of 87.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.7.
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Anti TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/14/2014 14:01 | #111754
Really good opener, I thought they were British for a second. Then I had to look them up and it turns out they're from Washington DC. (Edited)
After hearing this song, I knew the album was gonna be something special. I wasn't wrong. Really beautiful song
GandalfORiley345 08/09/2014 19:19 | #119105
Just, amazing, beautiful, strong, incredible opener (Edited)
ShadowColossi 04/24/2015 15:21 | #140118
An opener that perfectly defines the album
this song is amazing
