Sour Times (track)
by Portishead
Sour Times appears on the following album(s) by Portishead:
- Dummy (track #2) (this album) (1994)
- Roseland NYC Live (track #9) (1998)
- New Collection (track #1) (compilation) (2008)
- Sour Times (track #1) (1994)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/27/2026 12:23 | stareaterogni0n | 6,136 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/25/2026 09:21 | libbyshuss | 963 | 78/100 |
| ! | 04/08/2026 01:21 | SethGunde | 2,438 | 69/100 |
| ! | 03/29/2026 23:01 | Cheddar | 5,249 | 79/100 |
| ! | 03/09/2026 07:17 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,446 | 71/100 |
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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 90.0/100, a mean average of 89.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.1.
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TheDude85 04/14/2019 13:03 | #234958
The song by Portishead that everybody knows - and rightly so. Gibbons voice is haunting , the musical accompaniment atmospheric. Just perfection. It doesn't get better than this.
Grzywa 01/02/2016 14:53 | #155599
One of my favourite love songs ever.
That rattling sound just gives me the chills
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