The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness (track)
by The National
Year: 2017
From the album Sleep Well Beast (track #4)
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The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness appears on the following album(s) by The National:
- Sleep Well Beast (track #4) (this album) (2017)
- Live From New York's Beacon Theatre (track #5) (2019)
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| ! | 12/03/2025 18:12 | Exist-en-ciel | 165,797 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/01/2025 16:54 |  Igtonumama | 31,383 | 81/100 |
| ! | 04/03/2025 18:29 | bonnequestion | 16,926 | 74/100 |
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| ! | 11/01/2024 15:54 | willowen9 | 2,618 | 78/100 |
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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 87.5/100, a mean average of 87.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.4.
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Daydreamer 12/20/2017 23:45 | #203630
A pretty strong candidate for SOTY.
jhuik 09/17/2017 18:12 | #198146
Fuckin epic song from this band, different from what you might expect from them.
HoldenM 09/14/2017 02:33 | #197933
That guitar solo is one for the ages. Gotta love it.
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