The Eternal (track)
by Joy Division
The Eternal appears on the following album(s) by Joy Division:
- Closer (track #8) (this album) (1980)
- Heart And Soul (track #35) (compilation) (1997)
- Heart And Soul (track #78) (compilation) (1997)
- Preston 28 February 1980 (track #4) (1999)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/07/2026 21:08 |  serpico | 3,540 | 91/100 |
| ! | 05/02/2026 16:01 | Musicbuff123 | 605 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/01/2026 10:50 | Pavloss | 2,378 | 60/100 |
| ! | 04/05/2026 01:09 | Exist-en-ciel | 167,064 | 71/100 |
| ! | 02/26/2026 07:13 | zsolti | 7,262 | 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 88.1/100, a mean average of 87.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.8.
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Beautifully haunting & despairing
Haunting track
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