Decades (track)
by Joy Division

Decades by Joy Division
Year: 1980
From the album Closer (track #9)
Average Rating: 
90/100 (from 456 votes)
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Average Rating: 
90/100 (from 456 votes)
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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 90.4/100, a mean average of 89.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.8.

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75/100
From 05/02/2026 16:16 | #314258
It's really hard to express the mood of this song, the lyrics are quite sad, yet the music can be at times quite upbeat, and even reach joyful moments... a real jerker of a track, i love it
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From 02/07/2019 04:52 | #231484
Major Doors vibes here, in a good way.
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From 12/28/2015 11:28 | #155256
The saddest single piece of music I've ever heard.
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From 09/19/2015 12:54 | #150042
My favorite song of theirs. It sort of combines the sounds of their two albums as well as manifests a new soul of a sound that could be an intended indicator to their third album's potential sound.
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From 10/08/2014 19:29 | #123754
Incredibly powerful, definitely one of their best songs. The perfect ending to a perfect album.
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From 04/08/2011 23:58 | #20130
hard to stomach.
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