Decades (track)
by Joy Division
Decades appears on the following album(s) by Joy Division:
- Closer (track #9) (this album) (1980)
- Heart And Soul (track #36) (compilation) (1997)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/12/2026 08:37 | Siromynian | 19,669 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/07/2026 21:08 |  serpico | 3,970 | 89/100 |
| ! | 05/02/2026 16:10 | Musicbuff123 | 631 | 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 90.4/100, 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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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 (Edited)
Major Doors vibes here, in a good way. (Edited)
Grzywa 12/28/2015 11:28 | #155256
The saddest single piece of music I've ever heard.
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. (Edited)
Incredibly powerful, definitely one of their best songs. The perfect ending to a perfect album.
