Rain King (track)
by Sonic Youth
Year: 1988
From the album Daydream Nation (track #10)
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Rain King appears on the following album(s) by Sonic Youth:
- Daydream Nation (track #10) (this album) (1988)
- Daydream Nation Live In Glasgow, Scotland 2007 (track #10) (2018)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 09/01/2026 07:48 | Siromynian | 20,126 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/27/2026 22:30 |  serpico | 3,986 | 89/100 |
| ! | 07/21/2026 01:14 | Exist-en-ciel | 174,422 | 71/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 4% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 81.5/100, a mean average of 80.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.2.
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I like this track a lot, I don't know if people this like this track a lot. In fact I think it's an underrated track
Jasonconfused TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/22/2013 10:25 | #62476
Pretty good, but nothing too memorable. The chords are a bit dry.
Awesome vocal from lee (especially the part that he screams KICK IT) and some dirty guitar works. I don't know why it's rating that lower than others but definitely deserves better rating to me.
Great song, but obviously a step below most the others on this record. Some really awesome vocals by Lee are in here.
