Samaritans (track) by Idles
Year: 2018
From the album Joy As An Act Of Resistance. (track #7)
Samaritans appears on the following album(s) by Idles:
- Joy As An Act Of Resistance. (track #7) (this album) (2018)
- A Beautiful Thing: Idles Live At Le Bataclan (track #9) (2019)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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20/100  | 08/30/2025 17:10 | gmessian | | 57/100 |
65/100 | 08/05/2025 18:30 |  Igtonumama | | 81/100 |
90/100 | 07/11/2025 14:43 | alexandermause | | 85/100 |
80/100 | 03/24/2025 19:43 | Siromynian | | 71/100 |
75/100 | 07/17/2024 21:50 | martintho | | 74/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 86.0/100, a mean average of 85.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.2.
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tommylindsey 12/21/2021 20:59
One of the greatest songs of the last decade. I'm a real real boy and I cry.
DeusExMackia 09/14/2018 11:00
Words can't really do justice to how much I think this song might end up meaning to so many people.
I was left breathless the first time I heard this as a single release earlier in 2018. Its so nuanced, so on point and so brilliantly delivered. J.A.A.A.O.R. has so much in the way of necessity, as in music we have been crying out for in Britain for years now, but this is just something else.
It's not often that you find an anthem for the problems with masculinity, but it's safe to say Idles' take on the matter is damn near perfect.
Quite possibly the most important song of a generation, I haven't related to something more than this in absolutely ages.
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