The Bed (track)
by Lou Reed
The Bed appears on the following album(s) by Lou Reed:
- Berlin (track #9) (this album) (1973)
- The Raven (track #7) (2003)
- Animal Serenade (track #10) (2004)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/19/2026 15:39 |  HoldenM | 9,396 | 91/100 |
| ! | 03/05/2026 15:47 |  AAL2014 | 39,939 | 76/100 |
| ! | 02/18/2026 19:45 | alexandermause | 17,953 | 85/100 |
| ! | 02/09/2026 20:56 |  dihansse | 68,289 | 76/100 |
| ! | 02/07/2026 15:20 | Robert_fripp | 899 | 86/100 |
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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 83.8/100, a mean average of 84.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.5.
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AAL2014 03/05/2026 15:49 | #313441
As if the song itself isn’t haunting and devastating enough, those sordid spirits Lou sings of come to chill our bones completely over the track’s final 60 seconds.
A tremendous penultimate track as well.
Really emotional. It's the kind of stuff that can and will bring you to tears.
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