I Was A Prisoner In Your Skull (track)
by Swans
Year: 1996
From the album Soundtracks For The Blind (track #2)
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I Was A Prisoner In Your Skull appears on the following album(s) by Swans:
- Soundtracks For The Blind (track #2) (this album) (1996)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 02/07/2026 16:06 | Robert_fripp | 823 | 86/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2026 16:12 | Exist-en-ciel | 78,836 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/07/2025 00:05 | martintho | 68,366 | 74/100 |
| ! | 05/24/2025 11:33 |  doombringer | 13,575 | 74/100 |
| ! | 03/04/2025 18:35 | Mafedere | 5,142 | 76/100 |
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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 85.6/100, a mean average of 85.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.8.
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doubleA 06/05/2019 11:23 | #237137
That recording is so uncanny both in delivery and content, it makes this song being on the verge of unlistenable, but manages to creep you out in a fascinating way.
Anti 11/16/2014 02:58 | #127105
Gotta love that suspenseful intro.
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