The Sound (track)
by Swans
Year: 1996
From the album Soundtracks For The Blind (track #14)
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The Sound appears on the following album(s) by Swans:
- Soundtracks For The Blind (track #14) (this album) (1996)
- Swans Are Dead (track #10) (1998)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 09/19/2026 11:47 |  SomethingSpecial | 2,939 | 97/100 |
| ! | 07/15/2026 02:41 |  Purplepash | 35,776 | 76/100 |
| ! | 03/09/2026 21:18 | martintho | 69,015 | 74/100 |
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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 90.5/100, a mean average of 90.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.0.
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The Sound forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 22 hours ago in Album of the day (#7599): Soundtracks For The Blind by SwansView latest topic →
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Anti TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/16/2014 04:13 | #127112
Swans know how to impress me. Damn. (Edited)
