Shadow Of A Doubt (track)
by Sonic Youth
Shadow Of A Doubt appears on the following album(s) by Sonic Youth:
- Evol (track #2) (this album) (1986)
- Screaming Fields Of Sonic Love (track #8) (compilation) (1995)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/29/2026 01:40 | stareaterogni0n | 6,171 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/27/2026 20:29 |  DommeDamian | 77,056 | 51/100 |
| ! | 11/17/2025 19:54 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,543 | 71/100 |
| ! | 10/05/2025 02:38 |  Purplepash | 35,507 | 76/100 |
| ! | 08/31/2025 01:20 |  ExTeaSea | 13,135 | 85/100 |
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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 86.6/100, a mean average of 86.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.8.
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Strangely atmospheric. I love the vocal overdubs at the end. (Edited)
HoldenM 11/09/2015 20:18 | #152711
My favorite Sonic Youth track, and one of my favorite songs period.
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