Root Down (track)
by Beastie Boys
Year: 1994
From the album Ill Communication (track #5)
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Root Down appears on the following album(s) by Beastie Boys:
- Ill Communication (track #5) (this album) (1994)
- Anthology: The Sounds Of Science (track #6) (compilation) (1999)
- Solid Gold Hits (track #8) (compilation) (2005)
- Beastie Boys Music (track #14) (compilation) (2020)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 02/28/2026 02:57 | daCritic | 35,111 | 76/100 | |
| 11/24/2025 18:51 | Exist-en-ciel | 80,226 | 70/100 | |
| 05/27/2025 00:25 | brent13 | 11,041 | 85/100 | |
| 02/26/2025 22:31 |  SomethingSpecial | 2,656 | 98/100 | |
| 01/04/2025 19:56 | sunnydhamm | 18,449 | 57/100 |
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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 84.0/100, a mean average of 85.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 8.9.
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GandalfORiley345 03/18/2015 02:47 | #137177
not one of the great ones
It's a bit stale. It would easily be a better track if it had a better sense of flair. I mean, it's like they weren't even trying with this song that could easily be a hit.
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