Ascension Day (track)
by Talk Talk
Year: 1991
From the album Laughing Stock (track #2)
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Ascension Day appears on the following album(s) by Talk Talk:
- Laughing Stock (track #2) (this album) (1991)
- Missing Pieces (track #5) (compilation) (2001)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/29/2026 14:26 | Siromynian | 19,047 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/05/2026 15:23 | Johnnyo | 45,383 | 80/100 |
| ! | 06/16/2026 12:41 |  imimesis | 584 | 88/100 |
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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 89.5/100, a mean average of 89.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.4.
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AAL2014 12/13/2021 04:00 | #277436
The textures, the atmosphere, the intense guitars, the gracefully complicated drums, and that fucking vocal melody.
This is an all time masterpiece and sonic achievement in my book.
Being a teenager when Talk Talk became popular I always sensed they had more to tell than many other popular bands back then. And boy how did they show that with the albums Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock. For me Ascension Day sums it all up.
ShadowColossi 03/14/2016 00:12 | #161880
My favorite off this record for sure - if not favorite from this artist
Amazing song
This is Talk Talk playing noise rock, and its AWESOME
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