The Ancient (track)
by Yes
Year: 1973
From the album Tales From Topographic Oceans (track #3)
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The Ancient appears on the following album(s) by Yes:
- Tales From Topographic Oceans (track #3) (this album) (1973)
- Tales From Topographic Tours (track #3) (2026)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/22/2026 00:58 | averagewolfie | 13 | 100/100 |
| ! | 01/01/2026 09:44 | Exist-en-ciel | 173,748 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/11/2025 11:55 | Imaybeparanoid | 52,693 | 69/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 6% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 79.8/100, a mean average of 79.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.1.
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The first 12 minutes of the song are mediocre and boring, but it really picks up in the end, the last 6 mins are excellent, it would've been great if just those 6 were the actual song
Squonk007 04/12/2022 23:33 | #284126
The weakest side on the album, the beginning is poor but it builds nicely and is very enjoyable after those first few minutes.
