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)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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70/100  | 11/11/2025 11:55 | Imaybeparanoid | | 69/100 |
70/100 | 09/12/2025 13:55 | steve397 | | 73/100 |
100/100 | 01/03/2025 13:56 |  doombringer | | 75/100 |
80/100 | 07/06/2024 07:25 | MrOlan | | 79/100 |
80/100 | 06/07/2024 12:39 |  DommeDamian | | 51/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 7% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 79.7/100, a mean average of 79.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.0.
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Squonk007 04/12/2022 23:33
The weakest side on the album, the beginning is poor but it builds nicely and is very enjoyable after those first few minutes.
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
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