Down The Dolce Vita (track)
by Peter Gabriel
Year: 1977
From the album Peter Gabriel (1977) (track #8)
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Down The Dolce Vita appears on the following album(s) by Peter Gabriel:
- Peter Gabriel (1977) (track #8) (this album) (1977)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 12/07/2025 21:23 | Exist-en-ciel | 79,764 | 70/100 | |
| 09/05/2025 03:40 | BurndenAce | 4,964 | 78/100 | |
| 05/01/2025 16:13 | Imaybeparanoid | 51,943 | 69/100 | |
| 04/06/2025 15:31 | Siromynian | 16,082 | 70/100 | |
| 11/21/2024 14:43 |  slatsheit | 2,142 | 88/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 15% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 78.1/100, a mean average of 78.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.7.
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Squonk007 03/30/2023 17:36 | #295608
A bit too busy. it doesn't hit the heights of some tracks on the album.
neilgee 08/31/2015 16:59 | #148955
An uplifting rock rhythm after the inebriated atmosphere of Waiting For the Big One but it's contrasted with the dark lyrics:-
And the sea is whipping up a welcome
If hell come we're all easy prey,
Trying to find a way
to make it alive"
and the repeated despairing refrain of 'You guys are crazy!' yet there's something shiningly optimistic in the music that defies the lyrics. A supreme example of a contrast/contradiction that works and all part and parcel (one part in nine equal parts) that makes up the most perfect album of all time, for me.
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