Kohoutek (track)
by R.E.M.
Year: 1985
From the album Fables Of The Reconstruction (track #8)
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Kohoutek appears on the following album(s) by R.E.M.:
- Fables Of The Reconstruction (track #8) (this album) (1985)
- Live At The Olympia In Dublin 39 Songs (track #35) (2009)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 05/22/2026 21:14 |  NowhereMan | 14,727 | 85/100 |
| ! | 05/12/2026 04:39 |  AAL2014 | 40,354 | 76/100 |
| ! | 03/19/2026 22:07 | Exist-en-ciel | 168,049 | 71/100 |
| ! | 01/22/2026 05:12 | LordMark | 4,772 | 97/100 |
| ! | 01/06/2026 00:53 | Gedster | 532 | 72/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 16% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 77.8/100, a mean average of 78.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.3.
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NowhereMan 05/22/2026 21:15 | #314532
On some days, my favourite REM song. Amongst my all time crop of track picks; can’t believe I heard it for the first time only last year
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