John L (track) by Black Midi
John L appears on the following album(s) by Black Midi:
- Cavalcade (track #1) (this album) (2021)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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75/100  | 09/04/2025 08:44 | platus | | 76/100 |
85/100 | 07/28/2025 17:41 |  Igtonumama | | 81/100 |
80/100 | 03/27/2025 09:57 | Siromynian | | 71/100 |
85/100 | 07/04/2024 04:57 | brent13 | | 85/100 |
100/100 | 07/04/2024 03:29 | SUPERJEFF6 | | 89/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 84.5/100, a mean average of 84.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.5.
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AvalancheGrips 06/26/2021 01:05
Check out black midi's new single "John L" if you get the chance. Sound of the summer.
The music backing this is frantic, fantastic, and has an element of insanity and grandiosity thrown in there, but I think the story it tells lyrically (and in the video) is so, so good. The dark surrealist cultism mixed in with the ridiculousness and comedy of it all is just such an overwhelming combination and its the absolute tits.
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