Trains (track)
by Porcupine Tree
Trains appears on the following album(s) by Porcupine Tree:
- In Absentia (track #2) (this album) (2002)
- Rockpalast (track #15) (2006)
- Arriving Somewhere... (track #16) (2006)
- XMII (track #3) (2005)
- We Lost The Skyline (track #8) (2008)
- Ilosaarirock (track #9) (2009)
- Closure/Continuation Live: Amsterdam 07-11-22 (track #21) (2023)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/17/2026 19:12 | NiceLemon282 | 655 | 86/100 |
| ! | 06/12/2026 12:45 | Exist-en-ciel | 173,886 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/18/2026 00:29 |  Purplepash | 35,628 | 76/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 90.0/100, a mean average of 89.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.5.
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This is one of the best songs of all time. That is all that needs to be said. Take every song on a typical rock radio station and this song will be head and shoulders over all but maybe five of the tracks.
jhuik TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/18/2017 23:53 | #185920
It is perfect, a perfect rock song. Yes, it is so much better than so much classic OR modern rock radio. Where I live, I have never heard this (or anything like it) on the radio. Seriously, one of the best rock songs ever recorded.
Wow... pretty close to perfection.
great song, not as kickass as blackest eyes but still awesome
