Guiding Light (track)
by Television
Year: 1977
From the album Marquee Moon (track #6)
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Guiding Light appears on the following album(s) by Television:
- Marquee Moon (track #6) (this album) (1977)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 09/23/2026 20:07 | Siromynian | 20,416 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/29/2026 21:05 | kinginsomniac12 | 6,364 | 100/100 |
| ! | 05/03/2026 15:34 |  swed | 3,742 | 88/100 |
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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 85.4/100, a mean average of 85.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.2.
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Charade 03/23/2019 05:30 | #233928
I think it's easy to overlook the back half of this album because the front half of it is so good. But "Guiding Light" is a very nice, ballad-like tune that is far mellower than the aggressive songs like "See No Evil" or "Friction". Usually this isn't the first song I think of when I think of Marquee Moon, but the soaring guitar solo reminds me why I enjoy it so much.
flamingyesdept TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/18/2018 13:47 | #208677
Beautiful song. One of my favourites from the album
