Guiding Light (track)
by Television
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/22/2025 17:21 |  LukasAntoine00s | 4,933 | 80/100 |
| ! | 10/20/2025 14:32 | markl73 | 5,633 | 79/100 |
| ! | 09/20/2025 17:35 | gmessian | 1,390 | 55/100 |
| ! | 09/19/2025 18:31 | DaaN | 5,260 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/16/2025 22:23 |  ForegroundNoise | 28,507 | 64/100 |
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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 85.5/100, a mean average of 85.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.8.
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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 02/18/2018 13:47 | #208677
Beautiful song. One of my favourites from the album
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