Emily (track)
by Joanna Newsom
Emily appears on the following album(s) by Joanna Newsom:
- Ys (track #1) (this album) (2006)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/02/2026 02:12 | stareaterogni0n | 6,701 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/20/2026 22:35 | alexandermause | 17,992 | 85/100 |
| ! | 06/18/2026 12:04 | libbyshuss | 963 | 78/100 |
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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 89.5/100, a mean average of 88.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 16.9.
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eclab 06/02/2012 00:58 | #43489
"Emily" is a twelve-minute a trip through a beautiful dreamscape built from vivid imagery and Dylan-quality lyrics.
"And my clay-colored motherlessness rangily reclines. Come on home, now! All my bones are dolorous with vines."
"The meteorite is what causes the light, and the meteor's how it's perceived. And the meteoroid is a bone that's devoid of the fire that propelled it to thee."
M42K0 03/10/2016 06:15 | #161664
Still not exactly sure, but I think this might be one of the most complex and most profoundly beautiful songs I've heard in my entire life. A freakin' piece of art!
Emily carries some of the most beautiful lyrics I've ever heard. That's all you really need to love this song, along with JN's voice.
