A Comet Appears (track)
by The Shins
Year: 2007
From the album Wincing The Night Away (track #11)
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A Comet Appears appears on the following album(s) by The Shins:
- Wincing The Night Away (track #11) (this album) (2007)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 01/07/2026 16:36 | Spartakist | 1,985 | 80/100 |
| ! | 12/30/2025 07:32 | brent13 | 11,315 | 85/100 |
| ! | 12/14/2025 07:14 | Exist-en-ciel | 152,630 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/01/2025 06:04 |  Igtonumama | 31,383 | 81/100 |
| ! | 05/13/2024 14:59 | phmusic | 67,168 | 100/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 4% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 81.5/100, a mean average of 81.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.8.
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The theme of the album comes to an end with a nicely paced song. Lyrics again are superb but the delivery is just standard Shins fayre - nothing special.
Fantastic song
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