Perfect Circle (track)
by R.E.M.
Perfect Circle appears on the following album(s) by R.E.M.:
- Murmur (track #6) (this album) (1983)
- The Best Of R.E.M. (track #3) (compilation) (1991)
- And I Feel Fine... The Best Of The I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 (track #20) (compilation) (2006)
- Unplugged 1991 & 2001 - The Complete Sessions (track #5) (2014)
- Unplugged 1991 (track #5) (2014)
- R.E.M. At The BBC (track #23) (compilation) (2018)
- The Best Of R.E.M. At The BBC (track #8) (compilation) (2018)
- Live At The Borderline 1991 (track #13) (2019)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/25/2026 19:02 | stareaterogni0n | 6,274 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/13/2026 20:25 | NickD89 | 7,005 | 72/100 |
| ! | 07/11/2026 11:54 |  VictorVale | 44,214 | 89/100 |
| ! | 05/17/2026 02:00 | RomanRelic | 4,626 | 82/100 |
| ! | 03/13/2026 12:38 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,613 | 71/100 |
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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 86.8/100, a mean average of 86.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.7.
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The precursor to the likes of, nightswimming. It just shows how atmospheric and beautiful REM can be. A lovely track. (Edited)
GandalfORiley345 06/06/2014 00:52 | #113849
Beautiful lovely song, really gets high
This is one of the most beautiful songs that I have ever heard
Quiet but impressive, kind of like a precursor to Nightswimming.
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