Taro (track)
by alt-J
Taro appears on the following album(s) by alt-J:
- An Awesome Wave (track #13) (this album) (2012)
- iTunes Session (track #8) (2013)
- Live At Red Rocks (track #12) (2016)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/11/2026 18:53 | Exist-en-ciel | 177,209 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/09/2026 15:03 | Siromynian | 20,126 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/07/2026 19:48 | Jantje | 974 | 76/100 |
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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 85.9/100, a mean average of 85.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.5.
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jhuik TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/19/2015 04:03 | #154780
This last cut makes or breaks the album for listeners. For me, this cements the album's genius mix of variant sounds. Shows off what a really talented, unique band this is. Listen! It's a true story, and amazing. To fully understand the "difficult" lyrics, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerda_Taro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Capa
corenfro TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/05/2017 03:11 | #190309
Fantastic song. That guitar jingle I've been searching in my head for months it was so memorable. It was driving me nuts until I re-listened to An Awesome Wave. I searched through Fleet Foxes entire discography thinking it was from one of their songs. Great string section at the end too.
