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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| 01/14/2026 12:24 | Exist-en-ciel | 80,774 | 70/100 | |
| 09/08/2025 16:48 | gmessian | 1,472 | 55/100 | |
| 02/20/2025 12:19 |  LedZep | 5,095 | 88/100 | |
| 11/18/2024 22:26 | TalkOfDeath | 1,371 | 75/100 | |
| 08/01/2024 17:35 | araidernomore | 4,424 | 78/100 |
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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 85.9/100, a mean average of 85.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.2.
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corenfro 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.
jhuik 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
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