A Distorted Reality Is Now A Necessity To Be Free (track)
by Elliott Smith
Year: 2004
From the album From A Basement On The Hill (track #15)
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A Distorted Reality Is Now A Necessity To Be Free appears on the following album(s) by Elliott Smith:
- From A Basement On The Hill (track #15) (this album) (2004)

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| 02/13/2026 12:12 | stareaterogni0n | 4,312 | 70/100 | |
| 11/28/2025 18:45 | Exist-en-ciel | 97,711 | 71/100 | |
| 08/04/2025 05:13 | SUPERJEFF6 | 6,605 | 89/100 | |
| 04/30/2024 04:23 | dukeboxkool | 7,647 | 75/100 | |
| 11/04/2023 15:52 | Kali | 7,901 | 74/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 6% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 80.2/100, a mean average of 80.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.6.
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