The Sphinx In The Face (track)
by Van Der Graaf Generator
Year: 1977
From the album The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome (track #7)
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The Sphinx In The Face appears on the following album(s) by Van Der Graaf Generator:
- The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome (track #7) (this album) (1977)
- After The Flood At The BBC 1968-1977 (track #21) (2015)
- The Box (track #43) (compilation) (2000)
- The Charisma Years 1970-1978 (track #84) (compilation) (2021)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 01/06/2026 15:08 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,068 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/13/2025 02:10 |  AAL2014 | 40,658 | 76/100 |
| ! | 03/20/2025 18:47 | Jackjansen | 1,825 | 82/100 |
| ! | 09/21/2023 03:51 | bluk | 2,500 | 89/100 |
| ! | 09/08/2023 18:08 | 70proglodyte | 1,161 | 82/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 8% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 79.0/100, a mean average of 82.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 6.8.
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