Stay Away (track)
by Nirvana
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Stay Away appears on the following album(s) by Nirvana:
- Nevermind (track #10) (this album) (1991)
- Live At Reading (track #20) (2009)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 5 days ago | Exist-en-ciel | 177,611 | 71/100 |
| ! | 09/15/2026 03:35 | Davidmain | 90 | 96/100 |
| ! | 07/09/2026 11:53 |  Liedzeit | 11,069 | 77/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 3% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 81.9/100, a mean average of 81.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.3.
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Not intolerable. If you want a song for anger, then go for this song. I'm really not impressed with the layout.
Didn't used to like this one that much, but now I can't picture Nevermind without it! (Edited)
If proof were ever needed that Pixies influenced Nirvana, listen to this song.
Jasonconfused TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/11/2012 20:38 | #57582
Great song. More anger from Kurt :) (Edited)
Hard hitting and frantic song! Cool :)
