Helpless Child (track)
by Swans
Year: 1998
From the album Swans Are Dead (track #15)
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Helpless Child appears on the following album(s) by Swans:
- Soundtracks For The Blind (track #3) (1996)
- Swans Are Dead (track #15) (this album) (1998)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/10/2026 11:37 | dukeboxkool | 8,641 | 74/100 |
| ! | 11/22/2025 23:30 | Exist-en-ciel | 171,785 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/13/2025 03:53 | juanr1096 | 73,272 | 79/100 |
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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 85.0/100, a mean average of 90.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.3.
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DriftingOrpheus 08/19/2021 20:03 | #272660
The single greatest recording I have ever encountered...
