Sweetness Follows (track)
by R.E.M.
Year: 1992
From the album Automatic For The People (track #6)
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Sweetness Follows appears on the following album(s) by R.E.M.:
- Automatic For The People (track #6) (this album) (1992)
- R.E.M. At The BBC (track #80) (compilation) (2018)
- Complete Studio Albums 1988-1996 (track #28) (compilation) (2014)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 4 days ago | alexandermause | 16,376 | 85/100 | |
| 03/16/2026 14:12 |  Ilolahti | 1,090 | 80/100 | |
| 03/03/2026 15:26 | dukeboxkool | 7,597 | 75/100 | |
| 01/16/2026 16:32 | philschmil | 427 | 88/100 | |
| 12/09/2025 23:46 | AbsurdCheesecake | 1,614 | 90/100 |
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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 82.0/100, a mean average of 81.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.2.
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Discordant cello, guitar feedback, harsh difficult emotional lyrics, belie the song title but all work together well to produce one of the 6 great songs on the album.
rogue 05/07/2018 19:34 | #214408
Thanks, Vanilla Sky, for bringing this song into my life.
Works perfectly in conjunction with Everybody Hurts and New Orleans Instrumental.
Jasonconfused 01/21/2013 22:39 | #62416
Really emotional song. Love the acoustic tone. Well done REM. Even the feedback on the song is enjoyable. The Velvet Underground couldn't even do feedback this tasteful.
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