Death Of A Clown (track)
by The Kinks
Year: 1967
From the album Something Else By The Kinks (track #2)
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Death Of A Clown appears on the following album(s) by The Kinks:
- The Kink Kronikles (track #21) (compilation) (1972)
- Something Else By The Kinks (track #2) (this album) (1967)
- The Ultimate Collection (track #12) (compilation) (2002)
- The Singles Collection (track #16) (compilation) (1997)
- To The Bone (track #5) (1994)
- Kinks To The Bone (track #5) (compilation) (1996)
- Picture Book (track #50) (compilation) (2008)
- Ultimate Collection [Castle] (track #24) (compilation) (1989)
- The Kinks (track #14) (compilation) (1970)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 01/21/2026 03:32 |  Rockdrigo | 1,125 | 82/100 |
| ! | 12/10/2025 00:13 | Exist-en-ciel | 168,049 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/20/2025 06:45 | plasmicmist | 7,586 | 91/100 |
| ! | 10/29/2025 21:45 |  AAL2014 | 40,297 | 76/100 |
| ! | 10/19/2025 20:19 | ShenBapiro | 6,173 | 77/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 86.1/100, a mean average of 85.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.7.
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AlvaroIesus 11/02/2023 06:17 | #299748
Brilliant, loaded with genuine emotion. One of The Kinks' best songs. As the previous comment says, the background vocals are enchanting.
Those haunting background voices in the bridge get me everytime and have been successful at it for more than 20 years now.
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