Xtal (track)
by Aphex Twin
Year: 1992
From the album Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (track #1)
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Xtal appears on the following album(s) by Aphex Twin:
- Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (track #1) (this album) (1992)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 01/17/2026 22:16 | stareaterogni0n | 3,447 | 72/100 |
| ! | 01/16/2026 10:10 | mash | 4,264 | 92/100 |
| ! | 12/25/2025 02:01 |  AAL2014 | 35,349 | 76/100 |
| ! | 11/29/2025 22:16 | Exist-en-ciel | 77,144 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/30/2025 20:49 |  ExTeaSea | 12,449 | 85/100 |
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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 90.7/100, a mean average of 89.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.0.
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Onater 10/16/2017 00:04 | #199549
Any time someone tells you that electronic music lacks emotion show them this song.
exileonthehell 01/31/2016 18:05 | #158313
Perfect music to study
What an amazing, beautiful piece of music. Possibly the best opening track to an album ever.
TheHolyKiwi 11/22/2014 05:36 | #127685
Undeniably beautiful, Aphex Twin's best second to Windowlicker.
this song is just pure bliss
OKC1 07/09/2014 15:46 | #116348
The Greatest Song I've ever Heard.
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