Holocaust (track)
by Big Star
Holocaust appears on the following album(s) by Big Star:
- 3rd (track #12) (this album) (1978)
- Big Star Story (track #5) (2003)
- Nothing Can Hurt Me: Original Soundtrack (track #14) (2013)
- Keep An Eye On The Sky (track #56) (compilation) (2009)
- Keep An Eye On The Sky (track #68) (compilation) (2009)
- Complete Third (track #54) (compilation) (2016)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 10/07/2026 13:24 | Mafedere | 12,607 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/08/2025 05:20 | Exist-en-ciel | 184,111 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/01/2025 08:26 | mostlymor | 89,568 | 80/100 |
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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 87.2/100, a mean average of 87.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.3.
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One of the best musical portrayals of depression ever; this song is so bleak and full of self-loathing that it becomes legitimately creepy.
Jboy56 12/29/2021 13:07 | #278163
Sad and dark, not very uplifting stuff
