Sifting (track)
by Nirvana
Sifting appears on the following album(s) by Nirvana:
- Bleach (track #11) (this album) (1989)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 03/04/2026 17:58 | zsolti | 6,993 | 80/100 | |
| 02/24/2026 22:58 | araidernomore | 4,424 | 78/100 | |
| 01/13/2026 11:03 | Foxforce5 | 4,912 | 77/100 | |
| 11/18/2025 23:42 | Exist-en-ciel | 80,923 | 71/100 | |
| 08/04/2025 21:05 |  BroknsocialShawn | 1,693 | 85/100 |
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This track has a Bayesian average rating of 76.2/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.2.
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Is that a palm muting chug I hear? They visit these shores from time to time.
Lyrics are child-like, almost nonsensical (deliberately so?), appearing to deprecate authority. The chug and lyrics give an overall basic quality to the track. Perhaps a bit too long. Kurdt sings 'Don't have nothing for you'. In my case I think he's right. But others will disagree.
GandalfORiley345 05/22/2014 00:32 | #112548
Good, but I think like it´s too long for Nirvana´s routine and it´s not a an incredibles ong comparing
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