Obstacle 1 (track)
by Interpol
Year: 2002
From the album Turn On The Bright Lights (track #2)
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Obstacle 1 appears on the following album(s) by Interpol:
- Turn On The Bright Lights (track #2) (this album) (2002)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 04/04/2026 21:52 | alexandermause | 17,907 | 85/100 | |
| 02/16/2026 20:40 | wizardalien | 9,472 | 62/100 | |
| 01/31/2026 18:22 | jtrizzle35 | 9,199 | 80/100 | |
| 12/12/2025 08:09 | mash | 4,524 | 92/100 | |
| 11/28/2025 04:58 | Exist-en-ciel | 122,460 | 71/100 |
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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 91.6/100, a mean average of 90.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.4.
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Jboy56 03/28/2022 06:15 | #283492
Television throwback...
marquee moon
I love this song so much.
9999 09/16/2015 16:47 | #149884
Definitely their best. I still can't believe they came up with this genius track.
Maybe their best
What a track! I love every aspect of the instrumentation, guitars, bass, drums, vocals. Everything is great!
GandalfORiley345 01/07/2015 01:24 | #130948
What a complete song, every guitar moment is exciting and useful, and also great lyrics
the first masterpiece on the album
every instrument and every note it plays is so planned out. this is a flawless song.
Anti 02/18/2014 14:39 | #103504
Addicting song! Gets me pumped for the night life!
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