Machine Gun (track)
by Slowdive
Machine Gun appears on the following album(s) by Slowdive:
- Souvlaki (track #2) (this album) (1993)
- The Shining Breeze: The Slowdive Anthology (track #16) (compilation) (2010)
- Catch The Breeze (track #13) (compilation) (2004)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/29/2026 05:35 |  serpico | 3,652 | 90/100 |
| ! | 05/24/2026 12:00 | libbyshuss | 963 | 78/100 |
| ! | 05/05/2026 22:32 | seaniedimes_ | 838 | 78/100 |
| ! | 03/09/2026 21:27 | Exist-en-ciel | 168,376 | 71/100 |
| ! | 01/13/2026 22:39 |  LukasAntoine00s | 5,272 | 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 90.3/100, a mean average of 89.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.8.
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Martini 04/24/2021 21:55 | #268939
This song is so perfect. One of the most beautiful songs ever made
9999 06/24/2018 23:42 | #217226
This is something very special.
This one is just maddeningly beautiful.
Walking home at night realising you've just fallen in love
Cojo7 04/12/2016 02:17 | #163664
Absolutely beautiful song. The layers on this song are by far the best on this song and probably every shoegaze song I've ever heard. If the whole genre was like this, everyone would prefer it to grunge.
LAF2 01/28/2016 03:46 | #157932
+1 for Viorar Vel Til Loftarasa, definitely my fave from SR.
arthur237 07/21/2015 00:22 | #146126
Pegasus this and sigur ros's viorar vel tel loftrasa have had that effect
Pegasus 07/16/2015 05:43 | #145839
My tear ducts struggle to handle the magnitude of beauty that's in this song. One of the only songs I've ever legitimately cried to. It's just powerful as hell.
Another great song
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