When The Sun Hits (track) by Slowdive
When The Sun Hits appears on the following album(s) by Slowdive:
- Souvlaki (track #7) (this album) (1993)
- Catch The Breeze (track #14) (compilation) (2004)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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100/100  | 04/19/2025 09:24 | Siromynian | | 71/100 |
50/100 | 03/16/2025 14:58 |  II | | 52/100 |
95/100 | 02/15/2025 03:35 |  imacgill | | 81/100 |
75/100 | 01/16/2025 13:24 | bonnequestion | | 75/100 |
95/100 | 12/05/2024 21:04 | CokeBabies | | 84/100 |
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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 91.8/100, a mean average of 91.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 92.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.1.
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There's not a good adjective to describe how amazing this track is. Beyond beautiful.
DeusExMackia 10/31/2018 00:30
It's hard to put into words how astonishing that chorus is. A deluge of emotions and pure sound power that smacks you in the face like a cannon ball.
We don't deserve music this good.
My favorite Slowdive song and one of my favorite tracks of all time. Pulsates back and forth between a beautiful dream of a verse and an absolute blistering heaven of a chorus.
It manages to straddle the line between rock accessibility and pure atmospheric energy perfectly, perhaps more so than any other Slowdive cut.
NoeSSS 07/09/2016 21:33
So cute and dreamy, i don't know if feel happy or be sad, but it's a song that would take you "there".
Cojo7 04/12/2016 02:41
My second favorite after Machine Gun, a very pleasant reprieve after the layered chaos after Souvlaki Space Station.
Very nice
Pegasus 10/10/2015 17:10
As perfect as you can get probably, I just think it fades out too quickly though.
Behrus58 08/03/2015 10:40
Always think of it as the best song ever.
because of a dream i had
brilliant tune
Good song, again.
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