Pipeline / Kill Time (track)
by Sonic Youth
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Pipeline / Kill Time appears on the following album(s) by Sonic Youth:
- Sister (track #5) (this album) (1987)
- Hold That Tiger (track #8) (1991)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 01/14/2026 17:55 | Exist-en-ciel | 77,258 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/31/2025 01:19 |  ExTeaSea | 12,449 | 85/100 |
| ! | 07/22/2025 00:09 | bonnequestion | 16,297 | 75/100 |
| ! | 06/10/2025 14:21 | ShenBapiro | 6,173 | 77/100 |
| ! | 06/04/2025 04:23 |  AAL2014 | 35,372 | 76/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 3% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 82.2/100, a mean average of 82.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.9.
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DeusExMackia 11/03/2018 11:31 | #223772
The second half is the real stand out bit here; the drums give way, leaving you floating, and the guitars lull you into an extremist sense of relaxation. It's tantalisingly good.
One of the best songs off the album. Part 1 is a pure punk song, but then it turns into an eerie jam session with Thurston playing a synth, while Lee sings some almost scary vocals.
Really love this nonchalant drum section somewhere in the middle of the song.
GandalfORiley345 02/02/2015 03:36 | #133722
Could really be better
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