The Downward Spiral (track)
by Nine Inch Nails
Year: 1994
From the album The Downward Spiral (track #13)
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The Downward Spiral appears on the following album(s) by Nine Inch Nails:
- The Downward Spiral (track #13) (this album) (1994)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/18/2026 12:43 | Mafedere | 12,305 | 74/100 |
| ! | 06/14/2026 19:37 | Siromynian | 20,223 | 71/100 |
| ! | 04/24/2026 16:48 |  HoldenM | 10,251 | 90/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 83.5/100, a mean average of 83.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.6.
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GandalfORiley345 05/20/2014 21:12 | #112398
Incredible, the slowed sound in this song and the technical ability, but could be better obviously
Anti TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/04/2014 18:35 | #108488
Interesting.
