The Haunting Idle (track)
by The War On Drugs
Year: 2014
From the album Lost In The Dream (track #7)
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The Haunting Idle appears on the following album(s) by The War On Drugs:
- Lost In The Dream (track #7) (this album) (2014)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 01/14/2026 14:11 | Exist-en-ciel | 76,796 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/18/2025 12:30 | ShenBapiro | 6,173 | 77/100 |
| ! | 08/03/2025 09:54 |  Igtonumama | 31,393 | 81/100 |
| ! | 04/10/2025 10:07 |  doombringer | 13,271 | 74/100 |
| ! | 01/07/2025 05:12 |  AAL2014 | 35,341 | 76/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 10% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 78.7/100, a mean average of 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.8.
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I like the idea of having interludes, it gives the album more air and makes it feel more cohesive. Same goes with the long outros of Under The Pressure and Disappearing.
I think it works well to have it in this spot, after Eyes To The Wind. And the build-up to Burning is really nice.
GandalfORiley345 11/08/2014 04:12 | #126454
For the ones that knows, it reminds Pink Floyd
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