Astral Weeks (track)
by Van Morrison
Astral Weeks appears on the following album(s) by Van Morrison:
- Astral Weeks (track #1) (this album) (1968)
- The Essential (track #5) (compilation) (2015)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 12/02/2025 13:25 | Alex04 | 12 | 100/100 |
| ! | 11/20/2025 11:25 | plasmicmist | 6,979 | 90/100 |
| ! | 10/28/2025 10:10 | ShenBapiro | 6,173 | 77/100 |
| ! | 09/12/2025 19:18 | machiaj | 8,801 | 74/100 |
| ! | 08/06/2025 23:14 | mrmcrook | 10,813 | 78/100 |
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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 90.2/100, a mean average of 89.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.2.
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a very emotionally touching song that takes time to understand.
One of the great album openers of all-time. You get a good idea of where the album is going to take you, and it's the best song on the album.
Really excellent opening cut. Contender for the best track on the album.
Amazing
hereforashortime 03/14/2017 01:17 | #187381
One of the best opening tracks I've ever heard
Good song, but the ending kind of dragged on.
Applerill 01/27/2012 15:27 | #35981
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