To Be Kind (track)
by Swans
To Be Kind appears on the following album(s) by Swans:
- Not Here / Not Now (track #1) (2013)
- To Be Kind (track #10) (this album) (2014)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 11/30/2025 06:52 | Exist-en-ciel | 76,752 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/20/2025 00:56 |  LukasAntoine00s | 5,212 | 80/100 |
| ! | 08/17/2025 03:37 | mttr-in-plc | 1,997 | 88/100 |
| ! | 08/03/2025 11:54 |  doombringer | 13,244 | 74/100 |
| ! | 05/30/2025 05:33 | brent13 | 11,022 | 85/100 |
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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 84.9/100, a mean average of 84.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.6.
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what an ending
Anti 06/24/2014 22:15 | #115185
One might say this ending is "overdone", but to me, there couldn't have been a better ending for this two-hour odyssey of the human experience. At least that's what I got from it.
GandalfORiley345 06/12/2014 03:21 | #114303
Incredible song, to close the album one of the bests I have listened to, too strong, too well worked, too awesome
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