On The Turning Away (track)
by Pink Floyd
Year: 1987
From the album A Momentary Lapse Of Reason (track #5)
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On The Turning Away appears on the following album(s) by Pink Floyd:
- Delicate Sound Of Thunder (track #7) (1988)
- A Momentary Lapse Of Reason (track #5) (this album) (1987)
- Shine On (track #57) (compilation) (1992)
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| 01/14/2026 18:05 | Exist-en-ciel | 78,964 | 70/100 | |
| 10/21/2025 14:06 | Grachus | 305 | 87/100 | |
| 08/24/2025 19:22 |  ExTeaSea | 12,459 | 85/100 | |
| 06/13/2025 04:35 | jtc91 | 13,903 | 82/100 | |
| 05/16/2025 18:44 | SD100852 | 11,329 | 77/100 |
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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 84.8/100, a mean average of 83.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.6.
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Squonk007 06/15/2021 09:19 | #270655
This wouldn't be out of place on Wish You Were Here, fabulous track.
Goliath 07/24/2020 09:11 | #256123
The best post Waters track.
Just absolutely stunning, beautiful guitar playing and sounds here. Truly masterful.
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