A Certain Kind (track)
by Soft Machine
Year: 1968
From the album The Soft Machine (track #6)
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A Certain Kind appears on the following album(s) by Soft Machine:
- The Soft Machine (track #6) (this album) (1968)
- Triple Echo (track #7) (compilation) (1977)
- Turns On (An Early Collection) (track #12) (compilation) (2001)
- Turns On (An Early Collection) (track #19) (compilation) (2001)
- Middle Earth Masters (track #11) (2006)
- Volumes 1 & 2 (track #6) (compilation) (1973)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/21/2025 07:20 | Exist-en-ciel | 76,621 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/05/2025 19:49 | FrancK | 4,520 | 83/100 |
| ! | 03/17/2024 18:24 | Imaybeparanoid | 51,791 | 69/100 |
| ! | 02/14/2024 20:06 |  paladisiac | 82,600 | 64/100 |
| ! | 09/22/2023 03:35 |  nitomano | 26,785 | 73/100 |
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(*In practice, some tracks can have several thousand ratings)
This track is rated in the top 3% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 82.8/100, a mean average of 84.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.5.
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