Backwaters (track)
by David Sylvian
Year: 1984
From the album Brilliant Trees (track #6)
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Backwaters appears on the following album(s) by David Sylvian:
- Brilliant Trees (track #6) (this album) (1984)
- Weatherbox (track #6) (compilation) (1989)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 03/17/2026 04:58 | Exist-en-ciel | 165,816 | 71/100 |
| ! | 04/04/2025 23:24 | martintho | 68,699 | 74/100 |
| ! | 05/17/2024 08:43 |  Jboy56 | 39,183 | 78/100 |
| ! | 05/12/2023 18:23 | alexandermause | 17,953 | 85/100 |
| ! | 04/07/2023 22:23 | Phmus84 | 16,455 | 100/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 5% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 80.3/100, a mean average of 82.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.5.
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Cool riff - but No song attached as far as I'm concerned
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