Castle Walls (track)
by Styx
Year: 1977
From the album The Grand Illusion (track #7)
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Castle Walls appears on the following album(s) by Styx:
- The Grand Illusion (track #7) (this album) (1977)
- The Grand Illusion And Pieces Of Eight Live (track #7) (2012)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 28 hours ago | juanr1096 | 73,527 | 79/100 |
| ! | 07/26/2026 09:14 |  MetalMan67 | 1,756 | 83/100 |
| ! | 01/06/2026 12:48 | Exist-en-ciel | 171,880 | 71/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 7% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 79.3/100, a mean average of 78.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 15.1.
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Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/14/2018 17:51 | #227083
This rather fanciful tune could have been mere throwaway filler, but the group make it work well here.
Weak, but not bad.
