Sister Ray (track)
by The Velvet Underground
Year: 1968
From the album White Light/White Heat (track #6)
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Sister Ray appears on the following album(s) by The Velvet Underground:
- White Light/White Heat (track #6) (this album) (1968)
- Peel Slowly And See (track #34) (compilation) (1995)
- Bootleg Series Volume 1: The Quine Tapes (track #11) (compilation) (2001)
- Bootleg Series Volume 1: The Quine Tapes (track #16) (compilation) (2001)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 03/06/2026 17:25 | stareaterogni0n | 5,811 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/08/2026 13:00 | kinginsomniac12 | 6,024 | 100/100 |
| ! | 01/17/2026 11:31 | Robert_fripp | 899 | 86/100 |
| ! | 01/04/2026 13:41 |  swed | 3,702 | 88/100 |
| ! | 12/10/2025 20:48 | Exist-en-ciel | 167,078 | 71/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 89.3/100, a mean average of 88.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 15.7.
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If this sounds nuts now, post punk, grunge and death metal etc., what must it have sounded like in 1967?
when the universe is facing its heat death in 13 billion years, this is the last song that should be played.
Suck on my ding dong existence.
Great song and maybe the greatest song made in rock music, but I'm pretty intrigued to know what the lyrics are about. I mean, are they just meaningful and disturbing the way they are or they could be metaphorical to something?
This song is awesome and all, but it can be a chore to listen to sometimes.
idc what anyone says, fucking perfect.
Saradominsm 09/22/2017 17:54 | #198550
1st listen: What the fuck am I listening to?
2nd listen: What the fuck am I listening to?
3rd listen: What the fuck am I listening to?
4th listen: What the fuck am I listening to?
5th listen: What the fuck am I listening to?
6th listen: What the fuck am I listening to?
Xth listen: What the fuck am I listening to?
Masterpiece
I get an eargasm pretty much every time I listen to this song.
GandalfORiley345 02/23/2015 22:30 | #135529
Absolutely a closing masterpiece, doesn't matters how long it is
Probably the key song from the album.
Too busy sucking on a ding-dong!
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