Mistral (track)
by The Decemberists
Year: 2015
From the album What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World (track #12)
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Mistral appears on the following album(s) by The Decemberists:
- What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World (track #12) (this album) (2015)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/12/2026 23:52 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,613 | 71/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2025 17:24 |  ExTeaSea | 13,211 | 85/100 |
| ! | 07/13/2024 03:47 |  imacgill | 33,215 | 81/100 |
| ! | 03/14/2021 19:33 | JoeyBones1986 | 1,987 | 88/100 |
| ! | 11/15/2020 22:02 | sunnydhamm | 18,628 | 57/100 |
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This track has a Bayesian average rating of 75.1/100, a mean average of 72.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.1.
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This song was a roller coaster for me. From the beginning guitar intro I didn't like it much, then these soulful backing vocals come in and I see some hope, but then Meloy would continue to portray an uninteresting personal story that is hard to care about sending the roller coaster slowly downhill for the rest of the song. Away from lyrics its still forgettable and even hard to listen to at times. This was probably my least favorite song on the whole album.
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