A Beginning Song (track)
by The Decemberists
Year: 2015
From the album What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World (track #14)
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A Beginning Song appears on the following album(s) by The Decemberists:
- What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World (track #14) (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 | 167,855 | 71/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2025 17:24 |  ExTeaSea | 12,981 | 85/100 |
| ! | 07/13/2024 03:47 |  imacgill | 32,845 | 81/100 |
| ! | 05/12/2023 18:35 |  paladisiac | 83,304 | 64/100 |
| ! | 03/14/2021 19:42 | JoeyBones1986 | 1,987 | 88/100 |
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This final track showed the balance of this album between good and bad songs. This final track being average, not overwhelming or underwhelming. It is nice to listen to and has enough good aspects to help forget about the bad songs, while setting the mood to close the album.
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