Black Wave/Bad Vibrations (track)
by Arcade Fire

Black Wave/Bad Vibrations by Arcade Fire
Year: 2007
From the album Neon Bible (track #5)
Average Rating: 
84/100 (from 411 votes)
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Black Wave/Bad Vibrations appears on the following album(s) by Arcade Fire:


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Average Rating: 
84/100 (from 411 votes)
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 84.1/100, a mean average of 83.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.2.

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85/100
From 08/29/2017 03:51 | #196877
The first half is probably the weak point of the album, the last half is one of the strongest
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From 12/05/2014 04:34 | #128764
The second half of the song is feels
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From 05/14/2014 21:43 | #111815
Just Amazing
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