The Well And The Lighthouse (track)
by Arcade Fire
Year: 2007
From the album Neon Bible (track #7)
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The Well And The Lighthouse appears on the following album(s) by Arcade Fire:
- Neon Bible (track #7) (this album) (2007)
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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 84.7/100, a mean average of 84.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.5.
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I love the "well" part of this song. The "lighthouse" part is decent, but the first two minutes are where this song shines
I was right on the same page as Romanelli. I think I just fully appreciated the song fully the last time I listened to it. A serious grower
On an album with a lot of tracks that don't stand out too much, this is probably my second fave
GandalfORiley345 05/14/2014 21:51 | #111817
This song is maybe one of the bests, by Arcade
Romanelli 05/24/2013 15:48 | #77007
Continuously growing on me. A strange song with a lot going on...very catchy.
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