Only Shallow (track)
by My Bloody Valentine
Only Shallow appears on the following album(s) by My Bloody Valentine:
- Loveless (track #1) (this album) (1991)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/25/2026 17:47 | stareaterogni0n | 6,139 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/05/2026 22:29 | seaniedimes_ | 838 | 78/100 |
| ! | 03/31/2026 11:34 | wizardalien | 9,921 | 61/100 |
| ! | 03/20/2026 18:32 | alexandermause | 17,953 | 85/100 |
| ! | 02/17/2026 22:19 |  Bach | 7,129 | 70/100 |
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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 91.6/100, a mean average of 90.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.1.
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AAL2014 12/02/2023 18:02 | #300276
The main riff could come back 50 more times and I’d welcome it again and again. (Edited)
StefanR10 06/26/2020 15:05 | #254552
This song is like the end of Portal 2 where the robot woman sings. Amazing (Edited)
Beautiful way to start an album. Just in three seconds you understand how awesome this song is going to be. (Edited)
One of the best songs I have ever heard, if not the best (Edited)
DeusExMackia 04/29/2018 12:11 | #213865
It is at once both slow motion yet fast, dreamlike yet energetic, comforting yet infinitely loud. Fan-f*cking-tastic music. (Edited)
This is strangely beautiful. (Edited)
Cojo7 04/12/2016 22:51 | #163726
This is the perfect first song for this album, what a great way to start it off. This track and the rest of the album just sounds like peace. (Edited)
Very nice song
Space-Dementia 12/06/2015 16:04 | #154019
One of the best songs of the 90s. All the different layers come together to form a beautiful song. Excellent! (Edited)
this song makes me sleep (Edited)
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