Ancestral (track)
by Steven Wilson
Year: 2015
From the album Hand. Cannot. Erase. (track #9)
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Ancestral appears on the following album(s) by Steven Wilson:
- Hand. Cannot. Erase. (track #9) (this album) (2015)
- Home Invasion (In Concert At The Royal Albert Hall) (track #8) (2018)
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Ancestral ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 02/01/2026 21:42 | wizardalien | 9,010 | 67/100 |
| ! | 01/13/2026 16:25 | philschmil | 427 | 88/100 |
| ! | 12/03/2025 01:50 | Exist-en-ciel | 78,297 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/15/2025 23:08 | FrancK | 4,575 | 82/100 |
| ! | 07/23/2024 10:57 |  doombringer | 13,502 | 74/100 |
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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 87.3/100, a mean average of 87.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.7.
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jhuik 02/25/2017 22:28 | #186342
To me, it goes on long but there are times it really soars.
This is probably the best track in the album. It's a 13-min long journey packed with tons of goodies including SW's lush and brooding guitar sound and vocal; Adam's magical keyboard/organ works and Guthrie's sky-scorching guitar solo. Definitely cannot be missed.
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