Song Against Sex (track)
by Neutral Milk Hotel
Year: 1996
From the album On Avery Island (track #1)
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Song Against Sex appears on the following album(s) by Neutral Milk Hotel:
- On Avery Island (track #1) (this album) (1996)
- Neutral Milk Hotel Box Set (track #12) (compilation) (2011)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 05/26/2026 22:53 | Exist-en-ciel | 184,700 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/03/2025 22:17 | kinginsomniac12 | 6,378 | 100/100 |
| ! | 03/31/2025 17:47 | JPin8497 | 4,692 | 80/100 |
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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 87.2/100, a mean average of 86.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.9.
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This is Jefff Mangum realising his vision, which came to fuller frution on their next, classic album. (Edited)
really good opener! has great energy and interesting lyrics (Edited)
Interesting lyrics (Edited)
Great intro, incredible song
