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 | 168,760 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/03/2025 22:17 | kinginsomniac12 | 6,024 | 100/100 |
| ! | 03/31/2025 17:47 | JPin8497 | 4,692 | 80/100 |
| ! | 02/18/2025 22:48 | Rayzer6 | 19,431 | 89/100 |
| ! | 02/14/2025 21:16 |  HoldenM | 9,496 | 91/100 |
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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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Alpha 01/23/2022 23:25 | #279968
really good opener! has great energy and interesting lyrics (Edited)
jhuik 02/05/2016 20:54 | #158793
This is Jefff Mangum realising his vision, which came to fuller frution on their next, classic album. (Edited)
qwert9579 07/23/2014 00:21 | #117498
Interesting lyrics (Edited)
GandalfORiley345 05/30/2014 01:22 | #113273
Great intro, incredible song
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