Backwater (track)
by Brian Eno
Year: 1977
From the album Before And After Science (track #2)
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Backwater appears on the following album(s) by Brian Eno:
- Before And After Science (track #2) (this album) (1977)
- Working Backwards 1983-1973 (track #40) (compilation) (1983)
- II: Vocal (track #31) (compilation) (1993)
- More Blank Than Frank (track #6) (compilation) (1986)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/16/2026 16:26 |  DommeDamian | 75,712 | 51/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 19:10 | Exist-en-ciel | 167,844 | 71/100 |
| ! | 10/12/2025 20:29 |  VictorVale | 44,055 | 89/100 |
| ! | 09/30/2025 15:45 |  NowhereMan | 14,727 | 85/100 |
| ! | 07/05/2025 18:06 |  ExTeaSea | 12,981 | 85/100 |
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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 83.5/100, a mean average of 83.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.8.
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