By This River (track)
by Brian Eno
Year: 1977
From the album Before And After Science (track #8)
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By This River appears on the following album(s) by Brian Eno:
- Before And After Science (track #8) (this album) (1977)
- Working Backwards 1983-1973 (track #46) (compilation) (1983)
- II: Vocal (track #36) (compilation) (1993)
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| ! | 06/16/2026 16:33 |  DommeDamian | 75,712 | 51/100 |
| ! | 06/10/2026 21:37 | TheSmiths82-87 | 16,551 | 85/100 |
| ! | 02/18/2026 11:34 | platus | 32,788 | 76/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 19:10 | Exist-en-ciel | 167,650 | 71/100 |
| ! | 10/12/2025 22:51 |  VictorVale | 44,061 | 89/100 |
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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 88.6/100, a mean average of 89.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.9.
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Jboy56 12/21/2021 12:50 | #277740
Here is a placid and laconic New Age ballad, stripped from all extras, just the synth and voice, haunting.
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