Day Of The Lords (track)
by Joy Division
Year: 1979
From the album Unknown Pleasures (track #2)
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Day Of The Lords appears on the following album(s) by Joy Division:
- Unknown Pleasures (track #2) (this album) (1979)
- Heart And Soul (track #4) (compilation) (1997)
- Permanent: Joy Division 1995 (track #5) (compilation) (1995)
- Les Bains Douches 18 December 1979 (track #6) (2001)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 11/17/2025 22:41 |  II | 3,900 | 71/100 |
| ! | 10/13/2025 22:56 |  Superunknown | 506 | 86/100 |
| ! | 09/27/2025 16:01 | gmessian | 1,390 | 55/100 |
| ! | 08/19/2025 11:29 | markl73 | 5,628 | 79/100 |
| ! | 08/10/2025 02:06 | BurndenAce | 4,205 | 79/100 |
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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 87.8/100, a mean average of 87.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.0.
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Masterpiece 👏🏻
Eerie, slow and druggy. An amazing follow-up to one of the best songs of the 1970's.
pjohnsongolf 09/29/2018 03:22 | #221821
My personal favorite track on this album
This reminds me of what Bauhaus were to become. Bleak yes but still a good and interesting song
JulianR 10/18/2017 23:04 | #199679
nearly shoegaze
One of the most dreaiest, most bleak tracks musically and lyrically.
Slower than most songs on the album, but it's also one of the most atmospheric.
heavier than disorder, not as good but definetely one of the better songs of Unknown Pleasures
PatrickD 01/02/2014 07:02 | #99493
Groove like a zombie to get this one.
Pretty good song!
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