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All good music came after I was born, and before I hit 35: How Americans rate songs, based on their age when the song came out Years before birth Years old 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 40 0.6 0.4 Folks rated songs higher 0.2 0 Folks rated songs -0.2 lower We like the music of childhood and love the songs of our late teens But our ratings turn negative in our mid 30s and keep falling -0.4 Dark line shows the 11-year average -0.6 Source: "The power of nostalgia: Age and preference for popular music" by Callum Davies, Bill Page, Carl Driesener, Zac Anesbury, Song Yang and Johan Bruwer DEPARTMENT OF DATA / THE WASHINGTON POST