Learning To Fly (track)
by Pink Floyd
Year: 1987
From the album A Momentary Lapse Of Reason (track #2)
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Learning To Fly appears on the following album(s) by Pink Floyd:
- Delicate Sound Of Thunder (track #2) (1988)
- Pulse (track #4) (1995)
- A Momentary Lapse Of Reason (track #2) (this album) (1987)
- Echoes: The Best Of Pink Floyd (track #21) (compilation) (2001)
- The Best Of Pink Floyd: A Foot In The Door (track #12) (compilation) (2011)
- Shine On (track #55) (compilation) (1992)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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80/100  | 2 hours ago | Exist-en-ciel | | 68/100 |
65/100 | 10/21/2025 14:06 | Grachus | | 87/100 |
90/100 | 08/24/2025 19:22 |  ExTeaSea | | 86/100 |
80/100 | 05/16/2025 18:27 | SD100852 | | 77/100 |
85/100 | 02/10/2025 15:24 | AndyLish79 | | 84/100 |
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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 84.6/100, a mean average of 84.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.9.
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I really don't understand the popularity of this song. To me it just sounds like a generic 80s radio hit... on second thought, yeah it makes complete sense why this song is so popular, but that doesn't mean it's a good song. It's definitely one of the more tolerable tracks on the album, but that's really not saying much.
Squonk007 06/15/2021 09:10
I like the song, nowhere near as menacing as previous offerings though.
Martini 10/04/2015 13:51
Great song
Really, really good. Just don't expect something as brooding as Dogs or Another Brick in the Wall.
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