Psycho Killer (track)
by Talking Heads
Year: 1977
From the album Talking Heads: 77 (track #10)
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Psycho Killer appears on the following album(s) by Talking Heads:
- Stop Making Sense (track #1) (1984)
- Talking Heads: 77 (track #10) (this album) (1977)
- The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads (track #5) (1982)
- Popular Favorites 1976-1992 - Sand In The Vaseline (track #5) (compilation) (1992)
- The Best Of Talking Heads (track #2) (compilation) (2004)
- Once In A Lifetime: The Best Of- (track #1) (compilation) (1992)
- Live On Tour (track #9) (1979)
- Live At WCOZ 77 (track #13) (2024)
- Tentative Decisions: Demos & Live (track #12) (compilation) (2025)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 05/05/2026 20:55 | seaniedimes_ | 832 | 78/100 | |
| 04/20/2026 17:42 | Musicbuff123 | 605 | 71/100 | |
| 02/03/2026 20:19 | Robert_fripp | 899 | 86/100 | |
| 12/07/2025 20:57 | Exist-en-ciel | 117,845 | 71/100 | |
| 09/27/2025 09:51 | markl73 | 6,922 | 78/100 |
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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 91.5/100, a mean average of 91.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.5.
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TheDude85 04/17/2019 12:27 | #235119
The premiere Talking Heads song in my opinion.
My personal favorite Talking Heads song
DeusExMackia 02/12/2018 12:54 | #207843
You'd never have thought a tango rhythm could be this good, yet here we are.
"Qu'est-ce c'est...." If you went to parties in the eighties then you must certainly know the power of this song. Love it!
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