Andy's Chest (track)
by Lou Reed
Andy's Chest appears on the following album(s) by Lou Reed:
- Transformer (track #2) (this album) (1972)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 02/11/2026 14:24 | alexandermause | 15,031 | 85/100 |
| ! | 02/08/2026 14:34 | kinginsomniac12 | 5,498 | 100/100 |
| ! | 01/16/2026 17:36 | Gedster | 364 | 72/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2026 19:16 | Robert_fripp | 823 | 86/100 |
| ! | 12/06/2025 08:57 | plasmicmist | 7,586 | 91/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 3% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 82.5/100, a mean average of 81.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.2.
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Hilariously weird lyrics from Lou. Recorded first in '69 with the VU I believe...
Christovskee 02/25/2016 19:49 | #160720
Reminds me of Octopus' Garden in the sense that, even though the lyrics are ridiculous and silly, there's a certain beauty behind them
tgarritsen 03/13/2015 00:55 | #136641
At first listen some might think the song is mediocre but it really grows on you for every listen.
GandalfORiley345 05/10/2014 05:08 | #111412
This song it´s different than muchs, it haves men at the chorus singing in a strange and bad way, it turns the song to be Mythical
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