Elephant Talk (track)
by King Crimson
Year: 1981
From the album Discipline (track #1)
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Elephant Talk appears on the following album(s) by King Crimson:
- Discipline (track #1) (this album) (1981)
- The Condensed 21st Century Guide To King Crimson (track #14) (compilation) (2006)
- Absent Lovers: Live In Montreal 1984 (track #18) (1998)
- B'Boom (track #9) (1995)
- VROOOM VROOOM (track #21) (2001)
- Park West, Chicago, Illinois, August 7, 2008 (track #19) (2008)
- Live At Cap D'Agde 1982 (track #6) (1999)
- Cirkus - The Young Person's Guide To King Crimson Live (track #15) (compilation) (1999)
- The Beginners' Guide To The King Crimson Collectors' Club (track #7) (compilation) (2000)
- Frame By Frame: The Essential King Crimson (track #24) (compilation) (1991)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 03/10/2026 01:50 | Exist-en-ciel | 168,615 | 71/100 |
| ! | 02/18/2026 18:39 | adbrack1988 | 8,256 | 85/100 |
| ! | 02/04/2026 14:25 |  Antonio-Pedro | 10,765 | 93/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2025 12:51 | stareaterogni0n | 6,031 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/13/2025 21:15 |  Superunknown | 542 | 86/100 |
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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 82.2/100, a mean average of 82.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.6.
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Crimson going full 80s new wave! Keeps you interested and engaged right from the start.
Ingenious and catchy start of the album. Very Talking Headsy, especially due to the singing. That said this track has more inguity.
DriftingOrpheus 01/16/2022 23:43 | #279506
Every time I hear this, I think it's David Byrne.
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