The Good Thing (track)
by Talking Heads
Year: 1978
From the album More Songs About Buildings And Food (track #3)
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The Good Thing appears on the following album(s) by Talking Heads:
- More Songs About Buildings And Food (track #3) (this album) (1978)
- Brick Box Set (track #14) (compilation) (2005)
- Live On Tour (track #5) (1979)
- Live At WCOZ 77 (track #9) (2024)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/10/2026 14:18 | Siromynian | 17,775 | 71/100 |
| ! | 12/23/2025 05:31 |  Tamthebam | 45,396 | 79/100 |
| ! | 12/08/2025 02:59 | Exist-en-ciel | 165,815 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/09/2025 10:58 | SD100852 | 12,039 | 77/100 |
| ! | 09/28/2025 10:54 | markl73 | 7,030 | 78/100 |
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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 81.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.5.
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