The Great Curve (track)
by Talking Heads
Year: 1982
From the album The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads (track #15)
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The Great Curve appears on the following album(s) by Talking Heads:
- Remain In Light (track #3) (1980)
- The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads (track #15) (this album) (1982)
- Brick Box Set (track #36) (compilation) (2005)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 03/13/2026 16:42 | Exist-en-ciel | 168,060 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2025 14:44 |  ExTeaSea | 12,981 | 85/100 |
| ! | 06/11/2025 19:54 | TradeShark | 4,948 | 30/100 |
| ! | 11/30/2022 09:29 | juanr1096 | 72,504 | 79/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2022 06:38 | Pluto11 | 28,736 | 75/100 |
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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 82.3/100, a mean average of 81.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 18.8.
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