Life During Wartime (track)
by Talking Heads
Year: 1979
From the album Fear Of Music (track #5)
Listen on Spotify SPOTIFY
Life During Wartime appears on the following album(s) by Talking Heads:
- Fear Of Music (track #5) (this album) (1979)
- Stop Making Sense (track #8) (1984)
- The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads (track #14) (1982)
- The Best Of Talking Heads (track #6) (compilation) (2004)
- Brick (track #27) (compilation) (2005)
Listen & Collect
Complete your collection or upgrade your listening experience.
Listen to Life During Wartime on YouTube
Life During Wartime ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 3 ratings for this track. | Show all 336 ratings for this track.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 34 hours ago |  Tamthebam | 45,902 | 79/100 |
| ! | 08/04/2026 05:15 | Leginlists | 615 | 84/100 |
| ! | 07/29/2026 13:16 |  HoldenM | 9,821 | 90/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some tracks can have several thousand ratings)
This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 89.3/100, a mean average of 88.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.5.
Life During Wartime favourites
Showing latest 10 members who have added this track as a favourite | Show all 26 members
Life During Wartime comments
Be the first to add a comment for this track - add your comment!
Your feedback for Life During Wartime
