Heaven (track) by Talking Heads

Heaven by Talking Heads
Year: 1979
From the album Fear Of Music (track #8)
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88/100 (from 278 votes)
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Talking Heads – A Bar Called Heaven: Live 1979 London Electric Ballroom Vinyl LP
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Talking Heads A Bar Called Heaven: Live at the Electric Ballroom Vinyl LP SEALED
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Talking Heads A Bar Called Heaven: Live at the Electric Ball (Vinyl) (UK IMPORT)
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Average Rating: 
88/100 (from 278 votes)
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 88.4/100, a mean average of 87.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.9.

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From 06/22/2024 10:08
Reminds me of Heroes by Bowie.
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From 04/01/2022 02:23
A very underrated song by the group, although I personally prefer the version on Stop Making Sense to the studio recording
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From 09/28/2013 20:41
Very underrated Talking Heads song. Surprisingly emotional and beautiful for this album, but still fitting its style.
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From 03/04/2013 16:04
One of the finest songs of the 70s. Of all time.
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