Elephant (track)
by Tame Impala
Elephant appears on the following album(s) by Tame Impala:
- Lonerism (track #9) (this album) (2012)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 09/01/2026 22:25 | tyleraepps | 5,065 | 83/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2026 09:37 | Siromynian | 20,079 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/20/2026 04:01 |  AAL2014 | 41,982 | 76/100 |
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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 90.6/100, a mean average of 89.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.8.
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"He pulled his mirrors of his Cadillac 'cause he doesn't like it looking like he looks back".
Kevin Parker is a genius (Edited)
corenfro TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/11/2018 01:36 | #210621
I'm apparently the only person on the planet that sees this as a below average song on this album. The hook is lifted almost verbatim from "Money" from Pink Floyd, it doesn't have nearly the infectious melody from the other tracks on this LP and it doesn't have the production wizardry where the track totally envelops you like the others.
It pains me this is what people consider the highlight track from lonerism.
That said it's still KP and still a great track, just it's not the best just because it is the most similar to other indie alternative types of songs written by Kevin's inferior peers.
Cargusbralem 06/22/2019 16:39 | #238071
Particularly Beatlish sounding song. The song Taxman comes to mind, but it's no rip off, just a clear influence. (Edited)
I am not a big fan of Tame Impala but I really love this song. I would add another influence for this track: Uprising by Muse. (Edited)
Space-Dementia 08/06/2015 01:13 | #147201
What an awesome song. It's similar to Money by Pink Floyd cause it stands out as a more bluesy rock song on a purely psychedelic album, but it's also the best song off the album.
