Helicopter (track)
by XTC
Helicopter appears on the following album(s) by XTC:
- Drums And Wires (track #2) (this album) (1979)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/29/2026 12:03 | Pluto11 | 28,736 | 75/100 |
| ! | 06/16/2026 18:39 |  DommeDamian | 75,712 | 51/100 |
| ! | 12/18/2025 00:59 |  AAL2014 | 40,269 | 76/100 |
| ! | 12/08/2025 17:09 | Exist-en-ciel | 167,855 | 71/100 |
| ! | 09/20/2025 06:18 |  Kalos | 10,523 | 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 82.0/100, a mean average of 82.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.3.
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neilgee 09/19/2015 07:17 | #150024
My second favourite track on this album so I was disappointed to read comments by Andy Partidge that it annoyed him that it was a fan favourite at gigs because 'it's no great work of art'. I wish artists would keep thoughts like that to themselves. Once the work is out there it belongs to the fans to make their own interpretations and Andy shouldn't be making comments from on high like that, pissing on our bonfire. So annoying!
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