Girlfriend Is Better (track)
by Talking Heads
Year: 1983
From the album Speaking In Tongues (track #3)
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Girlfriend Is Better appears on the following album(s) by Talking Heads:
- Stop Making Sense (track #5) (1984)
- Speaking In Tongues (track #3) (this album) (1983)
- The Best Of Talking Heads (track #12) (compilation) (2004)
- Brick Box Set (track #44) (compilation) (2005)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 02/03/2026 19:07 | Robert_fripp | 823 | 86/100 |
| ! | 11/10/2025 12:57 | Exist-en-ciel | 78,161 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/30/2025 14:49 | gmessian | 1,472 | 55/100 |
| ! | 08/08/2025 23:39 | BurndenAce | 4,852 | 78/100 |
| ! | 08/08/2025 20:50 |  BroknsocialShawn | 1,693 | 85/100 |
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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 87.9/100, a mean average of 87.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.1.
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DriftingOrpheus 02/25/2022 05:33 | #281896
My gosh.. How does this only have an 87!!!
DeusExMackia 12/06/2021 12:25 | #277162
That laser gun synth man...it doesn't get cooler.
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