Electricity (track) by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Year: 1967
From the album Safe As Milk (track #6)
Electricity appears on the following album(s) by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band:
- Safe As Milk (track #6) (this album) (1967)
- Electricity (track #5) (1998)
- The Dust Blows Forward (An Anthology) (track #3) (compilation) (1999)
- Frank Freemans Dance Club (track #3) (2013)
- Live At Knebworth Park Saturday 5th July, 1975 (track #11) (2016)
- Somewhere Over Paris (track #14) (2015)
- The Buddah Years (track #4) (compilation) (2006)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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90/100  | 08/12/2025 03:40 |  AAL2014 | | 76/100 |
85/100 | 07/17/2025 16:27 |  Igtonumama | | 81/100 |
80/100 | 07/10/2025 16:48 | ShenBapiro | | 78/100 |
85/100 | 05/15/2025 14:30 | byuzak | | 78/100 |
100/100 | 12/25/2024 23:01 | brent13 | | 85/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 84.1/100, a mean average of 83.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 15.5.
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talinhosgameplay 02/26/2025 18:37
Very enticing chord progression on the chorus, and great lyrics also as for usual with his writing. One of Beefheart's best songs!
The theremin is played by Samuell Hoffman. Strange & compelling.
albummaster 05/23/2012 06:51
One of my favourite ever tracks!
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