Electricity (track)
by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Year: 1967
From the album Safe As Milk (track #6)
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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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| ! | 05/19/2026 19:14 | Leginlists | 547 | 83/100 |
| ! | 04/10/2026 16:12 | bonnequestion | 17,003 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/11/2025 02:58 | Exist-en-ciel | 168,049 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/20/2025 06:17 | plasmicmist | 7,586 | 91/100 |
| ! | 08/12/2025 03:40 |  AAL2014 | 40,349 | 76/100 |
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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 83.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 15.5.
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talinhosgameplay 02/26/2025 18:37 | #307792
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 | #42927
One of my favourite ever tracks!
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