China Pig (track)
by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Year: 1969
From the album Trout Mask Replica (track #11)
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China Pig appears on the following album(s) by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band:
- Trout Mask Replica (track #11) (this album) (1969)
- Grow Fins Vol. II: Trout Mask House Sessions (track #30) (1999)
- The Dust Blows Forward (An Anthology) (track #13) (compilation) (1999)
- Grow Fins: Rarities (1965-1982) (track #51) (compilation) (1999)
- Somewhere Over Paris (track #16) (2015)
- Somewhere Over California: Live At The Country Club, Reseda, California 1981 (track #11) (2016)
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China Pig ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/14/2026 06:00 | alexandermause | 14,814 | 85/100 |
| ! | 12/12/2025 02:20 | Exist-en-ciel | 77,161 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/20/2025 11:30 | plasmicmist | 7,586 | 91/100 |
| ! | 10/14/2025 12:08 | ShenBapiro | 6,173 | 77/100 |
| ! | 02/11/2025 20:09 | chavaloricardin | 2,904 | 75/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 17% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 77.9/100, a mean average of 77.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.6.
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Goliath 12/20/2018 16:30 | #227498
Father Ted did considerably better than this with 'My Lovely Horse'.
GandalfORiley345 07/26/2014 04:18 | #117829
mmmm, don´t know
Anti 05/18/2014 17:29 | #112204
Little too simple for me.
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