Sugar 'N Spikes (track)
by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Year: 1969
From the album Trout Mask Replica (track #19)
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Sugar 'N Spikes appears on the following album(s) by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band:
- Trout Mask Replica (track #19) (this album) (1969)
- Merseytrout: Live In Liverpool 1980 (track #15) (2000)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 01/14/2026 06:00 | alexandermause | 15,648 | 85/100 | |
| 12/12/2025 02:22 | Exist-en-ciel | 79,869 | 70/100 | |
| 11/20/2025 11:31 | plasmicmist | 7,586 | 91/100 | |
| 10/30/2025 23:41 | ShenBapiro | 6,173 | 77/100 | |
| 05/16/2025 08:08 | Johnnyo | 42,988 | 80/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 4% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 81.0/100, a mean average of 80.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.8.
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JulianR 10/25/2017 23:59 | #200082
there's a pop melody in there somewhere...
GandalfORiley345 07/26/2014 05:25 | #117838
Yeah
Anti 05/18/2014 18:40 | #112215
This one is pretty fun to listen to.
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