The Murder Mystery (track)
by The Velvet Underground
Year: 1969
From the album The Velvet Underground (track #9)
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The Murder Mystery appears on the following album(s) by The Velvet Underground:
- The Velvet Underground (track #9) (this album) (1969)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 02/11/2026 07:00 | BLO | 3,194 | 86/100 | |
| 02/08/2026 21:05 | Deckard | 278 | 75/100 | |
| 02/08/2026 12:56 | kinginsomniac12 | 5,615 | 100/100 | |
| 01/16/2026 23:42 | Robert_fripp | 823 | 86/100 | |
| 12/10/2025 20:25 | Exist-en-ciel | 91,238 | 71/100 |
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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 84.6/100, a mean average of 83.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.4.
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One of my favorite songs off of this one. Possibly their last experimental track?
Very good. Always heard a strong Jefferson Airplane influence in the lyrical female-male part.
At first I found this experiment intriguing. Three or four listens later, I'm just annoyed by it.
Anti 01/02/2015 02:26 | #130613
I looooove how groovy this track is!! The Velvet Underground did a phenomenal job on the atmosphere on this track!!
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