The Abandoned Hospital Ship (track)
by The Flaming Lips

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The Abandoned Hospital Ship by The Flaming Lips
Year: 1995
From the album Clouds Taste Metallic (track #1)

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86/100 (from 106 votes)

     

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The Abandoned Hospital Ship appears on the following album(s) by The Flaming Lips:

• Clouds Taste Metallic (track #1) (this album) (1995)
• Heady Nuggs 20 Years After Cloud Taste Metallic 1994-1997 (track #1) (compilation) (2015)
• Heady Nuggs 20 Years After Cloud Taste Metallic 1994-1997 (track #30) (compilation) (2015)
• Heady Nuggs: The First Five Warner Bros. Records 1992-2002 (track #22) (compilation) (2011)

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Rating	Date updated	Member	Track ratings	Avg. track rating
100/100  !	08/27/2025 20:55	ExTeaSea	12,082	86/100
100/100  !	02/13/2025 22:39	brent13	10,909	85/100
80/100  !	11/26/2024 19:45	martintho	68,138	74/100
90/100  !	06/24/2024 16:01	AAL2014	33,942	76/100
90/100  !	10/20/2023 13:46	zomg101	11,437	74/100

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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 85.8/100, a mean average of 85.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.6.

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From SuedeSwede 08/19/2014 13:58 | #119797

This is what I adore from early Lips, the subtle build-ups to pretty crescendos to overwhelming beauty.

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From Precedent 02/27/2014 01:56 | #104649

This hits the emotions

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