When You Smile (track)
by The Flaming Lips
Year: 1995
From the album Clouds Taste Metallic (track #7)
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When You Smile appears on the following album(s) by The Flaming Lips:
- Clouds Taste Metallic (track #7) (this album) (1995)
- Heady Nuggs 20 Years After Cloud Taste Metallic 1994-1997 (track #39) (compilation) (2015)
- VOID (track #9) (compilation) (2005)
- Greatest Hits, Vol 1 (track #12) (compilation) (2018)
- Heady Nuggs: The First Five Warner Bros. Records 1992-2002 (track #28) (compilation) (2011)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 04/16/2026 22:43 | Exist-en-ciel | 174,920 | 71/100 |
| ! | 03/28/2026 20:12 | alexandermause | 17,992 | 85/100 |
| ! | 08/27/2025 20:56 |  ExTeaSea | 13,372 | 85/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 3% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 82.4/100, a mean average of 82.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.6.
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What a pretty and intense track, I like the whole album but this song really stands out for me. (Edited)
AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/24/2024 16:25 | #304076
Simply a picturesque example of a lot of what makes Flaming Lips songs so great. Groove, oddness, lovely and personal lyrics.
This is a beautiful song. (Edited)
