Lightning Strikes The Postman (track)
by The Flaming Lips
Year: 1995
From the album Clouds Taste Metallic (track #10)
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Lightning Strikes The Postman appears on the following album(s) by The Flaming Lips:
- Clouds Taste Metallic (track #10) (this album) (1995)
- Heady Nuggs 20 Years After Cloud Taste Metallic 1994-1997 (track #10) (compilation) (2015)
- Heady Nuggs 20 Years After Cloud Taste Metallic 1994-1997 (track #35) (compilation) (2015)
- Greatest Hits, Vol 1 (track #11) (compilation) (2018)
- Heady Nuggs: The First Five Warner Bros. Records 1992-2002 (track #31) (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 | 171,804 | 71/100 |
| ! | 03/28/2026 20:10 | alexandermause | 17,992 | 85/100 |
| ! | 08/27/2025 20:56 |  ExTeaSea | 13,238 | 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 81.7/100, a mean average of 81.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.1.
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