The Spark That Bled (track)
by The Flaming Lips
Year: 1999
From the album The Soft Bulletin (track #3)
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The Spark That Bled appears on the following album(s) by The Flaming Lips:
- The Soft Bulletin (track #3) (this album) (1999)
- Greatest Hits, Vol 1 (track #17) (compilation) (2018)
- Heady Nuggs: The First Five Warner Bros. Records 1992-2002 (track #37) (compilation) (2011)
- The Soft Bulletin: Recorded Live At Red Rocks Amphitheatre (track #3) (2019)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 11/23/2025 16:20 | Exist-en-ciel | 77,207 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/03/2025 23:55 |  marazico | 655 | 81/100 |
| ! | 08/27/2025 20:52 |  ExTeaSea | 12,449 | 85/100 |
| ! | 07/06/2025 07:12 |  Igtonumama | 31,393 | 81/100 |
| ! | 02/14/2025 20:44 |  luigybetis | 13,223 | 89/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 86.4/100, a mean average of 86.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.5.
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lleon79 06/24/2023 23:00 | #297780
I love the first lines of this song.
"I accidentally touched my head
And noticed that it had been bleeding
For how long I did not know
What was this, I thought, that struck me?
What kind of weapons have they got?
The softest bullet ever shot"
When that guitar melody chimes in around the 4-minute mark and the drum and bass kick... Lawd have mercy what is this magic
flamingyesdept 05/23/2016 21:47 | #166743
gosh this is incredible - though yano, so is everything this band created 1992-2009
GandalfORiley345 03/02/2015 20:14 | #135940
Very enjoyable song
another great song
Anti 03/10/2014 23:49 | #105918
Life changing song. Means so much to me.
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