The Observer (track)
by The Flaming Lips

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The Observer by The Flaming Lips
Year: 1999
From the album The Soft Bulletin (track #7)

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80/100 (from 248 votes)

     

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The Observer appears on the following album(s) by The Flaming Lips:

• The Soft Bulletin (track #7) (this album) (1999)
• The Fearless Freaks - 20 Years Of Weird: The Flaming Lips 1986-2006 (track #11) (compilation) (2006)
• Heady Nuggs: The First Five Warner Bros. Records 1992-2002 (track #41) (compilation) (2011)
• The Soft Bulletin: Recorded Live At Red Rocks Amphitheatre (track #7) (2019)

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Rating	Date updated	Member	Track ratings	Avg. track rating
85/100	03/30/2026 04:10	alexandermause	17,389	85/100
80/100	11/23/2025 16:20	Exist-en-ciel	95,791	71/100
85/100	08/27/2025 20:52	ExTeaSea	12,714	85/100
95/100	07/06/2025 07:12	Igtonumama	31,385	81/100
90/100	05/30/2025 00:55	matterhornrider	22,887	86/100

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This track is rated in the top 6% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 79.8/100, a mean average of 79.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.6.

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From GandalfORiley345 03/02/2015 20:31 | #135944

Great instrumental song

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From pannkakesangen 08/07/2014 17:36 | #118941

cool instrumental

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From Anti 03/22/2014 03:37 | #107127

Addicting interlude.

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