Cosmik Debris (track)
by Frank Zappa
Year: 1974
From the album Apostrophe (') (track #5)
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Cosmik Debris appears on the following album(s) by Frank Zappa:
- The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life (track #3) (1991)
- Strictly Commercial (The Best Of Frank Zappa) (track #8) (compilation) (1995)
- Apostrophe (') (track #5) (this album) (1974)
- You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 (track #25) (1989)
- Apostrophe ' / Overnite Sensation (track #5) (compilation) (1986)
- Buffalo (track #5) (2007)
- The Dub Room Special (track #10) (2007)
- The Crux Of The Biscuit (track #1) (compilation) (2016)
- ZAPPAtite - Frank Zappa's Tastiest Tracks (track #11) (compilation) (2016)
- Little Dots (track #1) (2016)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 02/22/2026 22:22 | alexandermause | 16,292 | 85/100 | |
| 02/07/2026 10:19 | Robert_fripp | 823 | 86/100 | |
| 01/20/2026 14:10 | byuzak | 32,876 | 78/100 | |
| 12/06/2025 19:12 | Exist-en-ciel | 84,734 | 71/100 | |
| 09/02/2025 16:49 |  VictorVale | 43,303 | 88/100 |
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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 86.3/100, a mean average of 86.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.2.
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Grouse 02/03/2019 12:49 | #231206
Great main riff and the whole song feels really funky and groovy even though he is basically just talking through the whole song.
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