Psycho Killer (track)
by Talking Heads
Year: 1984
From the album Stop Making Sense (track #1)
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Psycho Killer appears on the following album(s) by Talking Heads:
- Stop Making Sense (track #1) (this album) (1984)
- Talking Heads: 77 (track #10) (1977)
- The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads (track #5) (1982)
- Popular Favorites 1976-1992 - Sand In The Vaseline (track #5) (compilation) (1992)
- The Best Of Talking Heads (track #2) (compilation) (2004)
- Once In A Lifetime: The Best Of- (track #1) (compilation) (1992)
- Live On Tour (track #9) (1979)
- Live At WCOZ 77 (track #13) (2024)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 11/10/2025 20:03 | Exist-en-ciel | 22,827 | 69/100 |
| ! | 08/10/2025 22:40 | daCritic | 33,741 | 76/100 |
| ! | 07/13/2025 07:40 | zsolti | 6,644 | 80/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2025 14:39 | 12,165 | 86/100 | |
| ! | 06/28/2025 21:03 | habibi333 | 2,556 | 64/100 |
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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 91.3/100, a mean average of 90.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 92.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.8.
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What an album opener! The definitive version.
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