Life During Wartime (track)
by Talking Heads
Year: 1984
From the album Stop Making Sense (track #8)
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Life During Wartime appears on the following album(s) by Talking Heads:
- Fear Of Music (track #5) (1979)
- Stop Making Sense (track #8) (this album) (1984)
- The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads (track #14) (1982)
- The Best Of Talking Heads (track #6) (compilation) (2004)
- Brick (track #27) (compilation) (2005)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/30/2026 09:06 | kinginsomniac12 | 6,213 | 100/100 |
| ! | 05/05/2026 02:50 | stareaterogni0n | 6,579 | 69/100 |
| ! | 03/01/2026 20:42 | alexandermause | 17,992 | 85/100 |
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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 88.9/100, a mean average of 89.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.9.
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DeusExMackia TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/03/2021 10:24 | #270313
Every time I listen to this, I still cannot believe it's real.
Absolutely transformative performance. The original is a good song, though a little repetitive and subdued. This version explodes and keeps it fresh throughout the entire run time. Definitive version of this song.
The best performance of this song. Really should be watched visually and not just listened to.
