Atomic Punk (track)
by Van Halen
Atomic Punk appears on the following album(s) by Van Halen:
- Van Halen (track #7) (this album) (1978)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/24/2026 17:16 | Siromynian | 20,079 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/12/2026 16:07 | wizardalien | 10,202 | 60/100 |
| ! | 06/25/2026 08:42 |  Purplepash | 35,617 | 76/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 4% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 81.1/100, a mean average of 81.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.7.
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Jasonconfused TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/07/2012 11:02 | #57017
Interesting intro. Eddie is given another chance to absolutely take over and experiment and show off on this song.
AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/04/2016 01:20 | #170466
Ripping. Probably the best song on the album in my opinion.
