Ice Cream Man (track)
by Van Halen
Ice Cream Man appears on the following album(s) by Van Halen:
- Van Halen (track #10) (this album) (1978)
- Tokyo Dome Live In Concert (track #21) (2015)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/25/2026 08:53 |  Purplepash | 35,414 | 76/100 |
| ! | 06/18/2026 08:55 |  MetalMan67 | 1,659 | 83/100 |
| ! | 01/16/2026 09:09 | Exist-en-ciel | 168,376 | 71/100 |
| ! | 12/10/2025 15:38 | byuzak | 32,959 | 78/100 |
| ! | 06/20/2025 21:38 |  seb7 | 4,518 | 91/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 5% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 80.3/100, a mean average of 79.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.7.
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Nice little song and then bam! the best solo on the album.
AAL2014 07/04/2016 01:22 | #170469
Classic. Doesn't even seem like a cover. Could have easily closed the album.
Jasonconfused 12/07/2012 11:12 | #57020
Even though this is a cover, I absolutely love how well Van Halen does the blues! The song eventually picks up features the band doing some classic Rock N' Roll. Van Halen would have made a ridiculously good 50s rock band!
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