Lady Godiva's Operation (track)
by The Velvet Underground
Year: 1968
From the album White Light/White Heat (track #3)
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Lady Godiva's Operation appears on the following album(s) by The Velvet Underground:
- White Light/White Heat (track #3) (this album) (1968)
- Peel Slowly And See (track #31) (compilation) (1995)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 02/08/2026 13:00 | kinginsomniac12 | 5,498 | 100/100 | |
| 01/31/2026 08:14 | Deckard | 278 | 75/100 | |
| 01/17/2026 11:19 | Robert_fripp | 823 | 86/100 | |
| 01/04/2026 13:33 |  swed | 3,662 | 88/100 | |
| 12/10/2025 20:48 | Exist-en-ciel | 80,159 | 70/100 |
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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 85.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.7.
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The first VU sing I listened too . Was one of the weirdest things I listened to at 16, this was a gateway drug fir everything else
Oh my golly gosh this song is terrifying.
apeiron 03/29/2015 21:28 | #138192
Veeeeeeeeeeeeeeery good.
GandalfORiley345 02/23/2015 22:36 | #135534
This song, not only surprises me, but males me laugh at Reed's moments
In my opinion, the best song on the album. It combines catchy riffs and vocals with Avant-garde lyrics.
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