The Book I Read (track)
by Talking Heads
Year: 1977
From the album Talking Heads: 77 (track #7)
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The Book I Read appears on the following album(s) by Talking Heads:
- Talking Heads: 77 (track #7) (this album) (1977)
- Brick (track #7) (compilation) (2005)
- Live At WCOZ 77 (track #5) (2024)
- The CBS / Columbia Demos (track #13) (2026)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/10/2026 14:13 | Siromynian | 20,406 | 71/100 |
| ! | 04/20/2026 17:49 |  Musicbuff123 | 926 | 71/100 |
| ! | 02/03/2026 20:30 | Robert_fripp | 899 | 86/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 83.9/100, a mean average of 83.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.4.
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My reply to Ochurch is na na na na-na na, ha, ha!
Best song ever!!!
One of the weaker songs.
