Balloon Burning (track)
by The Pretty Things
Year: 1968
From the album S.F. Sorrow (track #5)
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Balloon Burning appears on the following album(s) by The Pretty Things:
- S.F. Sorrow (track #5) (this album) (1968)
- Resurrection (track #5) (1998)
- Come See Me - The Very Best Of The Pretty Things (track #19) (compilation) (2004)
- The BBC Sessions (track #14) (compilation) (2002)
- The Psychedelic Years 1966-1970 (track #29) (compilation) (2001)
- The Singles A's & B's (track #6) (compilation) (1978)
- S.F. Sorrow And Parachute (track #5) (compilation) (1975)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 02/20/2026 16:00 | dukeboxkool | 7,542 | 75/100 | |
| 01/24/2026 14:30 | markl73 | 6,380 | 79/100 | |
| 12/18/2025 22:01 | Exist-en-ciel | 80,772 | 70/100 | |
| 11/20/2025 08:37 | plasmicmist | 7,586 | 91/100 | |
| 08/31/2025 04:25 | martintho | 68,391 | 74/100 |
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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 81.3/100, a mean average of 82.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.4.
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Medelsvensson 10/28/2019 22:42 | #244226
This track is just so ahead of its time it’s shaking the foundation beneath my speaker
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