Heroin (track)
by Lou Reed
Heroin appears on the following album(s) by Lou Reed:
- American Poet (track #7) (2001)
- Rock N Roll Animal (track #2) (this album) (1974)
- NYC Man (track #21) (compilation) (2003)
- Live In Concert (track #13) (1998)
- Animal Serenade (track #20) (2004)
- Live In Italy (track #13) (1984)
- Between Thought And Expression - The Lou Reed Anthology (track #24) (compilation) (1992)
- Best Of Lou Reed - Retro (track #17) (compilation) (1989)
- Rock And Roll Diary: 1967-1980 (track #8) (compilation) (1980)
- Words & Music, May 1965 (track #3) (compilation) (2022)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/04/2026 02:21 | mrmcrook | 13,001 | 78/100 |
| ! | 03/05/2026 16:08 |  AAL2014 | 42,238 | 76/100 |
| ! | 12/30/2025 00:50 | Exist-en-ciel | 177,123 | 71/100 |
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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 84.3/100, a mean average of 85.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.2.
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