Blackout (track)
by David Bowie
Year: 1977
From the album "Heroes" (track #5)
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Blackout appears on the following album(s) by David Bowie:
- "Heroes" (track #5) (this album) (1977)
- Stage (track #16) (1978)
- Welcome To The Blackout (Live London '78) (track #6) (2018)
- Bowie Now (track #9) (compilation) (2018)
- Live In Berlin (1978) L.P. (track #3) (2018)
- A New Career In A New Town (1977-1982) (track #16) (compilation) (2017)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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75/100  | 08/28/2025 18:30 | BurndenAce | | 79/100 |
85/100 | 08/05/2025 20:24 |  BroknsocialShawn | | 85/100 |
60/100 | 07/27/2025 23:26 | wizardalien | | 72/100 |
80/100 | 06/12/2025 15:39 | ShenBapiro | | 77/100 |
100/100 | 03/17/2025 12:18 | yummybuds | | 96/100 |
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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 80.8/100, a mean average of 80.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.2.
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Goliath 10/29/2018 15:52
My favourite track on the album (or is it Beauty and the Beast?), one of Bowie's most creative tracks. Anyone have a clue what's it about? Cages, panthers, Robin Hood.....
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