The Secret Life Of Arabia (track)
by David Bowie
Year: 1998
From the album The Best Of David Bowie 1974/1979 (track #13)
The Secret Life Of Arabia appears on the following album(s) by David Bowie:
- "Heroes" (track #10) (1977)
- The Best Of David Bowie 1974/1979 (track #13) (this album) (compilation) (1998)
- Bowie Now (track #11) (compilation) (2018)
- A New Career In A New Town (1977-1982) (track #21) (compilation) (2017)
- The Platinum Collection (track #33) (compilation) (2005)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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85/100  | 10/03/2025 17:39 |  Tamthebam | | 79/100 |
100/100 | 06/11/2023 06:33 | MaxStorm98 | | 99/100 |
75/100 | 10/29/2019 21:08 | zowie | | 83/100 |
100/100 | 03/02/2017 09:27 |  sorry1516 | | 100/100 |
100/100 | 01/21/2017 22:08 | velvetsuicide | | 99/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 6% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 80.4/100, a mean average of 84.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.7.
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