Rare
by David Bowie
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David Bowie bestography
Rare is ranked 64th best out of 96 albums by David Bowie on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by David Bowie is The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars which is ranked number 6 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 41,145.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Rare track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Rare rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 2 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Compilations | 82/100 | - |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 69/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Liedzeit | Top 46 Music Albums of 1982 | 6/46 | 4 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | 1983 Listening Project (Part 1) | 2/100 | - |
| 2024 | Liedzeit | Bowie | 11/23 | - |
| 2023 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 49/100 | 3 |
| 2021 | lwarner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 74/100 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 7 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 14 | |||
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Rare ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 17 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/20/2026 11:58 | Leginlists | 3,736 | 83/100 |
| ! | 12/04/2025 13:55 | platus | 5,864 | 74/100 |
| ! | 11/09/2022 12:49 |  Arthurknight | 9,590 | 72/100 |
| ! | 08/26/2022 01:43 | MadhattanJack | 5,980 | 66/100 |
| ! | 11/14/2021 03:21 |  phantom1305 | 2,812 | 71/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.9/100, a mean average of 71.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.2.
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