Fame And Fashion
by David Bowie
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David Bowie bestography
Fame And Fashion is ranked 59th 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 40,973.
(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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Fame And Fashion track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Fame And Fashion rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 41 Music Albums of 1984 | 6/41 | 4 |
| 2026 | ornot27 | Top 66 Music Albums of the 1980s | 54/66 | 4 |
| 2024 | DailyDreamer | Top 30 Greatest Music Albums | 19/30 | - |
| 2022 | Pretender | 1983. Best Songs, sort of ranked. | 33/47 | - |
| 2021 | lwarner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 66/100 | 7 |
| 2018 | glynspsa | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2018 | stangetzaway | Fav compilations | 3/17 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 7 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 17 | |||
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Fame And Fashion ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 04/01/2026 20:28 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,720 | 74/100 |
| ! | 01/20/2026 11:58 | Leginlists | 3,755 | 83/100 |
| ! | 12/21/2025 07:29 | platus | 5,874 | 74/100 |
| ! | 11/09/2022 12:49 |  Arthurknight | 9,590 | 72/100 |
| ! | 11/14/2021 03:21 |  phantom1305 | 2,812 | 71/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.5.
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Great compilation.
12 track compilation released by RCA in 1984. No surprises but every track is an exquisite Bowie gem and the album is beautifully sequenced. An ideal taster dish to launch into the Bowie catalogue.
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