Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74)
by David Bowie
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David Bowie bestography
Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74) is ranked 45th 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 40,789.
(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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Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74) track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74) rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 65 Music Albums of 2017 | 44/65 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 45/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | platus | Top 16 Music Albums of 2017 | 2/16 | 5 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 33 Music Albums of 2017 | 19/33 | 2 |
| 2026 | jon5417 | Top 30 Music Albums of 2017 | 4/30 | 5 |
| 2022 | zowie | Top 20 Music Albums of 2017 | 18/20 | 1 |
| 2021 | lwarner | Top 99 Music Albums of the 2010s | 71/99 | 6 |
| 2019 | ReelBigToph | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2019 | zowie | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 92/100 | 2 |
| 2018 |  CharlieBarley | Favourite David Bowie Albums In Order | 37/42 | - |
| 2018 |  Nowhereman1965 | Top 59 Music Albums of the 2010s | 27/59 | 11 |
| 2018 |  Luciano1962 | Top 47 Music Albums of 2017 | 23/47 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 39 | |||
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Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74) ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/17/2026 22:57 | MadhattanJack | 6,001 | 66/100 |
| ! | 10/30/2025 14:22 | Tamthebam | 23,199 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/10/2025 21:57 | jon5417 | 4,102 | 68/100 |
| ! | 06/04/2024 17:28 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,716 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/17/2023 05:03 | Brigand99 | 423 | 83/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 77.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.2.
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Probably my favorite live album of his. Some really cool renditions.
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