Tin Machine (studio album)
by Tin Machine
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Tin Machine is ranked as the best album by Tin Machine.
(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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Tin Machine track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 4 days ago |  Kingturtle | 6,216 | 72/100 |
| ! | 06/13/2025 16:21 | replacementlevel | 7,691 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/16/2024 21:15 | mjp11 | 895 | 77/100 |
| ! | 11/29/2024 03:51 |  slatsheit | 2,041 | 81/100 |
| ! | 05/29/2024 20:40 | bcole19 | 578 | 89/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.1/100, a mean average of 66.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.
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Big Bowie fan - but 80s felt like he started to lose his way a bit. Yeah it is harder rock for him and there are tracks I really like including Heaven's In Here, Crack City, Under The God and the Lennon cover - Working Class Hero; there is enough that I can't get into to leaves me rating this at 60
This is genuinely one of the worst albums I’ve heard, as well as the most disappointing, since I don’t really dislike anything up to this point. Come on bowie, why’d you cover working class hero. Crack city is the bane of my existence. At least II has Goodbye Mr. Ed.
TheDude85 08/20/2019 17:50 | #241445
A pleasant diversion from Bowie's m-d to late 80s pop fests of "Let's Dance" and "Tonight" - this album rocks and rocks hard. Stunt guitarist Reeves Gabriel amps up the pyrotechnics to eleven and the rhythm section of the Sales brothers provide ample foundation. This combination wakes Bowie up from his pop slumber. Highlights include "Under The God", the title track, and a re-working of John Lennon's "Working Class Hero". Remember this album came out a full 2 years BEFORE Nirvana!
This album is pretty awesome. Grunge before people knew what grunge was, this is one of Bowie's better albums. The guitar work from Reeves Gabrels is the highlight, being the best guitarist Bowie has worked with since Mick Ronson on Ziggy Stardust. I'd recommend this to any Bowie fan.
Onater 01/04/2017 04:52 | #181670
For me this is Bowie's lowest point. Even Tonight and Never Let Me down had a couple okay tracks.
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