Pin Ups
by David Bowie

Pin Ups by David Bowie
Year: 1973
Release date: 1973-10-19
Overall rank: 5,918th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
68/100 (from 357 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (103rd)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (934th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,918th)

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DAVID BOWIE PIN UPS - 180-GRAM VINYL LP " NEW, SEALED " HALF-SPEED MASTERING
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David Bowie bestography

Pin Ups is ranked 21st 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 7 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 41,799.

David Bowie album bestography « Higher ranked (5,461st)
Hours...
This album (5,918th)
Pin Ups
Lower ranked (6,062nd) »
Bowie At The Beeb

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Pin Ups rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,918th | 1970s rank: 934th | 1973 rank: 103rd

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Average Rating: 
68/100 (from 357 votes)
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05/10/2026 16:29 Brandon8  Ratings distribution  1,04689/100
 
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04/08/2026 18:20 Olli  Ratings distribution  7,27462/100
 
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03/10/2026 17:12 FrancK  Ratings distribution  52083/100
 
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02/25/2026 23:06 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
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02/10/2026 02:03 edguyerrison  Ratings distribution  26573/100

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From 01/26/2022 20:56 | #280149
Better than you might think - Rolllling STONE.. :)
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From 01/01/2022 10:50 | #278309
Energética despedida dos spiders!
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70/100
From 01/06/2021 00:55 | #263891
Bunch of solid covers but nothing much worth revisiting. It's worth my once-a-year listen.
Best song(s): I Can't Explain; See Emily Play; Friday on My Mind
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85/100
From 01/01/2021 22:28 | #263603
Probably my favourite Bowie album! It is the one I can come back to most often without getting tired of it.
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80/100
From 09/10/2020 00:41 | #257987
It's interesting that at the time and phase he was in, he put out an album of covers. The originals of most are better but he doesn't do a bad job overall and this is a better album than most give credit for.
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From 06/29/2020 19:51 | #254770
My favourite Bowie album - play it loud !
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75/100
From 12/31/2019 19:03 | #246260
Some real fun covers.
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70/100
From 02/03/2019 19:16 | #231286
Big Bowie fan and I enjoy this album - not everything on it though. Fav's are Sorrow, I Can't Explain and Where Have All The Good Times Gone
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From 02/16/2018 16:52 | #208452
"Pin-ups" è un omaggio sentito e sincero da parte di un David Bowie da poco giunto alla fama mondiale nei confronti di alcuni di quei gruppi i cui successi uscirono nel periodo compreso tra il 1964 e il 1967 e che più lo influenzarono.
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