Welcome To The Blackout (Live London '78)
by David Bowie
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David Bowie bestography
Welcome To The Blackout (Live London '78) is ranked 43rd 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 40,422.
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Welcome To The Blackout (Live London '78) track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Welcome To The Blackout (Live London '78) rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 20/100 | 4 |
| 2024 | glynspsa | Top 99 Music Albums of 2018 | 36/99 | 3 |
| 2023 |  lleon79 | Favorite Live Albums | 6/10 | - |
| 2023 | platus | Top 31 Music Albums of 2018 | 2/31 | 5 |
| 2021 | lwarner | Top 99 Music Albums of the 2010s | 60/99 | 8 |
| 2019 |  Luciano1962 | Top 35 Music Albums of 2018 | 8/35 | 4 |
| 2018 | Luciano1962 | my personal chart of david bowie | 26/31 | - |
| 2018 |  Nowhereman1965 | Top 59 Music Albums of the 2010s | 10/59 | 17 |
| 2018 | sdees33 | Top 27 Music Albums of 2018 | 22/27 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 42 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/14/2026 07:37 | Leginlists | 3,842 | 83/100 |
| ! | 10/14/2025 15:15 | jon5417 | 4,108 | 68/100 |
| ! | 06/04/2024 17:28 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,736 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.3/100, a mean average of 79.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.2.
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Nowhereman1965 10/11/2018 17:48 | #222361
Absolutely outstanding Live album from a high point in Bowie’s career.
Superb mix of songs from the “Berlin “ period and his Ziggy Stardust era. Bowie on form backed by an excellent band.
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