The Best Of David Bowie 1969/1974
by David Bowie
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David Bowie bestography
The Best Of David Bowie 1969/1974 is ranked 46th 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 40,395.
(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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The Best Of David Bowie 1969/1974 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Best Of David Bowie 1969/1974 rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 91 Music Albums of 1997 | 38/91 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Compilations Vol. 2 | 5/8 | - |
| 2024 | LosWochos | best ever compilations | 74/100 | - |
| 2023 | Johnnyo | - Albums that changed Julian Lennons life - Goldmine Mag | 2/10 | - |
| 2023 | Liedzeit | Top 15 Music Albums of 1997 | 9/15 | 2 |
| 2023 |  NowhereMan | Essential Compilations/Best Ofs: | 29/81 | - |
| 2022 | LosWochos | Top 99 Music Albums of 1997 | 49/99 | 3 |
| 2021 | zowie | Top 17 Music Albums of 1997 | 8/17 | 3 |
| 2021 |  NickVolos | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 97/100 | 0 |
| 2019 | zowie | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 78/100 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 14 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 36 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/30/2026 17:22 | Tamthebam | 23,300 | 69/100 |
| ! | 01/11/2026 11:35 | Pluto11 | 12,276 | 72/100 |
| ! | 06/14/2025 16:22 | machiaj | 805 | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.2/100, a mean average of 79.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.4.
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I own this as part of the Platinum collection a 3 CD set. This is the best of the three with classic hit after classic hit. Perhaps the greatest artist of all time.
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