David Live
by David Bowie
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David Bowie bestography
David Live is ranked 25th 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 40,949.
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David Live track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 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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| ! | 06/23/2026 05:30 |  MadhattanJack | 5,994 | 66/100 |
| ! | 04/16/2026 21:43 |  AAL2014 | 4,179 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/07/2026 03:04 | Olli | 7,792 | 62/100 |
| ! | 03/21/2026 13:41 | dredwards | 20 | 100/100 |
| ! | 02/10/2026 02:03 | edguyerrison | 265 | 73/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.1/100, a mean average of 71.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.6.
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Good live album.
A really good live album,when i listen to it the first few times i did not like some of the version of the songs. i have been listening to this album over the last number of weeks,and i really enjoy all the songs on it.
Ah well not floating the boat of some of those into the Ziggy sound. I happen to adore this album with the reworking of some old classics in there. Go on Cracked Actor
Tamthebam 01/10/2016 13:46 | #156207 | TOP COMMENT
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This live album has actually stood the test of time it is not that bad as far as live albums go. Captured live in the U.S.A. there are some different takes on some well known songs Suffragette City and the Jean Genie stand out along with a live version of Knock On Wood.
Some unique versions of his earlier songs here. I think 1984 and Changes were my favorite.
i think this is a really poor live album. i'm not really a fan of the more 'soul' orientated bowie albums, so all these great tracks done with a bit of a soul-style edge is a bit lacklustre for me
lightmyway 05/13/2012 17:18 | #42196
Kind of a lifeless live album, almost as boring as the cover.
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