Five Years (1969-1973)
by David Bowie
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David Bowie bestography
Five Years (1969-1973) is ranked 33rd 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 40,746.
(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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Five Years (1969-1973) track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (36 out of 135 tracks have been rated).
Five Years (1969-1973) rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 3/100 | 20 |
| 2026 | Tamthebam | Top 96 Music Albums of 2015 | 1/96 | 5 |
| 2026 | Tamthebam | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 12/100 | 89 |
| 2021 | lwarner | Top 99 Music Albums of the 2010s | 75/99 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 4 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 118 | |||
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Five Years (1969-1973) ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/01/2026 21:35 | Devilwoac | 1,454 | 97/100 |
| ! | 01/20/2026 11:57 | Leginlists | 3,817 | 83/100 |
| ! | 01/11/2026 11:36 | Pluto11 | 12,260 | 72/100 |
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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 79.6/100, a mean average of 82.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
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