Five Years (1969-1973)
by David Bowie

Five Years (1969-1973) by David Bowie
(Compilation album)
Year: 2015
Release date: 2015-09-25
Overall rank: 10,160th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 14 votes)
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Award Top albums of 2015 (209th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (1,996th)
Award Best albums of all time (10,160th)

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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 7 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 41,892.

David Bowie album bestography « Higher ranked (9,205th)
A New Career In A New Town (1977-1982)
This album (10,160th)
Five Years (1969-1973)
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Five Years (1969-1973)

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Five Years (1969-1973) track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (36 out of 135 tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 10,160th | 2010s rank: 1,996th | 2015 rank: 209th

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Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 14 votes)
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90/100
 
01/20/2026 11:57 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  3,47082/100
 
75/100
 
01/11/2026 11:36 Pluto11  Ratings distribution  12,16772/100
 
80/100
 
10/25/2025 12:15 platus  Ratings distribution  5,84774/100
 
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05/19/2025 20:51 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  23,08969/100
 
80/100
 
01/07/2024 23:35 Johnnyo  Ratings distribution  9,71377/100

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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 78.8/100, a mean average of 80.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.

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