Diamond Dogs
by David Bowie
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Diamond Dogs is ranked 10th 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 40,505.
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Diamond Dogs track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Diamond Dogs rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Moondance | Ranking the years in music ~ 1960-2024 | 7/51 | - |
| 2026 | jlsfourth | Top 10 David Bowie Albums | 3/10 | - |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 54 Music Albums of 1974 | 10/54 | 4 |
| 2026 | stanchoiaz | Top 50 Music Albums of the 1970s | 47/50 | 2 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 41 Music Albums of 1974 | 33/41 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1974 | 15/49 | - |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 84/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Sandrof1969 | Top 40 Music Albums of 1974 | 5/40 | 5 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 40 Music Albums of 1974 | 13/40 | 4 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 30/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 543 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,687 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/27/2026 14:09 | mids | 937 | 80/100 |
| ! | 07/20/2026 21:51 |  CharlieBarley | 3,270 | 81/100 |
| ! | 07/19/2026 20:09 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
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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 78.1/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
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Diamond Dogs forum mentions
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junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/19/2026 16:47 | #315339
Not my favourite Bowie album (always found it a little inconsistent) but definitely doesn't merit the grumpy comment I wrote before... (Edited)
Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/07/2025 13:13 | #311270
A really good Bowie concept album. I love Side 1 Diamond Dogs, Sweet Thing Suite & Rebel Rebel I am not as keen on Side 2 We Are The Dead is brilliant and 1984but I've never understood the popularity of Rock n Roll with Me or Big Brother but everyone has their opinion. Overall a great album. (Edited)
Compared to a lot of Bowie output, I think of this as a loud and aggressive album and need to be in the right mood to listen to it. My favourite tracks are Diamond Dogs, Rebel Rebel, Rock and Roll With Me and 1984, however I tend to prefer all of side two. I will now put the cat among the pigeons, this album could sit in a Progressive chart along with Genesis, King Crimson and Yes, there I've said it! It has all the ingredients, it is a concept album, it has bizarre cover art, there is Mellotron and Moog, there are several different musical styles. So when I eventually get to construct my Prog Top 100 don't be surprised to see this album wedged between the Prog heavyweights. (Edited)
This album is one of those where I can clearly picture where I was & what I was doing when I heard (part of) it for the very first time ~ I can feel how I was totally mesmerised by what I heard and felt a fundamental shift in my appreciation for Bowie & the music of the times. The songs (Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing) were played on a late Sunday night on AM radio (turned down low) in early June 1974 as I lay in bed trying to listen while the rest of the family were asleep. Luckily, the radio had a tape recording facility and I taped the songs - which I then replayed over and over until I had enough money to buy the complete album ~ and then to find songs like Diamond Dogs, Rebel Rebel, Rock N Roll With Me; 1984; Big Brother ~ it was like a 'coming of age' album for me and holds a very deep, sweet spot in my journey through modern music. While other Bowie albums rank more highly viz general consensus (& rightfully so), Diamond Dogs holds (& will always hold) a special place for me. (Edited)
I'm not sure what to think about this album, I really like Rebel Rebel and 1984, these tracks are just awesome and there is a couple of other moments that are great, but as a whole it lacks something. (Edited)
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