David Gilmour
by David Gilmour

Album
David Gilmour by David Gilmour
Year: 1978
Release date: 1978-05-26
Overall rank: 4,992nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 135 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (87th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (803rd)
Award Best albums of all time (4,992nd)

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David Gilmour bestography

David Gilmour is ranked 3rd best out of 8 albums by David Gilmour on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by David Gilmour is On An Island which is ranked number 3305 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 461.

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David Gilmour rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,992nd | 1970s rank: 803rd | 1978 rank: 87th  Overall chart history
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David Gilmour ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 135 votes)
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 !		01/18/2026 10:00 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,37070/100
 
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 !		09/25/2025 15:08 dukeboxkool  Ratings distribution  2,22572/100
 
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 !		05/19/2025 21:33 brent13  Ratings distribution  2,14367/100
 
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 !		03/31/2025 15:08 MrOlan  Ratings distribution  95676/100
 
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 !		02/27/2025 15:41 fabm0  Ratings distribution  7,00958/100

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This album is rated in the top 13% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.3/100, a mean average of 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.3.


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90/100
From 01/24/2025 23:15 | #307190
Very underrated, and far better than his other solo stuff - and Roger's too.
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75/100
From 06/07/2021 21:14 | #270457 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
A pleasant but quite dull album that showcases David's amazing guitar playing, but is let down by the song writing. Other than the solo on Raise My Rent, he definitely put his best music on the Pink Floyd albums.
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75/100
From 10/29/2020 12:48 | #259904 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This album went out to the market between Animals and the Wall. Inferiour IMO to both of them, it is still a good effort from Gilmour to express his feelings at the time musically.
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95/100
From 06/07/2020 07:06 | #252969
Sacred. So few people know this album even exists. A guitar hero's coming out party. (some might say "lost Floyd")
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95/100
From 06/06/2017 00:27 | #192097
Best Pink Floyd's solo member album.
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80/100
From 10/01/2016 00:05 | #176106
David's distinctive guitar playing. Has elements of Floyd's Animals in this album.
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65/100
From 02/08/2016 05:43 | #159059 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
If you're looking for great guitar playing, you've found it. Good songwriting on the other hand... Look at the Pink Floyd records for that...
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From 09/25/2015 02:58 | #150417
Best Track: No Way
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From 10/12/2014 14:40 | #124226 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Very cool instrumentals, but feels a bit like a Pink Floyd outtake compilation. Nice sunday afternoon music though.
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From 05/17/2013 17:46 | #76383 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Fun and pleasant. An album you could sit back and relax to.
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