Stage
by David Bowie

Stage by David Bowie
(Live album)
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 7,786th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 127 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (123rd)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,166th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,786th)

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David Bowie bestography

Stage is ranked 28th 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 8 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 42,195.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 7,786th | 1970s rank: 1,166th | 1978 rank: 123rd

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77/100 (from 127 votes)
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03/21/2026 13:42 dredwards  Ratings distribution  20100/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.7/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.9.

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75/100
From 12/31/2019 19:03 | #246261
Great live album.
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From 03/17/2018 18:18 | #211138
Competent if not riveting live album from Bowie. The, Low, tracks are the most interesting, hearing them delivered in a more conventional 'band' sense than the more produced versions of the studio recordings. All in all, a bit pointless and underwhelming but certainly not a bad album at all. For Bowie completists only.
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From 08/15/2016 09:13 | #172926
Sounds a bit half arsed apart from the material from station to station.
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From 02/10/2016 22:12 | #159292
A great live album of Mr. Bowie during one of his most creative an experimental periods. Highly recommended.
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From 01/13/2016 12:55 | #156428
Interesting versions of Low material plus a run through the most famous Hunky/Ziggy-era songs. Grear quality. Much recommended.
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85/100
From 01/10/2016 14:09 | #156208
Bowie's best live album captured during the Berlin era. Contains a better version of Breaking Glass than the original on Low, most of the tracks stay true to the originals. Also contains 5 tracks from Ziggy Stardust and a great version of Alabama Song. The remastered version on 2 C.D.'s puts the tracks in the order they were played during the tour, with Warszawa being the first track followed by the tracks from Low and Heroes the second Disc has the 5 tracks from Ziggy and the tracks from Station and also Alabama Song.
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From 11/16/2014 18:37 | #127180
I like how are all smarty arty stuff is put in with the rest of the music at the rock show. It sounds like it went down quite well. I liked this little show by David Bowie. Even The Doors cover sounded fab!
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