Lodger
by David Bowie
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David Bowie bestography
Lodger is ranked 15th 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 40,439.
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Lodger track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Lodger rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 69/100 | 6 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 89/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 55/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 27 Music Albums of 1979 | 20/27 | 1 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 47 Music Albums of 1979 | 37/47 | 1 |
| 2026 | thenat | Top 31 Music Albums of 1979 | 7/31 | 4 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 44 Music Albums of 1979 | 22/44 | 3 |
| 2026 | jb77062 | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 11/40 | 75 |
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 47/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 66/100 | 7 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 340 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,275 | |||
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Lodger ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 15 hours ago |  djrodo | 1,034 | 81/100 |
| ! | 3 days ago | luukvdschepop | 767 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/22/2026 02:44 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.0/100, a mean average of 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
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Lodger forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/05/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5395): By areminder
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paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/09/2011 16:07 | #32445 | TOP COMMENT
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The songs sound a little complicated and oblique but catchy at the same time. As avant as bowie is on this album, it's a pretty catchy album throughout, from the distorted guitar tempo of "red sails" to the "afro-pop-thru-devo" beat of "african night flight". A fair amount of credit goes to Brian Eno. This is bowie's version of rocking-out, and i like it. All the guitars and lower-register singing make this for a heavy album. Again, i like it, especially when he soars above the lower depths in "look back in anger".
One of the more overlooked entries in Bowie’s seventies canon, the final instalment of the Berlin trilogy is the first Bowie album since 1970’s The Man Who Sold The World to be nothing but Bowie songs, with no covers or instrumentals. If that statement makes it sound accessible, in fact Lodger is arguably the weirdest set of songs that Bowie’s ever committed to vinyl, with more emphasis on rhythm and exotic sounds than ever before.
Nobodyisemo 11/05/2014 17:40 | #126242 | TOP COMMENT
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This is such an under-rated album, it's my favorite of the Berlin trilogy. When I listen to this album, it feels like I've been flung through space to some strange, chaotic planet. Fantastic Voyage is one of my favorite songs, and has some of Bowie's best singing, African Night Flight is terrifying, Move On is standard rock until the cool yawps come in. Yassassin is a charming, catchy middle-eastern reggae song. Red Sails is meh. DJ is a catchy as hell and is the most accessible song on Lodger. Look Back in Anger is a pretty song. Boys Keep Swinging is the rock and roll-iest this album gets. Repetition is cool, strange and Eno-y. Red Money is a smooth, beautiful non-genre limited song. A top 3 Bowie album, every fan of music should try this.
Brandon8 TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/13/2018 05:19 | #226972 | TOP COMMENT
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Bowie’s take on the beginning of new wave music using sounds from all over the world. Fantastic Voyage is a great deep cut. DJ & Boys Keep Swinging are also very strong. A fine conclusion to the Berlin Trilogy. (Edited)
At first I was thinking "It's not critically acclaimed, it's gonna suck."
What is wrong with those people? This album is fantastic. It's his best work that I've heard so far.
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