Never Let Me Down
by David Bowie
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David Bowie bestography
Never Let Me Down is ranked 34th 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 40,780.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Never Let Me Down track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 69 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Never Let Me Down rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 50/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 49 Music Albums of 1987 | 25/49 | 3 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 53 Music Albums of 1987 | 51/53 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Brandon8 | David Bowie Albums Ranked | 24/27 | - |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | 1980s, #301-400 | 50/100 | - |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 39/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | F2LF: David Bowie | 18/24 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Top 28 Music Albums of 1987 | 23/28 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 80 Music Albums of 1987 | 59/80 | 1 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 60 Music Albums of 1987 | 43/60 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 88 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 117 | |||
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Never Let Me Down ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/12/2026 11:53 | JamesMowbray | 5,649 | 69/100 |
| ! | 03/18/2026 21:56 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,535 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/10/2026 17:23 | FrancK | 530 | 83/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 57.2/100, a mean average of 56.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 56.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.2.
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Forum mentions
pedro1976 09/15/2022 18:33 in What album are you listening to right now?
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lleon79 09/28/2022 01:33 | #290017
Bowie has worse albums. This was pretty enjoyable tbh. (Edited)
Certainly the weakest Bowie record yet for me. Too poppy, too many electric drums, just not interesting enough for a revisit other than "Time Will Crawl" which I liked quite a bit. (Edited)
Decent enough.
this is useally said a bad bowie album.i saw him on the glass spider tour[Wembley] I didn't like it.too much theatre and the music was not great.my only bowie show.but I be honest this album over the years has grown on me. thereis a newer updated version included on the loving the alien box set which is worth a listen. this is worth another listen too. (Edited)
guzguzgarbit 01/28/2019 16:20 | #230902
Not what Bowie is used to do, but it's a good 80s album. And Time Will Crawl is a masterpiece.
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