Never Let Me Down (studio album)
by David Bowie
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Never Let Me Down is ranked 34th best out of 94 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 7 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 43,816.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 69 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 11/12/2025 22:53 | NYAndreas | 1,432 | 43/100 |
| ! | 10/12/2025 19:38 |  Superunknown | 281 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/30/2025 22:04 | BurndenAce | 1,006 | 77/100 |
| ! | 08/16/2025 21:35 | Ilor | 251 | 77/100 |
| ! | 07/28/2025 15:45 |  slatsheit | 2,041 | 81/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 57.1/100, a mean average of 56.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 56.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.3.
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lleon79 09/28/2022 01:33 | #290017
Bowie has worse albums. This was pretty enjoyable tbh.
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.
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.
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.
Sandinistar 12/09/2018 19:11 | #226633
The first 4 songs aren't terrible, but the next 6 sure are
Brandon8 01/28/2018 05:04 | #206681
This album deserves another look and was one of Bowie’s most successful. This continues in the same vein of Let’s Dance and Tonight. The production needs some getting used to but it was the 80s. If you can look past that there are some great tunes such as Time Will Crawl, Never Let Me Down and Shining Star.
Not quite as bad as you might expect, but certainly not very good either. Not as good as, tonight, and it's clear at this period in his career he's creatively burnt out. All in all, never let me down, is probably around about average and just above bearable.
Released during a low period in Mr. Bowies life. This record is not his worst but it comes pretty close.
Nobodyisemo 01/24/2016 20:36 | #157529
This... is Bowie's worst? I dunno, I enjoyed it the whole way through.
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