Let's Dance
by David Bowie
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Let's Dance is ranked 9th 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 40,475.
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Let's Dance track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Let's Dance rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 91/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum artists | 48/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 1980s | 84/100 | - |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 53 Music Albums of 1983 | 51/53 | 0 |
| 2026 | Rivera | 301-400 | 78/100 | - |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 17/100 | 17 |
| 2026 | Rich150 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 75/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1983 | 10/77 | - |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 92/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Rhyner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 60/100 | 8 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 553 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,860 | |||
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Let's Dance ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 22 hours ago | Steinerik | 10 | 72/100 |
| ! | 09/21/2026 21:06 |  CharlieBarley | 3,270 | 81/100 |
| ! | 08/07/2026 17:01 | Johnnyo | 9,944 | 77/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.
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Let's Dance forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/14/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5435): By flamingyesdept BestEverAlbums 09/07/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5428): By ExTeaSeaLet's Dance comments
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This is not on the level of his 1970s albums. First 3 songs are great, but then it goes downhill with a little highlight (Criminal World, Cat People). (Edited)
One of the best Bowie's records, should be rated higher than "Space Oddity" or "The Man who sold the world". This shows Bowie's artistry and versatility. People tend to be allergic to pop music, but it's not easy or lazy being likeable or make good music and still be popular, Bowie accomplished it in this album, in a great triumphant way. Plus 3 incredible song openings.
I can't resent him for being commercial and enjoying it. The title track is fabulous of course, although the album version is unnecessarily long, and the other singles are good. But I often find I skip the second side. Not awful, but not great.
3 excellent - Modern Love, China Girl, Let's Dance
2 good - Without You, Cat People - would fit on Scary Monsters
3 filler - Ricochet - the worst, Criminal World, Shake It - annoying backing vocals. Lead vocal saves it.
As an album, this doesn't work too well. The only songs that matters are the three first ones, everyone agrees with that. These were certainly spetacular singles, but as an album, no.
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