Let's Dance (studio album) by David Bowie

Let's Dance by David Bowie
Year: 1983
Overall rank: 671st   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 803 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1983 (9th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (104th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (671st)
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Let's Dance is ranked 10th best out of 91 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 9 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 48,399.

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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 803 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 8% 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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80/100
From 07/22/2024 19:11
Beautiful Album, at perfectly matches the time it was released, but is still so good to listen too now
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From 02/20/2024 14:50
This album seems bland by Bowie's standards - admittedly these are very high standards! - and bland even by the standards of producer Nile Rodgers. I find the title song, Modern Love, and Ricochet unlistenably bland, but I will admit a liking for China Girl and Cat People.
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85/100
From 10/01/2023 15:30
Excellent album, worth owning for the first three tracks alone. Has that ‘eighties sound’ synonymous with so many other great eighties albums.
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90/100
From 05/12/2023 00:26
An album where the performances elevate the songwriting to make the album an essential listen. The only hit songs on the album are tracks 1 and 3. However, there are no weak songs on the album. 9/10!
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From 03/20/2023 15:28
Side A is way better than Side B
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From 01/05/2023 06:52
Slightly front heavy but that's only because the first few tracks are exceptional rather than very good
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From 10/14/2022 18:32
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).
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From 05/02/2022 06:01
Album of the year. 1983
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80/100
From 02/13/2022 04:06
82.5

Lo dejo en un 80 porque después de esas 3 canciones iniciales, el album no repunta, pero por supuesto tiene algunas de las más icónicas de la discografía de Bowie. Modern Love es mi absoluta favorita del album, y de hecho, considero que el album debió llamarse "Modern Love" antes que Let's Dance, porque vamos, también me gusta Let's Dance, cómo no? es una canción agradable, pero se queda corta con Modern Love. No sé, a mí me parece muy superior y es de mis favoritas de Bowie. China Girl y Let's Dance, como mencionaba, también tienen un alto nivel. Después las canciones bajan, quizá repunta un poco en Cat People, pero aún así no alcanza para llenar las expectativas tras esos primeros 3 hitazos. Dicho esto, es un disco sólido de Bowie. Seguramente que pertenece al top 10.
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95/100
From 01/08/2021 06:55
Best Bowie record of the 80's and probably one of his top 5 ever. Way too underrated on this site and just in general.
Best song(s): The entire album
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Best Albums of 1983
1. Murmur by R.E.M.
2. Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes
3. Power, Corruption & Lies by New Order
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