David Bowie
by David Bowie
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David Bowie bestography
David Bowie is ranked 24th 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 40,974.
(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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David Bowie track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 70 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/28/2026 10:45 | Leginlists | 3,755 | 83/100 |
| ! | 05/26/2026 20:04 | brent13 | 2,143 | 67/100 |
| ! | 03/10/2026 17:09 | FrancK | 530 | 83/100 |
| ! | 02/10/2026 14:28 | tillz | 789 | 79/100 |
| ! | 02/10/2026 02:03 | edguyerrison | 265 | 73/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 60.0/100, a mean average of 58.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 59.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.0.
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"We Are Hungry Men" the stand out song from this album. A great debut with half a dozen strong tracks. (Edited)
great album, better than much of his later work.. (Edited)
LukasAntoine00s 02/13/2022 03:18 | #281230
61.67
Debut de Bowie. Baroque pop con momentos en que se pone experimental. No hay ningún hit en el disco, tampoco un tema muy memorable. Oscila entre música mediocre y música aceptable. Mis favoritas han sido Love You Till Tuesday y When I Live My Dream, pero aún así no podría decir que me gustaron al punto de entrar en mis canciones favoritas. De hecho, se quedan lejos de eso.
Es el inicio de la leyenda, y no fue por lo alto, pero lo que viene más adelante es historia musical pura. (Edited)
Forgettable debut for Bowie, and not a sign of things to come.
mdbaxter 10/06/2020 22:51 | #259079
Some flashes of talent but not a very good album. Bowie's theatrics are the only saving grace of the album, I think. It doesn't sound like he wasn't trying or anything like that it's just a bad debut for whatever reason. The production is actually pretty good but the songs aren't. (Edited)
A music hall album with some folk pop tracks. A style is too british for american audiences.
Itself the album is too inconsistent.. (Edited)
Fair enough. (Edited)
Very Cringe sush as David meets DMX
teague 12/13/2018 20:26 | #227007
The real David Bowie only sort of comes through in certain parts. Not good at all.
Nowhereman1965 09/09/2018 15:44 | #220832 | TOP COMMENT
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Due to the style of the songs, this album is never going to be rated a classic. Way too whimsical by half ! Very much of its time. However, having first heard it when I was 10, I have a lot of affection for it. The childlike quality of the songs appealed to me..and still does in a nostalgic way. Can’t say I’d recommend it to others, but I like it. (Edited)
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