David Bowie
by David Bowie

David Bowie by David Bowie
Year: 1967
Overall rank: 6,377th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
60/100 (from 270 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1967 (69th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (490th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,377th)

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David Bowie bestography

David Bowie is ranked 24th best out of 95 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 8 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 42,382.

David Bowie album bestography « Higher ranked (6,230th)
Ziggy Stardust The Motion Picture
This album (6,377th)
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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 71 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 6,377th | 1960s rank: 490th | 1967 rank: 69th

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Average Rating: 
60/100 (from 270 votes)
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03/10/2026 17:09 FrancK  Ratings distribution  51083/100
 
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02/10/2026 14:28 tillz  Ratings distribution  78779/100
 
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02/10/2026 02:03 edguyerrison  Ratings distribution  26573/100
 
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01/21/2026 15:19 fabm0  Ratings distribution  6,86159/100
 
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01/13/2026 11:03 marcoserra1966  Ratings distribution  80158/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 59.9/100, a mean average of 58.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 59.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.9.

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75/100
From 07/31/2024 03:15 | #304603
"We Are Hungry Men" the stand out song from this album. A great debut with half a dozen strong tracks.
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From 04/22/2024 17:42 | #303131
great album, better than much of his later work..
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60/100
From 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.
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From 12/27/2020 16:22 | #263277
Forgettable debut for Bowie, and not a sign of things to come.
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From 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.
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65/100
From 03/21/2020 18:14 | #248963
A music hall album with some folk pop tracks. A style is too british for american audiences.
Itself the album is too inconsistent..
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70/100
From 12/31/2019 19:04 | #246262
Fair enough.
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From 11/07/2019 01:00 | #244496
Very Cringe sush as David meets DMX
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20/100
From 12/13/2018 20:26 | #227007
The real David Bowie only sort of comes through in certain parts. Not good at all.
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70/100
From 09/09/2018 15:44 | #220832
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.
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Best Albums of 1967
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles
2. The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground & Nico
3. The Doors by The Doors
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6. Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles
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12. Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane
13. Days Of Future Passed by The Moody Blues
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