David Byrne
by David Byrne

David Byrne by David Byrne
Year: 1994
Overall rank: 7,509th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 43 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1994 (147th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,210th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,509th)

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David Byrne bestography

David Byrne is ranked 2nd best out of 17 albums by David Byrne on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by David Byrne is American Utopia which is ranked number 7010 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 182.

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Upcoming concerts

Mar
26
Thu
Big Ears Presents: David Byrne - Who Is The Sky?
Knoxville Civic Auditorium, Knoxville, United States. United States
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Mar
27
Fri
Big Ears Presents: David Byrne - Who Is The Sky?
Knoxville Civic Auditorium, Knoxville, United States. United States
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Apr
07
Tue
An Evening With David Byrne - Who is the Sky Tour
Keller Auditorium, Portland, United States. United States
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David Byrne rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 7,509th | 1990s rank: 1,210th | 1994 rank: 147th
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2026cicadelicTop 100 Music Albums of 199488/1001
2026 covecoveTop 100 Music Albums of 199498/1000
2025JohnnyoGreatest albums of the '90's (301 - 400) by U R C85/100 -
2025OlliTop 52 Music Albums of 199436/522
2025AlienCinemaTop 99 Music Albums of 199460/992
2025skrapoelTop 52 Music Albums of 19944/525
2025 Sandrof1969Top 20 Music Albums of 19946/204
2025mostlymorTop 100 Music Albums of 199463/1002
2025skrapoelTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s26/10015
2025 videoheadcleanerTop 80 Music Albums of 199415/804
2024 HeliosTop 90 Music Albums of 199427/904
2024 meccaleccaTop 71 Music Albums of 199453/711
2024CricketslowTop 38 Greatest Music Albums18/3846
2024cicadelicRobert Christgau: Dean's List 199440/60 -
2024 PAPPITUFOTop 47 Music Albums of 199443/471
2022 phantom1305Top 49 Music Albums of 199431/492
2021shanelovesyou1111Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s33/10014
2020 jnfbnTop 100 Music Albums of 199460/1002
2020 BozoTyrannusTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s21/10016
2020 BozoTyrannusTop 18 Music Albums of 19942/185
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 30
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 168
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73/100 (from 43 votes)
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12/08/2025 04:20 Olli  Ratings distribution  6,75563/100
 
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12/06/2025 01:28 Kingturtle  Ratings distribution  7,53373/100
 
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01/04/2025 11:58 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  23,76364/100
 
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04/19/2024 04:28 ScrumpyArbuckle  Ratings distribution  1,13178/100
 
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04/08/2024 11:51 videoheadcleaner  Ratings distribution  12,22685/100

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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.

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From 02/18/2018 19:14 | #208723
Non ricordo un album dei Talking Heads, a parte "Remain in light", così riuscito e centrato come questo; con un suono altrettanto frizzante, con tante canzoni così ben fatte, che sembrano fresche anche se ricordano questo o quell'altro brano del loro autore. "Angels" potrebbe essere una "Once in a lifetime" minore ma neanche di tantissimo, "Buck naked" è l'ideale chiusura soffusa e pop di un disco quasi perfetto e che ho ascoltato parecchio.
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