The Best Of David Bowie 1974/1979
by David Bowie

The Best Of David Bowie 1974/1979 by David Bowie
(Compilation album)
Year: 1998
Overall rank: 33,850th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 54 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1998 (537th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (5,103rd)
Award Best albums of all time (33,850th)

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David Bowie bestography

The Best Of David Bowie 1974/1979 is ranked 54th 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 7 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 41,777.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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The Best Of David Bowie 1974/1979 rankings

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Overall rank: 33,850th | 1990s rank: 5,103rd | 1998 rank: 537th

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Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 54 votes)
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06/05/2026 20:14 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  3,60583/100
 
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04/01/2026 20:24 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,41174/100
 
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10/28/2025 06:39 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  23,02369/100
 
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11/21/2024 14:15 Ulysses60  Ratings distribution  1,29678/100
 
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09/17/2023 05:04 Brigand99  Ratings distribution  42383/100

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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.4/100, a mean average of 79.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.7.

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From 02/14/2018 23:32 | #208215
Second part of the Platinum collection. Some great songs with a few just OK (by Bowie standards).
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