Low
by David Bowie

Album
Low by David Bowie
Year: 1977
Release date: 1977-01-14
Overall rank: 66th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
86/100 (from 2,102 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 1977 (4th)
Award Top 20 albums of of the 1970s (19th)
Award Top 100 albums of all time (66th)

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David Bowie bestography

Low is ranked 3rd 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 40,508.

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Low track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 86 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Speed Of Life
Average Rating: 87 (443 votes)Comments: View 7
2.
Breaking Glass
Average Rating: 85 (427 votes)Comments: View 4
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What In The World
Average Rating: 83 (405 votes)Comments: View 4
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Sound And Vision
Average Rating: 91 (626 votes)Comments: View 10
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Always Crashing In The Same Car
Average Rating: 86 (429 votes)Comments: View 6
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Be My Wife
Average Rating: 87 (434 votes)Comments: View 7
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A New Career In A New Town
Average Rating: 86 (420 votes)Comments: View 5
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Warszawa
Average Rating: 88 (450 votes)Comments: View 9
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Art Decade
Average Rating: 83 (387 votes)Comments: View 4
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Weeping Wall
Average Rating: 82 (380 votes)Comments: View 4
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Subterraneans
Average Rating: 86 (406 votes)Comments: View 6

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Low rankings

Low rankings summary
Overall rank: 66th | 1970s rank: 19th | 1977 rank: 4th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
86/100 (from 2,102 votes)
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 !		09/14/2026 08:03 Foxforce5  Ratings distribution  48575/100
 
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 !		08/31/2026 00:11 xhitmanx  Ratings distribution  1,60475/100

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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 85.9/100, a mean average of 84.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.


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Low forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 09/18/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5439): By joedec
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by joedec () 1. (1989) 2. by (1982) 4. (1990) 5. by (1980) 7. by by (1993) 10. by (1985) 11. by by by (1988) 14. by (1977) 16. by (1987) 17. by (1987) 18. by (1971) 19. by (1979) 20. by (1984) 22. by (1972) 23. by (1979) 24. by (1968) 25. by by…”
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“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Amirkhosro () 1. by (1965) 2. by (1967) 3. by by (1970) 5. (2002) 6. by (1959) 7. (1966) 8. by by (1976) 10. by by (1968) 12. by (1959) 13. by (1959) 14. (1977) 16. by (1998) 18. by by (1989) 20. by (1998) 21. by (1962) 23. by (1980) 24. by…”
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“The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…”
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Low comments

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100/100
From 04/24/2026 10:57 | #314128
You can never mistake the sound of this album, so monumental for Bowie (Edited)
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From 04/05/2024 18:46 | #302874
Like Heroes, it's good for a while, but then there's a string of boring instrumental tracks from Warszawa to the end that I don't get anything out of. Best tracks are Sound and Vision and Always Crashing In The Same Car. Incredibly overrated album, I am perplexed it is in the top 100 greatest albums of all time. (Edited)
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From 02/29/2024 13:55 | #302299
A stunning album. You don't come away from it with songs to hum. There's nothing as infectious as "Fashion", for example, but as a mainly instrumental album it is wonderfully inventive and original. (Edited)
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80/100
From 02/22/2024 21:34 | #302151
Hauntingly atmospheric (Edited)
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From 07/02/2023 23:16 | #297919
Great album.
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Best Albums of  1977
1. Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
2. Animals by Pink Floyd
3. Marquee Moon by Television
4. Low by David Bowie
5. Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols by Sex Pistols
6. Aja by Steely Dan
7. The Stranger by Billy Joel
8. Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers
9. "Heroes" by David Bowie
10. The Clash by The Clash