Station To Station
by David Bowie
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David Bowie bestography
Station To Station is ranked 5th best out of 97 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 40,474.
(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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Station To Station track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 87 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Station To Station rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | sweetness | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 72/100 | 6 |
| 2026 |  AwaitingAndrew | Top 40 Music Albums of 1976 | 4/40 | 5 |
| 2026 | MrOlan | Top 18 Music Albums of 1976 | 14/18 | 1 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 60 Music Albums of 1976 | 4/60 | 5 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 30/100 | 14 |
| 2026 |  Taka | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 6/100 | 19 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1976 | 29/100 | - |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Overall 301-400 | 75/100 | - |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 97 Music Albums of 1976 | 6/97 | 5 |
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 31 Music Albums of 1976 | 2/31 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 1,119 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 11,348 | |||
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Station To Station ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/22/2026 14:21 | TheWongs | 904 | 71/100 |
| ! | 09/30/2026 08:24 | Siromynian | 1,789 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/28/2026 12:06 | Taka | 1,096 | 80/100 |
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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 85.4/100, a mean average of 84.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
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Station To Station forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 4 days ago in Chart of the day (#5477): By covecoveView latest topic →
BestEverAlbums 10/02/2026 08:18 in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026View latest topic →
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Station To Station comments
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I'm not the biggest David Bowie fan, but this is probably my favorite album of his. I'm always struck at how different people can have such opposite opinions on songs. Stay is my favorite Bowie song of all (with only Heroes close behind), but you read others who say it's lackluster. (Edited)
Bowie's best. Station To Station has a unique place in Bowie discography – it’s the transition between the soul sound of Young Americans and the electronic experiments of Low, but the odd mixture of styles gives it a singular identity. Jerky rhythms and a disquieting atmosphere are achieved, even though the palette is largely limited to a basic guitar, piano, bass, and drums set up.
DeusExMackia TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/30/2015 16:50 | #150744 | TOP COMMENT
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Keep listening to this, even if you can't quite get into it. Eventually, the penny will drop - and it drops hard - and you will see that this is an absolute masterpiece.
This is the coked-out, avant-garde, funk-pop record that screams of paranoia and desperation. The title track is a ten minute art-funk classic that certainly influenced the Talking Heads and Gang of Four and where Bowie tells the listener over and over that "it's not the side effects of the cocaine."
I have found my favourite Bowie album! I seriously wasn't expecting it to be this good! Every track is a stunner! Now I better go listen to Ziggy Stardust, after which I will have listened to the top 4 albums by him on this site.
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