Station To Station
by David Bowie

Station To Station by David Bowie
Year: 1976
Release date: 1976-01-23
Overall rank: 104th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
85/100 (from 1,565 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 1976 (2nd)
Award Top 50 albums of the 1970s (29th)
Award Top 200 albums of all time (104th)

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David Bowie bestography

Station To Station is ranked 5th 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 8 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 41,947.

David Bowie album bestography « Higher ranked (94th)
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This album (104th)
Station To Station
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Station To Station track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 87 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Station To Station rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 104th | 1970s rank: 29th | 1976 rank: 2nd

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Average Rating: 
85/100 (from 1,565 votes)
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33 hours ago Steve_Emmett  Ratings distribution  11867/100
 
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04/30/2026 16:35 Pavloss  Ratings distribution  39449/100
 
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04/06/2026 03:14 Bennos  Ratings distribution  590/100
 
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03/31/2026 22:18 Brandon8  Ratings distribution  1,04189/100

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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 85.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.

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75/100
From 03/18/2026 15:28 | #313569
Best tracks: Station to Station, Wild Is the Wind.
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From 09/25/2024 13:41 | #305409
Station to Station and Stay are the big masterpieces, Golden Years is the more down to earth catchy track, Wild is the Wind is powerful, TVC15 is def the weak track.
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From 07/13/2024 12:35 | #304312
Didn't like it at first but it grew on me. Now it's my favourite of his
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50/100
From 07/23/2023 17:04 | #298313
Not up to Ziggy Stardust/Hunky Dory standards but a good album. Love the last track.
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80/100
From 04/10/2023 14:00 | #295916
This is quite a change up in style for Bowie which makes it fun to revisit this album as this stands out as solely unique in his discography. This is because it leads into a more funky style which I think works wonderfully especially on the title track which is 10 minutes of just Bowie greatness. We also get Golden Years and Wild Is The Wind on here which are both fantastic and are two of my all time favourite Bowie tracks. However, the 3 tracks that I haven't mentioned yet feel like a significant step down in quality with these tracks being arguably skippable. They just don't feel significant enough for me and don't engage me enough to keep me interested in the music. Despite this, when Bowie gets it right on this release it is possibly the greatest he has ever sounded musically. This is because it feels so complex and full of depth which makes it so fun to explore this record. Overall, there is some outstanding stuff on here but it isn't consistently maintained meaning this release is held back significantly in my opinion.
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90/100
From 02/27/2023 18:29 | #294516
While I definitely prefer his singing in the earlier part of his career (sometimes his voice sounds really akward on this record, like he struggles), this is probably his most accomplished instrumentally. It mixes funk rythms with a cold darker rock sound, managing to predate post-punk .
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80/100
From 08/31/2022 03:42 | #289129
Solid album
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From 05/02/2022 05:58 | #284857
Album of the year.1976.
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From 04/24/2022 15:33 | #284583
Strong album. The title track is amzing, but all tracks on here are great. Maybe controversial, but i believe this is his 2. best or 3. best album.
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From 04/22/2022 18:47 | #284495
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