Heathen
by David Bowie
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David Bowie bestography
Heathen is ranked 16th 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 40,604.
(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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Heathen track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Heathen rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 28 Music Albums of 2002 | 4/28 | 4 |
| 2026 | PapaShiz86 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Bach | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 53/100 | 10 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 25/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 32 Music Albums of 2002 | 27/32 | 1 |
| 2026 | willtoshower | Top 93 Music Albums of the 2000s | 66/93 | 6 |
| 2026 | Andras | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 60/100 | 40 |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 19 Music Albums of 2002 | 7/19 | 3 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | My top 100 from BEA's top 2000 | 78/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Wanted Others | 13/15 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 246 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 921 | |||
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Heathen ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/28/2026 19:30 |  Tamthebam | 23,249 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/20/2026 03:12 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,630 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/16/2026 12:12 | glebrus | 469 | 81/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.8/100, a mean average of 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
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Forum mentions
pedro1976 08/05/2026 11:28 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 06/10/2026 22:34 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 09/11/2025 12:55 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Heathen comments
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Never got the hate for this album, by far the most underrated Bowie album, on my top 5 favorites by him, better than Heroes/Blackstar imho, at least as good as Low. (Edited)
lleon79 09/24/2022 16:54 | #289936
It has some highlights though I wouldn't call it one of his best. Overall I agree it's one of his finest between Scary Monsters and Blackstar.
I'm really surprised to see how little attention this album has received compared to many other Bowie albums. For me, this one is almost as good as Blackstar. It is very consistent, filled with great musicianship and originality and still definitely Bowie. A great album, one of Bowie's best if you ask me (his fourth best if you really want to know).
Sunday, I Would Be Your Slave and A Better Future are the real highlights here.
But every song is either good, great or juste plain amazing, except maybe Everyone Says Hi (which is weirdly the highest rated track here, I don't get it). (Edited)
For me, Bowie's best album since "Let's Dance" 18 years prior.
Best song(s): Slow Burn; Afraid; I've Been Waiting for You (Edited)
I Don't understand how this album is rated so low. the lowest song is ranked at 77 but the album is 75? This is one of Bowie's best, pleasantly surprised with the record coming off this late 80's and 90's albums. (Edited)
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