Heathen
by David Bowie
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Heathen is ranked 16th best out of 95 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 42,661.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/10/2026 02:02 | edguyerrison | 265 | 73/100 |
| ! | 01/22/2026 10:30 | fabm0 | 6,859 | 59/100 |
| ! | 01/08/2026 22:02 | thepardunk | 2,572 | 69/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 18:01 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 |
| ! | 11/25/2025 04:42 |  MadhattanJack | 5,604 | 65/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 73.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
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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.
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).
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
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.
Very underrated Bowie album. One of his best.
Brandon8 06/17/2020 03:52 | #253702
A more somber and mature album it has some very strong songs such as Sunday, Slow Burn & Afraid. You have to be in the right mood for it but it’s a grower.
Has there been a better album produced by someone in their 50s? If so, it's probably one of Bowie's others. Sunday, what an opener. Then a cover of the great Frank Black's Cactus, and a great cover too. The beautiful Slip Away; I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spacecraft; Everyone Says Hi. This is packed with wonderful tracks. I love it.
Sandrof1969 02/21/2018 21:12 | #209123
All'epoca "Heathen" non mi era dispiaciuto, una volta accettato il fatto che il grande artista che Bowie era stato negli anni settanta non lo si sarebbe avuto più ( almeno fino a "Blackstar" ). Ci trovavo addirittura, a tratti, l'intensità di "Low" o di "Heroes"… A riascoltarlo, pur ridimensionandolo, rimane il migliore di quei tre dischi comunque mediocri…
In my opinion, Heathen is the best Bowie album between Scary monsters and Blackstar. It includes some of Bowie's best writing for years and it doesn't sound like he's trying too hard either, like he does on Earthling and Outside. A fine album with some fine songs.
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