A David Bowie Album Ranking
by Giant2015 
- Chart updated: 04/18/2019 00:45
- (Created: 04/18/2019 00:07).
- Chart size: 15 albums.
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Classic rock; glam rock; proto-punk
Top 5 songs: "Five Years", "Moonage Daydream", "Starman", "Suffragette City", "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide"
Rating: 10/10 [First added to this chart: 04/17/2019]
Top 5 songs: "Five Years", "Moonage Daydream", "Starman", "Suffragette City", "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide"
Rating: 10/10 [First added to this chart: 04/17/2019]
Year of Release:
1972
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40,505
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Art pop; electronic rock; ambient
Top 5 songs: "What in the World", "Sound and Vision", "A New Career in a New Town", "Warszawa", "Subterraneans"
Rating: 10/10 [First added to this chart: 04/17/2019]
Top 5 songs: "What in the World", "Sound and Vision", "A New Career in a New Town", "Warszawa", "Subterraneans"
Rating: 10/10 [First added to this chart: 04/17/2019]
Year of Release:
1977
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15,853
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Hard rock; glam rock; psychedelic rock; psychedelic folk
Top 5 songs: "All the Madmen", "Black Country Rock", "After All", "Saviour Machine", "The Man Who Sold the World"
Rating: 9/10 [First added to this chart: 04/17/2019]
Top 5 songs: "All the Madmen", "Black Country Rock", "After All", "Saviour Machine", "The Man Who Sold the World"
Rating: 9/10 [First added to this chart: 04/17/2019]
Year of Release:
1970
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1,644
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Art rock; art pop; electronic; ambient
Top 5 songs: "Beauty and the Beast", "Heroes", "Sons of the Silent Age", "Moss Garden", "Neukoln"
Rating: 9/10 [First added to this chart: 04/17/2019]
Top 5 songs: "Beauty and the Beast", "Heroes", "Sons of the Silent Age", "Moss Garden", "Neukoln"
Rating: 9/10 [First added to this chart: 04/17/2019]
Year of Release:
1977
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5,847
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Experimental rock; jazz; art rock; heavy influences from post-punk, industrial, electronica and avant-garde
Top 3 songs: "Blackstar", "Lazarus", "Dollar Days"
Rating: 9/10 [First added to this chart: 04/17/2019]
Top 3 songs: "Blackstar", "Lazarus", "Dollar Days"
Rating: 9/10 [First added to this chart: 04/17/2019]
Year of Release:
2016
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12,259
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Glam rock; art rock; avant-garde jazz; hard rock
Top 5 songs: "Aladdin Sane (1914-1938-197?)", "Drive-In Saturday", "Panic in Detroit", "Time", "Lady Grinning Soul"
Rating: 9/10 [First added to this chart: 04/17/2019]
Top 5 songs: "Aladdin Sane (1914-1938-197?)", "Drive-In Saturday", "Panic in Detroit", "Time", "Lady Grinning Soul"
Rating: 9/10 [First added to this chart: 04/17/2019]
Year of Release:
1973
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5,365
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Blue-eyed soul; psychedelic soul; R&B
Top 3 songs: "Young Americans", "Somebody Up There Likes Me", "Fame"
Rating: 9/10 [First added to this chart: 04/17/2019]
Top 3 songs: "Young Americans", "Somebody Up There Likes Me", "Fame"
Rating: 9/10 [First added to this chart: 04/17/2019]
Year of Release:
1975
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1,646
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Art rock; krautrock; funk rock; blue-eyed soul; R&B
Top 3 songs: "Station to Station", "Golden Years", "TVC15"
Rating: 9/10 [First added to this chart: 04/17/2019]
Top 3 songs: "Station to Station", "Golden Years", "TVC15"
Rating: 9/10 [First added to this chart: 04/17/2019]
Year of Release:
1976
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11,413
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Glam rock; art rock; hard rock; progressive rock; proto-punk
Top 3 songs: "Diamond Dogs", "Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing (reprise)", "Rebel Rebel"
Rating: 9/10 [First added to this chart: 04/17/2019]
Top 3 songs: "Diamond Dogs", "Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing (reprise)", "Rebel Rebel"
Rating: 9/10 [First added to this chart: 04/17/2019]
Year of Release:
1974
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2,687
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Glam rock; art rock; art folk
Top 5 songs: "Changes", "Oh! You Pretty Things", "Life on Mars?", "Quicksand", "The Bewlay Brothers"
Rating: 8.5/10 [First added to this chart: 04/17/2019]
Top 5 songs: "Changes", "Oh! You Pretty Things", "Life on Mars?", "Quicksand", "The Bewlay Brothers"
Rating: 8.5/10 [First added to this chart: 04/17/2019]
Year of Release:
1971
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18,364
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Total albums: 15. Page 1 of 2
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A David Bowie Album Ranking composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 1 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 9 | 60% | |
| 1980s | 2 | 13% | |
| 1990s | 1 | 7% | |
| 2000s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2010s | 2 | 13% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| David Bowie | 15 | 100% |
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