★ (track)
by David Bowie
★ appears on the following album(s) by David Bowie:
- ★ [Blackstar] (track #1) (this album) (2016)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/04/2025 13:29 |  Kalos | 10,372 | 75/100 |
| ! | 11/30/2025 05:11 | Exist-en-ciel | 34,863 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/29/2025 22:07 |  II | 4,002 | 71/100 |
| ! | 10/13/2025 19:36 |  Superunknown | 506 | 86/100 |
| ! | 09/03/2025 19:12 | BurndenAce | 4,269 | 79/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 91.3/100, a mean average of 90.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.7.
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lleon79 10/06/2022 02:47 | #290226
Something happened on the day he died...
VictorVale 12/24/2018 19:45 | #227836
Uma grande viagem brilhante e mórbida. A ultima face do camaleão.
Even on his deathbed, he somehow made one of the greatest songs of all time.
This is like a fusion of prog, electronica and symphonic rock, and my god does it work with striking results!
The most complete song by the starman
This one is slowly becoming one of my favorite Bowie songs.
nitomano 08/18/2016 04:42 | #173028
I Love the middle section
Kalos 06/06/2016 07:30 | #167999
After 5 month of listenings, I confirm this is in my top 10 of Bowie's songs. I agree with @Space-Dementia, its structure has a Reflektor feeling, there's a melody pattern, then comes the fantastoc middle section, and finally it returns to initial pattern, enforced by the ghost of the central part. A sort of rock sonata. CHARMING arrangement!
We now know what happened to Major Tom!
Oh my god, this is awesome. Fucking incredible song! It's dark and mysterious, but then in the middle part the song takes another direction with this great glamorous style from Bowie, which is very catchy. The video is also amazing and a great experience. Beautiful!
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