Lazarus (track)
by David Bowie
Lazarus appears on the following album(s) by David Bowie:
- ★ [Blackstar] (track #3) (this album) (2016)
- Legacy (track #39) (compilation) (2016)
- I Can't Give Everything Away (2002-2016) (track #114) (compilation) (2025)
- I Can't Give Everything Away (2002-2016) (track #119) (compilation) (2025)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/03/2025 07:04 | Exist-en-ciel | 28,902 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/09/2025 19:05 |  flamingyesdept | 15,977 | 84/100 |
| ! | 10/28/2025 02:24 |  II | 3,968 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/30/2025 14:27 | gmessian | 1,400 | 55/100 |
| ! | 08/28/2025 22:03 | jtc91 | 13,888 | 82/100 |
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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 91.6/100, a mean average of 90.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.3.
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I remember when this album came out, I was still not into Bowie at all, despite me being a huge classic rock fan and Bowie being my dad’s favorite. A few months after his death, we were listening to the album and my dad told me what he thought of this song. He told me he thought that the banging at the end, was the nail in the coffin. Literally, this song is (or at least I believe) him writing a song from the point of being dead. And it all ends, with a nail in the coffin. This was his final goodbye.
JulianR 03/04/2018 02:23 | #210055
absolutely gorgeous
A goodbye message.
The perfect swan song
Incredible song!! Great instrumentation and it also creates a dark atmosphere. This song gets me everytime :(
DeusExMackia 01/14/2016 19:46 | #156530
Damning, dark and cryptic.
Haunting & Overwhelming
The song was amazing beforehand, but there's just so much more meaning to it now. Amazing.
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