Suffragette City (track)
by David Bowie
Year: 1972
From the album The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (track #10)
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Suffragette City appears on the following album(s) by David Bowie:
- The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (track #10) (this album) (1972)
- Best Of Bowie (track #8) (compilation) (2002)
- Changesbowie (track #5) (compilation) (1990)
- The Singles Collection (track #5) (compilation) (1993)
- Bowie At The Beeb (track #29) (2000)
- Ziggy Stardust The Motion Picture (track #14) (1983)
- The Best Of David Bowie 1969/1974 (track #8) (compilation) (1997)
- David Live (track #6) (1974)
- Live Santa Monica '72 (track #17) (1994)
- Changesonebowie (track #5) (compilation) (1976)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/03/2026 15:10 | Leginlists | 615 | 84/100 |
| ! | 07/09/2026 09:08 | Siromynian | 18,087 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/10/2026 15:24 | archiemf | 520 | 90/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2026 15:15 |  swed | 3,702 | 88/100 |
| ! | 04/30/2026 13:54 | Pavloss | 2,378 | 60/100 |
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Love this track from a really great album.
Good but not great although it probably would have been great live during the Ziggy set at the gig. Energetic. Couple of hip lyrics in there - "This mellow thighed chick just put my spine out of place"
Reference to "Droogie" are the guys from A Clockwork Orange and he might have played the theme music from that film before his Ziggy shows.
Another definitive Bowie song, I love how perfectly it leads to Rock n Roll Suicide. (Edited)
Goliath 03/05/2018 18:36 | #210175
One of the all time best tracks. (Edited)
Another awesome track on an awesome record :) (Edited)
This might be my favorite Bowie song. The lyrics, the vocals, the guitar, everything just works. Pair this with "Ziggy Stardust" and you've got a winning combo (Edited)
nachosbob 08/28/2014 05:03 | #120569
OHHHH, WHAM BLAM THANK YOU MA'AM! (Edited)
GandalfORiley345 05/25/2014 20:52 | #112929
Incredible riff, strongly guitar with chorus that give the talk to Bowie, awesome short solo, and the piano rocks, one of the bests (Edited)
PatrickD 01/02/2014 09:18 | #99518
This sure holds its own. Stands up to today's best pop songs. (Edited)
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