Teenage Wildlife (track)
by David Bowie
Year: 1980
From the album Scary Monsters (track #6)
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Teenage Wildlife appears on the following album(s) by David Bowie:
- Scary Monsters (track #6) (this album) (1980)
- David Bowie: The Collection (track #12) (compilation) (2005)
- iSelect (track #7) (compilation) (2008)
- A New Career In A New Town (1977-1982) (track #90) (compilation) (2017)
- Ouvrez Le Chien (Live Dallas 95) (track #14) (2020)
- No Trendy Réchauffé (Live Birmingham 95) (track #11) (2020)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/05/2026 09:26 | Siromynian | 18,035 | 71/100 |
| ! | 03/23/2026 19:03 | FrancK | 4,851 | 82/100 |
| ! | 02/10/2026 02:45 |  imacgill | 32,896 | 81/100 |
| ! | 01/25/2026 23:13 | wizardalien | 9,834 | 61/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2026 19:42 | Exist-en-ciel | 168,049 | 71/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 84.7/100, a mean average of 84.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.4.
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Maybe the best song on the album (that or Ashes to Ashes).
DriftingOrpheus 04/18/2020 07:27 | #250149
My Goodness...This is the unsung hero for Bowie's entire catalogue....
Underrated masterpiece. 10/10
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