Lady Grinning Soul (track)
by David Bowie
Year: 1973
From the album Aladdin Sane (track #10)
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Lady Grinning Soul appears on the following album(s) by David Bowie:
- Aladdin Sane (track #10) (this album) (1973)
- iSelect (track #4) (compilation) (2008)
- Five Years (1969-1973) (track #79) (compilation) (2015)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 4 days ago | Exist-en-ciel | 55,198 | 71/100 |
| ! | 12/12/2025 09:59 | Johnnyo | 41,991 | 80/100 |
| ! | 12/10/2025 09:10 | plasmicmist | 7,423 | 90/100 |
| ! | 12/04/2025 03:07 |  LukasAntoine00s | 5,184 | 80/100 |
| ! | 12/03/2025 22:57 |  DommeDamian | 72,625 | 51/100 |
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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 85.7/100, a mean average of 85.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.8.
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Great piano intro. Overall, I really like this track. Quirky. Different and great vocals, in fact, maybe the best vocals on the whole of Aladdin Sane.
I read that the piece has been compared to a James Bond theme and I totally get that.
A recording that, for me, had gone rather under the radar so very glad too have heard it now.
Goliath 08/14/2019 18:03 | #241168
This track should be better known, yes, a masterpiece.
nitomano 08/15/2016 21:33 | #172946
That piano!
Underrated masterpiece. 10/10
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