African Night Flight (track)
by David Bowie
African Night Flight appears on the following album(s) by David Bowie:
- Lodger (track #2) (this album) (1979)
- A New Career In A New Town (1977-1982) (track #66) (compilation) (2017)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/05/2026 10:47 | Siromynian | 20,079 | 71/100 |
| ! | 01/20/2026 17:23 | Exist-en-ciel | 172,032 | 71/100 |
| ! | 12/30/2025 15:19 |  Bach | 7,209 | 70/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 15% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 77.8/100, a mean average of 77.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.1.
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Grzywa 01/13/2016 10:31 | #156424
African paranoia trip. Very cocaine-fuelled, I suppose. (Edited)
Onater 12/31/2016 08:31 | #181366
I don't know what to think about this... (Edited)
Nothing like this on any other Bowie album. Just a joy to listen to! (Edited)
New Kendrick sounds great (Edited)
