Speed Of Life (track)
by David Bowie
Speed Of Life appears on the following album(s) by David Bowie:
- Low (track #1) (this album) (1977)
- Sound + Vision (track #34) (compilation) (1989)
- Stage (track #10) (1978)
- Bowie Now (track #6) (compilation) (2018)
- A New Career In A New Town (1977-1982) (track #1) (compilation) (2017)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 04/24/2026 10:58 | stanchoiaz | 1,218 | 81/100 |
| ! | 03/22/2026 22:59 |  Rockdrigo | 1,125 | 82/100 |
| ! | 02/23/2026 18:57 | alexandermause | 17,953 | 85/100 |
| ! | 01/27/2026 20:32 | kinginsomniac12 | 6,106 | 100/100 |
| ! | 01/22/2026 19:47 | Robert_fripp | 899 | 86/100 |
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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 87.2/100, a mean average of 86.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.7.
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Such a great opening track, it perfectly foreshadows how experimental and different the rest of the Berlin Trilogy would be from other mainstream music of the 70s.
Grzywa 01/13/2016 14:17 | #156432
An opening track to a great album. Not a highlight, still a memorable instrumental though.
Beginning reminds me of Dragon Ball Z for some reason :o
A great way to start off the album, and gives many hints on it's contents, with the rocky guitars that would fuel the A-Side, and the cold electronics that would fuel the B-Side. Electronics aren't used that much here, but you can certainly hear them.
Cool intro
A way to begin!
A good beginning instrumental.
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