Be My Wife (track)
by David Bowie
Be My Wife appears on the following album(s) by David Bowie:
- Low (track #6) (this album) (1977)
- Sound + Vision (track #33) (compilation) (1989)
- A Reality Tour (track #9) (2010)
- Welcome To The Blackout (Live London '78) (track #4) (2018)
- Live In Berlin (1978) L.P. (track #2) (2018)
- A New Career In A New Town (1977-1982) (track #6) (compilation) (2017)
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| ! | 4 days ago | Exist-en-ciel | 29,008 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/05/2025 19:55 | FrancK | 4,325 | 83/100 |
| ! | 08/30/2025 14:29 | gmessian | 1,400 | 55/100 |
| ! | 08/28/2025 04:20 | BurndenAce | 4,248 | 79/100 |
| ! | 08/26/2025 12:00 | 42,935 | 88/100 |
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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 86.1/100, a mean average of 85.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.1.
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David Blurie
The best song on the album. Dramatic, great guitar licks and that insistent piano. I'm not sure if it works as a way of asking the big question, though.
Not really my favourite era of Bowie but I love this one, it has a proper melody.
Great track
The piano is my favorite part
Lows <3 <3
Neoclassical.
The coolest Sida A track on Low. The guitar riff's really good.
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