The Secret Life Of Arabia (track)
by David Bowie
The Secret Life Of Arabia appears on the following album(s) by David Bowie:
- "Heroes" (track #10) (this album) (1977)
- The Best Of David Bowie 1974/1979 (track #13) (compilation) (1998)
- Bowie Now (track #11) (compilation) (2018)
- A New Career In A New Town (1977-1982) (track #21) (compilation) (2017)
- The Platinum Collection (track #33) (compilation) (2005)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 4 days ago | alexandermause | 15,653 | 85/100 | |
| 01/28/2026 03:55 | stareaterogni0n | 3,666 | 72/100 | |
| 01/27/2026 20:31 | kinginsomniac12 | 5,498 | 100/100 | |
| 12/07/2025 16:23 | Exist-en-ciel | 80,021 | 70/100 | |
| 12/04/2025 01:44 |  LukasAntoine00s | 5,259 | 80/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 3% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 82.7/100, a mean average of 82.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.7.
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DeusExMackia 10/29/2018 11:44 | #223474
Wow. Bowie wrote lyrics like Michelangelo made paintings, but even this is a cut above the rest.
"You must see the movie, the sand in my eyes
I walk through a desert song when the heroine dies"
And then damn, in comes that hand clap. Suddenly its disco-fusion dance anthem. What in the living f*ck is this level of genius?
Franz-Aussie 04/21/2017 01:56 | #189609
Nah this is a FANTASTIC song to end the album, I've heard ppl say this should've been on a different spot
But I dunno, this sums up the Berlin ethereal sound perfectly as a jam
Very disappointing way to end such a good album.
The song itself isn't THAT good on it's own, but the placing is terrible, it should have ended like Low, with an ambient track.
Mother Nature's Son 02/26/2013 21:19 | #66250
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