Space Oddity (track)
by David Bowie
Year: 1969
From the album David Bowie (Space Oddity) (track #1)
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Space Oddity appears on the following album(s) by David Bowie:
- Best Of Bowie (track #1) (compilation) (2002)
- Changesbowie (track #1) (compilation) (1990)
- David Bowie (Space Oddity) (track #1) (this album) (1969)
- The Singles Collection (track #1) (compilation) (1993)
- Bowie At The Beeb (track #32) (2000)
- Ziggy Stardust The Motion Picture (track #7) (1983)
- The Best Of David Bowie 1969/1974 (track #2) (compilation) (1997)
- Live Santa Monica '72 (track #8) (1994)
- The Deram Anthology 1966-1968 (track #27) (compilation) (1997)
- Nothing Has Changed (track #54) (compilation) (2014)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/11/2026 02:47 | stareaterogni0n | 6,364 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/05/2026 10:42 | Siromynian | 18,802 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/15/2026 18:27 | wizardalien | 10,055 | 60/100 |
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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 93.5/100, a mean average of 92.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 93.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.4.
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AAL2014 03/19/2023 03:29 | #295169
The ultimate isolation-in-space song. The production works wonders on this track and so does the marvelous Bowie vocal harmony that weaves through each chorus. (Edited)
lleon79 10/31/2022 02:50 | #290924
Simply put, a beautiful song and a beautiful story about wonder, purpose and alienation. (Edited)
One of the most beautiful things I've ever listened to. (Edited)
Liedzeit 09/30/2018 17:51 | #221891
This song alone would make Space Oddity his best album. And to exaggerate slightly, so would every other one.
Easily my favourite David Bowie song. Simply beautiful.
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