Cygnet Committee (track)
by David Bowie
Year: 1969
From the album David Bowie (Space Oddity) (track #4)
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Cygnet Committee appears on the following album(s) by David Bowie:
- David Bowie (Space Oddity) (track #4) (this album) (1969)
- Bowie At The Beeb (track #11) (2000)
- Five Years (1969-1973) (track #4) (compilation) (2015)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 03/21/2026 03:47 | Exist-en-ciel | 100,917 | 71/100 | |
| 03/01/2026 18:24 | bkrkrts | 30 | 91/100 | |
| 02/26/2026 13:30 | Luncea | 5,120 | 85/100 | |
| 02/08/2026 21:14 | Deckard | 317 | 71/100 | |
| 01/06/2026 11:55 | markl73 | 6,851 | 78/100 |
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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 83.0/100, a mean average of 82.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.6.
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I could bet you 100$ that the boys from Grizzly Bear were greatly influenced by this song!
This is my favourite Bowie song. Overall not the best Bowie album, that would go to Ziggy or Hunky Dory, but this song is sublime.
Nobodyisemo 12/14/2017 20:51 | #203112
Sounds a lot like Aladdin Sane's, 'Time' in some sections. Both solid songs.
An underrated Bowie gem.
This track gets better as you go through.
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