Star (track)
by David Bowie
Year: 1972
From the album The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (track #7)
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Star appears on the following album(s) by David Bowie:
- The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (track #7) (this album) (1972)
- Stage (track #5) (1978)
- The Collaborator - The Legendary Broadcasts (track #15) (compilation) (2016)
- Welcome To The Blackout (Live London '78) (track #15) (2018)
- Five Years (1969-1973) (track #36) (compilation) (2015)
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| ! | 10/19/2026 20:04 | fatpizzachef | 185 | 89/100 |
| ! | 10/11/2026 21:11 | Mafedere | 12,418 | 74/100 |
| ! | 10/09/2026 17:08 | emiro | 1,979 | 89/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 84.8/100, a mean average of 84.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.0.
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GandalfORiley345 05/25/2014 20:42 | #112926
Like you Bowie, A ROCK N´ROLL STAR (Edited)
Not the best off the album, but thats not saying much, still a great song. (Edited)
This is one of three fairly standard style rock songs on this album - good but not great and not as interesting as others like Starman. The others are Hang Onto Yourself and Suffragette City that I include in the rock standard. (Edited)
Jasonconfused TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/17/2013 22:08 | #61872
Pretty heavy, but definitely not one of the better songs on the album.
Decent track, but not up there with the best on the album.
