Eight Line Poem (track)
by David Bowie
Year: 1971
From the album Hunky Dory (track #3)
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Eight Line Poem appears on the following album(s) by David Bowie:
- Hunky Dory (track #3) (this album) (1971)
- Bowie At The Beeb (track #20) (2000)
- Five Years (1969-1973) (track #21) (compilation) (2015)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/26/2026 14:18 | Bjartmar03 | 3,167 | 80/100 |
| ! | 06/12/2026 21:13 | stareaterogni0n | 5,561 | 69/100 |
| ! | 04/09/2026 03:04 |  imacgill | 32,615 | 81/100 |
| ! | 01/27/2026 20:33 | kinginsomniac12 | 5,936 | 100/100 |
| ! | 01/23/2026 13:42 | alexandermause | 17,953 | 85/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 5% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 80.3/100, a mean average of 79.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.8.
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touching lyrics presented blandly.
Very powerful
DeusExMackia 04/16/2016 18:01 | #163931
Beautiful, beautiful lyrics, and so fantastically simple.
Good song!
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