Simple thread this. What is David Bowie's best album?
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Personally: Ziggy Stardust ATSFM
^^^ same
it is amazing
The Best Of Bowie
Hunky Dory
Thanks.
I can't separate Low and Station To Station.
Oh, alright then, Low.
But his run of creativity between 1971-1980 is pretty untouchable.
LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW
LOW.
that is all. x
What Mr Bones wrote..
was my first thought on reading the title of this thread. Also get 'Alladin Sane' & 'Stage'
I love Low
.... I haven't herd many more though
all saints
comp instrumentals,always pref bowie when he didnt open his trap.
Low
Aladdin Sane
Lodger
Scary Monsters
Hunky Dory
Station To Station
Low had a huge effect on men's hairstyles throughout the western world
I was struggling with my own hair just when that record came out. I started seeing that haircut everywhere. Low is amazing. Check out the Phillip Glass "Low" reprise/Glassified record- it's pretty good and a must for Low freaks.
I thought about it
And I cant seperate Low and Hunky Dory as my favourites. I guess they both represent the peaks of is 2 most creative phases for me.
it depends on the day dunnit
Man Who Sold The World
Hunky Dory
Ziggy
Aladinsane
Pin Ups
Diamond Dogs
Young Americans
Stationtostation
Low
Lodger
Scary Monsters
are pretty much perfection
71-80
the greatest run of brilliant albums by anyone ever
and I am aware I have omitted Heroes
I have my reasons
'the greatest run of brilliant albums by anyone ever'
'tis the truth, amen.
Im Curious that you omitted Heroes
Personally I think it is close too Low and I prefer it over Lodger.
Trying to think of reasons to not like it
Is it to experimental? to wide ranging influence? too many non songs?
hmmmm
well, i think if you remove the title track
which is obviously towering genius
you are left with a somewhat scapp set of songs, a lot of them seem unfinished, and, I think the instrumentals are more impressive
and
well
it just seems a bit of a wlrk in progress as an album
low has balance and majesty
heroes seems unfocussed and random
and
really badly produced
compared to Low, it sounds mono
now
you could accuse Lodger of randomness and it might be that Lodger contains songs left off the prev albums and is quite scrappy
but
it's consistent, it's sorta fun and nippy, and all the better for being a pop record.
but mebbe that's just me
It's A fair critisism
I come to Bowie from a different perspective than most as I am a massive Eno fan and I think it's mostly the instrumental tracks that I am drawn too, I reallu like that they expanded the scope of these after Low, add the majestic title track and it's a pretty good listen for me.
Now it's Young Americans that i can't get into beyond the title track.
Top... 8?
Aladdin Sane
Heathen
Low
Heroes
Scary Monsters
Ziggy Stardust
Outside
Diamond dogs
At the moment, my favourite is Heathen. Definitely the best album he's done in the last ten years.
Also, he's re-issuing Santa Monica (again). If you need a Bowie live album from the 70's, get this one.
I cant
believe you havent put hunky dory in that top eight >_<
And in the death
as the last few corpses lay rotting.... Ric did announce that his fave Bowie album was Diamond Dogs!
Then Man Who Sold the World - both of which are quite similar in their dystopian ways...
It's a good record
but it doesn't blow me away like the two that follow it. Saw the Ryko re-issue in a shop the other day, and couldn't be bothered to pick it up. That's how nonplussed I am by it.
I think I dig it
because the book 1984 really inspired me, and it sounds like some kind of macabre Derek Jarmen style movie adaptation of it! But yes indeed... people do seem to prefer the Berlin stuff on the whole.
^ I agree with all of that
but if I had to call it, Ziggy Stardust pips it for me.
i meant i agreed with teepee
the replies annoyingly end up in the wrong place...
Love V2 Schneider and Moss Garden
on Heroes, "Heroes" is one of my favorites.
Heroes
is my all time favourite Bowie song.
1. Outside for me
Hunky Dory
obviously.
Low
for me.
i would have to say
the best of bowie
Diamond Dogs
I love everything about it; music and artwork. Love the bit of poetry(Future Legend) that opens "Diamond Dogs" and all the post apocalyptic imagery woven throughout. Love Bowie's guitar playing, his sax playing on "We Are The Dead" (which is a phrase that passes between Winston and Julia in "1984") still gives me shivers and I still love trying to make all the little vocal parts on "Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family" Move it up, move it up!
Lets Dance!
XD
That song
"Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family"
is my mum's favourite Bowie song!
My fave is 'Lady Grinning Soul'.
Low
definitely Low for me. Speed Of life. Sound And Vision. Breaking Glass. Be My wife. Brilliant stuff.
Earthling
Extra points for trying something different. Hello spaceboy, whatta song