David Bowie Band • Page 3

Is it this book? Literally saw it today in Fopp and was going to pick it up as a Christmas present (to myself):

 

1. station to station
2. ziggy stardust
3. low
4. blackstar
5. heroes
6. let’s dance
7. the man who sold the world
8. hunky dory
9. scary monsters
10. earthlings
11. the next day
12. young americans
13. heathen
14. aladdin sane
15. outside
16. lodger
17. black tie white noise
18. diamond dogs
19. hours
20. tonight
21. reality
22. buddha of suburbia
23. space oddity
24. pinups
25. never let me down
26. david bowie

Spent the last week listening to every Bowie album, some of which i listen to as frequently as biweekly/monthly and some ive probably only heard once prior. These are my rankings. Main takeaways were how good Blackstar and Earthling were for where he was in his career when they were released and how overrated/disappointing Lodger and Diamond Dogs were, for the same reason

 

I still have a ton to hear from him, but:

Ziggy Stardust
Low
Station to Station
Let's Dance
Hunky Dory
Diamond Dogs
Aladdin Sane

 

the first 12 i listed are all pretty much near-perfect albums

 

appreciate the high-ish placement for Black Tie White Noise

underrated album for him in his later career

 

Earthling is so good

I feel like it was his version of trying to approximate the NIN sound into his style after having just come off tour with them

Have no idea if that's a real thing but just what I hear in some of the songs

 

trent worked with them on im afraid of americans, which was a holdover from the Outside, era. and he remixed another song off of Outside, so yeah, that makes sense

 

Mike Garson's piano work is unreal on this album

 

I’ve been meaning to listen to that one for ages. What I’ve heard from it hints that it could end up being one of my favorites from him.

 

from what I know about your taste could def see you loving it

it's VERY 1997, but in a good way imo

 

it's definitely his most underrated, imo

 

Earthling and Outside are the two I haven't heard that interest me the most. Any time something from either album pops up on shuffle, it usually blows me away.

 

im deranged is incredible

 

Pretty sure I first heard this in Lost Highway and it broke my brain.

 

one of my favorite soundtracks around

 

I've never really gotten into Outside or Earthling, with the exception of "Strangers When We Meet" which is perfection

 

Don't forget about Heathen, which is another great late-era Bowie.

 

Heathen is fantastic. Also Hours... is underrated.

 

going to the David Bowie Is... exhibit at Brooklyn Museum this friday. cannot wait.

 

Blackstar remains such an incredible achievement. What a way to cap off a career... I still have trouble putting into words how this album affects me, it's really something.

 

‎Always Crashing in the Same Car - A David Bowie Mix by Patrick Haynes

i made this playlist for him a few years ago and it’s maybe my favorite playlist ever

 

Starting my Bowie journey tonight. Not doing it in any order, though. Starting with Young Americans and Station to Station too, so there’s not much sense to the order haha

 

Give Low the time and respect it deserves.

Also, keep it in perspective that it came out in 1977, and there were then 1000 different bands and records that came after over the next decade that tried their own spin on it.

 

Very very interesting record to start with. I haven’t ever been able to get into it. Station to Station is one of my favorite. I would start with Ziggy personally, but there’s a lot to love on every record/era. Get ready for a wild ride!

 

Started the Berlin trilogy last night. Only listened to Low, but it was damn good. Quite an unexpected listen too. I obviously only knew his most famous of famous songs, so the more experimental nature of some of the tracks and the instrumentals took me by surprise. I mean, I shouldn't be surprised considering it was done with Eno, but still.