In fact, I'd probably put this as my #7 and bump "Heroes" down to #8.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
Love Hunky Dory! I didn't vote for albums and now I'm regretting it. Looks like you all have taken care of things well enough. I wonder if anyone else threw away a vote on Kooks. I did!
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:06 (twelve years ago) link
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2. STATION TO STATION (1976) - 306 points/43 votes/16 first-place votes
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:09 (twelve years ago) link
My #1.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:09 (twelve years ago) link
i guess that leaves 'never let me down' then
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:10 (twelve years ago) link
wow i thought station to station would walk thisi think it's quite a bit better than Low
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:10 (twelve years ago) link
Tin Machine II in first place
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
I adore Low, but it didn't make my top 5 (it would be 6th).
the jump in 1st place votes (from 4 to 16) is telling tho
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
Takes a bit of the mystery out of what the #1 will be, so...
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1. LOW (1977) - 325 points/50 votes/15 first-place votes
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:12 (twelve years ago) link
Station To Station was my #1. I remember having a conversation about this record with EZ not too long back where he said something along the lines of "Every time I listen to a track from Station To Station I find myself wanting to listen to the whole thing", which is one of the most OTM things I've ever read about this record. I love this record. The one Bowie record I would grab in the house fire, the one I'd take on the desert island etc. etc. An absolute all-time favourite.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:12 (twelve years ago) link
Call me Mr Consensus - my top five was this top five, but in 1-3-2-4-5 order.
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:12 (twelve years ago) link
Really fucked up my album poll...tossed it off without thinking bout it...Low and Station to Station should of been in it...
― The Pastiche Liberation Front (sonnyboy), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
Consensus Jones.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
2-3-1-4-DIDNOTPLACE
― ledge, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
Does DBowie have the best face, or does he have the best face?! He is so well structured!! It's ridiculous!
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
My (predictable) album ballot:1. Ziggy Stardust2. Hunky Dory3. The Man Who Sold The World4. Station To Station5. Scary Monsters
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
― ciderpress, Tuesday, March 6, 2012 4:10 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I was expecting both Low and Station To Station to be 'up there', but I had no idea which one would place the highest. I prefer Station To Station over Low also, but I think they're both impeccable records. Low was my #2.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
station to station was my number 1
Ziggy squeaked in as my #5, more for remembrance of my teenage love of it instead of how often I reach for it these days.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, March 6, 2012 9:46 AM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^^this is way OTM for me, though i think i had it higher than 5
― the wild eyed boy from soundcloud (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
My ballot:
1. Station To Station2. Low 3. Lodger4. Ziggy Stardust5. Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Surprised at this, I thought Low would be miles and miles ahead.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
1. Outside2. Hunky Dory3. Station To Station4. Lodger5. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
― an elk hunt (Ówen P.), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:18 (twelve years ago) link
1. Low
2. Station To Station
3. Scary Monsters
4. Ziggy Stardust
5. Hunky Dory
― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:19 (twelve years ago) link
Low and S2S went back and forth all week long, jumping back and forth in front of each other. This was the early trendline that I mentioned in the voting thread -- Low took the big early lead, S2S jumped ahead last Wednesday-Friday, Low came back strong at the end over the weekend.
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:19 (twelve years ago) link
1. Station To Station2. Stages3. Lodger4. Outside5. Ziggy Stardust
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
I love "Low" but am confused by people who rate it so highly.
― an elk hunt (Ówen P.), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
1 Aladdin Sane2 David Live3 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars4 Diamond Dogs5 Lodger
― c'est ne pas un car wash (snoball), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
1. Low2. Lodger3. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars4. Black Tie, White Noise5. Heathen
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
The full album results
1. LOW (1977) - 325 points/50 votes/15 first-place votes2. STATION TO STATION (1976) - 306 points/43 votes/16 first-place votes3. HUNKY DORY (1971) - 198 points/41 votes/4 first-place votes4. THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS (1972) - 153 points/39 votes/4 first-place votes5. "HEROES" (1977) - 135 points/30 votes/5 first place votes6. LODGER (1979) - 135 points/24 votes/5 first-place votes7. ALADDIN SANE (1973) - 112 points/24 votes/6 first-place votes8. DIAMOND DOGS (1974) - 87 points/15 votes/2 first-place votes9. SCARY MONSTERS (1980) - 60 points/15 votes/3 first-place votes10. YOUNG AMERICANS (1975) - 28 points/8 votes/no first-place votes11. OUTSIDE (1995) - 14 points/3 votes/0 firsts12. THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - 13/3/014. (tie) DAVID LIVE - 7/1/014. (tie) STAGE - 7/1/016. (tie) LET'S DANCE - 6/2/016. (tie) SPACE ODDITY - 6/2/017. BLACK TIE WHITE NOISE - 3/1/021. (tie) Changesonebowie - 1/1/021. (tie) EARTHLING - 1/1/021. (tie) HEATHEN - 1/1/021. (tie) LABYRINTH (soundtrack) - 1/1/0
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
Didn't get around to listening closely to "Heroes" before voting, even though I've had it on CD for like 5 years, but probably woulda voted for one of the two opening tracks if I had. I love Bowie in skronky guitar-squall mode, and these are almost danceable besides. As others have already noted, the title track is hard to hear beyond bad cover versions.
― wolf cola, everyone (thewufs), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
huge consensus on his top records. Interesting.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
aaaw, labyrinth soundtrack with one vote : )
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:26 (twelve years ago) link
I thought it was kinda funny that Stage and David Live tied.
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
A second cup of coffee and then I'll start on tracks from #60.
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
Aladdin Sane seems like something of a love-it-or-hate-it pick.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:29 (twelve years ago) link
"David Live" is definitely my favourite of the two, it's the one I play a lot more often.
― c'est ne pas un car wash (snoball), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:29 (twelve years ago) link
"hours" shut-out!
― an elk hunt (Ówen P.), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Tuesday, March 6, 2012 4:28 PM (30 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah, think I'm going to put the kettle on as well. Remember folks, it's not the side effects of the caffeine...
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
It's not the side-effects of the cocaineI'm thinking that all you people who voted for Low haven't listened to any other Bowie albums
― an elk hunt (Ówen P.), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
whoa xp
― an elk hunt (Ówen P.), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
...I'm thinking that it must be wub! Bowie should make a dubstep album for his comeback.
― c'est ne pas un car wash (snoball), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
Part of me was expecting Heathen and Scary Monsters to come a little higher, really surprised by the non-appearance of Reality as well, which I've always found pretty decent and far from the disasters that Tonight and Never Let Me down are.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
Stage was the 3rd Bowie album I bought, after Heroes and Ziggy, so I've always held it in higher regard than David Live for sentimental reasons. I listened to it again a couple of days ago for the first time in years, and it really is a stormer. "TVC15" way improved over the studio version, beautifully recorded, etc.
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, March 6, 2012 4:12 PM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Ha, me too. Exactly that.
― Suede - the fabric, not the band (DL), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
xp I don't like the way he plays through the Ziggy material at a gallop, like he's in a hurry to get this gig business over so he can go somewhere.
― c'est ne pas un car wash (snoball), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
My album ballot:
LowHeroesZiggyYoung AmericansScary Monsters
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
1 Station to Station2 Hunky Dory3 Alladin Sane4 Low5 Ziggy Stardust
― the wild eyed boy from soundcloud (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
Mine was:
1. Station to Station2. Low3. Hunky Dory4. Diamond Dogs5. Aladdin Sane
The last two, as mentioned by others above, I just love as a complete experience start to finish...
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
Stages is amazing. I like all the Low and Heroes cuts on it more than their studio versions. However, the Nassau show released a few years ago on the deluxe Station To Station beats it. Might be my absolutely favorite official Bowie release.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
The live "Stay" (from the Nassau show) demolishes the studio version. And I love the studio version.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:44 (twelve years ago) link