1. Outside2. Station To Station3. Hunky Dory4. The Man Who Sold The World5. Blackstar6. Low7. Lodger8. Earthling9. Ziggy Stardust10. Scary Monsters11. Let’s Dance12. Pin-Ups13. Aladdin Sane14. The Next Day15. Young Americans16. Diamond Dogs17. Heroes18. Heathen19. Space Oddity20. Black Tie White Noise21. Reality22. Tin Machine23. Buddha Of Suburbia24. s/t (Deram)25. Never Let Me Down26. Tonight27. (Hours)28. Tin Machine 2
― a hyperlink to the past (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 22:08 (three months ago) link
I was asked by a friend to "listen through Eurythmics' catalogue and rank them" and I told them I didn't need to, and sent a link to Alfred's own ranking (which is identical to my own, and says more valuable and interesting things than I would say). "Eurythmics is easy," I texted, "but Bowie would be harder." So I did Bowie instead.
― a hyperlink to the past (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 22:09 (three months ago) link
That's a bold choice for number one.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 22:49 (three months ago) link
shouldn’t it technically be 1. 1. Outside though
― scanner darkly, Thursday, 1 February 2024 00:16 (three months ago) link
He named it deliberately to top every ranked list of Bowie albums iirc
It's a personal choice bc it's the first of Bowie's albums I ever "went deep" on (that is, listened to incessantly), but As Albums Go it's his most complete and there's only one or two tracks I would consider inessential (and none are really bad); also his most original genre-creation. The only bad thing about it is the plot but I think it kinda serves as a stinky binding agent or something
― a hyperlink to the past (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 1 February 2024 00:25 (three months ago) link
I wonder where Blackstar and The Next Day would place if the Bowie ballot poll were done today. 12 years ago, jeez.
― that's when I reach for my copy of Revolver (WmC), Thursday, 1 February 2024 03:35 (three months ago) link
xp I get the personal choice aspect. For me, that was The Man Who Sold the World, which seemed like a gateway into a different universe. I also appreciate your comment on the "plot" of Outside, which always kept me from loving what I otherwise appreciated as a return to form/evolution in his sound and vision.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 1 February 2024 13:55 (three months ago) link
Yeah, I love The Man and have always ranked "The Width Of A Circle" highly on any personal song list. What an amazing way to start an album, a "gateway into a different universe" indeed, "turn around, go back!"
― a hyperlink to the past (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 1 February 2024 16:05 (three months ago) link
otm about "width of a circle," what a banger
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Thursday, 1 February 2024 16:17 (three months ago) link
I've probably listened to The Man Who Sold the World and 'heroes' the most out of any Bowie albums.
― B. Amato (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 1 February 2024 16:56 (three months ago) link
So we asked a simple black bird, who was happy as can beAnd he laughed insane and quipped Kahlil GibranAnd I cried for all the others till the day was nearly throughFor I realized that God's a young man too
Yes dammit so, so, so good. The synapse between post-hippie Bowie and alien-rock Bowie is magical
― a hyperlink to the past (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 1 February 2024 18:09 (three months ago) link