That's a bold choice for number one.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 22:49 (two months ago) link
shouldn’t it technically be 1. 1. Outside though
― scanner darkly, Thursday, 1 February 2024 00:16 (two 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 (two 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 (two 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 (two 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 (two months ago) link
otm about "width of a circle," what a banger
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Thursday, 1 February 2024 16:17 (two 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 (two 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 (two months ago) link