Now that the dust has settled, what was the objectively best Bowie album?
>>61882884
Transformer
>>61882884
Heroes > Outside > Low > Scary Monsters > Blackstar > Station to Station > Ziggy > Hunky Dory > Lodger > Young Americans > Diamond Dogs > Aladdin Sane
The rest is subjective.
Ziggy Stardust The Motion Picture Soundtrack
>>61882905
lodger is above all in my opinion, but I respect that order.
>>61882905
>Ziggy 7th
>objective
Lol
>>61883284
If I had switched scary monsters and Ziggy you'd agree with it.
Ziggy is the most enjoyable listen.
Low is his best artistically.
>>61882884
>Objectively
Why man why?
>>61883254
this but Lodger = Low
Low aka Bowie's Kid A
Labyrinth
This
Let's dance and Tonight
>>61882884
I can't stand Mike Garson's piano playing.
Scary Monsters is the pinnacle of both is writing and production. In fact, it's the best production of any album ever.
>>61884128
So that would make Station to Station his OK Computer.
>>61885569
pretty accurate
>>61884377
I mean
youre not wrong
>>61885569
What the bends then , Hunky Dory
Blackstar>Diamond Dogs>Hunky Dory>Ziggy>Low>Station to Station>Heroes>Aladin slaime
>>61885832
And self-titled Pablo Honey
never let me down
>>61885985
This or Hours
Young Americans
It's so fucking underrated. Slow songs of romantic passion, Can You Hear Me telling a beautiful story of love and heartache.
Win is the smoothest, sweetest song in existence. It was Bowies' favourite song of his...
All the outtakes are incredible too, and It's Gonna Be Me... Gorgeous
Wanna post this gif. Better still be animated upon saving
>>61885976
What about In Rainbows , Scary Monsters
>>61886044
Fascination is pretty good
>>61886098
Oh yeah! Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
Takes a part of me...
I can't help it! I can't help it!
Got to use her!
1. Low
2. Lodger
3. Ziggy Stardust
4. Station to Staion
5. Blackstar
6. Hunky Dory
7. Scary Monsters
8. Heroes
9. The Next Day
10. Aladdin Sane
11. Heathen
12. Reality
13. Young Americans
14. Space Oddity
15. Outside
16. Black Tie White Noise
17. The Man Who Sold the World
18. Diamond Dogs
19. Earthling
20. Let's Dance
21. Tonight
22. Never Let Me Down
23. Hours
24. Pin Ups
25. David Bowie
>>61882905
Ziggy = Hunky Dory > Heroes = Station to Station > Black Star > Aladdin Sane > I haven't listened to the rest > Young Americans
>>61886187
oh, I forgot Low
it's better than Young Americans only because of the ambient side Eno worked up there (and if it was an actual EP instead of a b-side I'd give it a 5/5)
>>61886201
>it's better than Young Americans only because of the ambient side Eno worked up there (and if it was an actual EP instead of a b-side I'd give it a 5/5)
What do you have against side 1? It's the stronger side, I'd say.
>>61886044
I always found that album a bore
>>61886215
I've tried listening several times, but I can't enjoy the absurdity/irony of those tunes
to me it sounds like what 19 years old Bowie would have done with his debut album, but using synthetizers instead of a backing baroque band
>>61882889
Underrated post
>>61886246
You can't possibly be serious.
>absurdity/irony
Only 5 of them have lyrics, and there's very little that's ironic or absurd about them. Breaking glass is maybe the most absurd lyrically.
I mean, come on:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhZqsYkl1zI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3L58KyHC_M
and my personal favorite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m30aaI5Yf8
>>61886274
I didn't mean it for the lyrics, dude.
the harmonies.
>>61886306
What harmonies specifically? Do you mean melodies?
>>61886306
okay, I'm not nearly close to know the standard terminology, but I do know what I don't like when I listen to What in the World, and I think I don't even need to explain what it is.
Sound and Vision is an alright track, but he seriously pulled nothing out of it; no emotion, no eerie feeling, no nothing.
Speed of Life sounds like an instrumental track that any Hard Rock band could pull, except it has more synthetizer soloing instead of a guitar soloing
Breaking Glass has no hook to it, nothing that makes it stand out so you remember how it sounds.
It's not bad at all, but I keep forgetting it
Sound and Vision is actually a nice track, I like it
Always Crashing in the Same Car sounds really really similar to it, but in a different rhythm, slower and therefore a little bit dragging
Be My Wife is uhh... I'm not sure how to put it in words, but it has a weird sequence that makes it weary to listen to. "Sometimes you-get-so-lonely / Sometimes you-get-nowhere / I've-lived all over-the-world", something among these lines makes it really a chore, it feels like Bowie's vocal delivery here is almost robotical and has little actual Bowie touch to it.
A New Career in a New Town is alright, I don't have anything to say about it.
Low
>>61886545
>I think I don't even need to explain what it is.
You do if you want me to know what it is, because I have no idea.
>that any Hard Rock band could pull
But it's not hard rock?
>Breaking Glass has no hook to it
It literally does. Funny enough, it's right after Bowie says LISTEN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgdCIAEupNI
Never mind the bluesy guitar intro with the trashy snare.
>A New Career in a New Town is alright
Nothing to say at all? The harmonica doesn't grab you? The piano?
>Sound and Vision is an alright track, but he seriously pulled nothing out of it; no emotion, no eerie feeling, no nothing.
>Sound and Vision is actually a nice track, I like it
I think I'm being trolled, jesus christ.
>>61886587
>I think I'm being trolled, jesus christ.
I think it worked :¨)
>>61886044
that album sounds like what sex with Bowie must feel like.. kind of awkward, but in an unforgettable sexy way
>>61882896
this
>tfw you bought a heroes shirt when he died b/c they didn't have blackstar at the record store and now your friend keeps telling you that you got into Bowie because he died
>>61884377
>tfw this is the only bowie i listened to growing up and I heard the song Heroes for the first time last week
>le objectivity meme
"Heroes" is my favourite
Low > Station to Station > Heroes > Scary Monsters > Ziggy Stardust > Diamond Dogs > Blackstar > Aladdin Sane > Hunky Dory > Lodger > Reality
Know I might get a lot of shit for this but fuck it. Also haven't listened to the other albums but I will, just finished Aladdin Sane and moving on to PinUps.
what's so special about fucking hunky dory? everybody masturbates to that album. changes? life on mars?
>>61888465
Oh you pretty things!
>>61888465
Nearly, if not, all of the tracks are absolute hits that most people recognise as Bowie.
>>61887511
woah way to separate yourself from the /mu/ masses man. good on you bro you freaking did it!
>>61888563
>>61888627
guess you're right and i'm a stupid faggot
>>61882884
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>>61887477
Heroes is on that compilation though.
>>61882889
>The Idiot
>>61888805
rude
Bang 3
>>61887314
It is a very sensual album.
Sex with Win playing is the best lad
>>61886545
>omitting the best song on the album
What in the World?
>>61884424
I know you're memeing but those two are heavily underrated, especially Tonight.
>>61882884
Why doesn't anyone listen to live albums? Aren't they cool enough for you?
Everyone's is wrong, it's David Live at the Philadelphia Tower
Of his golden years;
Diamond Dogs = Station to Station > Low = Young Americans > Lodger = "Heroes" > Aladdin Sane > Ziggy Stardust = Hunky Dory > Scary Monsters > Let's Dance > The Man Who Sold the World > Space Oddity
That's personal, but even still that's me banging it out to post it on 4chan, and barely even reflects my enjoyment of it all. I love MWSTW, anyhow. Space oddity has some great stuff, too. Young Americans would be in my top three with how much I've listened to it.
Basically, everyone's all about the Berlin trilogy. My favorite period, my favorite three by far, and the three that came sequentially, were Diamond Dogs, Young Americans, and Station to Station. I could describe why, but yeah. Three of his best by far, such a great period.
>>61886098
>>61886147
Absolutely yes. That's officially the first time I've heard someone else talk about it before I brought it up. Absolutely amazing song, so beautifully written; captures a form of emotion that I never see examined or sung anywhere, but which I've known well. Sounds so fucking sexy, too. It was the song that finally made me go look up David Bowie way back before I realized how much I'd listened to him without even knowing.
>>61889676
Nah, you're wrong. I listen to them, we're talking studio. If we look at them all, including Stage and the Ziggy soundtrack, the best is actually, clearly, Live at Nassau Coliseum '76, from the special edition of Station to Station.
Fucking seriously. I love David Live and its jazzy feel, and how well its setlist plays. However, Nassau was something else. Not only did it have a pretty damn close soundtrack, it was so much faster and well-tuned, so emotional yet perfect. He was at the absolute fucking top of his live performance game, so much so that I think he only caught back up to that standard by Reality. It's that great.
It's that Thin White Duke, man.
>>61882884
I haven't listened to Young Americans or Outside, are they worth listening to
>>61890047
Both, yes, both incredibly underrated
>>61886163
>these stupid fucking expressions the kids are using now
Fucking stop
>>61890047
All Outside needs is just trimming some fat. Definitely worth checking out.
the man who sold the world
>>61882905
the one two punch that is low and heroes
>>61889894
Hmm, didn't know Live at Nassau, great thanks! I wonder if it can beat Sweet Thing on David Live though. Also, I am mostly talking about the first half of David Live. Not really a fan of the second half, though the first half is fucking great.
>>61882884
I love Ziggy Stardust. Its probably my favorite Bowie
>>61890498
I think it does, and that's coming from someone with Diamond Dogs as a favorite album, the Sweet Thing suite a favorite song, and a love for David Live despite certain flaws.
Basically, Nassau is very similar, but more well-tuned, more hard and funky than jazzy, and with a lot of the fat trimmed, despite my love for some of that extra fat. It's the top of his game. Best version of Stay, too. Definitely worth the time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyYZUpDQA6U
>>61885976
>>61885832
>>61885569
This surprisingly works real well.
