David Bowie album by album

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David Bowie  is a popular singer and significant art and media figure of the late 20th century. Born David Robert Jones in England on  8 January 1947, Bowie has been a major figure in the world of popular music for over four decades, and is renowned as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. He is known for his distinctive baritone voice as well as the intellectual depth and eclecticism of his work. His androgynous appearance,  combined with his claim to be bi-sexual, was an iconic element to his image, particularly in the 1970s.

Bowie first caught the attention of the public in July 1969 when his song "Space Oddity" reached the top five of the UK Singles Chart. After a three-year period of experimentation he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with the flamboyant, androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust, spearheaded by the hit single "Starman" and the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Bowie's impact at that time, as described by biographer David Buckley, "challenged the core belief of the rock music of its day" and "created perhaps the biggest cult in popular culture." The relatively short-lived Ziggy persona proved merely one facet of a career marked by continual reinvention, musical innovation and striking visual presentation.

In 1975, Bowie achieved his first major American crossover success with the number-one single "Fame" and the hit album Young Americans, which the singer characterised as "plastic soul". The sound constituted a radical shift in style that initially alienated many of his UK devotees. He then confounded the expectations of both his record label and his American audiences by recording the minimalist album Low (1977)—the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno over the next two years. Low, "Heroes", and Lodger, the so-called "Berlin Trilogy" albums, all reached the UK top five and received lasting critical praise. After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had UK number ones with the 1980 single "Ashes to Ashes", its parent album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), and "Under Pressure", a 1981 collaboration with Queen. He then reached a new commercial peak in 1983 with Let's Dance, which yielded several hit singles. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Bowie continued to experiment with musical styles, including blue-eyed soul, industrial, adult contemporary, and jungle. He has not toured since the 2003–04 Reality Tour and has not performed live since 2006. Bowie's latest studio album The Next Day was released in March 2013.
David Buckley says of Bowie: "His influence has been unique in popular culture—he has permeated and altered more lives than any comparable figure." In the BBC's 2002 poll of the 100 Greatest Britons, Bowie was placed at number 29. Throughout his career, he has sold an estimated 140 million albums. In the UK, he has been awarded nine Platinum album certifications, 11 Gold and eight Silver, and in the US, five Platinum and seven Gold certifications. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him 39th on their list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time", and 23rd on their list of the best singers of all time.

Albums

David Bowie (1967)

This is fascinating. A quirky and very listenable and interesting album of songs. I've come to Bowie straight from looking at Elton John, and it's such a relief to encounter bold and clever lyrics playing around with a range of original themes and ideas. The oddity is the music hall style of the album. The voice is pure Anthony Newly, and the songs could come from either a playhouse or a theatre. This is not rock. Yet the lyrics have a rock sensibility, with a (perhaps at this stage purely coincidental) touch of Syd Barrett, and the delivery is knowing, arch and arty. Bowie was coming from a world of  Joe Brown, Tommy Steele, and Marty Wilde; but he also had an awareness of more rock orientated pop artist such as The Kinks and The Beatles, whose music hall influenced Sgt Peppers was recorded and released at the same time.

Back cover of US release

Other debut albums in the same year include Al Stewart's Bed Sitter Images; Van Morrison's Blowin' Your Mind; Captain Beefheart's Safe as Milk;  Strawberry Alarm Clock's Incense & Peppermint; Pink Floyd's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, which indicate that Bowie's  album is very much of its time. Yet it is also the work of someone who will become one of the most important, influential and fascinating musical and media figures of the late 20th century. It wasn't successful - apparently the album wasn't promoted, and it would be two years and a different record company before his next album.

I like the album. The quirky lyrics and somewhat daft 1967 approach combined with easy listening tunes make it an intriguing and listenable album. It's not a major album, and it's not on the same level as some of the other debut albums mentioned above, but it certainly beats almost every album that Elton John has released.

Released	1 June 1967
Recorded	14 November 1966 – 25 February 1967
Studio	Decca, London
Genre	Baroque pop music hall[1] psychedelic pop[2]
Length	37
Label	Deram
Producer	Mike Vernon

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Uncle Arthur"	2:07
2.	"Sell Me a Coat"	2:58
3.	"Rubber Band"	2:17
4.	"Love You till Tuesday"	3:09
5.	"There Is a Happy Land"	3:11
6.	"We Are Hungry Men"	2:59
7.	"When I Live My Dream"	3:22

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Little Bombardier"	3:23
2.	"Silly Boy Blue"	4:36
3.	"Come and Buy My Toys"	2:07
4.	"Join the Gang"	2:17
5.	"She's Got Medals"	2:23
6.	"Maid of Bond Street"	1:43
7.	"Please Mr. Gravedigger"	2:35
Total length:		37:07

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Rating: 5

David Bowie / Space Oddity (1969)

More readily accepted by Bowie fans, critics and Bowie himself as the first "proper" Bowie album, as he is using his own voice, and the music is more rock focused. However, the songs and lyrics are pretty much the same as the first album, just different production, voice, and approach. I find it rather messy and lacking the quirky charm, energy and easy listening appeal of the first album. There is a lack of direction about it all, with a different feel to each song, sometimes Al Stewart, sometimes so it all feels rather random and amateurish. The first track "Space Oddity" was a hit as a single, allowing Bowie to buy a flat, and to feel excited about his future as an artist. But the album itself sold poorly, and Bowie drifted for a while before hitting success again with the "Starman" single and the Ziggy Stardust tour. The album was re-released in 1972 under the name Space Oddity, but has recently been returned to its original name. "Space Oddity" and "Memory of a Free Festival" provide nice moments, but mostly the album is  boring and difficult to listen to all the way through without some impatience. "Letter to Hermione" is one of Bowie's rare personal songs. It's about the break up of his relationship with Hermione Farthingale,  She is also the girl in "An Occasional Dream" and "Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed". In the video accompanying "Where Are We Now?" he wore a t-shirt with the words "Song for Norway", a film for which she left him to act in. They appeared together in the film Love You Till Tuesday. She is the girl with mousy hair in "Life On Mars?"

Released	14 November 1969[1]
Recorded	June–September 1969
Studio	Trident, London
Genre	Folk rock psychedelic rock progressive rock
Length	45
Label	Philips (UK) Mercury (US)
Producer	Tony Visconti Gus Dudgeon

Side one

1. "Space Oddity" – 5:16
2. "Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed" – 6:55
3. "Letter to Hermione" – 2:33
4. "Cygnet Committee" – 9:35

Side two

1. "Janine" – 3:25
2. "An Occasional Dream" – 3:01
3. "Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud" – 4:52
4. "God Knows I'm Good" – 3:21
5. "Memory of a Free Festival" – 7:09

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Rating: 2 1/2

The Man Who Sold The World (1970)

This is the first album in which we get to hear the classic Bowie. The song structures are quite mature, and Bowie's voice is now fully developed so he uses it in those expansive styles that we recognise and value. We also have Mick Ronson on guitar, a significant part of early 70s Bowie. And Tony Visconti producing. The classic team has been assembled, and the sound on this album is focused so it feels like an album. How successful it is will be up to each listener, but it's certainly an album that intrigues, and encourages attention and repeat listening. Released shortly before Bowie and the team started recording were albums by Van der Graf Generator,  Black Sabbath, and The Stooges.  Elements of these three areas of music - prog, heavy metal, and hard rock, are present in the album. A number of musicians at the time were playing around with blues rock and also with dark lyrics and themes, so there's nothing really innovative in this album, and at times the songs seem secondary to what is going on elsewhere - "Saviour Machine" and "She Shook Me Cold" for example; but the last two tracks on Side Two, the title track, and "Supermen", are worth the price of entry and indicate that this Bowie chap might be a little bit interesting. Unfortunately for Bowie, as they are right at the end of the album, and the rest of the songs are nothing special, this album didn't sell, and he had to wait a little longer for his breakthrough. While the first two albums (especially the first) are mostly disregarded by Bowie listeners, this one does get a little attention - particularly as during Bowie's creative peak when everything he touched turned to gold, he gave the title track to Lulu and produced the recording. Later, Nirvana also recorded the song in a stunning Unplugged performance. The Width of a Circle tends to get attention; though it's not an achieved song such as The Man and Superman, it shows promise, and it both shows the way Bowie would go, and also, interestingly, what elements of prog rock he would leave behind.

Glen Miller and "The Man Who Wasn't There" (1939), a possible inspiration for "The Man Who Sold The World".

Released	4 November 1970
Recorded	18 April – 22 May 1970
Studio	Trident, London; Advision, West London
Genre	Hard rock glam rock blues rock folk rock
Length	40
Label	Mercury
Producer	Tony Visconti

Side one

1. "The Width of a Circle" – 8:05
2. "All the Madmen" – 5:38
3. "Black Country Rock" – 3:32
4. "After All" – 3:52

Side two

1. "Running Gun Blues" – 3:11
2. "Saviour Machine" – 4:25
3. "She Shook Me Cold" – 4:13
4. "The Man Who Sold the World" – 3:55
5. "The Supermen" – 3:38

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Rating: 6

Hunky Dory (1971)

This is an astonishing album. Possibly Bowie's best. It is crammed full of really, really good songs that stand alone as special, and when taken as a group make for a very satisfying and rewarding album to rival Lou Reed's Transformer, which, of course, Bowie produced during his creative peak when everything he touched turned to gold. It was not this album that broke Bowie, and that's chilling. That someone could make an album as good as this, with such catchy songs as Changes and O You Pretty Things, and someone who had already had a hit single, and yet despite favourable reviews it gets largely ignored by the public and unpromoted by the record company. How many other really great albums are there out there that are as yet undiscovered? If it hadn't been for "Starman", and for the critics picking up on the concept story of Ziggy Stardust and hyping Bowie, this album and Bowie's others would likely have been discontinued, and Bowie would have given up and become an art teacher or something.

When Bowie broke into the mainstream, this album was part of his back catalogue, and everyone was looking toward his future albums rather than toward his past, especially as his back catalogue was being confused with the release of his juvenalia, such as "The Laughing Gnome". However, over time people have gone back to this and found it exquisitely rewarding. Opinions are divided as to which is Bowie's greatest album, but for many this is it - an album unhyped, unpromoted, largely undeclared. An album that reveals itself uniquely and individually to each listener.

Released	17 December 1971
Recorded	8 June – 6 August 1971
Studio	Trident, London
Genre	Art pop
Length	41
Label	RCA
Producer	Ken Scott David Bowie

Side one

1. "Changes" – 3:37
2. "Oh! You Pretty Things" – 3:12
3. "Eight Line Poem" – 2:55
4. "Life on Mars?" – 3:43
5. "Kooks" – 2:53
6. "Quicksand" – 5:08

Side two

1. "Fill Your Heart" (Biff Rose, Paul Williams) – 3:07
2. "Andy Warhol" – 3:56
3. "Song for Bob Dylan" – 4:12
4. "Queen Bitch" – 3:18
5. "The Bewlay Brothers" – 5:22

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AllMusic:
Rating: 9 1/2

Ziggy Stardust (1972)

The album that made him a star.

Released	16 June 1972
Recorded	9 July, 8, 11–12 & 15 November 1971, 4 February 1972
Studio	Trident, London
Genre	Glam rock
Length	38
Label	RCA
Producer	Ken Scott  David Bowie

Side one

1. "Five Years" – 4:42
2. "Soul Love" – 3:34
3. "Moonage Daydream" – 4:40
4. "Starman" – 4:10
5. "It Ain't Easy" (Ron Davies) – 2:58

Side two

1. "Lady Stardust" – 3:22
2. "Star" – 2:47
3. "Hang On to Yourself" – 2:40
4. "Ziggy Stardust" – 3:13
5. "Suffragette City" – 3:25
6. "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" – 2:58

TV appearances
"Starman" TOTP live vocal.  July 192. The moment he became a star.

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5Years
Rating: 7

Aladdin Sane (1973)

A return to the Hunky Dory approach of an album of assorted songs. There's some very good songs here, some of my favourites, with at times great lyrical imagery, and occasional brilliant music. However, the album is a little uneven, and doesn't have both the consistency, variety, and charm of Hunky Dory.

Released	13 April 1973
Recorded	6 October 1972, 4–11 December 1972, c. 18–24 January 1973[1]
Studio	Trident, London; RCA, New York City
Genre	Glam rock hard rock
Length	40
Label	RCA
Producer	Ken Scott David Bowie

Side one

1. "Watch That Man" – 4:30
2. "Aladdin Sane (1913–1938–197?)" – 5:06
3. "Drive-In Saturday" – 4:33
4. "Panic in Detroit" – 4:25
5. "Cracked Actor" – 3:01

Side two

1. "Time" – 5:15
2. "The Prettiest Star" – 3:31
3. "Let's Spend the Night Together" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:10
4. "The Jean Genie" – 4:07
5. "Lady Grinning Soul" – 3:54

TV appearances
"The Jean Genie" Live RnB version on TOTP January 1973
"Drive In Saturday" Live on Russel Harty Show January 1973


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AllMusic:
Rating: 8

Pin Ups (1973)

I really liked this when it was released. My friends and I would enthusiastically discuss his choices, and how close he was to the originals, or what he had done differently. It was a record of its time - an insight into the most fascinating pop figure of the time, and a re-stirring of some classic 60s music. Released at the same time as Brian Ferry's excellent These Foolish Things, it was cool and interesting, and seemed the very thing that cool and interesting musicians should do. But today it is significantly less interesting. Some of the covers are embarrassing, especially when Bowie plays the sax. Only a few tracks have stood the test of time - "Sorrow" being the main one (with Ken Fordham playing the sax this time).

Released	19 October 1973
Recorded	8 July – August 1973[1]
Studio	Château d'Hérouville, Hérouville, France
Genre	Glam rock[2] proto-punk[3]
Length	33
Label	RCA
Producer	Ken Scott David Bowie

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Originally by	Length
1.	"Rosalyn"	Duncan,  Farley	Pretty Things	2:27
2.	"Here Comes the Night"	Bert Berns	Them	3:09
3.	"I Wish You Would"	Arnold	The Yardbirds	2:40
4.	"See Emily Play"	Syd Barrett	Pink Floyd	4:03
5.	"Everything's Alright"	The Mojos	The Mojos	2:26
6.	"I Can't Explain"	Pete Townshend	The Who	2:07

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Originally by	Length
1.	"Friday on My Mind"	Young, Vanda	The Easybeats	3:18
2.	"Sorrow"	Feldman, Goldstein,  Gottehrer	The McCoys	2:48
3.	"Don't Bring Me Down"	Johnnie Dee	Pretty Things	2:01
4.	"Shapes of Things"	Samwell-Smith, McCarty, Relf	The Yardbirds	2:47
5.	"Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere"	Roger Daltrey, Townshend	The Who	3:04
6.	"Where Have All the Good Times Gone"	Ray Davies	The Kinks	2:35

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AllMusic:
Rating: 3


The Astronettes (late 1973)

Diamond Dogs (1974)

A return to a rock orientated concept album. This one about a dystopian future. Savaged by the critics on release (mainly because it was seen as a step backward to Ziggy), this has been unfairly ignored since. The music, to me, is more adventurous and interesting than Ziggy - utilising some of the jazz ideas from Aladdin Sane to more vigorous effect. And "Rebel Rebel", though clearly a Rolling Stones copy, is one of Bowie's best rockers. I suppose it all comes down to which story appeals the most - a disturbing exploration of a disintegrating future society, or a story of an alien who forms a rock band. Most people prefer the Ziggy story. I quite like the Diamond Dogs story. Each to their own.

Released	24 May 1974[1]
Recorded	January–February 1974
Studio	Olympic and Island, London; Ludolph, Nederhorst den Berg, Netherlands
Genre	Glam rock proto-punk soul art rock funk rock opera
Length	38
Label	RCA
Producer	David Bowie

Side one

1. "Future Legend" – 0:58
2. "Diamond Dogs" – 5:56
3. "Sweet Thing" – 3:37
4. "Candidate" – 2:39
5. "Sweet Thing (Reprise)" – 2:31
6. "Rebel Rebel" – 4:30

Side two

1. "Rock 'n' Roll with Me" (Bowie/Warren Peace) – 3:57
2. "We Are the Dead" – 4:58
3. "1984" – 3:27
4. "Big Brother" – 3:21
5. "Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family" – 1:58

Wikipedia
AllMusic
Rating: 7 1/2

David Live (1974)

I'd forgotten this album, and listening to it again now, I remember why I had forgotten it. Though it may hold some historic curiosity as indicating Bowie's new interest in Philadelphia soul, which he would explore on his next album, it's really not worth the listen. It's truly dreadful. There may be some track on it worth hearing, but I haven't bothered listening to the whole thing to find out. The single from the album, "Knock on Wood", is good, but the rest deserves to be forgotten.

Released	29 October 1974
Recorded	10–13 July 1974
Venue	Tower Theater, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
Genre	Glam rock Philadelphia soul blue-eyed soul
Length	81
Label	RCA
Producer	Tony Visconti

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"1984"	3:21
2.	"Rebel Rebel"	2:42
3.	"Moonage Daydream"	5:10
4.	"Sweet Thing	8:48
Total length:		20:01

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Changes"	3:36
2.	"Suffragette City"	3:46
3.	"Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?)"	4:58
4.	"All the Young Dudes"	4:19
5.	"Cracked Actor"	3:29
Total length:		20:08

Side three

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Rock 'n' Roll with Me"	Bowie, Warren Peace	4:19
2.	"Watch That Man"		4:23
3.	"Knock on Wood"	Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper	3:08
4.	"Diamond Dogs"		6:34
Total length:			18:24

Side four

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Big Brother	4:11
2.	"The Width of a Circle"	8:14
3.	"The Jean Genie"	5:19
4.	"Rock 'n' Roll Suicide"	4:49
Total length:		22:33 (81:06)

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AllMusic
Rating: 2 1/2

Young Americans (1975)

I really like this album. I like soul, and this is one of the albums that helped me to get into it. Though it wasn't the only one. Soul music was getting pretty big and pretty cool in the mid 70s, and disco was about to break huge. Other albums I was listening to around this time (and possibly Bowie also) were Halls & Oates Abandoned Luncheonette, Grover Washington, Jr.'s  Mister Magic, Stevie Wonder's Innervisions,  as well as hit singles like "Rock The Boat",  "Love Train",  "Hang In On There Baby", "Funky Stuff",  "Never Can Say Goodbye" (the album version, as that is what I rushed out to buy when I heard it on the radio - and I've just learned that this extended mix by  Tom Moulton is considered something of a first, giving Moulton the title of  "father of the disco mix"), "Rock Your Baby",  "Summer Breeze", and "Sad Sweet Dreamer".

The title track is one of Bowie's best songs. Perfect. Great music, great lyrics, and one of his best (possibly his greatest) vocal performances."Fame", another great song and hit single,  was co-written with John Lennon and Carlos Alomar. - the riff that Carlos developed was copied that same year by James Brown for "Hot (I Need To Be Loved The rest of the album is a bit hit and miss, but the album is important as it really drove home that here was a person willing to explore music interests, and who enjoyed using a wide palate. Bowie has an ability to write fascinating lyrics - they may not always be spot on, but they are usually interesting, and are a step above the average "You broke my heart" love song, or the "Purple dwarves vomit on the highway" prog rock song. He also has an ability to write catchy melodies, simple rockers, and decent music.

Released	7 March 1975[1]
Recorded	August 1974 – January 1975
Studio	Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Record Plant & Electric Lady, New York City
Genre	Blue-eyed Soul[2]  R&B[3]  Philadelphia soul[4]
Length	40
Label	RCA
Producer	David Bowie  Harry Maslin  Tony Visconti

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Young Americans"	5:11
2.	"Win"	4:44
3.	"Fascination" (Bowie, Luther Vandross)	5:45
4.	"Right"	4:15

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Somebody Up There Likes Me"	6:36
2.	"Across the Universe" (John Lennon)	4:29
3.	"Can You Hear Me?"	5:03
4.	"Fame" (Bowie, Carlos Alomar, Lennon)	4:16
Total length:		40:13

Wikipedia
AllMusic
Rating: 8 1/2

Station to Station (1976)

The transition from the interest in funk and soul shown on Young Americans to the Krautrock inspired electronic minimalism of Low.  For the exploration into electronic minimalism that starts here and is developed further on the next three albums, the "Berlin Trilogy", Bowie took ideas from Kraftwerk's Autobahn (1974), Neu!'s '75 (1975), Can's Soon Over Babluma (1975), Faust's IV (1973), Cluster's Zuckerzeit (1974), and Tangerine Dream's Phaedra (1974) among others.  He is given rather a lot of credit for the innovative ideas explored in those albums, though the innovation had already been done by the German bands, and by his Berlin Trilogy collaborator Brian Eno who was well versed in the electronic minimalism  that appears on this and the Trilogy albums as shown by Another Green World (1975), No Pussyfooting (1973), etc. So the credit should not be for the innovation, but for bringing these ideas to a wider audience; or, rather, for making some of these ideas more acceptable to a wider audience by making them poppier and more accessible.  This has some good tracks on it; "Wild Is The Wind" is a beautifully performed cover of the Johnny Mathis sung title song from the 1957 film Wild Is the Wind, though Bowie was following, sometimes very closely, the Nina Simone version; and "Golden Years", which though recorded at the Station to Station sessions, feels very much like a left over from the Young Americans sessions, and would be better suited on that album. On the whole, this album is interesting as a transitional album, and that the quality of the songs and performances is very high, but it is patchy and directionless, and so is one of the weaker Bowie studio albums of his classic Seventies period. 

Released	23 January 1976
Recorded	September–November 1975
Studio	Cherokee, Los Angeles
Genre	Art rock  funk rock  soul  R&B  space rock  art funk[1]
Length	37
Label	RCA
Producer	David Bowie  Harry Maslin

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Station to Station"	10:15
2.	"Golden Years"	3:59
3.	"Word on a Wing"	6:04

Side two

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"TVC 15"			5:31
2.	"Stay"			6:16
3.	"Wild Is the Wind"	Ned Washington	Dimitri Tiomkin	6:06

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AllMusic:
Rating: 5

Changesonebowie (compilation) (May 1976)

Not the first compilation, but the first authorised and first useful compilation.

Released	21 May 1976[1]
Recorded	1969–1976
Genre	Rock, glam rock, art rock
Length	44
Label	RCA Records

Side one

No.	Title	Original release	Length
1.	"Space Oddity"	Space Oddity (1969)	5:14
2.	"John, I'm Only Dancing"	Single  (1972)	2:43
3.	"Changes"	Hunky Dory (1971)	3:33
4.	"Ziggy Stardust"	Ziggy Stardust (1972)	3:13
5.	"Suffragette City"	Ziggy Stardust	3:25
6.	"The Jean Genie"	Aladdin Sane (1973)	4:03
Total length:			22:11

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original release	Length
1.	"Diamond Dogs"		Diamond Dogs (1974)	5:56
2.	"Rebel Rebel"		Diamond Dogs	4:30
3.	"Young Americans"		Young Americans (1975)	5:10
4.	"Fame"	Bowie, Alomar, Lennon	Young Americans	4:12
5.	"Golden Years"		Station to Station (1976)	3:59
Total length:				22:03 (44:14)

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AllMusic

Rating: 

Low (1977)

The first album in the three collaborations with Brian Eno that are termed the Berlin Trilogy. The trilogy wasn't popular, and sales of these albums were slow at the time, and even by 2009 with intense focus on the importance of the trilogy, sales are still at least 1 million (or a third) lower than contemporary regular releases by Bowie. The first half uses music and musicians that Bowie used on Station to Station - popular songs that utilise electronic instruments that were becoming increasingly popular, especially among bands in Germany. The songs include the very fine hit single "Sound and Vision",  the very decent "Be My Wife", and the excellent "Always Crashing in the Same Car". The second side is mainly instrumental music, some of it developed from the unused music Bowie created for the film The Man Who Fell to Earth", utilising ideas from Philip Glass, while the main piece, "Warszawa", was written by Brian Eno with "lyrics" added by Bowie. The music is typically Eno in the way it uses sound to create texture and ambiance. This side has challenged listeners since the album was first released, as it doesn't sit comfortably with the first side, and belongs more to the realm of electronic texture musicians, like Eno (1975), Glass (1974), Faust (1973), Pink Floyd (1971), Kraftwork (1974), Neu (1975), Popol Vuh and Tangerine Dream (1974), rather than the pop/rock star realm in which the first side and Bowie as a whole operated.  Most critics were initially not comfortable with it, but as electronic music has since became more mainstream, critics look back on the album and see it as something of a breakthrough in that it was introducing both electronic instrumentation, such as the synthesiser, and ambient music, to a wider audience, and thus assisting in the public acceptance of the electronic and synthpop bands that would dominate in the 1980s. But for all the retrospective debate on the importance of the album, the second side is dull, and the first side is patchy and while likeable is mainly superficial. The music which influenced Bowie is far more robust, interesting and attractive.

Released	14 January 1977
Recorded	September–November 1976[1] (except "Subterraneans", December 1975, Cherokee, Los Angeles[2][3])
Studio	Château d'Hérouville, Hérouville, France; Hansa Studio by the Wall, West Berlin
Genre	Art rock  avant-pop  electronic  ambient  experimental rock
Length	38
Label	RCA
Producer	David Bowie  Tony Visconti

Side one

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Speed of Life"		2:46
2.	"Breaking Glass"	Bowie, Dennis Davis, George Murray	1:51
3.	"What in the World"		2:23
4.	"Sound and Vision"		3:03
5.	"Always Crashing in the Same Car"		3:29
6.	"Be My Wife"		2:55
7.	"A New Career in a New Town"		2:51
Total length:			19:18

Side two

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Warszawa"	Bowie, Brian Eno	6:20
2.	"Art Decade"		3:43
3.	"Weeping Wall"		3:26
4.	"Subterraneans"		5:39
Total length:			19:08

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Rating: 6

"Heroes" (1977)

It was with the release of this album that I lost interest in Bowie. Though some find the Berlin Trilogy Bowie's most interesting period, I find it's not really for me. Having been familiar with and grown up musically with much of the music that  influenced and informed Bowie during this period, I didn't at the time, and still don't find it better than the source material (listed above in Low and Station to Station). I like the way that James Brown informs this album, giving a little twist to the electronic texture music that is the heart of the trilogy, but it doesn't really save it for me. This album, though, does hold what is for me one of Bowie's most attractive and satisfying songs, the title track "Heroes". Nothing else comes close. Indeed, nothing else is music you want to listen to again - well, some of side two is stuff I can't abide listening to a first time!

Great title track, crap album.

Released	14 October 1977
Recorded	July–August 1977
Studio	Hansa Tonstudio, West Berlin, Germany
Genre	Art rock[1] experimental rock[2] electronic art pop[3] ambient[4]
Length	40
Label	RCA
Producer	David Bowie  Tony Visconti

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Beauty and the Beast"		3:32
2.	"Joe the Lion"		3:05
3.	"'Heroes'"	Bowie, Brian Eno	6:07
4.	"Sons of the Silent Age"		3:15
5.	"Blackout"		3:50
Total length:			19:49

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"V-2 Schneider"		3:10
2.	"Sense of Doubt"		3:57
3.	"Moss Garden"	Bowie, Eno	5:03
4.	"Neuköln"	Bowie, Eno	4:34
5.	"The Secret Life of Arabia"	Bowie, Eno, Carlos Alomar	3:46
Total length:			20:30 (40:19)

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Rating: 4 (mainly for the title track, which by itself is a 10)

Stage (live) (1978)

Bowie works his way solidly through a range of his songs.  Spotify has the 2017 release which has a different set list.  Useful as a guide to how Bowie sounded live in 1978, but the performances here are acceptable rather than interesting or special. Not an essential recording.

Released	8 September 1978
Recorded	28–29 April, 5–6 May 1978
Venue	Various[show]
Genre	Rock
Length	73 (original LP release) 77:17 (1991 CD version) 85:31 (2005 CD reissue) 94:30 (2017 version)
Label	RCA
Producer	David Bowie Tony Visconti

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hang On to Yourself"	3:26
2.	"Ziggy Stardust"	3:32
3.	"Five Years"	3:58
4.	"Soul Love"	2:55
5.	"Star"	2:31
Total length:		16:22

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Station to Station"	8:55
2.	"Fame" (Bowie, Carlos Alomar, John Lennon)	4:06
3.	"TVC 15"	4:37
Total length:		17:38

Side three

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Warszawa" (Bowie, Brian Eno)	6:50
2.	"Speed of Life"	2:44
3.	"Art Decade"	3:10
4.	"Sense of Doubt"	3:13
5.	"Breaking Glass" (Bowie, Dennis Davis, George Murray)	3:28
Total length:		19:25

Side four

No.	Title	Length
1.	""Heroes"" (Bowie, Eno)	6:19
2.	"What in the World"	4:24
3.	"Blackout"	4:01
4.	"Beauty and the Beast"	5:08
Total length:		19:52 (73:17)

2017 CD release:

CD 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Warszawa"	Bowie, Eno	6:53
2.	""Heroes""	Bowie, Eno	6:19
3.	"What in the World"		4:25
4.	"Be My Wife"		2:49
5.	"The Jean Genie" (Previously unreleased)		6:17
6.	"Blackout"		4:00
7.	"Sense of Doubt"		3:07
8.	"Speed of Life"		2:40
9.	"Breaking Glass"	Bowie, Davis, Murray	3:22
10.	"Beauty and the Beast"		5:06
11.	"Fame"	Bowie, Alomar, Lennon	4:13
Total length:			49:11

CD 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Five Years"		3:57
2.	"Soul Love"		2:56
3.	"Star"		2:28
4.	"Hang On to Yourself"		3:22
5.	"Ziggy Stardust"		3:30
6.	"Suffragette City" (Previously unreleased)		3:58
7.	"Art Decade"		3:01
8.	"Alabama Song"	Brecht, Weill	3:55
9.	"Station to Station"		8:43
10.	"Stay"		7:21
11.	"TVC 15"		4:36
Total length:			47:51 (94:30)

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Score: 4

Lodger (1979)

I skipped this one when it came out. I had grown fed up with the trivial electronic doodling of the previous albums, and as no reviews I read were favourable, and nobody I knew had anything positive to say about it, there didn't seem any point buying it, and the single "Boys Keep Swinging" was really not my thing. However, listening to it now, I am really impressed. This is more in the style of his later albums, and is more comfortably in Bowie territory - songs, rather than music doodles. The music informs the songs rather than on the previous two albums where it seemed that most of the time the lyrics were more of a breathed instrument to fill out the musical attempts.

I like "Fantastic Voyage" - it's like Bowie has at last found his own voice, though the best songs are the ones co-written with Brian Eno. Indeed, "Yassassin" is an awful song - probably one of Bowie's worse, and "Move On" and "Repetition" are just album filler.

Released	25 May 1979
Recorded	September 1978, March 1979
Studio	Mountain, Montreux, Switzerland Record Plant, New York City
Genre	Art rock[1] experimental rock[2] avant-pop[3] world[4]
Length	34
Label	RCA
Producer	David Bowie Tony Visconti

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Fantastic Voyage"	Bowie, Eno	2:55
2.	"African Night Flight"	Bowie, Eno	2:54
3.	"Move On"	Bowie	3:16
4.	"Yassassin" (Turkish for 'Long Live')	Bowie	4:10
5.	"Red Sails"	Bowie, Eno	3:43

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"DJ"	Bowie, Eno, Carlos Alomar	3:59
2.	"Look Back in Anger"	Bowie, Eno	3:08
3.	"Boys Keep Swinging"	Bowie, Eno	3:17
4.	"Repetition"	Bowie	2:59
5.	"Red Money"	Bowie, Alomar	4:17
Total length:			34:38

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Score: 6 1/2

Scary Monsters (1980)

For a number of major artists, the 1980s was not a good period artistically. There seemed a desire to turn commercial, and to use electronic or synthesised music rather than more organic instruments. It was the nature of the period. And Bowie was no different. His music turned very commercial - but it still retains enough of interest. This album comes after the difficult and non-commercial Berlin Trilogy, and for a good number of Bowie listeners, this was a blessed relief. Proper music again! There are some good songs on this album -  on Side One there are plenty of songs as good as anything he has done.

Released	12 September 1980
Recorded	February–April 1980
Studio	The Power Station, New York City; Good Earth, London[1]
Genre	Art rock  new wave
Length	45
Label	RCA
Producer	David Bowie  Tony Visconti

Side one

1. "It's No Game (No. 1)" (Bowie, trans. Hisahi Miura) – 4:20
2. "Up the Hill Backwards" – 3:15
3. "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)" – 5:12
4. "Ashes to Ashes" – 4:25
5. "Fashion" – 4:49

Side two

1. "Teenage Wildlife" – 6:56
2. "Scream Like a Baby" – 3:35
3. "Kingdom Come" (Tom Verlaine) – 3:45
4. "Because You're Young" – 4:54
5. "It's No Game (No. 2)" – 4:22

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Score: 6

Christiane F.  (soundtrack/compilation) (1981)

Released	April 1981
Recorded	1975-1979
Genre	Rock, art rock
Length	41 (LP version) 41:50 (CD version)
Label	RCA Victor (1981 issue) EMI (2001 re-issue)
Producer	David Bowie, Harry Maslin, Tony Visconti

No.	Title	Original release	Length
1.	"V-2 Schneider"	"Heroes"	3:09
2.	"TVC 15 (Single Edit Version)"	Station to Station	3:29
3.	"Heroes/Helden" (Bowie, Brian Eno, Antonia Maaß)	"Heroes"	6:01
4.	"Boys Keep Swinging" (Bowie, Eno)	Lodger	3:16
5.	"Sense of Doubt"	"Heroes"	3:56
6.	"Station to Station (Live)"	Stage	8:42
7.	"Look Back in Anger" (Bowie, Eno)	Lodger	3:06
8.	"Stay (US Single Version)"	Station to Station	3:20
9.	"Warszawa" (Bowie, Eno)	Low	6:18

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Score:

Changestwobowie (Nov 1981)

An acceptable compilation, though fairly limited.

Released	November 1981
Recorded	1971–1980
Genre	Art rock glam rock funk rock soul new wave
Length	42
Label	RCA Records

Side one

No.	Title	Album	Length
1.	"Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?)"	Aladdin Sane (1973)	5:10
2.	"Oh! You Pretty Things"	Hunky Dory (1971)	3:13
3.	"Starman"	Ziggy Stardust (1972)	4:14
4.	"1984"	Diamond Dogs (1974)	3:28
5.	"Ashes to Ashes (single edit)"	Scary Monsters  (1980)	3:37
Total length:			19:42

Side two

No.	Title	Album	Length
1.	"Sound and Vision"	Low (1977)	3:03
2.	"Fashion (single edit)"	Scary Monsters (1980)	3:25
3.	"Wild Is the Wind" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington)	Station to Station (1976)	6:03
4.	"John, I’m Only Dancing (Again)"	Recorded 1974; Single A-side (1979)	6:59
5.	"DJ (single edit)" (Bowie, Brian Eno, Carlos Alomar)	Lodger (1979)	3:25
Total length:			22:55 (42:37)

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Score: 4

Baal (EP) (1982)

Released	13 February 1982
Recorded	September 1981
Studio	Hansa by the Wall, Berlin
Length	11
Label	RCA Records
Producer	Tony Visconti David Bowie

Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht (translated by John Willett); music by Dominic Muldowney, except were noted.

Side A

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Baal's Hymn"		uncredited, Muldowney	4:02
2.	"Remembering Marie A."	trad, Brecht, trans. Willett	trad. Bruinier, Muldowney	2:07
Total length:				6:09

Side B

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Ballad of the Adventurers"		2:01
2.	"The Drowned Girl"	Kurt Weill, arr. Muldowney	2:26
3.	"The Dirty Song"	Ludwig Prestel, arr. Muldowney	0:38
Total length:			5:05

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Bowie Rare (compilation) (Dec 1982)

Released	December 1982
Recorded	1969-1980
Genre	Rock
Length	42
Label	RCA Records

1.1[

1. "Ragazzo solo, ragazza sola" (Bowie, Mogol) – 5:02
   • An Italian-language song featuring all new lyrics set to the music of "Space Oddity", released as single in Italy in late-1969/early-1970
2. "Round and Round" (Chuck Berry) – 2:41
   • A cover of the Chuck Berry song "Around and Around", recorded for the Ziggy Stardust sessions, and released as the B-side to the single "Drive-In Saturday"
3. "Amsterdam" (Jacques Brel, Mort Shuman) – 3:25
   • A cover of a Jacques Brel song, recorded for the Ziggy Stardust sessions, and released as the B-side to the single "Sorrow"
4. "Holy Holy" – 2:15
   • A newer version of Bowie's 1970 single, recorded for the Ziggy Stardust sessions, and released as the B-side to the single "Diamond Dogs"
5. "Panic in Detroit" – 5:49
   • Live recording from the same concerts as David Live, and released as the B-side to the single "Knock on Wood"
6. "Young Americans" – 3:11
   • US single edit

1.2[

1. "Velvet Goldmine" – 3:08
   • Recorded for the Ziggy Stardust sessions, and released as the B-side to the 1975 reissue of "Space Oddity"
2. "Heroes"/"Helden" (Bowie, Brian Eno, Antonia Maass) – 6:07
   • A version of "Heroes" with English and German lyrics, released as single in West Germany in 1977
3. "John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)" – 3:26
   • Single edit
4. "Moon of Alabama" (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) – 3:51
   • Recorded 1978, released as single A-side, 1980
5. "Crystal Japan" – 3:07
   • Recorded 1979 for the soundtrack of a Japanese commercial, released as a Japanese single A-side, 1980, then internationally as the B-side to "Up the Hill Backwards" single, 1981.

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Let's Dance (1983)

Bowie's first EMI album was his most commercially successfully based on the huge popularity the three singles, "Let's Dance", "Modern Love" and "China Girl". Nile Rodgers' arrangement and production of Bowie's version of the gritty and powerful 1977 Iggy Pop song "China Girl" which Bowie had co-written the music for, accompanied by the video, propelled sales of the album.

The album is too pop oriented for my taste.

Released	14 April 1983
Recorded	December 1982 – January 1983[1]
Studio	Power Station, Manhattan, New York City[2]
Genre	Post-disco[3] dance-rock[4] new wave[5] dance-pop[6]
Length	39
Label	EMI America
Producer	David Bowie  Nile Rodgers

Side one

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Modern Love"			4:46
2.	"China Girl"	Iggy Pop	Bowie, Pop	5:32
3.	"Let's Dance"			7:37
4.	"Without You"			3:08

Side two

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Ricochet"			5:14
2.	"Criminal World"	Godwin, Browne, Lyons, Bowie	Godwin, Browne, Lyons	4:25
3.	"Cat People (Putting Out Fire)"		Giorgio Moroder	5:09
4.	"Shake It"			3:49
Total length:				39:41

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Score: 5

Ziggy Stardust (live/soundtrack) (Oct 1983)

An OK live album, one that captures one of the most famous concerts in rock history - the moment that Bowie retired Ziggy (or himself, or both).  It's the best official live Bowie album so far, but not quite as good at the bootleg of the Hemel Hempstead concert which I only heard through the stage door.....

Released	October 1983 1 April 2003 (2003 re-release)
Recorded	3 July 1973
Venue	Hammersmith Odeon, London
Genre	Glam rock  art rock
Length	69 83:33 (2003 re-release)
Label	RCA
Producer	David Bowie  Mike Moran

Disc 1

1. "Hang On to Yourself" – 2:55
2. "Ziggy Stardust" – 3:09
3. "Watch That Man" – 4:10
4. "Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud"/"All the Young Dudes"/Oh! You Pretty Things" – 6:37
5. "Moonage Daydream" – 6:17
6. "Space Oddity" – 4:49
7. "My Death" (Jacques Brel, Mort Shuman) – 5:45

Disc 2

1. "Cracked Actor" – 2:52
2. "Time" – 5:12
3. "Width of a Circle" – 9:35
4. "Changes" – 3:35
5. "Let's Spend the Night Together" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:09
6. "Suffragette City" – 3:02
7. "White Light/White Heat" (Lou Reed) – 4:06
8. "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" – 4:20

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Score: 5

Tonight (1984)

A fairly tedious and uninspired album.

Released	24 September 1984[1]
Recorded	May–June 1984
Studio	Le Studio, Morin-Heights, Quebec, Canada[2]
Genre	Pop[3] blue-eyed soul dance[4] rock[5]
Length	35
Label	EMI America
Producer	David Bowie Derek Bramble Hugh Padgham

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Originally by	Length
1.	"Loving the Alien"	David Bowie		7:11
2.	"Don't Look Down"	Iggy Pop  James Williamson	Iggy Pop,  New Values	4:11
3.	"God Only Knows"	Brian Wilson  Tony Asher	Beach Boys,  Pet Sounds	3:08
4.	"Tonight" (with Tina Turner)	Bowie  Pop	Iggy Pop, Lust for Life	3:46

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Originally by	Length
1.	"Neighborhood Threat"	Bowie  Pop  Gardiner	Iggy Pop,  Lust for Life	3:12
2.	"Blue Jean"	Bowie		3:11
3.	"Tumble and Twirl"	Bowie  Pop		5:00
4.	"I Keep Forgettin'"	Leiber  Stoller  Garfield	Jackson, Any Day Now	2:34
5.	"Dancing with the Big Boys"	Bowie P op  Alomar		3:34
Total length:				35:47

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Score: 3

Labyrinth (soundtrack) (1986)

Released	23 June 1986
Recorded	July–September 1985
Genre	Pop new wave film soundtrack
Length	43
Label	EMI AML 3104
Producer	David Bowie Trevor Jones Arif Mardin

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Opening Titles Including Underground"	music by Trevor Jones; lyrics by Bowie	3:21
2.	"Into the Labyrinth"	Jones	2:12
3.	"Magic Dance"	Bowie	5:13[a]
4.	"Sarah"	Jones	3:12
5.	"Chilly Down"	Bowie	3:44
6.	"Hallucination"	Jones	3:02

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"As the World Falls Down"	Bowie	4:51
2.	"The Goblin Battle"	Jones	3:31
3.	"Within You"	Bowie	3:30
4.	"Thirteen O'Clock"	Jones	3:06
5.	"Home at Last"	Jones	1:49
6.	"Underground"	Bowie	5:57
Total length:			43:33

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Never Let Me Down (1987)

Fairly boring.

Released	20 April 1987
Recorded	Mid 1986 to early 1987[1]
Studio	Mountain (Montreux, Switzerland) Power Station (Manhattan, NY)
Genre	Pop rock[2] art rock[3]
Length	53 (CD) 48 (LP)
Label	EMI America
Producer	David Bowie David Richards

Side One

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Day-In Day-Out"	4:38
2.	"Time Will Crawl"	4:18
3.	"Beat of Your Drum"	4:32
4.	"Never Let Me Down" (David Bowie, Carlos Alomar)	4:03
5.	"Zeroes"	5:46

Side Two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Glass Spider"	4:56
2.	"Shining Star (Makin' My Love)"	4:05
3.	"New York's in Love"	3:55
4.	"'87 and Cry"	3:53
5.	"Too Dizzy" (David Bowie, Erdal Kızılçay)	3:58
6.	"Bang Bang" (Iggy Pop, Ivan Kral)	4:02
Total length:		48:06

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Score: 3 

Black Tie White Noise (1993)

Released	5 April 1993
Recorded	June – September 1992
Studio	Mountain (Montreux, Switzerland) 38 Fresh (Los Angeles, CA) The Hit Factory (Manhattan, NY)[1]
Genre	Art rock[2] electronic[2] acid jazz soul[3]
Length	56
Label	Savage Arista
Producer	David Bowie Nile Rodgers

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"The Wedding"	instrumental		5:04
2.	"You've Been Around"		Bowie, Reeves Gabrels	4:45
3.	"I Feel Free"	Pete Brown	Jack Bruce	4:52
4.	"Black Tie White Noise"			4:52
5.	"Jump They Say"			4:22
6.	"Nite Flights"	Noel Scott Engel	Engel	4:30
7.	"Pallas Athena"			4:40
8.	"Miracle Goodnight"			4:14
9.	"Don't Let Me Down & Down"	Hembara, trans. Martine Valmont	Hembara	4:55
10.	"Looking for Lester"	instrumental	Bowie, Nile Rodgers	5:36
11.	"I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday"	Morrissey	Mark E. Nevin	4:14
12.	"The Wedding Song"			4:29

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The Buddha of Suburbia (1993)

The Buddha of Suburbia was a BBC drama for which Bowie was commissioned to write the soundtrack. Only the title track was used in the soundtrack - the other pieces on the album were "reconstructed...completely" from the original idea.

Released	8 November 1993
Recorded	June–July 1993
Studio	Mountain, Montreux, Switzerland O'Henry Sound, Burbank, USA
Genre	Art rock experimental rock ambient electronic acid jazz
Length	55
Label	BMG International Virgin/EMI
Producer	David Bowie David Richards

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AllMusic: 6
Score: 4

Santa Monica '72 (live) (April 1994)

Originally a bootleg (according to some, "the" bootleg to have), then released in 1994 by Bowie's previous management company. It's an OK live album, though feels as tired and bland as the Ziggy Stardust live album, but without the significance of that performance. The best bootleg, for me, is the Hemel Hempstead one, when Bowie and the band were still unknown and hungry for it.

Released	25 April 1994(UK) 28 March 1995(US)
Recorded	20 October 1972
Genre	Glam rock
Length	76
Label	Golden Years (UK) Griffin Music (US)

1. "Intro" – 0:15
2. "Hang on to Yourself" – 2:47
3. "Ziggy Stardust" – 3:24
4. "Changes" – 3:32
5. "The Supermen" – 2:57
6. "Life on Mars?" – 3:28
7. "Five Years" – 5:21
8. "Space Oddity" – 5:22
9. "Andy Warhol" – 3:58
10. "My Death" (Eric Blau, Jacques Brel, Mort Shuman) – 5:56
11. "The Width of a Circle" – 10:39
12. "Queen Bitch" – 3:01
13. "Moonage Daydream" – 4:38
14. "John, I'm Only Dancing" – 3:36
15. "I'm Waiting for the Man" (Lou Reed) – 6:01
16. "The Jean Genie" – 4:02
17. "Suffragette City" – 4:25
18. "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" – 3:17

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Outside (1995)

A modern Bowie album. Acceptable and listenable, but not great. Nothing here that really invites repeated listening, but it's acceptable when playing. 

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Score: 4

Earthling (1997)

The opening track, "Little Wonder", takes ideas from The Prodigy, particularly "Firestarter". It has been typical of Bowie to use ideas from other musicians. Usually he was taking ideas from lesser known musicians and so it appeared he was doing something new, but here he was taking ideas from a musical format that was already very well known to the general public. 

Released	3 February 1997
Recorded	March – August 1996
Studio	Mountain (Montreux, Switzerland) Looking Glass (Manhattan, NY)[1]
Genre	Industrial rock[2] electronica[3] drum and bass[4] jungle[5] techno[5]
Length	48
Label	Arista Virgin
Producer	David Bowie Reeves Gabrels Mark Plati

All lyrics are written by David Bowie; all music is composed by Bowie, Reeves Gabrels and Mark Plati, except where noted.

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Little Wonder"		6:02
2.	"Looking for Satellites"		5:21
3.	"Battle for Britain (The Letter)"		4:48
4.	"Seven Years in Tibet"	Bowie, Gabrels	6:22
5.	"Dead Man Walking"	Bowie, Gabrels	6:50
6.	"Telling Lies"	Bowie	4:49
7.	"The Last Thing You Should Do"		4:57
8.	"I'm Afraid of Americans"	Bowie, Brian Eno	5:00
9.	"Law (Earthlings on Fire)"	Bowie, Gabrels	4:48

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Score: 4

'hours...' (1999)

The modern Bowie albums are a little slow and melancholy and lacking in adventure. They're not necessarily unattractive, but there's nothing special about them. They're a little dull, a little boring.  This is not classic Bowie, and if Bowie had started out as an unknown with these modern albums, he would not have been successful.  

Released	4 October 1999[1]
Recorded	1998–1999
Studio	Seaview (Bermuda)[2] Looking Glass (Manhattan, NY) Chung King (Manhattan, NY)
Genre	Pop rock[3]
Length	47
Label	Virgin
Producer	David Bowie Reeves Gabrels

All tracks are written by David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels; except "What's Really Happening?", with lyrics by Alex Grant.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Thursday's Child"	5:24
2.	"Something in the Air"	5:46
3.	"Survive"	4:11
4.	"If I'm Dreaming My Life"	7:04
5.	"Seven"	4:04
6.	"What's Really Happening?"	4:10
7.	"The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell"	4:40
8.	"New Angels of Promise"	4:35
9.	"Brilliant Adventure"	1:54
10.	"The Dreamers"	5:14

Wikipedia
AllMusic:
Score: 3 1/2

Bowie At The Beeb 
(compilation 68-72) (2000)

Useful and interesting and occasionally attractive, but not really essential. This is for curious Bowie fans - there's little here for the general public.

Released	26 September 2000 (original release) 2 April 2002
Recorded	13 May 1968 – 23 May 1972, various BBC Radio studios, London 27 June 2000, London (3 CD version)
Genre	Rock
Length	141 (2 CD version) 215:31 (3 CD version)
Label	EMI/Virgin
Producer	Bernie Andrews, etc

Disc one

1. "In the Heat of the Morning" – 3:02
2. "London Bye Ta Ta" – 2:36
3. "Karma Man" – 3:00
4. "Silly Boy Blue" – 6:08
5. "Let Me Sleep Beside You" – 3:17
6. "Janine" – 3:24
7. "Amsterdam" (Jacques Brel) – 3:18
8. "God Knows I'm Good" – 3:36
9. "The Width of a Circle" – 5:21
10. "Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed" – 5:07
11. "Cygnet Committee" – 9:07
12. "Memory of a Free Festival" – 3:18
13. "Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud" – 5:55
14. "Bombers" – 3:19
15. "Looking for a Friend" – 3:34
16. "Almost Grown" (Chuck Berry) – 2:44
17. "Kooks" – 3:32
18. "It Ain't Easy" (Ron Davies) – 2:51

Disc two

1. "The Supermen" – 2:51
2. "Eight Line Poem" – 2:56
3. "Hang On to Yourself" – 2:50
4. "Ziggy Stardust" – 3:26
5. "Queen Bitch" – 2:59
6. "I'm Waiting for the Man" (Lou Reed) – 5:24
7. "Five Years" – 4:24
8. "White Light/White Heat" (Reed) – 3:48
9. "Moonage Daydream" – 4:58
10. "Hang On to Yourself" – 2:50
11. "Suffragette City" – 3:28
12. "Ziggy Stardust" – 3:24
13. "Starman" – 4:05
14. "Space Oddity" – 4:16
15. "Changes" – 3:29
16. "Oh! You Pretty Things" – 2:57
17. "Andy Warhol" – 3:14
18. "Lady Stardust" – 3:21
19. "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" – 3:08

Wikipedia

AllMusic:

Score: 4

Heathen (2002)

One of the better modern Bowie albums.

Released	11 June 2002[1]
Recorded	October 2000 – January 2002
Studio	Looking Glass (Manhattan, NY) Allaire (Shokan, NY) 606 (Alexandria, VA) Eel Pie (Twickenham, England)
Genre	Art rock  art pop[2]
Length	52
Label	ISO  Columbia
Producer	David Bowie  Tony Visconti

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Sunday"			4:45
2.	"Cactus"	Black Francis		2:54
3.	"Slip Away"			6:05
4.	"Slow Burn"			4:41
5.	"Afraid"		Bowie  Mark Plati	3:28
6.	"I've Been Waiting for You"	Neil Young		3:00
7.	"I Would Be Your Slave"			5:14
8.	"I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship"	Norman Carl Odam		4:04
9.	"5:15 The Angels Have Gone"			5:00
10.	"Everyone Says 'Hi'"		Brian Rawling  Gary Miller	3:59
11.	"A Better Future"			4:11
12.	"Heathen (The Rays)"			4:16
Total length:				52:08

Wikipedia
AllMusic: 7
Score: 4

Best Of Bowie (compilation) (Oct 2000)

This is a very useful and attractive compilation. Great introduction to Bowie.

Released	22 October 2002
Recorded	1969–2002
Genre	Rock
Length	156:20 (UK version) Varies from region to region
Label	EMI Virgin
Producer	Producer varies from track to track

CD 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Place of Origin	Length
1.	"Space Oddity"		David Bowie, 1969	5:15
2.	"The Man Who Sold the World"		The Man Who Sold the World, 1970/1971	3:55
3.	"Oh! You Pretty Things"		Hunky Dory, 1971	3:12
4.	"Changes"		Hunky Dory	3:33
5.	"Life on Mars?"		Hunky Dory	3:48
6.	"Starman"		Ziggy Stardust , 1972	4:16
7.	"Ziggy Stardust"		Ziggy Stardust	3:13
8.	"Suffragette City"		Ziggy Stardust	3:25
9.	"John, I'm Only Dancing"		single, 1972	2:43
10.	"The Jean Genie"		Aladdin Sane, 1973	4:08
11.	"Drive-In Saturday"		Aladdin Sane	4:36
12.	"Sorrow"	Feldman, Goldstein, Gottehrer	Pin Ups, 1973	2:53
13.	"Diamond Dogs"		Diamond Dogs, 1974	6:05
14.	"Rebel Rebel"		Diamond Dogs	4:30
15.	"Young Americans" (United States single version)		Young Americans, 1975	3:16
16.	"Fame"	Bowie, Carlos Alomar, John Lennon	Young Americans	4:17
17.	"Golden Years" (single version)		Station to Station, 1976	3:22
18.	"TVC 15"		Station to Station	5:33
19.	"Wild Is the Wind"	Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington	Station to Station	6:02

CD 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Place of Origin	Length
1.	"Sound and Vision"		Low, 1977	3:00
2.	""Heroes"" (single)	Bowie, Brian Eno	"Heroes", 1977	3:37
3.	"Boys Keep Swinging"	Bowie, Eno	Lodger, 1979	3:18
4.	"Under Pressure"	Bowie, Queen	Non-album single, 1981
5.	"Ashes to Ashes" (single)		Scary Monsters, 1980	3:38
6.	"Fashion" (single)		Scary Monsters	3:23
7.	"Scary Monsters" (single)		Scary Monsters	3:27
8.	"Let's Dance" (single)		Let's Dance, 1983	4:07
9.	"China Girl" (single)	Bowie, Iggy Pop	Let's Dance	4:18
10.	"Modern Love" (single)		Let's Dance	3:56
11.	"Blue Jean"		Tonight, 1984	3:12
12.	"This Is Not America" (with the Pat Metheny Group)	Bowie, Lyle Mays, Pat Metheny	The Falcon and the Snowman soundtrack, 1985	3:43
13.	"Loving the Alien" (single)		Tonight	4:43
14.	"Dancing in the Street"	Marvin Gaye, etc	Single Live Aid, 1985	3:14
15.	"Absolute Beginners" (single)		Absolute Beginners,  1986	5:39
16.	"Jump They Say" (radio edit)		Black Tie White Noise, 1993	3:53
17.	"Hallo Spaceboy"	Bowie, Eno	1. Outside, 1995	4:25
18.	"Little Wonder" (single version)	Bowie, Gabrels, Plati	Earthling, 1997	3:40
19.	"I'm Afraid of Americans" (V1 radio edit)	Bowie, Eno	Earthling	4:26
20.	"Slow Burn" (radio edit)		Heathen, 2002	3:55

Wikipedia
AllMusic: 9
Score:

Toy (intended 2001, internet release 2011)

Released	2011
Recorded	2000–2001[1]
Genre	Rock
Length	62:07
Producer	Mark Plati[2]

No.	Title	Original version on	Length
1.	"Uncle Floyd"	Previously unreleased	6:15
2.	"Afraid"	Previously unreleased	3:29
3.	"Baby Loves That Way"	B-side of "You've Got a Habit of Leaving", Early On (1964-1966)	4:38
4.	"I Dig Everything"	Single from 1966, Early On (1964-1966)	4:52
5.	"Conversation Piece"	B-Side of "The Prettiest Star", Five Years (1969-1973)	3:53
6.	"Let Me Sleep Beside You"	The Deram Anthology 1966–1968	3:14
7.	"Toy (Your Turn to Drive)"	Previously unreleased	4:46
8.	"Hole in the Ground"	Previously unreleased	3:30
9.	"Shadow Man"	Previously unreleased; originally recorded in 1971 during the sessions for Ziggy Stardust	4:41
10.	"In the Heat of the Morning"	The Deram Anthology 1966–1968	3:52
11.	"You've Got a Habit of Leaving"	Single from 1965, Early On (1964-1966)	4:49
12.	"Silly Boy Blue"	David Bowie (1967)	5:33
13.	"Liza Jane" (Leslie Conn)	Single from 1964, Early On (1964-1966)	4:48
14.	"The London Boys"	B-side of "Rubber Band", The Deram Anthology 1966–1968	3:47

Wikipedia
Score:

Reality (2003)

Released	15 September 2003
Recorded	January–May 2003
Studio	David Bowie's home studio, SoHo Looking Glass, NoHo Mike Garson's home studio, Bell Canyon
Genre	Rock[1]
Length	49:25
Label	ISO Columbia
Producer	David Bowie Tony Visconti

No.	Title	Length
1.	"New Killer Star"	4:40
2.	"Pablo Picasso" (Jonathan Richman)	4:06
3.	"Never Get Old"	4:25
4.	"The Loneliest Guy"	4:11
5.	"Looking for Water"	3:28
6.	"She'll Drive the Big Car"	4:35
7.	"Days"	3:19
8.	"Fall Dog Bombs the Moon"	4:04
9.	"Try Some, Buy Some" (George Harrison)	4:24
10.	"Reality"	4:23
11.	"Bring Me the Disco King"	7:45

Wikipedia
AllMusic: 7
Score:

A Reality Tour (live) (2010)

A solid and professional crowd pleasing live performance of the 2003-2004 Reality tour, his last tour which had to be cut short because he had a heart attack.

Released	25 January 2010
Recorded	22–23 November 2003
Venue	Point Theatre, Dublin
Genre	Rock
Length	154:00
Label	ISO, Columbia, Legacy
Producer	Jerry Rappaport

Disc 1

No.	Title	Original Album	Length
1.	"Rebel Rebel"	Diamond Dogs (1974)	3:30
2.	"New Killer Star"	Reality (2003)	4:59
3.	"Reality"	Reality	5:08
4.	"Fame" (Bowie, John Lennon, Carlos Alomar)	Young Americans (1975)	4:12
5.	"Cactus" (Black Francis)	Heathen (2002)	3:01
6.	"Sister Midnight" (Bowie, Alomar, Iggy Pop)	The Idiot (by Iggy Pop (1977))	4:37
7.	"Afraid"	Heathen	3:28
8.	"All the Young Dudes"		3:48
9.	"Be My Wife"	Low (1977)	3:15
10.	"The Loneliest Guy"	Reality	3:58
11.	"The Man Who Sold the World"	The Man Who Sold the World (1970)	4:18
12.	"Fantastic Voyage" (Bowie, Brian Eno)	Lodger (1979)	3:13
13.	"Hallo Spaceboy" (Bowie, Eno)	Outside (1995)	5:28
14.	"Sunday"	Heathen	7:56
15.	"Under Pressure" (Bowie, Queen)	Single	4:18
16.	"Life on Mars?"	Hunky Dory (1971)	4:40
17.	"Battle for Britain (The Letter)" (Bowie,  Gabrels, Plati)	Earthling (1997)	4:55

Disc 2

No.	Title	Original Album	Length
1.	"Ashes to Ashes"	Scary Monsters (1980)	5:46
2.	"The Motel"	Outside	5:44
3.	"Loving the Alien"	Tonight (1984)	5:17
4.	"Never Get Old"	Reality	4:18
5.	"Changes"	Hunky Dory	3:51
6.	"I'm Afraid of Americans" (Bowie, Eno)	Earthling	5:17
7.	"”Heroes"" (Bowie, Eno)	"Heroes" (1977)	6:58
8.	"Bring Me the Disco King"	Reality	7:56
9.	"Slip Away"	Heathen	5:56
10.	"Heathen (The Rays)"	Heathen	6:24
11.	"Five Years"	Ziggy Stardust  (1972)	4:19
12.	"Hang On to Yourself"	Ziggy Stardust	2:50
13.	"Ziggy Stardust"	Ziggy Stardust	3:44

Wikipedia
AllMusic: 6
Score: 4 1/2

The Next Day (2013)

Ten years since the last studio album, this was welcomed, and widely regarded as the best of Bowie's modern albums. I think time will tell whether everyone got over enthused. However, "Where Are We Now" is a respectable song from an elder statesman of pop music.

Released	8 March 2013
Recorded	May 2011 – February 2013
Studio	The Magic Shop, Human Worldwide, Manhattan, NY
Genre	Rock  art rock
Length	53:17
Label	ISO  Columbia
Producer	David Bowie  Tony Visconti

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"The Next Day"		3:27
2.	"Dirty Boys"		2:58
3.	"The Stars (Are Out Tonight)"		3:56
4.	"Love Is Lost"		3:57
5.	"Where Are We Now?"		4:08
6.	"Valentine's Day"		3:01
7.	"If You Can See Me"		3:15
8.	"I'd Rather Be High"		3:53
9.	"Boss of Me"	Bowie, Gerry Leonard	4:09
10.	"Dancing Out in Space"		3:24
11.	"How Does the Grass Grow?"	Bowie, Jerry Lordan	4:33
12.	"(You Will) Set the World on Fire"		3:30
13.	"You Feel So Lonely You Could Die"		4:37
14.	"Heat"		4:25
Total length:			53:17

Wikipedia
AllMusic: 7
Score: 4 1/2

Nothing Has Changed (compilation) (2014)

Released	18 November 2014
Recorded	1964–2014
Genre	Rock
Length	69:00
Label	Parlophone (UK) Columbia (US) Legacy (US)
Producer	Tony Visconti

 3-CD deluxe edition[edit]

Disc one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Place of origin	Length
1.	"Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)" (with the Maria Schneider Orchestra)	Bob Bhamra, Bowie, Maria Schneider, Paul Bateman	Full-length original single version; re-recorded version on Blackstar (2016)	7:25
2.	"Where Are We Now?"		The Next Day (2013)	4:09
3.	"Love Is Lost" (edited version of the Hello Steve Reich mix by James Murphy for the DFA)		The Next Day Extra (2013)	4:07
4.	"The Stars (Are Out Tonight)"		The Next Day	3:57
5.	"New Killer Star" (radio edit)		Reality (2003)	3:43
6.	"Everyone Says 'Hi'" (edited version)		Heathen (2002)	3:29
7.	"Slow Burn" (radio edit)		Heathen	3:57
8.	"Let Me Sleep Beside You"		Toy (2011); recorded 2000; original 1967 version was released on compilation album The World of David Bowie (1970) and the film Love You till Tuesday (1984)	3:11
9.	"Your Turn to Drive" (also known as "Toy (Your Turn to Drive)")		Toy	4:53
10.	"Shadow Man"		Toy; originally recorded in 1971 for The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)	4:45
11.	"Seven" (Marius de Vries mix)	Bowie, Reeves Gabrels	Hours (1999)	4:13
12.	"Survive" (Marius de Vries mix)	Bowie, Gabrels	Hours	4:17
13.	"Thursday's Child" (radio edit)	Bowie, Gabrels	Hours	4:26
14.	"I'm Afraid of Americans" (V1; radio edit)	Bowie, Brian Eno	Earthling (1997)	4:25
15.	"Little Wonder" (single version)	Bowie, Gabrels, Mark Plati	Earthling	3:41
16.	"Hallo Spaceboy" (Pet Shop Boys remix; with the Pet Shop Boys)	Bowie, Eno	Originally from 1. Outside (1995); PSB mix released the following year	4:25
17.	"The Hearts Filthy Lesson" (radio edit)	Bowie, Eno, Gabrels, Mike Garson, Erdal Kızılçay, Sterling Campbell	1. Outside	3:34
18.	"Strangers When We Meet" (single version)		1. Outside; originally recorded for The Buddha of Suburbia (1993)	4:18

Disc two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Place of origin	Length
1.	"The Buddha of Suburbia"		The Buddha of Suburbia (1993)	4:24
2.	"Jump They Say" (radio edit)		Black Tie White Noise (1993)	3:53
3.	"Time Will Crawl" (MM remix)		Originally from Never Let Me Down (1987); remix from iSelect (2008)	4:20
4.	"Absolute Beginners" (single version)		Absolute Beginners soundtrack (1986)	5:35
5.	"Dancing in the Street" (with Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones)	Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson, Ivy Jo Hunter	Non-album single for Live Aid (1985)	3:10
6.	"Loving the Alien" (single remix)		Originally from Tonight (1984); remix from the following year	4:42
7.	"This Is Not America" (with the Pat Metheny Group)	Bowie, Lyle Mays, Pat Metheny	The Falcon and the Snowman soundtrack (1985)	3:51
8.	"Blue Jean"		Tonight	3:11
9.	"Modern Love" (single version)		Let's Dance (1983)	3:56
10.	"China Girl" (single version)	Bowie, Jim Osterberg (a.k.a. Iggy Pop)	Let's Dance; originally from the Iggy Pop album The Idiot (1977)	4:15
11.	"Let's Dance" (single version)		Let's Dance	4:08
12.	"Fashion" (single version)		Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (1980)	3:26
13.	"Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)" (single version)		Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)	3:32
14.	"Ashes to Ashes" (single version)		Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)	3:35
15.	"Under Pressure" (with Queen)	Bowie, John Deacon, Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor	Non-album single (1981); later released on the Queen album Hot Space (1982)	4:04
16.	"Boys Keep Swinging"	Bowie, Eno	Lodger (1979)	3:17
17.	""Heroes"" (single version)	Bowie, Eno	"Heroes" (1977)	3:33
18.	"Sound and Vision"		Low (1977)	3:03
19.	"Golden Years" (single version)		Station to Station (1976); single version released the year before	3:27
20.	"Wild Is the Wind" (2010 Harry Maslin mix)	Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington	Station to Station	6:05

Disc three

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Place of origin	Length
1.	"Fame"	Bowie, John Lennon, Carlos Alomar	Young Americans (1975)	4:16
2.	"Young Americans" (2007 Tony Visconti mix of US single version)		Young Americans	3:10
3.	"Diamond Dogs"		Diamond Dogs (1974)	5:50
4.	"Rebel Rebel"		Diamond Dogs	4:30
5.	"Sorrow"	Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer	Pin Ups (1973)	2:53
6.	"Drive-In Saturday"		Aladdin Sane (1973)	4:30
7.	"All the Young Dudes" (previously unreleased stereo mix given by Bowie to Mott the Hoople)		Recorded in 1972 for Aladdin Sane and re-recorded/released in the same year on the Mott the Hoople album All the Young Dudes	3:08
8.	"The Jean Genie" (original single mix)		Originally from Aladdin Sane; single mix released in 1972	4:05
9.	"Moonage Daydream"		The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)	4:39
10.	"Ziggy Stardust"		The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars	3:12
11.	"Starman" (original single mix)		The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars; single mix released a few months before the parent album's release	4:12
12.	"Life on Mars?" (2003 Ken Scott mix;[24] exclusive to this edition)		Hunky Dory (1971)	3:48
13.	"Oh! You Pretty Things"		Hunky Dory	3:12
14.	"Changes"		Hunky Dory	3:35
15.	"The Man Who Sold the World"		The Man Who Sold the World (1970 (U.S.)/1971 (UK))	3:57
16.	"Space Oddity"		David Bowie (1969)	5:14
17.	"In the Heat of the Morning" (Stereo mix)		First released on compilation album The World of David Bowie (1970); recorded 1968	2:58
18.	"Silly Boy Blue"		Incorrectly listed as being from David Bowie (1969): it is from David Bowie (1967)	3:54
19.	"Can't Help Thinking About Me" (released under the name "David Bowie with The Lower Third")		Non-album single (1966)	2:43
20.	"You've Got a Habit of Leaving" (Davy Jones (Bowie's professional name before changing it to his current one); released under the name "Davy Jones (& The Lower Third)")		Non-album single (1965)	2:29
21.	"Liza Jane" (released under the name "Davie Jones & The King Bees")	Leslie Conn	Non-album single (1964)	2:15

Videos
"Where Are We Now?"
"The Stars (Are Out Tonight)"

Wikipedia
AllMusic: 9
Score:

Blackstar (2016)

Bowie's last album, released just two days before he died. It immediately became his most successful album commercially and critically, though time will tell if the popular and critical success will remain. I doubt it. This is very much in the modern Bowie style. Melancholy, Slow. Slightly cold and jazzy. 

Released	8 January 2016
Recorded	January – March 2015
Studio	The Magic Shop, Human Worldwide, Manhattan, NY
Genre	Art rock  jazz rock  experimental rock
Length	41:14
Label	ISO  Columbia  Sony
Producer	David Bowie  Tony Visconti

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Blackstar"	9:57
2.	"'Tis a Pity She Was a Whore"	4:52
3.	"Lazarus"	6:22
4.	"Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)" (music composed by Bowie, Maria Schneider, Paul Bateman and Bob Bhamra)	4:40
5.	"Girl Loves Me"	4:52
6.	"Dollar Days"	4:44
7.	"I Can't Give Everything Away"	5:47
Total length:		41:14

Videos:
"Blackstar"
"Lazarus"

Wikipedia
AllMusic: 10
Score:

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Emotional appeal

Legacy

Discography of studio albums 

• David Bowie (1967) 
• David Bowie (1969)
• The Man Who Sold the World (1970)
• Hunky Dory (1971)
• The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
• Aladdin Sane (1973)
• Pin Ups (1973)
• Diamond Dogs (1974)
• Young Americans (1975)
• Station to Station (1976)
• Low (1977)
• "Heroes" (1977)
• Lodger (1979)
• Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)
• Let's Dance (1983)
• Tonight (1984)
• Never Let Me Down (1987)
• Black Tie White Noise (1993)
• The Buddha of Suburbia (1993)
• Outside (1995)
• Earthling (1997)
• 'Hours...' (1999)
• Heathen (2002)
• Reality (2003)
• The Next Day (2013)
• Blackstar (2016)

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