Best Bowie albums?

my friend got me david bowie the rise and fall of ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars (phew, long title) for my birthday on vinyl.

what next, i'm sure i could get his opinion but i want to know wattems too.

I'd say get the man who sold the world next, but you've got a wealth of bowietastic listening enjoyment ahead of you; you could just go to allmusic.com and get any of the five-star albums.

well you can't actually get the records at allmusic, but they've got reviews of the album is what I mean goshdarnit.

low

+

(all saints.. instrumental collection)

wazaa? wa? HOO!

you mean the pop group? all saints...

Aladdin Sane is wonderful. my fave at least

I would say get 'Heroes' and 'Low' for the great electronic tracks and some great rock tunes as well...

but for David Bowie being, imo, bad ass, definitely get 'Hunky Dory', 'Space Oddity' and 'The Man Who Sold The World'....

Those five records should treat you nicely....

After Ziggy, I would get these in this order:

Hunky Dory

Aladdin Sane

The Man Who Sold The World

'Hunky Dory' is the best Bowie record imo...

such classic/classy music, so perfect sounding in a archetypal-melodic sense...

and Eno busted it wide open for Bowie in a production sense....

I think you would enjoy 'Low' and 'Heroes' as well Yek....

Eno does a lot of work those two....

Beautiful work....

Eno worked on 'Lodger' as well, but I am not too in love with this record...

Don't hate it though....

i think some of his later albums are worth mentioning....i can't help but like heathen

  On 1/31/2010 at 2:06 AM, Atop said:

'Hunky Dory' is the best Bowie record imo...

Yeah I agree with you on this. Ziggy is damn close, and often times I'd say it's a tie for best, but the truth is I prefer Hunky Dory.

fucking perfection in 'rock'...

  On 1/31/2010 at 2:06 AM, Atop said:

'Hunky Dory' is the best Bowie record imo...

 

such classic/classy music, so perfect sounding in a archetypal-melodic sense...

 

and Eno busted it wide open for Bowie in a production sense....

 

I think you would enjoy 'Low' and 'Heroes' as well Yek....

 

Eno does a lot of work those two....

 

Beautiful work....

 

Eno worked on 'Lodger' as well, but I am not too in love with this record...

 

Don't hate it though....

i think i liked lodger the most!

Over 'Low', not in my mind...

'Lodger' is dancy as fuck, which can sound cheesy...imo

I think 'Low' has a serious I AM DAVID FUCKING BOWIE vibe....

and the ambient pieces are some of the coolest electronic music ever....

ziggy stardust.

Outside

just listen to the track "Heroes" over and over again.

seriously though, I love his Berlin trilogy.

i think 80s era bowies is underrated. modern love is a great track

  On 1/31/2010 at 12:18 AM, yek said:

my friend got me david bowie the rise and fall of ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars (phew, long title) for my birthday on vinyl.

 

what next, i'm sure i could get his opinion but i want to know wattems too.

IMO, "Station To Station" and "Young Americans" are his "best" albums.

I wouldn't jump straight into them, though.

If I were you, I would probably get "Hunky Dory" next. If you really like the Ziggy Stardust "sound", "Aladdin Sane" is a good bet to get next, too. If you're feeling adventurous, follow "Hunky Dory" with "Station to Station".

"Low", "Heroes" and "Lodger" are all fantastic.

Basically, anything he did between 1966 and 1982 is fantastic. Before "Let's Dance" he really didn't put out a "bad" album.

"Scary Monsters" is a highly under-rated album of his. It's definitely one of his best. I love it.

If you are just starting out, there is nothing wrong with getting a comp... but if you do, get THIS ONE.

I also highly recommend Iggy Pop's albums "The Idiot" and "Lust For Life" after you get a real taste for Bowie's stuff. Bowie wrote almost all the music for both albums (but not the lyrics) and produced them during his "Berlin Period"... so they are basically 2 more David Bowie albums.

I just listened to the "Diamond Dogs" album this morning. Great album. The guy is a fucking genius.

Essentials:

Station To Station

Low

Heroes

Lodger

Scary Monsters

The better bits of Heathen? Sunday is AWESOME.

this is a topic i can get behind

my favourite bowie albums are station to station, low, and heroes

i am also a fan of ziggy and aladdin sane

Hard to see what's not to like about his 70s stuff, any of it. It's never really rated, but I fucking love 'Diamond Dogs'.

i actually forgot how good Let's Dance was

I think Low is the best, followed closely by Hunky Dory and Heathen. Outside and Station to Station are fantastic as well.

Most of his cataloge is enjoyable, just steer clear of the eighties output, Tin Machine, Black Tie White Noise and Days.

low

depends on my mood really

Let's Dance and Low are my favourites