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bigpeeler

2012-01-11 05:07:01 PM

#1 can stay. #5 for second. #7 for third. The rest can fight it out.

Cagey B

2012-01-11 05:16:26 PM

Let's Dance at #2? That's pretty bold.

RexTalionis

2012-01-11 06:58:14 PM

Suffragette City is a better track than Ziggy Stardust?

SilentStrider

2012-01-11 07:32:05 PM

I know its probably not his best, but I have a soft spot for Earthling.

The English Major

2012-01-11 07:45:31 PM

RexTalionis: Suffragette City is a better track than Ziggy Stardust?

Yes.

AdolfOliverPanties

2012-01-11 07:57:47 PM

#1 Ziggy
#2 Hunky Dory
#3 Aladdin Sane
#4 Diamond Dogs

I don't care after that.

Godscrack

2012-01-11 07:58:18 PM

Scary Monsters. Great memories.

Earguy

2012-01-11 08:38:08 PM

This is a good place to put these.

Link (new window)

Link (new window)

Three Crooked Squirrels

2012-01-11 08:47:08 PM

No, Ziggy is Ziggy, and deserves #1, subby.

namatad

2012-01-11 08:54:53 PM

let's dance ?????
at 2? or 1???

bwhahahahahahahahaaha
YAWNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
hell no

FriarReb98

2012-01-11 09:00:05 PM

Earguy: This is a good place to put these.

Link (new window)

Link (new window)

Thats just...wow. Never really watched much Bowie, but it's creative stuff to say the least.

\I remember a black & white video of him in Tin Machine that was pretty good, but damned if I can remember the song....

susansto-helit

2012-01-11 09:08:06 PM

#4 needs to switch places with #2. Other than that, I'm fine.

Earguy

2012-01-11 09:18:05 PM

FriarReb98: Earguy: This is a good place to put these.

Link (new window)

Link (new window)

Thats just...wow. Never really watched much Bowie, but it's creative stuff to say the least.

\I remember a black & white video of him in Tin Machine that was pretty good, but damned if I can remember the song....

His live shows were pretty amazing, though his set lists were really hit or miss. Like Neil Young, some tours he brings out all the songs we all love, other times it's some weird tangent. Visually, always interesting.

Link (new window)

Link (new window)

TsarTom

2012-01-11 10:13:33 PM

SilentStrider: I know its probably not his best, but I have a soft spot for Earthling.

Love that album. That was the only Bowie concert I will likely ever get to. There was a dude in a homemade tinfoil spacesuit boinging around on the main floor the entire two hours, finallly Bowie laughs and says "I'm NOT playing it."

Cosmk

2012-01-11 10:15:43 PM

Aladdin Sane and Low should rank much higher...hell I'd put Low in the top three. And no Station to Station?

mrmyxolodian

2012-01-11 10:16:28 PM

AdolfOliverPanties: #1 Ziggy
#2 Hunky Dory
#3 Aladdin Sane
#4 Diamond Dogs

I don't care after that.

No mention of Station to Station? Really?
Let's Dance should be an honorable mention at 10.
Low really isn't as good as people make it out to be. At least I never thought so.
I also thought Earthling was pretty good, but I seem to be in the minority on that.

Turbo Cojones

2012-01-11 10:23:01 PM

"Cool World"?

Taxes to Fight the Axis

2012-01-11 10:24:20 PM

1. Hunky Dory
2. Aladdin Sane
3. Ziggy
4. Heroes
5. The Man Who Sold the World
6. Diamond Dogs
7. Station to Station
8. Low
9. Let's Dance
10. Young Americans

JasonOfOrillia

2012-01-11 10:31:19 PM

Too bad there was no mention of Stevie Ray Vaughan in the write-up for Let's Dance. He really added a nice flare to it.

there4igraham

2012-01-11 10:34:25 PM

1. RIAF of Ziggy Stardust
2. Honky Dory
3. Diamond Dogs
4. Aladdin Sane
5. Reality
6. Heathen
7. The Man Who Sold The World
8. Low
9. Heroes
10. Station To Station

Fall in Light

2012-01-11 10:36:16 PM

I'd say Hunky Dory's my favorite of his studio albums. But of all his discography, including compilations and whatnot, the first disc of Bowie at the Beeb is probably my favorite.

HopScotchNSoda

2012-01-11 10:38:44 PM

How about his Christmas duet with Bing Crosby?

agentanaranjado

2012-01-11 10:39:07 PM

"Station to Station" is pure genius, through and through.

there4igraham

2012-01-11 10:40:05 PM

How about worst Bowie albums?

1. Never Let Me Down
2. Black Tie White Noise
3. Let's Dance
4. Outside
5. Tin Machine

theflatline

2012-01-11 10:41:49 PM

And bowie singing golden years with elvis is farking awesome.
Link (new window)

Grandemadaca

2012-01-11 10:42:53 PM

Changesbowie
www.connollyco.com

Done.

That's about all the Bowie I need.

HopScotchNSoda

2012-01-11 10:46:09 PM

OK, debate:
Which increadibly similar and nearly simultaneous song is better?
Bowie's "The Jean Genie" or Sweet's "Blockbuster"

there4igraham

2012-01-11 10:47:16 PM

theflatline: And bowie singing golden years with elvis is farking awesome.
Link (new window)

Really?
...Really?
Can I interest you in a bridge I'm selling?

Hoopy Frood

2012-01-11 10:48:29 PM

If Heathen was "his best work of the last three decades", then why is Let's Dance ranked eight spots higher?

AFAIC, I could do without most of the Bowie I already have beyond Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust and 1969-1993.

Gunny Highway

2012-01-11 10:52:25 PM

No Station to Station?

Glad to see Low on there

No love for Pin Ups?

LeroyBourne

2012-01-11 10:54:00 PM

this.
/i own all his work and i cherish this one, when he was a crazy coked out alien.

Ed Grubermann

2012-01-11 11:03:08 PM

I've always had a soft spot (top-o-my-head) for the B-side of Heroes. I was usually pretty stoned when that album came out, so that might have something to do with it.

But, Subby, how can anyone fail so hard? Nothing tops Ziggy. Nothing.

theflatline

2012-01-11 11:09:26 PM

there4igraham: theflatline: And bowie singing golden years with elvis iThe g farking awesome.
Link (new window)

Really?
...Really?
Can I interest you in a bridge I'm selling?

The great thing is that while Bowie looked like a hipster, dressed like a hipster, he wrote great music, and did not judge, so he wrote a song for elvis, they sang it together, and it worked out.

there4igraham

2012-01-11 11:13:57 PM

I'm sure they did but that's not them singing it.

Evil Kirk vs Bad Ash

2012-01-11 11:16:31 PM

Bowie singing Comfortable Numb with David Gilmour always gives me a happy.

rhiannon

2012-01-11 11:28:47 PM

1. Station to Station
2. the rest

lerxst2112

2012-01-11 11:33:19 PM

1. Ziggy Stardust
2. Low
3. Hunky Dory
4. Station to Station
5. Aladdin Sane

AdolfOliverPanties

2012-01-11 11:38:54 PM

Hoopy Frood: If Heathen was "his best work of the last three decades", then why is Let's Dance ranked eight spots higher?

It works if you count the three decades as the 1990s, the 2000s and the 2010s.

2011-forward
2001-2010
1991-2000

She comes in colors everywhere

2012-01-11 11:38:58 PM

LeroyBourne: [t3.gstatic.com image 176x173]
this.
/i own all his work and i cherish this one, when he was a crazy coked out alien.

do you have the third disc? One of my favorite albums of all time, in terms of miles on my car stereo.

Evil Kirk vs Bad Ash: Bowie singing Comfortable Numb with David Gilmour always gives me a happy.

this

Also, Lets Dance can bite my ass, and StationToStation needs to be on here.

skepticultist

2012-01-11 11:45:03 PM

What the fark am I reading?

Let's Dance as his second best album? No mention at all of Station to Station?

Someone bring me this idiot's head.

5. Aladdin Sane
4. Station to Station
3. Low
2. Heroes
1. Ziggy Stardust

Third_Uncle_Eno

2012-01-11 11:45:29 PM

Evil Kirk vs Bad Ash

Bowie singing Comfortable Numb with David Gilmour always gives me a happy.

I think he also sang a cover of "Arnold Lane" in concert w/ Gilmour.

spacebar

2012-01-12 12:10:32 AM

HopScotchNSoda: OK, debate:
Which increadibly similar and nearly simultaneous song is better?
Bowie's "The Jean Genie" or Sweet's "Blockbuster"

Not better, but first. (new window)

btw, subby and the author are on crack (city). Bowie's never made a bad album, imho, but Let's Dance anywhere near the top 10 with Diamond Dogs, Lodger, Pin Ups, and Station To Station nowhere to be found? Nonsense... even Black Tie White Noise blows Let's Dance off the list.

I'd even rather listen to Never Let Me Down than Let's Dance these days.

Naptowner

2012-01-12 12:20:24 AM

Nobody thinks Space Oddity is one of his ten best? Surprising.

LeilaK

2012-01-12 12:28:47 AM

Earguy: This is a good place to put these.
Link (new window)
Link (new window)

If the guy in red had just been Iggy Pop we would have had an early "Venture Brothers" video.

Klaus Nomi was amazing.

//Bowie is amazing

Gilliam317

2012-01-12 12:32:12 AM

Naptowner: Nobody thinks Space Oddity is one of his ten best? Surprising.

I was gonna say. I'm not a big time Bowie fan, but I always liked that album.

/Just haven't listened to enough of his music.

Henry Holland

2012-01-12 12:44:18 AM

Hard to argue with #1, but Let's Dance even in the same solar system as Hunky Dory, Aladdin Sane or Station to Station? Hahahahahaha, no. Young Americans at #3? That's trolling, pure and simple. I'd have had Earthling in there somewhere, and while not a Top 10 choice, I really like Outside too.

Repsej

2012-01-12 01:18:23 AM

Labyrinth

Yeah it may be a soundtrack, but I love it. It has stayed with me since the release.
Look at me...I'm not hip and admit to what I like...
My 3 year old daughter loves it too.

mongbiohazard

2012-01-12 01:23:45 AM

List fails without The Buddha of Suburbia.

upload.wikimedia.org

Badgers

2012-01-12 01:39:26 AM

there4igraham: How about worst Bowie albums?

1. Never Let Me Down

Worst... or awesomely bad?

/When your mask came off
//We only smelt the gas
///As we lay down to sleep

tetzy

2012-01-12 02:00:56 AM

"Let's Dance" gets pissed on because it was popular.

I agree with subby - I'd place it in the first spot too - really strong musically, surprisingly well written and, well; you can dance to it.

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