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A Journey Through David Bowie's Discography

PostPosted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 4:00 pm
by Lucas_James
In memoriam of David Bowie’s recent passing, I decided to listen to all of his albums (which by the way took way longer than I thought). Yesterday I finally finished the collection, it took me three weeks!

It was interesting listening to all the songs of an artist who has had so much commercial success. Mainly because most of his songs weren’t commercial at all, I’d say 95%. They were full of twists/turns, length/brevity, and insight/originality. Here was a man who was not afraid to follow his muse—I respect that about him.

Now all of that aside, I decided to list my top three favorite albums and top three favorite tracks from David Bowie’s discography. This ranking is highly subjective and I invite you to offer your opinions on which one’s you think are the top.

Here they are:

Top Albums—
David Bowie (aka Space Oddity)
- This is a cliche choice, I know. However, it really is an amazing album.
Hunky Dory
- Again, not a surprise here. But, the musicality of his early work is quite phenomenal. He has a way to tell stories and some of the most unique ways possible.
Low
- Here is a later album of his. I like it because it inspired a lot of electronic music for the future. The tracks you’ll find here are atmospheric and spacious. There are moments where he utilizes all of the song’s dynamic range in order to get the sound he wants. I recommend listening to it on really nice speakers, to get the full effect.

Top Tracks—
Cygnet Committee
Subterraneans
Fame

There you have it! I hope that you at least listen to these albums/tracks if you don’t have time to listen to his full body of work. As always, keep playing, keep listening, keep writing. Cheers!

Re: A Journey Through David Bowie's Discography

PostPosted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 8:20 pm
by schmedidiah
Can't pick just 3 albums or tracks.

Re: A Journey Through David Bowie's Discography

PostPosted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 8:51 pm
by GuitarMikeB
My favorite Bowie albums were and will always be Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane. One of my favorite songs not on those albums is Heroes. Do a youtube search to find his acoustic (+2) version from the Bridge School concerts - stellar.

Re: A Journey Through David Bowie's Discography

PostPosted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 6:41 am
by MikeTalbot
I'm good with you all's picks. There are more but with Bowie, damn who knows.

He didn't just write a new album when it was time, he'd become a new persona and create a band around that. He had the magic.

I'm surprised at how sad I am at losing Bowie. I honestly don't care a sh*t about celebrities or any of that bizarre social media thing.

Bowie of course was so much more than that. He truly was an artist. Very sad...

Talbot

Re: A Journey Through David Bowie's Discography

PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 2:15 am
by Lucas_James
I agree with you Mike, I am very sad as well. It's one of those things where his music sort of symbolized an entire generation. RIP.

MikeTalbot wrote:I'm good with you all's picks. There are more but with Bowie, damn who knows.

He didn't just write a new album when it was time, he'd become a new persona and create a band around that. He had the magic.

I'm surprised at how sad I am at losing Bowie. I honestly don't care a sh*t about celebrities or any of that bizarre social media thing.

Bowie of course was so much more than that. He truly was an artist. Very sad...

Talbot