The New Critical Underground Guide to David Bowie

Submitted by lbangs on Wed, 03/14/2001 - 11:10
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  • Space Oddity (1969): *** 1/2
  • The Man Who Sold the World (1970): *** 1/2
  • Hunky Dory (1972): **** 1/2
  • The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust (1972): *****
  • Aladdin Sane (1973): *****
  • Pin-Ups (1973): **
  • Diamond Dogs (1974): *** 1/2
  • David Live (1974): **
  • Young Americans (1975): ***
  • Station to Station (1976): **** 1/2
  • Changesonebowie (1976): **** 1/2
  • Low (1977): *****
  • Heroes (1977): *****
  • Stage (1978): ***
  • Lodger (1979): *** 1/2
  • Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (1980): ****
  • Changestwobowie (1981): * 1/2
  • Ziggy Stardust (1982): ** 1/2
  • Let's Dance (1983): ** 1/2
  • Tonight (1984): * 1/2
  • Love You Til Tuesday (1984): *
  • Never Let Me Down (1987): * 1/2
  • Sound + Vision (1989): ****
  • Changesbowie (1990): *** 1/2
  • Black Tie White Noise (1993): ** 1/2
  • Singles: 1969-1993 (1993): *****
  • The Buddha of Suburbia (1995): **
  • Outside (1995): ***
  • Santa Monica '72 (1995): ** 1/2
  • Earthling (1997): *** 1/2
  • Best of David Bowie: 1969-1974 (1997): **
  • The Deram Anthology 1966-1968 (1997): * 1/2
  • Best of David Bowie: 1974-1979 (1998): **
  • Hours (1999): ** 1/2
  • Bowie at the Beeb: The Best of the BBC Radio Sessions (2000): **** 1/2
Author Comments: 

As decided by the New Critical Underground...



Our rating system:

***** - A masterpiece; these are rare.

**** 1/2 - An excellent work of art, good enough that even people who usually hate the genre or main artists involved will still probably enjoy it.

**** - A very good work; people who hate the genre / artists involved may not care for it, but almost anyone else will.

*** 1/2 - A fairly good work, but will probably only be embraced by fans of the genre / artist.

*** - A barely good work; only diehard fans need apply.

** 1/2 - An average work; probably won't excite even diehard fans.

** - A below average piece of art; non-fans will hate this work.

* 1/2 - A bad work that few people are likely to enjoy and many are likely to hate.

* - A truly awful work; nearly everybody will hate this.

1/2 - One of the worst works of art ever; like the 5 stars, these are also rare.

lbangs03/14/2001

I hope to get a writeup for this and the Martin Scorsese list posted soon...

Shalom, y'all!

L. Bangs