David Bowie

Submitted by rudolf55 on Fri, 09/22/2006 - 05:24
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  • David Bowie (1967)


  • 1. Uncle Arthur: 6.8
  • 2. Sell Me A Coat: 5.6
  • 3. Rubber Band: 7.0
  • 4. Love You Till Tuesday: 5.4
  • 5. There Is A Happy Land: 5.8
  • 6. We Are Hungry Men: 7.8
  • 7. When I Live My Dream: 6.9
  • 8. Little Bombardier: 7.5
  • 9. Silly Boy Blue: 6.5
  • 10. Come And Buy Me Toys: 9.0
  • 11. Join The Gang: 7.5
  • 12. She's Got Medals: 8.4
  • 13. Maid Of Bond Street: 8.6
  • 14. Please Mr Gravedigger: 5.4
  • Song Average: 7.0
  • Score: 69%
  • Comment: This is David Bowie?

  • Space Oddity (1969)


  • 1. Space Oddity: 10
  • 2. Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed: 7.4
  • 3. Don't Sit Down: 3.5
  • 4. Letter To Hermione: 9.4
  • 5. Cygnet Committee: 10
  • 6. Janine: 8.5
  • 7. An Occasional Dream: 9.0
  • 8. Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud: 9.2
  • 9. God Knows I'm Good: 9.4
  • 10. Memory Of A Free Festival: 9.0
  • Song Average: 8.5
  • Score: 83%

  • The Man Who Sold The World (1970)


  • 1. The Width of a Circle: 9.0
  • 2. All the Madmen: 8.0
  • 3. Black Country Rock: 6.4
  • 4. After All: 9.8
  • 5. Running Gun Blues: 7.6
  • 6. Saviour Machine: 8.5
  • 7. She Shook me Cold: 5.5
  • 8. The Man Who Sold the World: 10
  • 9. The Supermen: 9.3
  • Song Average: 8.2
  • Score: 80%

  • Hunky Dory (1971)


  • 1. Changes: 10
  • 2. Oh! Your Pretty Things: 10
  • 3. Eight Line Poem: 10
  • 4. Life on Mars?: 10
  • 5. Kooks: 10
  • 6. Quicksand: 9.8
  • 7. Fill Your Heart: 10
  • 8. Andy Warhol: 10
  • 9. Song For Bob Dylan: 9.5
  • 10. Queen Bitch: 10
  • 11. The Bewlay Brothers: 10
  • Song Average: 9.9
  • Score: 99%
  • Comment: Yes, I believe in things like a perfect album. Well, I actually don't. But I don't rate albums in reference to perfection. I rate them on their own. And this one reaches perfection. Really, it does. According to me, at least.

  • The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (1972)


  • 1. Five Years: 10
  • 2. Soul Love: 9.5
  • 3. Moonage Daydream: 10
  • 4. Starman: 9.6
  • 5. It Ain't Easy: 9.2
  • 6. Lady Stardust: 9.7
  • 7. Star: 9.1
  • 8. Hang Onto Yourself: 9.4
  • 9. Ziggy Stardust: 10
  • 10. Suffragette City: 9.0
  • 11. Rock'N'Roll Suicide: 9.4
  • Song Average: 9.5
  • Score: 96%

  • Aladdin Sane (1973)


  • 1. Watch that Man: 9.0
  • 2. Aladdin Sane: 9.4
  • 3. Drive in Saturday: 9.6
  • 4. Panic in Detroit: 9.1
  • 5. Cracked Actor: 8.2
  • 6. Time: 9.8
  • 7. The Prettiest Star: 9.6
  • 8. Let's Spend the Night Together: 6.3
  • 9. The Jean Genie: 9.2
  • 10. Lady Grinning Soul: 9.7
  • Song Average: 8.9
  • Score: 91%
  • Comment: A newfound love for this one has just emerged.

  • Pin Ups (1973)


  • 1. Rosalyn: 7.8
  • 2. Here Comes The Night: 9.0
  • 3. I Wish You Would: 6.2
  • 4. See Emily Play: 7.3
  • 5. Everything's Alright: 6.5
  • 6. I Can't Explain: 8.7
  • 7. Friday On My Mind: 9.1
  • 8. Sorrow: 8.2
  • 9. Don't Bring Me Down: 7.5
  • 10. Shapes Of Things: 5.2
  • 11. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere: 8.1
  • 12. Where Have All The Good Times Gone: 6.9
  • Song Average: 7.5
  • Score: 67%

  • Diamond Dogs (1974)


  • 1. Future Legend: 6.8
  • 2. Diamond Dogs: 9.4
  • 3. Sweet Thing: 9.2
  • 4. Candidate: 9.0
  • 5. Sweet Thing (Reprise): 9.0
  • 6. Rebel, Rebel: 10
  • 7. Rock'n'Roll With Me: 9.8
  • 8. We Are the Dead: 9.5
  • 9. 1984: 9.3
  • 10. Big Brother: 9.0
  • 11. Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family: 8.0
  • Song Average: 9.0
  • Score: 90%

  • Young Americans (1975)


  • 1. Young Americans: 9.3
  • 2. Win: 6.8
  • 3. Fascination: 8.2
  • 4. Right: 8.4
  • 5. Somebody Up There Likes Me: 7.2
  • 6. Across The Universe: 4.2
  • 7. Can You Hear Me: 9.0
  • 8. Fame: 9.1
  • Song Average: 7.7
  • Score: 76%

  • Station To Station (1976)


  • 1. Station to Station: 9.6
  • 2. Golden Years: 10
  • 3. Word on a Wing: 9.2
  • 4. TVC15: 10
  • 5. Stay: 9.6
  • 6. Wild is the Wind: 9.2
  • Song Average: 9.6
  • Score: 95%

  • Low (1977)


  • 1. Speed of Life: 8.2
  • 2. Breaking Glass: 5.6
  • 3. What in the World: 4.9
  • 4. Sound and Vision: 6.5
  • 5. Always Crashing in the Same Car: 5.9
  • 6. Be My Wife: 7.4
  • 7. A New Career in a New Town: 5.4
  • 8. Warszawa: 6.9
  • 9. Art Decade: 4.5
  • 10. Weeping Wall: 3.9
  • 11. Subterraneans: 5.5
  • Song Average: 5.8
  • Score: 52%
  • Comment: Ok, after listening to this one for the fourth time, I made a conclusion: I'll never like it much. So I'll just give up.

  • "Heroes" (1977)


  • 1. Beauty and the Beast: 7.8
  • 2. Joe The Lion: 8.0
  • 3. "Heroes": 10
  • 4. Sons of the Silent Age: 9.0
  • 5. Blackout: 7.2
  • 6. V-2 Schneider: 6.7
  • 7. Sense of Doubt: 5.5
  • 8. Moss Garden: 5.2
  • 9. Neukölln: 7.1
  • 10. Secret Life of Arabia: 8.7
  • Song Average: 7.5
  • Score: 70%

  • Lodger (1979)


  • 1. Fantastic Voyage: 9.5
  • 2. African Night Flight: 8.7
  • 3. Move On: 9.0
  • 4. Yassassin: 9.4
  • 5. Red Sails: 7.9
  • 6. DJ: 7.6
  • 7. Look Back In Anger: 9.3
  • 8. Boys Keep Swinging: 8.2
  • 9. Repetition: 9.0
  • 10. Red Money: 7.8
  • Song Average: 8.6
  • Score: 88%

  • Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (1980)


  • 1. It's No Game, Part 1: 8.4
  • 2. Up The Hill Backwards: 9.7
  • 3. Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps): 9.4
  • 4. Ashes To Ashes: 10
  • 5. Fashion: 9.5
  • 6. Teenage Wildlife: 9.4
  • 7. Scream Like A Baby: 9.0
  • 8. Kingdom Come: 8.0
  • 9. Because You're Young: 9.1
  • 10. It's No Game, Part 2: 9.4
  • Song Average: 9.2
  • Score: 93%

  • Let's Dance (1983)


  • 1. Modern Love: 5.9
  • 2. China Girl: 6.8
  • 3. Let's Dance: 6.5
  • 4. Without You: 5.5
  • 5. Ricochet: 4.0
  • 6. Criminal World: 5.2
  • 7. Cat People: 5.6
  • 8. Shake It: 4.8
  • Song Average: 5.5
  • Score: 51%

  • Tonight (1984)


  • 1. Loving The Alien: 6.8
  • 2. Don't Look Down: 4.3
  • 3. God Only Knows: 3.8
  • 4. Tonight: 2.8
  • 5. Neighborhood Threat: 4.7
  • 6. Blue Jean: 5.4
  • 7. Tumble And Twirl: 3.5
  • 8. I Keep Forgettin': 3.1
  • 9. Dancing With The Big Boys: 2.7
  • Song Average: 4.1
  • Score: 39%

  • Never Let Me Down (1987)


  • 1. Day-In Day-Out: 5.8
  • 2. Time Will Crawl: 5.6
  • 3. Beat Of Your Drum: 6.0
  • 4. Never Let Me Down: 6.5
  • 5. Zeroes: 4.8
  • 6. Glass Spider: 2.8
  • 7. Shining Star: 5.0
  • 8. New York's In Love: 3.7
  • 9. '87 And Cry: 4.6
  • 10. Too Dizzy: 5.9
  • 11. Bang Bang: 6.2
  • Song Average: 5.1
  • Score: 48%

  • Black Tie White Noise (1993)


  • 1. The Wedding: 5.6
  • 2. You've Been Around: 5.5
  • 3. I Feel Free: 4.8
  • 4. Black Tie White Noise: 5.3
  • 5. Jump They Say: 5.0
  • 6. Nite Flights: 4.3
  • 7. Pallas Athena: 4.0
  • 8. Miracle Goodnight: 5.1
  • 9. Don't Let Me Down & Down: 5.4
  • 10. Looking For Lester: 4.2
  • 11. I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday: 5.7
  • 12. The Wedding Song: 4.5
  • Song Average: 4.9
  • Score: 43%

  • Outside (1995)


  • 1. Leon Takes Us Outside: 4.9
  • 2. Outside: 6.0
  • 3. The Hearts Filthy lesson: 5.7
  • 4. A Small Plot Of Land: 4.2
  • 5. Baby Grace (A Horrid Cassette): 4.3
  • 6. Hallo Spaceboy: 0.7
  • 7. The Motel: 6.3
  • 8. I Have Not Been To Oxford Town: 8.2
  • 9. No Control: 7.9
  • 10. Algeria Touchschriek: 5.4
  • 11. The Voyeur Of Utter Destruction (As Beauty): 6.2
  • 12. Ramona A Stone/I Am With Name: 4.8
  • 13. Wishful Beginnings: 3.7
  • 14. We Prick You: 5.0
  • 15. Nathan Adler: 4.6
  • 16. I'm Deranged: 4.7
  • 17. Thru' These Architect's Eyes: 5.6
  • 18. Nathan Adler: 5.0
  • 19. Strangers When We Meet: 6.1
  • Song Average: 5.2
  • Score: 50%

  • Earthling (1997)


  • 1. Little Wonder: 1.3
  • 2. Looking For Satellites: 1.4
  • 3. Battle For Britain (The Letter): 1.8
  • 4. Seven Years In Tibet: 2.0
  • 5. Dead Man Walking: 4.6
  • 6. Telling Lies: 1.0
  • 7. The Last Thing You Should Do: 0.7
  • 8. I'm Afraid Of Americans: 0.8
  • 9. Law (Earthlings On Fire): 0.3
  • Song Average: 1.5
  • Score: 9%
  • Comment: What possessed David Bowie, a former brilliant rock star, to make something like this? Is this his version of Self Portrait, an attempt to chase his fans away? No, apparantly, he's serious. And the fans?

  • 'Hours...' (1999)


  • 1. Thursday's Child: 6.5
  • 2. Something In The Air: 6.2
  • 3. Survive: 6.7
  • 4. If I'm Dreaming My Life: 7.1
  • 5. Seven: 6.0
  • 6. What's Really Happening: 5.8
  • 7. The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell: 5.5
  • 8. New Angels Of Promise: 5.2
  • 9. Brilliant Adventure: 4.6
  • 10. The Dreamers: 5.6
  • Song Average: 5.9
  • Score: 55%

  • Heathen (2002)


  • 1. Sunday: 7.2
  • 2. Cactus: 6.7
  • 3. Slip Away: 8.0
  • 4. Slow Burn: 7.0
  • 5. Afraid: 7.4
  • 6. I've Been Waiting For You: 6.0
  • 7. I Would Be Your Slave: 6.2
  • 8. I Took A Trip On A Gemini Spaceship: 4.8
  • 9. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone: 5.8
  • 10. Everyone Says 'Hi': 7.6
  • 11. A Better Future: 7.1
  • 12. Heathen (The Rays): 6.8
  • Song Average: 6.7
  • Score: 65%

  • Reality (2003)


  • 1. New Killer Star: 6.8
  • 2. Pablo Picasso: 5.7
  • 3. Never Get Old: 6.9
  • 4. The Loneliest Guy: 4.7
  • 5. Looking For Water: 6.0
  • 6. She'll Drive The Big Car: 6.7
  • 7. Days: 9.3
  • 8. Fall Dog Bombs The Moon: 7.9
  • 9. Try Some, Buy Some: 6.4
  • 10. Reality: 5.8
  • 11. Bring Me The Disco King: 4.3
  • Song Average: 6.4
  • Score: 62%

  • Songs on other media (B-sides, EP's, live performances,...)

  • Abdulmajid: 3.9
  • Alabama Song: 8.2
  • All The Young Dudes: 9.4
  • Bombers: 9.8
  • Conversation Piece: 9.5
  • Crystal Japan: 3.5
  • Dodo: 9.6
  • I Pray, Ole: 7.8
  • John, I'm Only Dancing: 9.2
  • Lightning Frightening: 9.0
  • Sweet Head: 9.5
  • Velvet Goldmine: 9.7
  • Who Can I Be Now?: 9.2
Author Comments: 

Rankings

1. Hunky Dory *****/*****
2. Ziggy Stardust *****/*****
3. Station To Station *****/*****
4. Scary Monsters ****1/2/*****
5. Aladdin Sane ****1/2/*****
6. Diamond Dogs ****1/2/*****
7. Lodger ****/*****
8. Space Oddity ****/*****
9. The Man Who Sold The World ****/*****
10. Young Americans ***1/2/*****
11. "Heroes" ***1/2/*****
12. David Bowie ***/*****
13. Pin-Ups ***/*****
14. Heathen ***/*****
15. Reality ***/*****
16. 'Hours...' **1/2/*****
17. Low **1/2/*****
18. Let's Dance **1/2/*****
19. Outside **1/2/*****
20. Never Let Me Down **/*****
21. Black Tie White Noise **/*****
22. Tonight *1/2/*****
23. Earthling Zero Stars

192209/22/2006

Along with Billy Joel's Piano Man, Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven and Bob Dylan's Like a Rolling Stone, Space Oddity stands in one line as one of the greatest songs of all time.

rudolf5509/22/2006

I'll have to admit, I didn't like Space Oddity much at first. But after listening to it a few times, I've started loving it more and more. I still wouldn't call it one of the greatest songs of all time, but it's definitely in my top 5 of David Bowie now.

192210/23/2006

Forgot to mention Bruce Springsteen's The River. Stupid me!

rudolf5510/24/2006

I still haven't listened to The River

lbangs11/21/2006

Hey! Another person on the planet thinks Oxford Town is a fine tune!

I may have to start counting on two hands soon if this continues...

I like a few of the tunes on Earthling more than you do, but still, hardly his finest hour...

I think the way I love Aladdin Sane mirrors your feelings toward Diamond Dogs and vice versa.

Quite a project! Good show!

Shalom, y'all!

L. Bangs

rudolf5511/22/2006

Yeah, Oxford Town just felt right. It just made me wanna, well, hum along.

Thanks

CaptMal07/19/2007

It's good to know I'm not the only one who doesn't see why everyone makes a fuss over Low. Though I seem to have liked it a bit better than you.

rudolf5507/19/2007

I've actually softened up a bit on Low, mainly because his later albums are just worse.

And all the fuss is probably because of its more experimental nature. That always attracts a certain crowd