I ended up voting 4 on this one, although it feels more like a 3.5 to me. It's better than all albums before Station to Station (except The Man Who Sold The World), but it's not quite on level with the other albums that I voted a 4.
Many songs on this album are more weird than good, which is to say that I like them at first, but then the gimmick kinda wears off after a few spins of the album and I start feeling like it's not exactly all songs on this album that are all that great. A couple of them even start feeling mildly grating.
a low 4/5
_Previous ratings:__________________
(Rated on a scale relative to only Bowie's own
discography, where 1 means the worst he's done and 5
means the best he's done.)
David Bowie: 1/5
Space Oddity: 2/5
The Man Who Sold The World 4/5
Hunky Dory 3/5
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust 3/5
Aladdin Sane 3/5
PinUps 2/5
Diamond Dogs 2/5
Young Americans 1/5
Station to Station 4/5
Low 5/5
Heroes 4/5
Lodger 3.5/5
Scary Monsters
Let's Dance
Tonight
Never Let Me Down
Black Tie White Noise
1. Outside
Earthling
Hours
Heathen
Reality
The Next Day
Blackstar
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