Bowie Album Survivor: Final Round

Floydy · 03-20-2016, 12:57 PM

I'm voting off Station To Station by the slightest of whiskers. The marvellous title track, plus Golden Years and the beautiful Wild Is The Wind will be sad to see going but Low's overall sweeping, soaring stylish music clinches this for me.

An incredibly difficult decision.

Josef K · 03-20-2016, 06:33 PM

Voting off Low - these are the two best Bowie albums, s/o to everyone for picking right.

ETA: Oh nevermind, forgot we were doing it in rounds. Well, still voting off Low.

grindy · 03-28-2016, 01:48 AM

Station To Station is out.
This round's winner is Low.

grindy · 03-28-2016, 01:54 AM

Let's start with round four then.

Let’s Dance (1983)
Tonight (1984)
Never Let Me Down (1987)
Tin Machine (1989)
Tin Machine II (1991)

Vote one off by the end of the week.
I've heard and kinda liked Tin Machine. Never heard the others, being intimidated by their reputation for being terrible.
Preparing myself to endure some painful 80s cheese.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 03-28-2016, 03:51 AM

There is only one winner here, but I'll vote off TM1.

Stephen · 03-28-2016, 04:21 AM

Yay Low. Going to have to find Tin Machine somewhere before I can vote. Can't say the other three make it in my top albums.

Floydy · 03-28-2016, 05:00 AM

Revisiting all these albums recently I found Tin Machine stands up really well surprisingly. TMII I had never heard before and it's also pretty good (but more about those later).
Never Let Me Down is actually a good, solid rock album and Let's Dance we know about.

So despite containing the fabulous Loving The Alien, off goes Tonight for me. There's little else on there to get excited about tbh.

TechnicLePanther · 03-28-2016, 06:09 AM

One of these things is not like the others.

TechnicLePanther · 03-28-2016, 01:40 PM

Only leaving my earlier post for future reference, but after re-listening to all of these albums, I think I've come up with the least conventional list ever conceived. I mean, nothing crazy, but still. I must say that all of these albums are definitely more enjoyable than I remember. However, this time I'm gonna vote off IMO David Bowie's least inspired album of the 80s, Never Let Me Down. The rest all just have a bit more going for them to me.

Pet_Sounds · 03-28-2016, 02:07 PM

None of these are great albums, but I like Tin Machine's sound. The other three are all pretty crappy if I'm being honest, but Let's Dance has "Modern Love" and Tonight has "Loving the Alien," whereas the only memorable track on Never Let Me Down is "Glass Spider," and that's not a good thing.

Off goes Never Let Me Down.

03-28-2016, 01:48 AM	#273 (permalink)
grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	Station To Station is out. This round's winner is Low. __________________ *A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.*

03-28-2016, 01:54 AM	#274 (permalink)
grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	Let's start with round four then. Let’s Dance (1983) Tonight (1984) Never Let Me Down (1987) Tin Machine (1989) Tin Machine II (1991) Vote one off by the end of the week. I've heard and kinda liked Tin Machine. Never heard the others, being intimidated by their reputation for being terrible. Preparing myself to endure some painful 80s cheese. __________________ *A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.*

03-28-2016, 06:09 AM	#278 (permalink)
TechnicLePanther and the livin' is easy... Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: New York Posts: 1,997	One of these things is not like the others. __________________ Many have tried to destroy it... but... true evil never dies. It is only... REBORN *SUGGEST ME AN ALBUM* - I'm probably not going to listen to it but I will if you bother me enough. Last edited by TechnicLePanther; 03-28-2016 at 01:37 PM.

03-28-2016, 01:40 PM	#279 (permalink)
TechnicLePanther and the livin' is easy... Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: New York Posts: 1,997	Only leaving my earlier post for future reference, but after re-listening to all of these albums, I think I've come up with the least conventional list ever conceived. I mean, nothing crazy, but still. I must say that all of these albums are definitely more enjoyable than I remember. However, this time I'm gonna vote off IMO David Bowie's least inspired album of the 80s, Never Let Me Down. The rest all just have a bit more going for them to me. __________________ Many have tried to destroy it... but... true evil never dies. It is only... REBORN *SUGGEST ME AN ALBUM* - I'm probably not going to listen to it but I will if you bother me enough.

03-28-2016, 02:07 PM	#280 (permalink)
Pet_Sounds Remember the underscore Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: The other side Posts: 2,489	None of these are great albums, but I like Tin Machine's sound. The other three are all pretty crappy if I'm being honest, but Let's Dance has "Modern Love" and Tonight has "Loving the Alien," whereas the only memorable track on Never Let Me Down is "Glass Spider," and that's not a good thing. Off goes *Never Let Me Down. __________________ Everybody's dying just to get the disease*

03-20-2016, 12:57 PM	#271 (permalink)
Floydy Music Addict Join Date: May 2014 Location: Hull, U.K. Posts: 129	I'm voting off Station To Station by the slightest of whiskers. The marvellous title track, plus Golden Years and the beautiful Wild Is The Wind will be sad to see going but Low's overall sweeping, soaring stylish music clinches this for me. An incredibly difficult decision.

03-20-2016, 06:33 PM	#272 (permalink)
Josef K A Jew on a motorbike! Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 800	Voting off Low - these are the two best Bowie albums, s/o to everyone for picking right. ETA: Oh nevermind, forgot we were doing it in rounds. Well, still voting off Low.

03-28-2016, 03:51 AM	#275 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	There is only one winner here, but I'll vote off TM1.

03-28-2016, 04:21 AM	#276 (permalink)
Stephen I sleep in your hat Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Melbourne, Vic. Aus. Posts: 1,846	Yay Low. Going to have to find Tin Machine somewhere before I can vote. Can't say the other three make it in my top albums.

03-28-2016, 05:00 AM	#277 (permalink)
Floydy Music Addict Join Date: May 2014 Location: Hull, U.K. Posts: 129	Revisiting all these albums recently I found Tin Machine stands up really well surprisingly. TMII I had never heard before and it's also pretty good (but more about those later). Never Let Me Down is actually a good, solid rock album and Let's Dance we know about. So despite containing the fabulous Loving The Alien, off goes Tonight for me. There's little else on there to get excited about tbh.