hey man, whos this bowie guy?

I will have to be cliched and go for the Berlin works but choose Station To Station as the first instead of Lodger at the end. I really am not that big into his Ziggy/Aladdin Sane era. It's about time someone did a Bowie review thread as there is so much back story to many of his albums. It would be a great read.

Interesting idea that. Through spending years on one of his fan forums and reading a few biographies I could probably do that myself at some point. It'd be more of a read if we had other members chipping in with reviews of their own as well - I know there are a lot more fans of his on these boards than who's posted in this thread.

This is really difficult because Bowie has so many incredibly strong releases. Like jackhammer, I'm going to have to go with Station to Station followed by the two true Berlin albums Low and Heroes.

Music doesn't get much better than this.

Although I am a fan my knowledge is nowhere sufficent enough to warrant me starting a thread. But the idea of reviews from all over the forum is damn cool! I'm stealing that idea!

Everyone picks an album and reviews it? Nice idea but will it work for the lesser known albums?

Yeah we can double up on reviews if we have to. Threads open. Get your choices in now!

I think his glam era with albums such as Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust etc, Aladdin Sane and Hunky Dory are quissential Bowie and an integral part of early 70`s music. Unbelievably though, this was surpassed by the Berlin trilogy (Low, Heroes and Lodger) where he collaborated with Brian Eno in an electronica, ambient, art rock phase. Still to this day, I believe that "Low" is one of the best albums ever recorded.