David Bowie Albums Ranked Worst to Best (vinyl and cd)

[@CookieMusic43]

Hello Alan, a thoroughly enjoyable ranking of my favourite artist's albums. Diamond Dogs is my favourite, in fact it's my favourite album, by anybody, of all time. Great video. Subbed your channel

[@alansteadreviews]

Ah cheers dude!

[@richardjones4466]

The first Tin Machine album is totally underrated. I'll stick up for it all day long.

[@alansteadreviews]

It definitely has its moments for me despite its low score.

[@tinmachine693]

I prefer the second one

[@plopcoen6222]

I thought Tin Machine II was much better than Tin Machine I. But both were a relief after the nadir of Tonight and Never Let Me Down. While I didn't think the first Tim Machine album was much in the way of a return to form, I did think the second one would have been a worthy successor to Scary Monsters. That was back when I found Let’s Dance was a terrible let down (at the age of 20). Nowadays, after a major change of heart, I think Let’s Dance belongs as the last release of the Great Bowie era. The next release that excited me was Outside.

[@moonmoo7]

It’s great

[@sebastian_reu9220]

My favorite Bowie album is 1. Outside ❤

[@jakehudson7118]

Glad to see "Heroes" make your top 5, its my personal fav, side 1 is just perfection, 5 amazing krautrock style songs, I also love the ambient work on side 2, the whole album feels like a journey

[@alansteadreviews]

Glad you enjoyed the video! Yeah, "Heroes" is great.

[@LONEEAGLE_space_rock]

Great work, Hunky Dory is my personal favourite, its the time, the 70s, and what that album encapsulates

[@alansteadreviews]

Cheers!

[@theo8370]

Love your opinions on these records. So cool to see all the different physical versions of these albums. My favorite of his has to be “Station to Station”, you said it best yourself, it’s just so slick, straight bangers from front back. Every track has so many standout ideas that are executed with a level of detailed musicianship and crisp production that really takes this album to the next level for me. Subbed by the way.

[@alansteadreviews]

Cheers! Hope you enjoy my next videos as much.

[@francoispitre6292]

Man who sold the world . The quality of the band is epic . Not a weak song on the album , the King Crimson influence make this album unique in Bowie Discography. this album is underrated . should be between 3 and 5

[@alansteadreviews]

It's a great album. My opinions shift over time and it has been higher up my list in the past. Interesting you say about the King Crimson influence because it's not something I pick up on with the album and I love King Crimson - (there will be a video ranking their albums at some point).

[@alansteadreviews]

Maybe the grandiose choral bits in The Width of a Circle are a bit Court of the Crimson King...

[@SH-ud8wd]

Thanks for including tin machine!

[@alansteadreviews]

Glad you approve! 🤠

[@michaelz9892]

Great list. I personally would rate "Young Americans" and "Aladdin Sane" higher.

[@alansteadreviews]

Cheers! Yep I think a lot of people would put those two albums higher.

[@halemcdan]

Totally inspired to listen to more Bowie. Cheers Alan.

[@alansteadreviews]

Listening to more Bowie is always a good thing 😜

[@johnphilliphatledal3098]

Here are my 25 studioalbum best to worst. 1 Low 2 Scary Monsters 3 Station To Station 4 Heroes 5 Lodger 6 Blackstar 7 Diamond Dogs 8 Ziggy Stardust 9 Honky Dory 10 Aladdin Sane 11 The Next Day 12 Heathen 13 Young Americans 14 The Man Who Sold The World 15 Reality 16 Pinups 17 Hours 18 Outside 19 Space Oddity 20 Black Tie White Noise 21 Lets Dance 22 Tonight 23 Never Let Me Down 24 David Bow

[@alansteadreviews]

Really interesting listing. It goes to show Bowie appeals to people in very different ways and for different reasons...

[@happyhippythevinylguy]

Scary monsters is my top favorite by him. I really enjoyed the video man

[@alansteadreviews]

Cheers!

[@arielgrey3305]

Excellent work, Alan. For me, and I know I'm not original here, Bowie is the greatest artist in rock history. He is an absolute icon of 20th century popular culture, but what makes him gigantic is his music, the overwhelming power of his work. Just commenting that, in my opinion, Earthling deserves to be closer to the top 10, for me it is, in fact. And Blackstar is a clear top 5. It will continue to grow over the years. And a little more. As other friends have commented, I share the idea that Tin Machine's first album is often terribly underrated. And it is a stage in his career that seems crucial to me. Embark on that adventure. In addition to talent, our star had good balls. Greetings

[@alansteadreviews]

Cheers for watching! In the past I did like Earthling a lot more - maybe top 15 and also I did have a period of liking Tin Machine more than I do now back in the 00s - though never above a 7/10... My rankings will no doubt shift about again in the future too.

[@OMW66]

Brilliant stuff, Alan. Love Bowie. My favorite is «Low» for the time being.

[@alansteadreviews]

Really glad you enjoyed it!

[@stephensilverwood2021]

Fun fact: the cover of Low is a play on the phrase "low profile", as Bowie was keeping his head down in Berlin at the time. Thumbs up for including Labyrinth, but thumbs down for putting it ahead of Buddha of Suburbia, (which Bowie considered to be one of his greatest achievements). I thought Earthling would be higher too, but no qualms on your top three.

[@alansteadreviews]

Glad you liked it! Earthling definitely was higher for me in the past but it's dropped down a bit in recent years. I did briefly consider doing the low profile pose for the thumbnail, but the "Heroes" pose was the obvious choice.

[@davidcopson5800]

@@alansteadreviews "Heroes" choice. Got to hand it to you.

[@terrysutton8452]

Enjoyed this video, I would mostly agree with your rankings. I was lucky enough to be around for his seventies and eighties stuff, but only recently got round to catching up with his albums since then. Am enjoying them all on rotation.

[@alansteadreviews]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

[@garnetnewton-wade4091]

Agree about Ziggy, album changed my life and saw him live about two weeks after it's release.

[@JJKarpinski]

Station To Station through Scary Monsters! Those 5 albums were through my teens & will always be in my top 10!

[@Ilars79]

Great review! My favourites are Heathen, Reality and Blackstar. But it’s always a good feeling to discover a new favourite song off another album. Still making my way through his albums for the first time ⚡️

[@alansteadreviews]

Cheers! Glad you enjoyed it...

[@JoshawattGaming]

I always really loved both of Bowie's 60's albums, Space Oddity is one of my favorites from him.

[@alansteadreviews]

Indeed. They are both classics.

[@davidcopson5800]

I'm a 65-year-old Bowie fan. I have 54 Bowie CDs, and obviously all of his studio albums. I'm paused at 6:24 to make a comment. Everybody kicks 'Never Let Me Down'. Now it was the first CD (by anyone) I ever bought, and so I'm a bit of a foster parent reflecting on a troublesome but beloved charge who has gone on to better things. This album, if you just put it on and listen to it (and forget you've heard Ziggy Stardust and Hunky Dory) is fine. The title track is really good, Time Will Crawl is good, Zeroes is good, Shining Star is good, so are 87 and Cry and Too Dizzy; Bang Bang has got to be better than some of the songs that have reached number one in the UK charts over the years. Put it on in the car when your friend wants to talk a bit and let it run in the background. Just as time vindicated Fidel Castro, so time (waiting in the wings) will come to accept and almost love this album that has been kicked, spat on and generally abused because it is fashionable to do so. Bowie's own favourite (of his studio albums) is The Buddha of Suburbia, and you have kicked that in the teeth very early on. Never Let me Down is not that bad. You grading guys are cruel, day-in, day-out to this album, and someone has to speak out against this cruelty.

[@alansteadreviews]

You're right. Context of when you first heard / owned something plays a big part. My brother would agree with you on Never Let Me Down and my mate Steve would agree with you The Buddha of Suburbia...

[@MrLancy44]

Hey man. What a great review. I can hear.the passion and love in your voice for this album and i understand why. This is the greatest album of all time in my opinion. I bought this back in the early 80s and i treasure it.

[@alansteadreviews]

Cheers!

[@gerardfletcher1203]

David Bowie. loved by millions. and still sadly missed. excellent video. one the best on his music. toys to me is a gem. didnt like ttin men but years latter bought the cd.s. u got new sub cheers 9.5

[@alansteadreviews]

Cheers! As for Toys - I prefer the original versions of the songs he re-recorded for that album but I do need to give it another listen. I'll be doing a video or two about the non album tracks covering those early songs before too long...

[@Niels133]

Tin Machine is very much better than last places. Never let me down and Tonight are way down worse.

[@joelgraham3]

I have to say that you did a good job - I began my Bowie life with the release of Ziggy - my age group will defend those records all day long - but you threaded that needle nicely. It's subjective after all. The best versions of the first Bowie album are found on "Images" - it's all there - I would caution listeners not to get involved with remasters and other versions of that double record. Aladdin Sane was a you-had-to-be-there record so it needed to find its way to that top 5 somehow as far as we're concerned. Keep in mind, we only knew Bowie as the person on that album cover - the future didn't exist - so we loved it unconditionally along with Pinups - we were now clued in on the end of Ziggy for the release of Pinups but we were in denial and much relieved to see that cover and hear Bowie and Spiders tighter than ever despite the fact that Woodmansey already had his walking papers and had been replaced by crack drummer Aynsley Dunbar. By the way, back to Aladdin - it did get panned for having a sloppy production but imagine hearing that record starting with the song Aladdin Sane - removing Watch that Man altogether - imagine it - got it? Now where is it on your list? lol. We saw David Live as a legitimate record - not a live per-se and some would put that on a list. (Not me). If you like Occasional Dream then you'll like a song that never made it: Conversation Piece and a alternative version of Candidate could have been reworked and put on Diamond Dogs - it's very good. I think Garson would like your list.

[@alansteadreviews]

The only thing I noticed as a potential negative on the double album remaster of the first album was noticing potentially a touch too much compression on 'Did you ever have a Dream?' although I don't notice it now. I noticed it when I first started listening to that version after hearing the 90s Deram anthology CD version. And you're right about 'Conversation Piece' and 'Candidate'. I have them as bonus tracks on Space Oddity and Diamond Dogs and they are both great! I'll be covering them in my one of my non album tracks videos. As for the rest I will go into each album in more detail in future videos which will be fun. Cheers for watching and for your thoughts. 👍

[@joelgraham3]

@@alansteadreviews some records are made to be heard on vinyl - original recordings - Images was great on my record player - 1973

[@MichaelDimech-ni9th]

Great reviews. Mine are a little different. Thanks for throwing a bit of love for "Tonight". It's always so heavily criticised. Not his greatest l know, but still has some great songs on it.

[@alansteadreviews]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

[@arto2533]

Great review! And yes, it really sucks when they stick bonus tracks at the end of an album. Glad I'm not alone thinking that. But I seem to be alone in thinking 'Aladdin Sane' is the best Bowie album.

[@alansteadreviews]

Cheers! As for Aladdin Sane, another person commented that they didn't like any tracks on it so I guess it's an album that polarizes opinions.

[@patxi601]

Oh no love you're not alone....for me in number 2 after ziggy😊

[@hamish8283]

I always like the across the universe cover even if it misses the pre chorus out. Anyway, great video!

[@alansteadreviews]

My brother actually prefers the Bowie version. I forget if I mentioned that in the video or not. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@alansmith4748]

@@alansteadreviews I really like the across the universe cover. I thought I was the only one

[@ArmandoMPR]

I recently went through this exercise for my own amusement. Bowie is my second favorite artist, only topped by the Stones. Here is my ranking and grading for those interested in the opinion of a stranger: 25. David Bowie (1967) - D+ 24. Never Let Me Down - C- 23. The Buddha of Suburbia - B 22. Tonight- B 21. Earthling - B 20. Black Tie White Noise - B 19. Outside - B 18. Hours - B 17. Reality - B+ 16. Let’s Dance - B+ 15. Blackstar - B+ 14. David Bowie (1969) - B+ 13. The Man Who Sold the World - B+ 12. Hunky Dory - B+ 11. Young Americans - A- 10. Lodger - A- 9. Heathen - A- 8. Diamond Dogs - A- 7. Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) - A 6. The Next Day - A 5. Heroes - A 4. Low - A 3. Station to Station - A 2. Aladdin Sane - A+ 1. Ziggy Stardust - A+ *Albums not listed haven’t been either listened to or fully absorbed.

[@fourseasons4105]

1. Scary monsters 2. Aladdin Sane 3. Ziggy Stardust 4. Low 5. Hunky Dory 6. Station to station 7. Diamond dogs 8. Lodger 9. The man who sold the world 10. Young americans 11. Heroes 12. Black star 13. Let's dance 14. Heathen 15. Reality 16. Outside 17. Earthling 18. Hours 19. The next day 20. Pin ups 21. Space oddity 22. Tonight 23. David Bowie 24. Buddah of Suburbia 25. Black tie white noise 26. Never let me down

[@alansteadreviews]

Interesting ranking. Everyone's listing is so different

[@DOTCoolestreviews]

Wonderful video, on your individual album review can you do either the First album or space oddity? Space iddity is my favourite album along with Hunky so pls id love to dee that. Great video and ranking

[@alansteadreviews]

Ah thanks! 🤠 Yes I will be going through the albums individually in chronological order. Life has delayed things a bit, but they will be coming soon after a video on Bowie's very early stuff which is worth covering.

[@plopcoen6222]

I look forward to your album-by-album series.

[@ephrimvael]

Thanks for that! .. perhaps you should do a David Bowie Albums 'Ranted Comments' Worst to Best :)

[@alansteadreviews]

😁

[@wielmaassen8808]

Nice list, and respect that you managed to make this list. I don't know if I could make a list that I would still agree with in a month, a week, a day. On most Bowie albums you can hear a bit of his previous album, and he already hints about his next album.

[@alansteadreviews]

Cheers and I agree - so many of these albums have shifted around for me over the years.

[@plopcoen6222]

Yes, this is a very good ranking-Bowie effort, full of interesting opinions. What I struggle with is integrating a 1984-2017 list with a 1970-1983 list. I will have to give it a try. There's so much baggage that comes with the albums up to Scary Monsters, after which the teenager-in-captivity years were over. The rest of his oeuvre overlaps with me to wildly varying degrees.

[@davidbeckman7925]

Excellent video sir 🎉 i have Lodger ranked much higher because i really love it & also kinda feel bad that it's part of a (slightly arbitrary) trilogy & Low and Heroes get all the enthusiasm.. i love HD, AS, DD, StS, MWSTW & SMSC so so much.. love Pin-ups too.. and of course i love ZS&TSFM but but but i personally feel it's just slightly.. SLIGHTLY overrated.. anyways cheers 😊

[@alansteadreviews]

It's interesting. Another couple of viewers also really like Lodger (as per their comments) and my mate popped over the other day and Bowie came up in conversation and he also named that as a Bowie album he loved. It clearly has something going for it. Cheers for watching...

[@alexbrodsky_1973]

Great review Thanx! Watch this man one of my favourites so can't agree with you.

[@alansteadreviews]

Thanks for watching! Not sure if I said in the review, but I do like the Ziggy Stardust Motion Picture live version of "Watch That Man!" - You can hear the vocals and lyrics much better...

[@gabix7488]

My father had some Bowie's vinyls , he wasnt the biggest fan but whatever he could get on vinyls during the dark days of Communism in Romania. But...thats how i discovered Bowie and he became my fav artist of all times. Image, voice, creativity hitting the sky, never will be another musician like him. My favs from him are Honky, Alladin, Ziggy, Low, Heroes, Station, Diamond dogs. Cant pick one, keep changing for the last 10 yrs. Great video, great ranking. I am also jealous off your Bowie's collection.

[@alansteadreviews]

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@chadczternastek]

You are seeing a lot of people saying Mr Bowie knew he was on his way out before the Blackstar was released and I must of seen it 15-20 times in the last month people reporting he did not know he was going to pass on until after he recorded Blackstar. Either way it's a good album and his last. I know I have to listen to an album dozens upon dozens before I can say I like it or not. For example I hated and hated Scary Monsters album. Thought it was weird noises and just linear lyrics and one day I put it in and was in a different mood and each and every song hit me like a truck and knocked me into a different stage mentally and now it's like in my top three. Good list. Thank you for the review. I love to see what others liked and dislike about an album. It's so diverse, one person will hate an album and another can love it.

[@alansteadreviews]

Cheers. Thanks for watching! Yes, often information with regards to things like the Black Star thing can be conflicted so I can mention / correct that if and when I do the individual album review. Just looked it up actually... Apparently he discovered his cancer was terminal during the week of filming Lazarus the music video...

[@mikegray002]

The full in colour album cover of the Station To Station album was the intended original cover, it was changed to black and white just prior to the albums release in 1976.

[@alansteadreviews]

Ooooh that's interesting.... I much prefer the black and white version as per what I said in the video, but if that was the original vision, it at least makes a bit more sense that they reverted back for the cd release. I will look it up for more details.

[@mikegray002]

@@alansteadreviews I first saw the full colour album cover in a book by Roy Carr in 1980 called Bowie illustrated record, a very good book and best seller in it's day and he asked the question would you have preferred this? I think bowie had the cover changed to black and white like the thin white duke tour of that year as the clothes he wore and the stage show was black and white. He had a very heavy cocaine habit at that time.

[@sevans2140]

Greetings! Just came upon your David Bowie output review and thought it was informative and insightful, with a good mix of info and opinion. I have to admit that until now I have been more of a casual David fan, but I’m preparing to embark on a deep dive down the rabbit hole to discover all things Bowie; this has given me ideas of where to start (besides starting at the beginning😊) and some things to look for. Thanks!

[@alansteadreviews]

Thanks muchly! Yes discovering the many facets of Bowie is definitely a fun rabbit hole to go down. Good luck on your journey! I am very glad I have given you a few pointers...

[@giveitathink6749]

Tin Machine through and through is excellent. I understand most fans don't get it, but I do!

[@alainbaars]

Heroes by far, the whole album Low Ziggy Stardust Hunky Dory Songs: Neukoln Rock 'roll Suicide Look back in Anger

[@stevenr3134]

Tonight over Hours??? No way. I appreciate your input though

[@alansteadreviews]

Yeah. It was never going to be a popular opinion. 😜 Hope you enjoyed the rest though...

[@alangray9117]

I feel lucky to have seen him 4 times. First time I won 3 rd row tickets on the radio that mom had to claim because I was 12, then the glass spider tour with Peter Frampton, sound and vision and his final tour Reality all in Kansas City Missouri. In late 72 in Friday art class in 1st grade, I heard moonage daydream the first time and it blew my 6 year old brain away. It was unlike anything I'd ever heard before.

[@alansteadreviews]

Sadly I never got to see him live, but my brother (as I mentioned in the video) saw him on the Glass Spider tour. The 3rd row tickets gig sounds great! That was a bit of luck!

[@michaelsweenie-lane359]

Been a Bowie Fanatic since 1975 - Never missed one of his concerts after the first Isolar Tour 1976 - including him playing keyboards on Iggy Pop's Idiot tour and the Tin Machine shows - If he played two nights in a row in my city I would go both nights - I love all of his albums and could never rank them in order as their rankings changes yearly if not daily for me

[@alansteadreviews]

Wow! That must be a lot of concerts over the years. It's sad I never got to see him play live.

[@MIB_63]

Interesting list and ditto comments to each entry. I have been a big Bowie fan since the 70s. I guess each fan's list would be different, depending on ones individual taste and so would mine. E.g. some of your top 10 picks would be at the bottom of my personal list (I never quite liked Diamond Dogs) but I loved hearing your reasons for placing the albums in the particular order you have chosen. Cheers from a new subscriber from Denmark😎

[@alansteadreviews]

Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers for watching and subscribing

[@loges-ez6cz]

Alan, I agree with your list 100%

[@chrisbrake5887]

My biggest live concert disappointment ever was Bowie at the Sound and Vision tour. No real show and have rarely seen an artist look so bored. As a huge fan of 20 years or so and never having seen him it was a real blow. He more than made up for it though at Glastonbury, one of my beat ever concert / gigs ever and Reality. BTW Reality is a truly great album.

[@davidgriffin8482]

I had to subscribe and comment as I often ponder the greatness of David Bowie. My buddy always use to go into the "down south Doobie Brothers and David Bowee , everyone likes a little Doobie in their funk" George Clinton rant. Bowie is hard to rank any lower than number 1. Like I say he's in my top five for sure (it's a little crowded in that room but I can't put Hendrix or steely Dan at what 18 and 22.? No way. Top five for sure. You're either on the list of great or I don't listen to it. John Prine, guy Clark, towns Van Zant... come on top 5 for sure but Bowie is a solid no 1 he's got so many greats. When you give away sonds and make them legends. It's crazy. I have to ask someone who knows music better than I. I think China girl is a tribute to Buck Owens, made in Japan. The Srv riff is a lot like made in Japan.

[@alansteadreviews]

Cheers dude. Hope you enjoy the next videos...

[@JeremiahPickardMusic]

My personal favourite is Scary Monsters. I also thoroughly enjoy Earthling, Station To Station, Aladdin Sane and The Next Day

[@Imontei]

My favorite Bowie song is station to station, but after that song the album is just ok.

[@charlesxavier..]

Hi Alan!👋 David Bowie is my favourite artist too! My ranking was done 1 year ago and it took me 2 months(dont have much free time).. I listened 3 times every album and on the third round I rated each track from 1 to 10 and then got the average.Easy! Labyrinth not included. Therefore, I gave 6 if I liked the song; 7 quite liked it; 8 much; 9 very much; 10 ?.. In the event of having two albums with thw same points I will go for the one with more tracks, and if it is not enough, I will go for the album with more 10s, 9s and so on... I could be wrong but I rated 303 songs...7 of them got 10 points; 29 got 9 and 3 got 5 (lowest). My ears are pleased easily and there are many 7 and 8.... In any case something to consider is that what I most like is Melodic Hardrock and symphony metal... Anyway, this is my ranking: Into brackets yours. 28. Deram Anthology 6,6 (13) 27. Buddah suburbia 6,7 (28) 26. Tin Machine II. 6,9 (29) 25. Space Oddity. 7 (7) 24. Black tie 7,1 (26) 23. Outside 7,1 (16) 22. Heroes 7,2 (4) 21. Lodger 7,2 (18) 20. Tin Machine 7,2 (25) 19. Earthling 7,3 (20) 18. Reality 7,3 (23) 17.Tonight 7,4 (21) 16. Hours 7,4 (22) 15. Pin ups 7,4 (17) 14. Station 7,5 (6) 13. The man who 7,5 (11) 12. Never let me 7,5 (27) 11. Heathen 7,5 (14) 10. Scary monster 7,6 (10) 9. The next day 7,6 (9) 8. Blackstar 7,7 (8) 7. Young Americans 7,7 (19) 6. Honky Dory 7,7 (2) 5. Lets dance 7,8 (15) 4. Low 7,8 (3) 3. Diamond dogs 8 (5) 2. Aladdin sane 8,1 (12) 1. ZIGGY STARDUST 8,5 (1) So, I may say that we have some same places + -...(12 ?) Thanks for reading.. ..and greetings from Spain...😊👍

[@alansteadreviews]

That's really great to see your rankings / how you got there... I used a similar tactic scoring each song out of 5 and then working out the percentage so giving me a score out of 10 for the album. Seems a bit strange I know but I score songs out of 5 and albums out of 10. I just find it easier for my mind to process it that way for some reason... I allowed myself the use of 0.5s as 1 - 10 didn't seem enough but decided not to go down the rabbit hole of every decimal point otherwise it would have taken me ages to decide... Hope you enjoy my next ones. I won't reveal anything yet, but there will be a big variety including some metal / obscure music that is part metal at points...

[@alansmith4748]

I don't think rating each track is the best way to rate an album

[@Anythingandeverything197]

Wow Alan! Cool Bowie collection. I was wandering if you could do a video dedicated to his self-titled album. There's more to discuss about it. It's a great record to me and you seem to have a lot of different versions so pls can do a video on it Great video 🙏👍👍👍

[@alansteadreviews]

Ah! Cheers for that! I do plan to do individual album videos at some point for Bowie. I have more to say about some than I do about others, but yes a little track by track analysis of each is what I have in mind and I have plenty more to say about the first album. I have a few other videos in the pipeline to do first on some other artists that I am working on, but yes indeed it will come at some point soon (ish).....

[@cutalin]

My favourite albums are at the bottom of the top. All the Let's dance-Never let me down era and Outside-Reality era, plus the Heroes album are absolute masterpieces

[@mrscenescof4747]

3. Ziggy Stardust 2. Hunky Dory 1. Aladdin Sane

[@patxi601]

Yes number one is Ziggy forever....buttt followed near by " A lad insane". The best of pinups is the picture with twiggy in my humble opinion. 😊. I grew up with bowie. I felt in love with "soul love" from 1972 till today. Ranking changes as time went by. I never liked side b of "low" believe me. I tried several times. I prefer "another green world" of BE. Sincerly, I dont like a lot your ranking, but it was good to watch it. Thxs.

[@alansteadreviews]

Thanks for watching. Glad you liked it even if you disagreed with a lot of it. Bowie is definitely a divisive artist due to his eclectic nature. It's part of what makes him so interesting. Cheers. 🤠

[@patxi601]

@@alansteadreviews well I dont really disagreed with a lot of it. It's personal view experiences and history what forms the likes and dislikes. I really enjoyed your clear argumentation and knowledge about DB.

[@stringlocker]

I agree with almost everything except pin-ups. It should be a little higher on the list

[@alansteadreviews]

That's great because some of the comments have said the opposite... 🤠 ... Either way pin-ups is great...

[@davidcopson5800]

50 minutes after my first comment I'm back. Lots of positives this time, not the least is because Ziggy Stardust is my favourite album of all time. I was worried upon seeing "Heroes" in your number four spot that Low would be your number one (nothing wrong with Low of course). However, Ziggy made it to its rightful place, at the top of the mountain. Hunky Dory at number two is also great; and your three favourite tracks from that album are also mine. Delighted to see David's debut album so high (released on the same day as Sgt. Pepper, the latter doing slightly better than Bowie's first album!). A tad disappointed at the relative Low-ness of Hours and even Heathen, but overall this was a very good grading selection. I would not have placed "Heroes" so highly, it suffers from being the second born after Low, in my opinion (in the way the film Predator II suffers by comparison with Predator). Anyway, to conclude, you have good taste, and I enjoyed this video.

[@alansteadreviews]

Ah that's great! I'm glad you enjoyed it! 🤠

[@Lumenbrother]

interesting to note that Bowie is the sole guitar player on Diamond Dogs album.. with exception of 1984, which is played by Alan Parker, who plays "additional guitar" on rebel rebel

[@alansteadreviews]

Yes that's an interesting aspect of it and that led to some cool ideas like the grungy end of Sweet Thing reprise which probably wouldn't have occurred to a more experienced lead guitarist. I did read an article recently about the fact that Alan Parker despite playing the riff on Rebel Rebel didn't get the credit he deserved and although Bowie came up with the riff mostly, Alan Parker added the little inflection (if that's the right word) at the end before it loops round.

[@ThatSteven20]

Buddha is very satisfying

[@alansteadreviews]

My mate (as mentioned in the video) would definitely agree with you... The title track is definitely very cool. Maybe it'll grow on me one day. Bowie is like that.

[@chrisbrake5887]

I've been a Bowie fan for 52 years ever since I heard Jean Genie at the age of 11 and bought AS. Always interested to hear other Bowie fans perspective and how they differ. Hardly surprising my firm favourites are every album ( with the exception of PU) from SO to YA. DD being my No1. my PUs is great and I agree with comments on it. YA is absolutely fantastic there's no othe album like it. I agree with your comments on the 1st Bowie album but it doesn't compare with his general output. ( No Toy! sure it must count) For me LD and T are at the bottom along with SMASC ( which wasn't influenced by the New Romantics. He influenced them). And Heroes right down there. Apart from the title track the whole thing leaves me cold. The Tin Machine albums are great and NLMD , much maligned. Day In Day Out is a truly great song. Black Star I have at 8 , outstanding. Hours, one of the lesser later albums but still really enjoyable. He never did a bad album but can't really include BOS and Labyrinth. Anyway my really big question is..... what are you doing with so many sealed albums?? Vinyl is there to be played. No point in having them otherwise.

[@alansteadreviews]

To answer your question on the vinyls - My brother is the collector of them (I'm more of a cd man for listening mostly - though I still love vinyl) but fear not, they are slowly getting opened, but we were potentially going to save the grand opening of some of the rarer ones for another video perhaps....

[@alansteadreviews]

As for Toy. It was a posthumous release of re-recorded old stuff that was shelved at the time of recording in the early 2000s (and I prefer the originals incidentally) and although my inclusion of Labyrinth was a bit cheeky, most people count BOS as a Bowie album. Everyone has slightly different criteria though. Either way. Cheers for watching!

[@philsonslament9955]

im 35. alwaya been huge into music, i play guitar, the beatles and pearl jam are my favorite bands. i just truly discovered bowie this year about 6 months ago. where have i been? he has since enteted into my category with beatles and pj and it blows my mind how i missed this for so long

[@alansteadreviews]

I always love it when I discover a new artist/band in that way to that extent and suddenly you can't imagine life without them...

[@chrisshill5044]

Hunky Dory is at the top for me. Ziggy is my number two. Diamond Dogs way at the bottom

[@alansteadreviews]

Wow! Harsh on Diamond Dogs there. It's weird. Quite a few other viewers cited Diamond Dogs as their favourite in the comments. It goes to show how polarising an artist like Bowie can be. We agree on Hunky Dory and Ziggy though... 🤠

[@buena1968]

Lol my rankings are so different. Buddha is in my top 5!

[@alansteadreviews]

All 3 of your comments came up initially but for some reason the other two have vanished now it appears... Don't know why. Thanks for watching anyway. 🤠

[@jaysonwild4899]

I clicked on this one stricly because of the thumbnail. Well done, m8. Good luck with your channel. Supertramp next?

[@alansteadreviews]

Cheers! 😀 As for Supertramp, I have not been on that musical voyage yet - maybe I should give them a listen - but I have been on plenty of other musical voyages (some commercial, some really obscure). Also there will be some movie rankings etc soon... You'll have to wait and see. 😜

[@axelviarhilmarsson6317]

Thank you so much for this detailed review. Have you looked/rated the live albums? Regards from Iceland

[@alansteadreviews]

I plan to do a follow-up video soon which will talk about live albums and non album tracks.

[@EverestNZ]

Not bad ...being a Bowie fan for 55 years I would put Low number 1.....but that could change tomorrow....lol

[@Luckyfoxoval78]

I was so surprised to see Tin Machine II at 29! To me it's among the three best '90s Bowie records-- the other two would of course be "Earthling" and "Outside". I prefer Tin Machine II to the original Tin Machine record so much because it just sounds so much more polished and I just love the sort of proto-grunge aesthetic the band played with on that album. Lots of catchy songs imo

[@alansteadreviews]

Although I'm not a fan of it, I did originally prefer it to the first album - when I first bought it over 20 years ago - for being more accessible and like you said 'catchy', but as with many albums my opinion has shifted over the years and it may well shift again of course...

[@onlyonce1707]

Ha ha" Please show respect even if you disagree" - yes great track!

[@georgemorrison1522]

That’s just your opinion. I absolutely loved lodger back in the day. Still think it’s great. I think everything after. Scary monsters was fast down hill

[@alansteadreviews]

Indeed. It's just an opinion piece like you say. I have a mate who loves it and another who loves The Buddha of Suburbia...

[@ChorltonandtheWheelies]

@georgemorrison1522. Of course it's his opinion. Who elses would it be? Half-wit 🙄. Alan - thank you for a great video. My favourite album of all time by *anyone* is 'Hunky Dory ' so I was delighted to see it at number 2 - would have been happier to see it at number 1! But good shouts all round 👏✌

[@plopcoen6222]

I was a bit disappointed with Lodger when it came out but started to appreciate it much more when I got it on CD ten years later. I really love the Tony Visconti remix from five years ago. There is no Bowie album I've listen to more often than Lodger since that box set came out in 2018.

[@llewellynGS1]

As a Beatles fan, I really love Bowies version of Accross the universe… and I also love Dj. Not really sure about your “love for bowie”- some of your rankings a bit suspect to me

[@Zen_Not_Zen]

"Fill your heart " on Hunky Dory was covered by Bowie and Tiny Tim written by 'Biff Rose'. The Bowie version has almost identical arrangement to Biffs. It's one of my favourites from the album. It was a few years ago that I found out the bowie didn't write it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4GkdZ5vl7uAaqc

[@alansteadreviews]

Wow. That's interesting. I thought the original was by Tiny Tim which I only listened to relatively recently. You're right about the arrangement. Bowie's arrangement is more spritely together with the fun piano fills by Ricky Wakeman, but the string section is more or less the same and the rhythm etc. I am glad I know this in advance of doing my individual album review of Hunky Dory... Cheers

[@Zen_Not_Zen]

@@alansteadreviews Bowie also covered 'Buzz the Fuzz' from tsame he Biff Rose album 'The thorn in Mrs rose's side' . Bowie recommended the album to Rick Wakeman, who then went out and bought a copy. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaCni4mIhZhsh7M Thanks for a great and most interesting countdown/critique of the albums, I look forward to your next posts. P.S Love those splendid songs from your album "The Velvet Sound of Elven Blues' particularly 'Velvet sounds' and 'Beckenham Drizzle'

[@RileyELFuk]

i could only have minor quibbles. I never do top 10s, or top anythings with music, so I wouldn't suggest order changes. I generally agree on the weaker releases. I was pleased to see the eponymous debut being well regarded. I love it too, but some seem to think of it as a guilty pleasure. My first exposure was the Images album (Green cover) in about 1980, but the deluxe double CD is the way to go. The only one that I may shock fans with, is I never really gelled with Diamond Dogs. I don't know why, but there we are, I've said it now.

[@alansteadreviews]

It's interesting. Quite a few people put Diamond Dogs as being their favourite, but you are not the only one to not like it... A more polarising album than I expected.

[@RileyELFuk]

@@alansteadreviews I wouldn't go as far as saying that I didn't like it. I mean it sits between classics. If I sit down and listen to it, I mostly do enjoy it, but I have to consciously make that effort. It's never been one where I just feel that I want, or need to listen to, or one that I segue into, on a Bowie session.

[@boondoggle4820]

One thing that I rarely hear people mention is how cleverly hilarious Bowie is on his string of brilliant albums throughout the 70s. Not only is Diamond Dogs one of my favorite albums of all time, it is absolutely hilarious from the initiation of the first vocals on the intro to the chant that closes out the album, lol. He had this unique ability to make me laugh and think at the same time while writing really clever and creative lyrics that are open to interpretation allowing the listener to interpret the songs however he or she needs to. It’s a unique aspect of Bowie’s character that’s visible throughout much of the output that I’ve heard from him (I haven’t really gotten into his music from the 90s or later yet, but from the little bit that I’ve heard it seems to be a bit more serious in tone).

[@alansteadreviews]

You're right. Bowie has a great sense of humour throughout his early work that is slightly lost on many later records. If you are looking for a later album that has that sense of humour then 'Outside' or at least parts of it might appeal to you. Actually 'Heathen' and 'The Next Day' to an extent too... But none of them as much as his classic period.

[@alansteadreviews]

When I get round to doing the individual album reviews I will definitely go into the humour aspect a bit more. It's a very important aspect of his work from that time period. Thanks for making me reflect upon it.

[@johnpownall7720]

Good ranking for the top 6 - I’d probably relegate Space Oddity, and put Lodger and Young Americans higher. I agree about Heathen, by the way, it restored my faith too. Heroes divides opinion these days, as an album, but at the time I recall it being viewed as stronger than Low. It’s just a very different album, and lyrically miles ahead. Sonically, though, Low is hard to beat. I’d probably put Low on the turntable before Ziggy these days, so might have Low at 1 and HD at 2.

[@alansteadreviews]

Cheers. Glad you enjoyed the video. 🤠

[@alansteadreviews]

And yeah... You're right, Heroes has a lot more going on lyrically compared to Low.

[@andrewjohn4876]

It’s a post modern dumbing down when Musicians are rebranded as ‘Artists.’ It’s that thing where pop music created for teenagers made by large corporations with the bottom line firmly insight is compèred to artists of the calibre of Cezanne Picasso etc.lol

[@derekabbott8704]

I more or less gave up buying Bowie albums after the awful Lodger,my favorite is Diamond Dogs. I still regard David Bowie as the greatest musical talent of all time.

[@alansteadreviews]

Lodger is very divisive it seems. Two or three people in the comments and a mate of mine really like it. I sit somewhere in the middle.

[@easterislandhead9579]

4 Station to station 3 Heroes 2 Low 1 1.Outside

[@alansteadreviews]

Interesting top 4...

[@dumpwoodhere]

Outside?????

[@raytrusty8618]

When i was a kid there was a panto type play on TV....and Bowie was in it playing a banjo whilst singing.....does anyone know what that was called???

[@alansteadreviews]

I just realised you probably mean Baal from 1982... I have never seen it but I have heard the songs from it. They are up on KZbin

[@robertwilson214]

I would say my favourite music is where classical meets rock,hence my favourites..late beatles,bowie,ELO....life on mars may be the best song ever made.Ziggy is the only album with no fillers...even the masterful abbey road has one or two.

[@ivankaramasov]

I don't at all agree with your list, but I appreciate that you give some of his later works decent scores. I am unable to rank my absolute favorite albums, but in my top 10 would be: Blackstar, the Next Day, Heathen, BTWN, Scary Monsters, "Heroes", Low, Station to Station, Diamond Dogs, and Hunky Dory. Yes, Ziggy is a great album, but overrated. I also think you are way too hard on Tin Machine. I love the first album. The second is very uneven, but Goodbye Mr Ed is one of my all time favorite Bowie songs.

[@alansteadreviews]

Cheers for watching... Yes, a few people in the comments have now said I was a bit harsh with Tin Machine. It's more popular with people than I expected. I do like a few tracks off it though.

[@diamonddog4708]

'Aladdin Sane' and 'The Man Who Sold the World' got far too low ranking for me. Mike Garson's wonderful piano takes AS to another level. Top 5 similar, swap out 'Low' for 'Station to Station'. At least 'Scary Monsters' made the Top Ten. Music is subjective, no two lists will match.

[@alansteadreviews]

A few years ago I probably would have put 'The Man Who Sold the World' higher. A lot of his albums have shifted in their ranking for me over time and no doubt will again in the future. Thanks for tuning in...

[@olivercastelo]

25 David Bowie (1967) 24 Never Let Me Down (1987) 23 Tonight 22 Pin Ups (1973) 21 Reality (2004) 20 Space Oddity (1969) 19 Let's Dance (1983) 18 Heathen (2002) 17 Young Americans (1975) 16 Black Tie White Noise (1993) 15 Hours... (1999) 14 Aladdin Sane (1973) 13 Earthling (1997) 12 The Man Who Sold The World (1970) 11 Lodger (1979) 10 Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980) 9 The Next Day (2013) 8 The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972) 7 Low (1977) 6 1.Outside (1995) 5 Blackstar (2016) 4 Station to Station (1976) 3 Diamond Dogs (1974) 2 Hunky Dory (1971) 1 "Heroes" (1977)

[@alansteadreviews]

Interesting list. Ziggy unexpectedly low considering how high Hunky Dory is and you are very harsh on Space Oddity.... It's interesting how everyone's ranking shared on here is so different and individual. Cheers for sharing... 🤠👍

[@baerenonkel]

The 91 Rykodisc is actually the outlier for Young Americans with the wrong mixes used for a couple of songs.

[@alansteadreviews]

Interesting... With remasters / different editions there can be different mix sources which really impacts some stuff.

[@SpaceCattttt]

A mostly agreeable ranking. I would remove Hunky Dory from the top 5 and replace it with either Scary Monsters or Station to Station, but I also can't argue with the choices you made for your top 5. Bowie's top 5 is really closer to top 8. There's not enough space to squeeze them all in! One nitpick, though. You're not too keen on "Rebel Rebel" repeating its riff throughout most of the song. Well, not only would I argue that that's the point of the song, but you do like "Repetition" from Lodger, which is equally repetitive in nature, so either it's the riff you don't like, or you're a slight hypocrite.

[@alansteadreviews]

Cheers. As for Rebel Rebel vs Repetition... Although the riff on both repeats on Repetition it is more subtle and on Repetition it is less prominent for me production wise (subjectively speaking) and when combined with all the really cool sound effects which grab your attention in the foreground it creates an all together more hypnotic experience. In short the repetition works for me in that song but not so much in Rebel Rebel.

[@chrisseed4643]

As a Bowie record collector I found this video very interesting. But I do disagree with a lot of what you said. That's not me being nasty just different opinions. I personally don't think any album is a ten out of ten. That would mean liking every single track to a point where they are all classics. Now for me Heroes ( album version) is the best song ever written but I can't seriously say I love everything on the album. Same with Ziggy. Songs like moonage daydream/ Five year's are ten out of ten but sings such as Soul love and It ain't easy are very poor. The closest to perfection is ( and these comments are only my opinion) Scary Monsters album. It's absolutely brilliant. The weakest track being Scream like a baby is average but tracks like Because your young /Teenage Wildlife are brilliant and I'd give Kingdom Come another chance. I think it's one of his best ever covers along with Cactus ( Heathen album). Like I said not having a go. It's a good video and would love to hear what you guys think about my comments.

[@alansteadreviews]

Interesting to hear your thoughts. I will go more deeply into individual tracks on my album reviews when I finally get round to them (soonish). As for songs being perfect, I think that can change with each listen and be based on many different factors so impossible to gauge definitely for most songs. Many people don't give perfect 10s for albums when reviewing, but if I were to go by that philosophy, I probably wouldn't give any album a 10. Ziggy for instance has tracks that are A tier and S (top) tier, however taken collectively as a whole it's S tier all the way for me on that album (for instance)... That's not mathematical I know - maybe I'll explain better in a future video... Cheers for watching!

[@johnpownall7720]

I disagree. Scary Monsters does not really stand up as well as Low, Hunky Dory or Station to Station, in my view. Some of it just sounds a bit daft and overblown now.

[@dumpwoodhere]

Heroes gets faded out too soon. It should go to 10m.

[@dumpwoodhere]

Good personal best of but for me tonight, never let me down and tin machine is the bottom of the list. Good to see his first album mid way. But, man who sold the world is a brilliant masterpice and Bowie and Ronson at their most extreme unbridled peak. No.2 for me with Hunky Dory at no.1. Also, the Ziggy motion picture Has to be in there because it was so important to us first gen fans at the time and contains very important material. A very enjoyable and well made best of.

[@alansteadreviews]

Cheers for watching. Glad you enjoyed it. 🤠

[@TickAlick]

You think pin ups is better than young Americans 😮

[@paulsontag9233]

Your accent reminds me so much of Pete Townsend. Are you from Shepherd’s Bush?

[@gmseed]

Oh seriously - you place Lets Dance above Young Americans !! Young Americans is a classic and Bowie at his finest. Lets Dance should be near the bottom with a 0.

[@tizzieblack3384]

Any order for me, depending on my mood. I had all my original stolen. I was heartbroken.

[@alansteadreviews]

That's terrible. I would be heartbroken too. Hope you have new copies now. Not that the originals can be replaced though...

[@graemeking7336]

Space Oddity above Diamond Dogs ???? Simply no.

[@alansteadreviews]

It's not... I put Diamond Dogs 2 places higher than Space Oddity... 😉

[@BenJoSon]

Suffragette City? Did you miss it or did I?

[@tinmachine693]

Tin machine 2 is excellent!! Definitely better than the first one , come on !! Then the Buddha!! Jeez 🙄

[@patxi601]

Yes. I ve discovered it recently and some songs are quite good. Including the Brian Ferry cover "if there is something" (or so) wich in my humble opinión is better that the whole pinups álbum😊

[@plopcoen6222]

Agreed. Tin Machine II seemed to me to be more of a Bowie album and less of a rock band album like its predecessor.

[@risboturbide9396]

"Lodger" must be #1, folks 🍻🍻

[@peternelson5534]

Watch that man is a great track and a great opener. It’s one that id like to do on karaoke sometime. I enjoyed this programme. I didn’t agree entirely but that’s never a bad thing. I don’t often subscribe to anything but I have here.

[@alansteadreviews]

Cheers. Glad you enjoyed it! 🤠

[@johnpownall7720]

That track and the cover, possibly Cracked Actor and Jean Genie all sound they belong on Stones albums.

[@halemcdan1]

How about a video on the nuances of Chas n Dave?

[@alansteadreviews]

Potentially 😜

[@artfuldodgr42]

You should break the seal on those grailz and give 'em a listen.

[@somedude1842]

I have to agree with most of your choices, except that you put Aladdin Sane so low, how could you do such a thing.

[@alansteadreviews]

With Aladdin Sane for me, it's only because of the competition... It's still a 9.5... absolute classic. 🤠

[@somedude1842]

Very true, a classic, and nice video, I'm definitely going to be checking out more of these albums

[@stevehughes5390]

Wow where do I start? Your lower end ranking almost looks like a classic Bowie ‘cut up’ random albums appearing in odd places Tonight album ranking higher than Tin Machine and the hours album in which you totally missed Thursday’s Child surely a classic Bowie song, honestly it’s so bizarre I am lost, you did recover towards the end. Teenage Wildlife is in fact about Bowie’s dissatisfaction of the New Romantic movement, ‘same old thing in a brand new drag….’ An interesting ranking, but only a 3.5. ⚡️⚡️⚡️

[@alansteadreviews]

Haha! My opinions have certainly ruffled a few feathers on my Bowie rankings. At least you haven't called me a blathering slaphead 🤣... see recent comments... Thursday's Child - I like it but I'm not a fan. I will cover specific tracks on my individual album reviews and as Bowie is so polarising we are sure to disagree / agree on many tracks. The most important thing is that Bowie is awesome and also my opinion does shift over time.