DAVID BOWIE DISCOGRAPHY REVIEW 1967 - 2016 (UPDATED)

[@j.c.m.s]

I’ve now gotten into David Bowie since I wasn’t a very big listener of him and I’m a huge fan of him now thanks to your videos on him! Keep up the great videos Larry!

[@Wayner71]

"Ten out of ten" for Station to Station. I agree. I must listen to these albums again very soon. Cheers.

[@cmadams7]

“Right “ is very good

[@Suppe70]

Wow, Larry. Great moves. Keep it up. Proud of you.

[@mikemclintock3893]

Great timing, I ordered the Conversation Piece box set, it arrived yesterday. Hope to get into it tonight. I got into Bowie back when the first album boxset. Five Years was released. Being born in '85 I wasn't too familiar with his work. Fell in love with the music instantly. Glad you rekindled your interest in him these past few years, was fun watching you build your collection from scratch.

[@MostlyLoveOfMusic]

I think a lot of people would say that "Time" is the best song on Aladdin Sane, not the worst

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

best song

[@squid4104]

IMO Lady Grinning Soul is the best track.

[@mikewest1542]

MostlyLoveOfMusic , All great, Time is an all Time classic 😀

[@mikewest1542]

I was never keen on Watch that Man as Bowie’s voice was very low in the mix , now it’s one of my favourite songs!

[@Shah-of-the-Shinebox]

Jean Genie: hold my beer

[@CAPTAINJOHNKREESE]

David Bowie’s death was so sad. Miss him

[@bradley9848]

David is so great, I love everything he’s done and I know like everything about him. I also the art work to his albums were always amazing!!

[@ChrisPropfeMusicallyObsessed]

Very nice video! My favorite album by him is The Man Who Sold The World. I just love the heaviness of that album. It is unlike anything in his discography.

[@abdelhamidbenchedly2884]

Great ranking Larry David Bowie is my all time favourite artist and I love almost everything he has done So here's my ranking: David Bowie 7/10 Space oddity 9.5/10 (his real debut album) The man who sold the world 8.5/10 Hunky dorry 10/10 (absolutely fantastic with some of his best songs) Ziggy Stardust 10/10 (his best and one of my all time favourite albums) Aladdin sane 9/10 Pin Ups 8/10 (such an underrated album with some really good covers) Diamand dogs 9.5/10 (almost a ten) Young Americans 9/10 (John Lennon had his touch in a few songs) Station to Station 10/10 (just perfect) Low 9.5/10 (difficult to get to it in the beginning) Heroes 8.5/10 Lodger 9/10 Scary Monsters 9.5/10 Let's Dance 7.5/10 (his commercial success) Tonight 6.5/10 (one of his weakest) Never let me down 6/10 (not a big fan of this version of david bowie) Tin machine 6/10 Black tie white noise 6/10 Outside 7/10 Earthling 9/10 (his real come back) Hours 5.5/10 (my least favourite) Heathens 7/10 Reality 7.5/10 The next day 9/10 Blackstar 10/10 (he marked his death with this masterpiece the best album of the past decade) Live albums Live at Santa Monica 9/10 David Live 10/10 (one of the best live albums of all time) David Stage 9.5/10 A reality tour 9/10 Glastonbury 9.5/10 Bowie at the beeb 10/10 (never get tired of listening to it) I haven't heard live at Los Angeles, Nassau coliseum and London yet

[@cmadams7]

Starman is one of my all time Bowie songs. Suffragette city TV-15 Young Americans Somebody up there likes me Sounds and Vision Jean Genie Fame Golden Years Heros

[@hulud99]

You should really check out LIVE SANTA MONICA '72. It was originally a bootleg but Bowie enjoyed it so much he decided to release it officially. Great ZIGGY-era performance with Mich Ronson rockin' out! Enjoyed the video, thanks!

[@edgelennox4035]

LOVED BOWIE. SO DID MY STEPDAD & MY MOM. EPIC MUSIC. I ALWAYS LIKE THE BEST OF'S MORE THAN STAGE OR LIVES FOR THE MOST PART.

[@mano1971music]

Great video! I was introduced to David Bowie via his side project, TIN MACHINE......I'm surprised that you didn't include those 2 albums he recorded with that band?

[@chikamotokenji3217]

I like your the who profile

[@norberthaftekmusic]

Space Oddity - Space Oddity, The Man Who Sold the World - Title Track, Hunky Dory - Life on Mars?, Ziggy Stardust - Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane - Time, Pinups - Sorrow, Diamond Dogs - Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing (Reprise), Young Americans - Someone Up There Likes Me, Station to Station - TVC15, Low - Warszawa, Heroes - Three Track Suite, after the V2-Shneider, Lodger - Red Sails, Scary Monsters - Teenage Wildlife, Let's Dance - China Girl! That's it, I knew some singles from the rest albums, but never listend to them, so I must do that in the future!

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

I agree w you several of these. For some reason Larry doesn't love Time from Aladin Sane. I do. One of Bowie's best songs actually.

[@robertsaul234]

David Bowie's 70's period was one of the great run of albums in rock...artistically if not always commercially. He was never content to stay in one place. Looking forward to your ranking video.

[@thenomad525]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts album by album, Larry. Big David Bowie fan, my favorite albums (at the moment - still some gaps to fill in CD collection) are Hunky Dory and Station to Station. Just love all those songs from those two, particularly. Kooks I absolutely love; the opening self-entitled track off Station to Station is just incredible.

[@twostikks1]

Wow! On Station To Station, “TVC15” is absolutely my favorite. It’s so intense! “Stay” is beautiful, too. And “Golden Years” is fantastic. It might be my favorite album, but they’re all so good. Pinups is probably the bottom of the list, but like you, I need to listen to it more. 😏

[@leemaloney8527]

I love the siren joke stud my wife was pissin herself ya a good man

[@benwilliams5492]

That siren made me jump 😅

[@llewellynGS1]

Hi Larry "Back to the good stuff" after Pinups? It would be in my top 5 of his for sure, maybe top 3. Great tight arrangements and good song choices. "Roselyn", "Here comes the night", "Friday on my mind", "Sorrow (one of his best).

[@jameswilson7084]

I have a lot of the 1990's Rykodisc label editions of David Bowie's 1970's albums and "Scary Monsters". They have a lot of good bonus tracks. Some of which are hard to find elsewhere. Although, these are not always the best sounding editions. I kept most of them just for the bonus tracks. I like the sound better on later CD editions of some of the albums. For instance, I prefer the 2012 CD edition of "Ziggy Stardust".

[@AnthonyKiyola]

Did you do this for his birthday? Right from Young Americans might make my top 10 Bowie songs ☺️ Favourite album: Ziggy Stardust..... or Young Americans. Earthling was a surprise. Favourite song: Quicksand..... or Hang On to Yourself. Blackstar blew me away when I first heard it.

[@lunes-1]

👍David Bowie Sound&Vision world tour🎺🎸🎤🎵🎼🎶 Saw him in Madrid😊

[@gooner1ization]

Dude! You're forgetting how far ahead of its time the 67 album was. Uncle Arthur, sell me a coat, she's got medals etc just a fantastic album. My favourite Bowie album.

[@benwilliams5492]

Picking my favourite Bowie album.. one of the hardest decisions a person can make 😂 too many incredible songs on each album

[@MostlyLoveOfMusic]

Blackstar was my album of the decade - check out my top albums of the decade video on my channel if you like

[@kevinjones810]

I’ll do a quick one Debut- love you til Tuesday Space oddity- title track Man who sold the world- supermen Hunky dory- queen bitch Ziggy- rock and roll suicide Aladdin sane- time Diamond dogs- rebel rebel or we are the dead Young Americans- somebody up there likes me Station to station- title track Low- always crashing in the same car Heroes- title track Lodger- yassassin Scary monsters- ashes to ashes Let’s dance- title track Tonight- blue jean Never let me down- title track Labyrinth (I count it)- as the world falls down Tin machine- I can’t even say they’re all so bad Tin machine 2- goodbye mr ed (the rest is awful though) Black tie white noise- miracle goodnight Buddha- title track Outside- strangers when we meet (phenomenal album) Earthling- dead man walking (seven years in Tibet if it was shortened) Hours- seven Heathen- slip away Reality- she’ll drive the big car Next day- Valentine’s Day Blackstar- Lazarus Also, black tie white noise is an 8/10

[@twostikks1]

The video for “Fashion” is so awesome! Really well edited, and John Lennon’s girlfriend, May Pang, is in there, dancing away. Beep-Beep!!

[@chrisdelisle3954]

The thing with Bowie is that you've got to give it/him/the albums time, you gotta do a little research. And that would be pretty much every album. I probably haven't given "Diamond Dogs" enough time as I thought it was one of his worst. But I could be very wrong. It took me a long time to get into him and I finally did a year or two before he passed. His 90's work is pretty great. Black Star is incredible especially given the circumstances in which he made it. I don't know that I'm a huge fan, but at one point or another, each album and various songs on each album will eventually get you.

[@gooner1ization]

Cheers pal. I hear ya! I have strange tastes but I love Hunky Dory and the 3 German albums. In my house there is no artist better.

[@aydendonley9660]

Great video, The man who sold the word through Scary Monsters is truly one of the best strings of albums. I love every one except for Pinups. Do you think you could make a video ranking all of his album covers?

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

give pin ups a chance - i swear you will prefer his version of I Can't Explain to the original

[@aydendonley9660]

NaughtyVampireGod I guess I was hard on it in the comment, it isn’t a bad album and his version of I can’t explain is better than the original IMO, along with his version of See Emily Play, but what I meant to say is that it isn’t on the level as all of those other classics

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

@@aydendonley9660 That's fair. I take a covers album for what it is - can't compare to an album of great original music. However it's certainly my favorite covers album of all time!

[@sturmraist50]

Love Bowie. Great video.

[@waynegoucher4503]

Came late to the Bowie canon of music .. Incredible body of work .. amazing artist and human being! 'Scary Monsters ..' Imy personal favourite. I remember Ashes to Ashes as a kid .. Imagination was kicked in to overdrive! What a privilege to have been introduced to his world .. how fortunate am I :)

[@aidanquinlan7990]

i’ve got about 15 of his albums on vinyl, and some of my favorites include Station To Station (favorite), Aladdin Sane, Low, and Ziggy Stardus. i love bowie, one of the most diverse, influential, and creative artists of all time 🤘🔥🤘

[@squid4104]

You should listen to After All again. Its beautiful and haunting!

[@GlenKellawayfromthebasement]

It Aint Easy is my favourite song on the album..Definitely a ten on this album..We need a shout out to Mick Ronson’s guitar playing.

[@peterberg8417]

My favorite is Low. You need to get his live cd/dvd Glastonbury 2000!!!

[@peterberg8417]

It has great live versions of Station to Station and Let's Dance

[@ChrisOnTheKeys]

Hey Larry did you know it's Bowies birthday today Wednesday well it would have been, im gonna do a tribute to him on my radio show later

[@MoonchildMindaugas2]

Funny you mention Please Mr Gravedigger. I love that track for what it is, and I like to think David recorded it standing in the rain for real (listen to what he sounds like) :D

[@FirstnameLastname-mb2ek]

My ranking: 25. Pinups 24. Never let me down 23. David Bowie 22. Tonight 21. Young Americans 20. Hours… 19. Let’s dance 18. David Bowie/space oddity 17. The next day 16. Black tie white noise 15. Diamond dogs 14. Earthling 13. Lodger 12. The man who sold the world 11. Heathen 10. Reality 9. Scary monsters/super creeps 8. Hunky dory 7. Outside 6. Aladdin sane 5. The fall of Ziggy stardust 4. Blackstar 3. Heroes 2. Station to station 1. Low

[@edwardmeradith2419]

Larry! What a catalogue! There is another live release “A Reality Tour” which is good, has a great stripped down version of “Loving the Alien.” Two favorite cuts of mine I’d recommend you check out (that you didn’t remember well:) “After All” from the Man Who Sold the World- of course on vinyl it ended side one. I always that Bowie was a master of sequencing of (songs on) albums the open and closers of each side. The other song I’d mention is again a first side ender “Right” from Young Americans - a great cocaine song, one of the best (and I mean that nostalgically:)

[@1nelsondj]

Well done, sir. I'm a long-time Bowie fan from the beginning of the '70s. "Station to Station" and "Diamond Dogs" are my favorites by him. His "Space Oddity" album is fine, I always liked 'Janine' the best. "Low" took some adjustment. I didn't care for his dance/pop trilogy much but "Tonight" is the best of the lot. Give a listen to the recent "reimagined" album "Never Let Me Down" it's quite different. I agree on "Black Tie White Noise" and "Hours..." they're bland, Bowie by numbers mostly. You did not mention the album "Toy" I don't know if it ever had an official CD release, it's okay.

[@craigmitchell4873]

Could you someday do a review of the Labyrinth soundtrack? You didn’t include this in your discography review. ‘As The World Falls Down’ is one of my favorite Bowie ballads from the 80s.

[@canadianstudmuffin]

I don't own it or I would. It coxt $50 on Amazon for the CD, so I'll wait.

[@Hate92326]

What about Tin Machine?

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

not good

[@canadianstudmuffin]

They were a real band and this is just about Bowie's solo career... plus I have no interest in Tin Machine.

[@davedeal9152]

Very cool. PinUps took me decades to discover & I still am. Contextually, I think on this record Bowie was stealth technically exploring his escape from Tony Defries and future career evolution. Forefront, he is searching for a new singing voice (register), so you get some castaways. The way he went from Laughing Gnome voice to Space Oddity voice to Ziggy voice, then on P.U. we get some hints of the future beautiful baritone that would define his classic run Diamond Dogs - Scary Monsters. Check out 'Where Have All the Good Times Gone' (precursor of Ashes to Ashes voice), and 'Sorrow',' has the familiar classic Bowie baritone. Finally, throughout the album, he experiments with vocal effects, 'See Emily' has effects similar to those later employed on Scream Like a Baby (1980). Peace.

[@davedeal9152]

Add'l Notes: I was late to Earthling (also drum machines) - Check out my faves: Looking for Satellites, 7 Years in Tibet & Battle of Britain. David Live: my understanding is that it was initially miked incorrectly (Visconti missed his plane), so the mix sucked. The mix was improved on the 2005 remaster.

[@Aweso1974]

I’ll do the same thing I did the last time you did a David Bowie discography review and give my rating of each album along with my favorite and least favorite song on each album. Also, I think you changed your rating of Tonight from a 6 to a 7 for this one and I’m so happy it went up even slightly! DAVID BOWIE Haven’t Heard It Yet SPACE ODDITY Haven’t Heard It Yet THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD Rating: 8.3/10 Favorite Song: The Width of a Circle Least Favorite Song: After All HUNKY DORY Rating: 7.5/10 Favorite Song: Queen Bitch Least Favorite Song: Eight Line Poem THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS Rating: 10/10 Favorite Song: Suffragette City Least Favorite Song: Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide ALADDIN SANE Rating: 8.5/10 Favorite Song: Cracked Actor Least Favorite Song: Aladdin Sane PIN UPS Haven’t Heard It Yet DIAMOND DOGS Rating: 9.5/10 Favorite Song: Rebel Rebel Least Favorite Song: We Are the Dead YOUNG AMERICANS Haven’t Heard It Yet STATION TO STATION Rating: 10/10 Favorite Song: Station to Station Least Favorite Song: Word on a Wong LOW Rating: 10/10 Favorite Song: Breaking Glass/Subterraneans Least Favorite Song: Art Decade “HEROES” Rating: 7.8/10 Favorite Song: Beauty and the Beast Least Favorite Song: “Heroes” LODGER Rating: 6.5/10 Favorite Song: Look Back in Anger Least Favorite Song: African Night Flight Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) Rating: 8.8/10 Favorite Song: Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) Least Favorite Song: Ashes to Ashes LET’S DANCE Rating: 8.4/10 Favorite Song: Cat People (Putting Out Fire) Least Favorite Song: Ricochet TONIGHT Rating: 9.3/10 Favorite Song: Neighborhood Threat Least Favorite Song: Tonight NEVER LET ME DOWN Haven’t Heard It Yet BLACK TIE WHITE NOISE Haven’t Heard It Yet 1. OUTSIDE Haven’t Heard It Yet EARTHLING Haven’t Heard It Yet HOURS Haven’t Heard It Yet HEATHEN Haven’t Heard It Yet REALITY Haven’t Heard It Yet THE NEXT DAY Haven’t Heard It Yet BLACKSTAR Rating: 6.9/10 Favorite Song: Dollar Days/I Can’t Give Everything Away Least Favorite Song: Girl Loves Me And as I did with the last Bowie Discography video, I’ll update this comment every time I listen to another David Bowie album

[@mikewest1542]

My Sparks friend loves your reviews , Larry ! Anyway heres my choices, Best track followed by worst and a lot of these i agree with Larry , great video btw DAVID BOWIE ( 1St album ) , Best, Silly boy blue, worst , we are hungry men 6/10 DAVID BOWIE ( Space Oddity) Space Oddity, God knows I’m good, 8/10 TMWSTW, Width of a Circle, Black Country rock 10/10 HUNKY DORY , The Bewley Brothers, Fill your heart 10/10 ZIGGY STARDUST Moonage daydream, It aint easy 10/10 ALADDIN SANE , Watch that Man , The prettiest star 10/10 PIN UPS , See Emily play , Don’t bring me down 7/10 DIAMOND DOGS, We are the dead, Rock n roll with me 10/10 YOUNG AMERICANS, Win, Right 5/10 STATION TO STATION. , Station to station , TVC15 10/10 LOW , Always Crashing In the same car, Art Decade 9/10 HEROES , V-2 Schneider, The secret life of arabia. 8/10 LODGER , Move on, Repetition 7/10 SCARY MONSTERS , Teenage wildlife, Kingdom come 10/10 LETS DANCE , Ricochet, Shake it 6/10 TONIGHT , Loving the Alien , I keep forgetting 4/10 NEVER LET ME DOWN. , Glass Spider, Beat of your drum ,5/10 BLACK TIE, WHITE NOISE. , Jump they Say , Pallas Athena , 3/10 THE BUDDAH OF SUBURBIA, The buddah of Suburbia, Sex and the church, 6/10 1. OUTSIDE. , I have not been to Oxford town , Wishful Beginnings , 6/10 EARTHLING. , Little wonder, Law ( earthlings on fire ) 5/10 HOURS , Survive , new angels of promise 6/10 HEATHEN , , Slowburn , A better future 9/10 REALITY , Pablo picasso , Try some, buy some 7/10 THE NEXT DAY. (You will) set the world on fire , Dancing out in space 5/10 BLACKSTAR , Blackstar , I cant give anything away 7/10 Thats all folks!

[@fernandopavon888]

I heard that Aladdin Sane means ‘a lad insane’ referring to his brother who had schizophrenia

[@scottbrandon9390]

Bowie was a genius. He was always innovating music even to the end.

[@rapabsinthe786]

1967: "Uncle Arthur", "Silly Boy Blue", "There is a Happy Land" 1969: "Cygnet Committee", "The Wild-Eyed Boy from Freecloud", "Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed" 1970: "Savior Machine", "The Supermen", "The Width of a Circle" 1971: "Quicksand", "Andy Warhol", "The Bewlay Brothers" 1972: all of it 1973: tracks 1-6 and "Lady Grinning Soul" 1974: "Sweet Thing Trilogy", "Candidate" (alt. version); side 2 except COTECSF. 1975: all of it 1976: all of it 1977A: all of it 1977B: all of it 1979: all of it except "Move On" 1980: all of it except "Kingdom Come" 1983: "Let's Dance", "Modern Love", "Without You", "Ricochet" 1984: "Loving the Alien" 1987: "Time Will Crawl", "Beat of Your Drum", "Zeroes" (the 2018 reconstructions, which is its only saving grace) 1991: "Baby Universal", "A Big Hurt", "Shopping for Girls", "Goodbye Mr. Ed" 1993A: (both "Wedding" songs); "Jump They Say", "Nite Flights", "Pallas Athena", "Miracle Goodnight", "Looking for Lester" 1993B: "Bleed Like a Craze, Dad", "South Horizon", "Strangers When We Meet", "Sex and the Church" 1995: all of it not counting the interludes. Also, take a bizarre interest in the varispeed Baby Grace Blue segments 1997: all of it except "Law (Earthlings on Fire)". Note: "Nuts" and "Fun", mostly instrumental tracks recorded in between '94 and '97 are dope as well. 1999: "Something in the Air", "The Dreamers", "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell", "Survive", "Seven". Note: David should've left it alone with him and Reeves producing because these outtakes bearing his influence would've breathed new life into this. 2002: "Sunday", "Slow Burn", "Heathen (The Rays)", "Everyone Says 'Hi'", "I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship", "Slip Away", "Afraid" 2003: "Bring Me the Disco King", "Fall Dog Bombs the Moon", "She'll Drive the Big Car", "Reality", "New Killer Star", "Looking for Water", "Never Get Old", "The Loneliest Guy" 2013: first eight tracks and "(You Will) Set the World on Fire", "Boss of Me", "You Feel So Lonely You Could Die", and "Heat" 2016: all of it

[@findmusic8797]

Ziggy 10 out of 10, maybe 11 out of 10. Right is a fantastic groove, listen to it again. Station To Station is truly another tenner.

[@allthingsmustpass1]

Larry, if I were you I’d stop playing that ‘08 master of Never Let Me Down and get the new ‘18 version. It’s a real transformation I think. Changes my perspective on it.

[@SgtPepperlll]

Outside is a masterpiece but it does require a little work on the listener's part and it takes a little bit of getting used to. I have a hard time listening to Black Star because it just makes me very sad.

[@kevinjones810]

100%

[@Shah-of-the-Shinebox]

I don't understand why people hate the Let's Dance album. Modern Love is my favorite song. I give it 7/10 as well

[@chikamotokenji3217]

Bowie!!!!!!😭😭😭😭😭

[@MAGXX]

It’s quite funny, me watching this video about a lot of albums you plan listening to 😄😄 But we’re on the same level, I don’t know the albums after Tonight too. But for the ones we know we feel pretty the same. Exept that I think An occasional Dream is one of the best Bowie-songs. And you are too kind on Heroes. The title song is great of course, but the rest of the album simply sucks imho. But life would be boring if we agreed on everything, wouldn’t it? Have a great 👍 day 📻

[@KillVZiggy]

Did you get conversation piece?

[@canadianstudmuffin]

Nope. I'm happy just having his studio albums.

[@KillVZiggy]

@@canadianstudmuffin alright... gotta say though, it's an amazing book and great demos and such on it

[@tobiasinnit]

Have you got into Neu and Harmonia?

[@canadianstudmuffin]

No interest, sorry.

[@tobiasinnit]

@@canadianstudmuffin Do you even know who Neu or Harmonia are?

[@analoggins]

More Outside… please

[@sideline8048]

to be fair i never really liked lady stardust but i think that my favourite song on the rize and fall of ziggy stardust has to be hang on to yourself

[@davidcopson5800]

I know it ain't easy but you've got to give Ziggy Stardust 10/10. Five years from now you'll regret not doing this. So, you love his soul (blue-eyed soul); in the age of moons you can't daydream, you have to look to the star man, or his stardust lady (allegedly Bolan is the Star of this one?). But hang on (to yourself) a minute, Ziggy, the real Ziggy, he played it right hand though he was really left hand and smiled while he played those licks. I know you love space capsules but can you suffer a jet; even in your city? And it is of course suicide not to love rock 'n' roll. Sue was on side one all those years later - nothing changes. I enjoyed your selection (even with its weird - and Gilly - best/worst selections); and I'd like to come and meet you, but I think I'd blow your mind.

[@valdirvalenzuela3990]

22:40 HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@BigSky1]

Rebel Rebel has a great guitar riff that is played to death. Great riff/boring song.