Station To Station

Feel like I'm taking crazy pills. It's just okay?

3.5

Me aburrio. Sobrevalorado

Best Bowie to date...

bowi again

Alright I love Bowie but in one year doing this list I've now had 7 of his albums. Even as a Bowie fan this is far too much. I can only assume all of his albums are on this and I will be getting the Labyrinth soundtrack in a month. Bitching about the list aside this is a good album. The first two tracks are awesome. It's Bowie the dude puts together good music. This album is pretty straightforward as far as he goes. It's not a weird experiment just a rock album. Good stuff.

David Bowie is cool. We can all agree on that. This album is ok though. I really want to love it but it's nothing ground breaking. 3/5.

Nice but not too nice...oldschool rock stuff...

3/5 04-05-2026

Not really a David Bowie fan, and having had a couple of albums of his already I have a feeling there are gonna be a ‘clutch’ of them. What I like about it is the intricate rhythms, guessing a 70’s soul undertone. (For example in ‘Stay’ and ‘Station’). Still haven’t developed a taste for Bowie’s vocal and it’s the thing I like least. So the ballads are my least fave tracks (ie the last one). Plus, even though I do like a long track (when something gets into a groove) I find a lot of this a bit repetitive and boring. It’s a 3.5 for me. Fave track: #1 first half of Station. Number tracks: 6 07/04/26

Crazy to have Nina Simone and then Bowie, with a cover of Nina Simone, the next day! Love it. Two classics.

Not another Bowie album PLEASEEE 😭😭 I just cannot get behind his music. He is an artistic and creative genius though.

Good

Good album, didn't stand out to me. 6.4/10

Quintessential Bowie. A smooth quick listen you can sway to.

Oldies, goodies

I don’t know why - but this felt OK…and just that. I know I’m not the only one that thinks this is way to many Bowie albums.

I suspect there will be other David Bowie albums and that I will like them more, but the thing about that is, liking the others more doesn't make this not a great album. Just not quite a 5.

Strong, sophisticated album but not as good as some of the others of his on the list. 3

My favorite part about this was the parts that felt like a jam session. Cool record, Bowie ruled.

259/1089 5th Bowie album on this project and i think this is my favourite cover art of his omg it’s a good album, i think 3rd out of the 5. could definitely grow though faves: station to station and TVC15 68/100

Bowie, or is it Bowie? No, it’s definitely Bowie.

incredible, every song highlights bowie at his best and why hes so incredible. idk how id never heard it before. best song - wild is the wind

Serves as an precursor to Bowie's Berlin, getting towards Peak Bowie.

Happy I heard this! Thanks to this 1001 exercise I've come to a greater appreciation for David Bowie. I saw him once live, though. It was great! I'd tried a couple of times previously to listen to some of the earlier Bowie works and was left with the feeling that, like the Rolling Stones, he'd put two good-to-great songs on an album and the rest were there just to fill the space. But I pretty much like all of this. I do wish the title track was split into 2 sections. The first half is cool and moody while the second half is just ok to my ear. "Golden Years' Is fantastic. I actually did know "TVC15" but not by the name. Cool, catchy. Musically, this is a strong effort, but it's muddied down a bit by the production. It sounds very 70's. I want to give it 3.5, but will give this storied genre-bender the 4 today.

Very nice, iconic songs and definitely you can see his soul poured in each song of the album!

I feel like every review I do if every Bowie album will be the same - the hits are great, the rest is fine

A good Bowie album. Not his best but still good.

I'm going to go ahead and declare that it should be against the rules to put more than one album by the same artist on this list. Queen doesn't count because Queen is good. Edit: is this album fine? Yeah. But still, I'm sick of this dude.

Wow , Milky galaxy 5/5

Golden Years is a classic of course, but there are better Bowie albums out there

Title track is one of Bowie's best songs - I remember hearing the Sacred Silversexuals (amazing SF Bowie cover band that performed with glammy drag queens) play it back in 2012 and it was my introduction to the song in full. The rest of the album has some high points, Golden Years, Stay, TVC15, but none of these hit the heights of the title track or of many other of Bowie's albums in terms of consistency. Still, great record, great production and sound. My favorite fun fact about this album is apparently Bowie was so coked out while recording it, he has no memory of doing so. Wild.

Deep in my soul I want to like Bowie more than I do, but I find this kind of boring? I’m not sure why it never grabs me. The song structure? The drama? I’ll just keep listening and probably never figure it out.

The self loathing, the dissociation, and the despair are so powerful through the absolutely banging relentless rhythm - my Bowie in a nutshell

Het wordt me met dit soort albums niet moeilijk gemaakt. Weer een masterpiece, bizar hoeveel knallers deze man eigenlijk heeft.

The return of the thin white review man

De grootse entree van de Thin White Duke is misschien gelijk het beste wat deze era heeft voortgebracht. Station to Station is zo funky en zo gefocust, een complete 180 van wat er op Young Americans gebeurde en hierna wordt het jaren lang alleen nog maar interessanter. Fucking briljant.

Solid, but the album doesn't really do anything for me personally.

Magnífico álbum Bowie en estado puro

Mejor canción: Station to Station Canción que menos me gustó: Wild is the Wind Puntaje: 9/10 Notas: El GOAT, aguante la trilogía de Berlín

Great album. Perfect intro. Golden Years is a classic.

Buen sonido, pero igual no me gusto muho, solo 1 cancion que ya conocia el restono. y muy corto me parecio, aprecio mas sus primeras epocas o ya mas lugo de los 90

hey this guy’s pretty good… I really enjoyed the combination of rock, maybe some early disco, and experimental influences on here. Fav tracks: Golden Years; Wild Is the Wind

Solid album. Solid songs. Nice length. Not sure why I can’t give it a 5. Forever comparing to Ziggy Stardust which I shouldn’t do but hey ho.

I mean …. MASTERPIECE Station to station is the best ever bowie song. Golden years makes ya boogie. TVC15 makes ya wanna shout OH MA TVC 1 5. Stay is the funkiest song in the world and has the best ending ever. Could go on. But I’m biased and love bowie too much.

Good for the Thin White Duke era. TVC15 and Stay are cracking. Bit busy or yopey in other moments. Always hated Wild Is The Wind. So Cant give Our Dave 5 for this unfortunately. 4.5

Golden years is a great Bowie song Think I preferred this to Aladdin sane

Probably not top 5 Bowie for me, but still damn good.

3/5 Temas interessantes, porém a música é tediosa em boa parte do álbum.

Love David Bowie, and this project is really letting me dig in on his discography. Station To Station is such a solid album, even though Bowie apparently remembered nothing from recording it. Golden Years is one of my favorite Bowie songs. The later songs on the albums are a bit weak, but Station To Station and Gold Years make up the difference.

Great album

Un poco lento, no le termino de agarrar la mano, dejamos de lado los juanes y seguimos con las estrellitas

7/10. Fav Tracks - Golden Years, Wild is the Wind The first of what I can only assume with be multiple Bowie albums. I was not disappointed.

David Bowie is just the greatest

Why is there so much David Bowie on this site? Cripes, if there’s one thing I’ve learned through the first 300 albums of this project it’s that there’s disproportionately a ton of Bowie in these 1001 albums. Unfortunately, I’ve also learned that I’m not actually that big of a fan of David Bowie. I'm not going to spend a ton of time on this one. I'll skim it. I've just not found that there's much in the deeper David Bowie cuts that has ever really resonated with me and I don't want to spend the time sifting through this one. I do like Golden Years quite a bit though. That song probably gets this record a full point. Actually, as far as David Bowie records go, this is probably the best one I've been presented with so far. 7/10

This is my favorite Bowie album. The title track alone could make this a 5. The way he continues on the direction from Young Americans while expanding the overall sound. The Thin White Duke might be his most interesting persona.

I don’t think the peaks in this album are all that high, but it is consistently fun. Not much else to say. It’s enjoyable but not that special. 7/10

need to relisten a but more but word on a wing and the title track are bangers

Great

Bowie kinda kills it on everything so unsurprisinly enjoyed this a lot.

So good. He has such a musical range.

:)

I adore 70s Bowie, so it may be sacrilegious to say this is not my favorite of his from this era. It's an interesting transitional record, and he's arrived at a great sound, but the songwriting (especially on Side A) can be a bit unfocused. Still, Bowie on a bad day is unbelievably excellent.

--STATION TO STATION--{ -A little slow getting into the first track -Terribly ominous and creepy vocals -HE SAID THE NAME OF THE ALBUM -THe train tracks in the left channel are weird -quiet now -groovy asf -GITAR SOLO -Piano is absolutely lovely } --GOLDEN YEARS--{ -hello harmonica -oohooh -nice echo -hello falsetto!! -youuung -sounds like whispering in the backgroung -beautiful harmonies } --Word on a Wing--{ -me playing piano -nvm -wibbly wobbly voice -

Golden Years makes it an automatic 5* for me, one of my favourite songs of all time.

I have heard this whole album many times before as ai basically got through grad school listening to Bowie. But that was a massive Bowie playlist on shuffle. So it is interesting to hear this album as a unit. But the songs from this era take me back to working on code. There's a flow and constant movement that was perfect for helping my brain keep moving while working that is joyful but not distracting. Just perfect for a flow state. I also love the piano on TVC15. That has always been a favorite.

Bowie. Not my cup of tea but listenable.

3/5

Nice funky album.

great

A este paso me van a poner toda la discografía de Bowie en menos de un mes. No me termina de convencer

great album, a bit odd but still really enjoyed it

The return of the Thin White Duke. Always ahead of his time. This album is too short.

Even though there are some very good songs on here, is this album just as essential as all the other Bowie albums on here? Is it a good album? Is it an enjoyable album? Absolutely. Is it something you need to listen to before you die? No. There are too many great albums not on this list that can replace this one.

Tää oli ihana! Ei tuu tarpeeks kuunneltuu Bowieta, tä ainakin ehdottomasti kuunteluun!

Interesting. Based on my friend's review, I thought I was going to hate it but I didn't. I wouldn't want t listen over and over again, but it was nice in the background.

Очередной Боуи. Очередное мимо

One a given day it’s his best. On another it’s in the top 5!

Слухав багато разів) Я фанат Боуї)

A stunning change of direction for the ever changing man. A magnificent album

My favorite album by my second favorite artist. Mt Rushmore stuff here.

It’s Bowie, it’s the 70s. Of course it’s a 5.

Cobain can hear the Spheres sing songs off Station to Station

Funky - If David Bowie wrote the soundtrack for Jesus Christ Superstar this would be the result.

I have to say I never liked this album much as an album. It always leaves me feeling that it lacks something (which I’m not quite sure how to describe), or that if something had been done just tad differently it would have been a truly masterpiece. Station to Station (track) is superb, a marvellous work. It’s way above other tracks on this album, and that’s the problem - an album can’t be really great if there’s one track that much superior to others, can it? Word on a Wing and Stay are just good (former is a bit more, latter is a bit less) Golden Years..I seriously don’t understand why there’s (seemingly) so many people who like this song. I mean..it’s dull? Nothing really to write home about? And it’s a bit more repetitive than it should have been, but it’s not the worst offender in that regard. TVC 15 - now that’s something that kills me with its repetitiveness. I get really tired somewhere in the middle of those “oh my tvc one five, oh oh”. There is such thing as “too much”, you know. And now Wild is the Wind..It’s good as closing track, and it’s atmospheric, but at the same time it’s the one that I feel missed the most, I mean the potential to be a masterpiece.

Great album. One of his best and released during the best productive era of his career from 1970-1984. Every song is good.

Strong Bowie album! Short and sweet, but packed with that unique Bowie charm.

Not Yoshikage Kira's best work 2.5/5

Melodic and magical and full of soul and life and sadness and glee. This was a journey I really enjoyed taking.

Didn’t really do it for me.

this was pretty good but doesn’t live up to the more famous stuff. also as far as i can tell the white supremacy wasn’t reflected in the album itself but the knowledge of the thin white duke persona did have a slight effect on my enjoyment

David Bowie on David Bowie. Erittäin kovatasoista musiikkia

Never heard this Bowie album before, really really good

Unique piano arrangements and good guitar parts. I would need a second listen to understand all the lyrics. The songs were a bit too long and seemed to drag a bit.

Really enjoyed it. Best Bowie I’ve had thus far. Definitely need to explore the 60s and 70s catalog.

Very solid album. Not my favourite Bowie, but good, dependable Bowie. Favourite track: Wild is the Wind

This is cool.

Es war gut nur durch den Stress habe ich mich nicht wirklich darauf fokussieren können

Way ahead of his time. Brilliant album.

I have already listened to this album MANY TIMES! it is one of my favourite bowie records, and it’s very timeless. it always finds me at a time of myself life when i feel that a crossroads is coming. big fan

Pretty standard Bowie fare for the era. Still good, but doesn't really pop.

Ok I know it’s occult or wtv but I happened to have listened to this a few days before and musically it’s super expansive and immersive while being still easily accessible and catchy. That being said I won’t be listening to this again 😭

i listened to this before daniel told me it was inspired by the demons so that’s really awkward i’ll give it one star in solidarity

Stay.

Four stars only because it's not one of my personal five star Bowie albums.

Ok

Mostly upbeat and funky. Like a lot of his stuff, heard the titles of the song in the song a lot. I can imagine being in the 70s listening to this album while pacing my living room making a hard decision about love. Liked tracks 2,3,4 a lot.

2,5 stars I largely enjoy the instrumentals but most of the time the vocals kind of bother me. I can't really pinpoint why. Maybe because he's mostly talk-singing and the corresponding... special wailing melodies, maybe it's the rhythm of his singing, maybe it's his vibrato, his tone of voice, everything together? Idk I just don't vibe with his style of singing.

David Bowie almost never misses in my opinion. The way he experiments with sounds and how those experiments can be traced through his work makes any album of David Bowie a great experience for me to listen to in its entirety. This album in particular showcases some of his best vocals and a great mix of funk and rock. Definitely one of my favorites.

I've never listened to this but Golden years might be one of my favorite ever tracks. What can I say the rest is also great

Hyvä levy, tuskin jää pyöritykseen kuitenkaan. 3/5.

I’m not sure we need eight Bowie albums on this list, but the man was so incredibly productive throughout the 70s that it might make sense. In any event, Station to Station is among Bowie’s best records, intertwining elements of R&B from his previous work with the experimental rock that would follow. These new experiments would ultimately prove highly influential on post-punk that followed. Despite, perhaps because of, the fact that the album was made during an infamous cocaine binge its varied songs come together into a cohesive record. While the songs explore different styles, most start slowly, building in energy before falling the listener back down again. Sort of like a cocaine trip. The opening title track, inspired by krautrock, is an incredible opus, my favorite on the record, followed by TVC15. The backing band is fantastic here and on many tunes that followed. This is worth pointing out, because it is sometimes easy for the underlying instrumental work to get lost behind Bowie’s crooning. Having two guitarists with very different styles doesn’t always work, but when it does, like this record, surprisingly interesting textures result. All of this is not to detract from Bowie’s singing. There is some great singing on this record, made somewhat more poignant by darker than usual subject matter. I very much enjoyed listening to this album again.

Es war ok aber Country is net mein typ

It's Bowie, but it's not my favourite Bowie.

Took a nap to it and it felt like the perfect way to listen.

3/10

Station to Station is Bowie’s dark, brilliant bridge from soulful funk to Berlin-era experimentation. Just six tracks, but packed with gems like the epic title opener, groovy “Golden Years,” and paranoid “TVC 15.” It’s raw, immersive, and fueled by his Thin White Duke vibe—pure genius amid the chaos.

Rating this one a 5 cheapens this album by 10x while elevating every other 5 I have given by 10x

Day 11 — David Bowie — Station to Station (1976) Listened: Mar 6–7, 2026 Genre: Art Rock / Glam Rock / Proto-New Wave Vibe: Cold, hypnotic, theatrical — cocaine-fueled late-night Berlin energy with soul influences Highlights: • Station to Station • Golden Years • Word on a Wing Impression: Not necessarily my style of rock but I was able to enjoy it after a few listens. Enjoyed Golden Years right away while others grew on me. Rating: 3.1/5 Keep songs? Yes Revisit album? Yes

That's some good Bowie!

mid

Highlights: Golden Years, TVC15, Stay, Wild Is the Wind It was ok, but not something wow. I only had Golden Years liked before listening so I expected a bit more from the record. Most of the tracks are drawn out so there are only six on the record. The style is kinda standard for the time so no points for that either. Wild Is the Wind was a nice closer. I won't be revisiting this as a record, but some of the highlights will remain in rotation.

The guys a champ

Golden Years was very catchy!

Well hello there 5-star album #19. Great to see you again. This like time #20 listening to this album- having grown up with a father whose all-time favorite artist was Bowie. This album is really perfect. I wouldn't change a thing about its eerie, drugged-out blend of funk, pop, and progressive rock. I really like how well its album cover sets the tone for the grimy feel a lot of these songs feature. My favorite has always been the wild "TVC 15"- a bouncy track about an evil human-eating television set, but special mention needs to be made for the epic, multi-parted title track opener, one of Bowie's all-time best, plus the beautiful ballad "Wild is the Wind" (a Johnny Mathis(!) cover), and the insanely catchy "Golden Years." This record really shows that a talented artist can be driven by darkness to create something as magical, if not more so, than other classic works in their catalogue.

This album really surprised me. Having gotten Hunky Dory before, I expected something very Bowie, with his signature style and oddities. Well, this album is very different from the Bowie style that most people know him for. His voice changes to a lower, more suave tone and includes funk-like and rock beats. Furthermore, his production is always so clear and crisp, separating every single instrument yet blending them beautifully. Not only this, but all of the songs blend beautifully. I did not expect this from Bowie, but I’m HERE FOR IT. Best tracks: Station to Station, Stay. A really good album from the legend!

Probably the weakest of the Berlin trilogy for me, but Wild Is The Wind is fabulous.

Nice Album Had some great songs

I liked 2 of the songs on this album (golden years and tvc15), other than that I really did not like the overall album. admittedly there are only 6 tracks on the album. I went into this expecting to like most of this as I really liked the aforementioned songs. Overall, I would not listen to this album again, nor would I want to buy/own it. Giving it 2 stars as I liked 33% of the album

Não sei bem. Tem momentos muito legais mas também me distraí muito ouvindo. Talvez numa proxima tentativa faça mais sentido!

While this is the album featuring Golden Years, you are much less likely to find yourself humming along to any of the remaining songs Its ok, but not one of the more likable Bowie collections

Took a second listen and was worth the extra effort. Got better with more listens. I loved Stay!

One of the few Bowie albums that isn't completely abstract and garbage. The songs themselves are a little too long individually though. I dod think there was some really good guitar work throughout. Standout Songs: Station to Station TVC15 Stay

Bowie! Did not realize how jazz he could get infused in his music.

Achei essa álbum chato

Nice

Great album, Golden Years amazing song.

One of the very best

nao é do meu gosto musical

Bowie has always been one of my favorites. That said - I'd never listened to this album before and only knew Golden Years off of it. It's definitely a different kind of album and it took me two listens but I ended up really loving it. Stay is the standout for me here.

Lowk can’t wait to listen to it tmr it seems fun…

Hasta ahora el que mas me gusto pero ninguna canción se quedo conmigo.

- i don’t know Bowie well so this was a great intro - feels a little heavy handed for my taste, which is suprising b/c generally I enjoy art-pop & this is obvi foundational to the genre - feels overdone, but its literally the prototype - some corny, but some GREAT lyrics - “does my prayer fit in with your scheme of things” - more melodically complicated than i'm generally drawn to for passive listening - Favorite Song: Station to Station

Cumple

Как я мог раньше его пропустить, не понимаю

Some solid classics from David here but it doesn’t have a 5 star feel to me.

A great record, if I could, I'd give it a 6.

Funky, heavy, groovy, very cool sense of melody. has almost a punk quality. The use of chopped up train sound at the beginning is fantastic. This is artistic. Also has a glam and camp quality. Bass and rhythm guitar are outstanding. Takes some time to warm up to further but it’s fucking impressive

Am I having a good time? I don't know. I don't think I like David Bowie. Okay I got to Stay and Fame. His funk music is a lot more appealing to me on this album. I know its a transition album so I might take a look at the next one to see if I like it more.

The European canon is here

Définitivement pas le meilleur album de David Bowie. Certains moments l'album arrive à te prendre mais il y a beaucoup de longueurs. Encore une curiosité musicale comme aime le faire Bowie. Note : 3 À réécouter : Oui

There was a time when I had a huge Bowie obsession. That has passed, but I know his music quite well still. Station to Station was never one of my favorite albums, but that doesn't mean I didn't like it. My favorite song on this album used to be "Golden Years". If any song could be called possibly "commercial" it would be that one, but nevertheless it's definitely still one of my favorites. The return of the thin white duke! I remember as I watched album reviews of Bowie, many people said that this was a period of his life when he was really into cocaine. There seems like there's a lot of loneliness and desolation haunting this album. I think a lot of people like it, but feel guilty for doing so because it was made out of a dark and lowly time. I don't think one needs to feel bad for liking this album, or even considering it ones favorite. This is because not only is art made out of joy, it is made out of despair. Sometimes despair creates the best art. It's a good outlet of emotion, whether negative or positive. I think that Bowie has also said he doesn't really like this album because of the memories he has of when it was created. These are interesting things to think about. I really like short albums like this. I really like the beginning of "Word on a Wing" because it sounds clunky almost like a child playing piano, not in a bad way. TVC15 is a really fun, funky song. I don't know if I can pick a favorite, everything is so good.

Diría que no es de lo que mas me gustó de David y eso que lo amo. Que tenga un par de temazos habla de lo que era él. Volveré por una nueva escuchada en algún momento.

This album is such a great one. The begging is fabulous, and those first two songs really elevate the album since it kicks off. But, overall, the songs are all great. Bowie really knows how to make good music, that's no surprise, and this album is an example of such an impeccable discography (with its highs and lows, of course, but always having so high standards).

Всего за год до знакового Low Боуи выпустил этот альбом, где он тоже экспериментировал со звуком и формами, но я его как не понимал раньше, так не понял и сейчас. Все какое-то очень странное, туманное, неуютное, как будто даже пустое. Контента много, особенно в титульном треке, но ничего не цепляет, не удивляет, не запоминается. Странный пик, и надеюсь тут увидеть его более удачные на мой взгляд альбомы.

Норм, но не супер зашло.

Послушал Low и Station To Station подряд, и STS ощущается как проходняк после этого. В целом то звучит ок, но никаких ярких моментов, ни одна песня по-хорошему не запомнилась. 3.5, но в данном случае округляю в меньшую сторону

Лучшая песня: Wild is the wind Худшая песня: Golden years Намного хуже Low, но лучше Hunky dory. Скучно и монотонно, вторую песню не смог дослушать. Пара норм песен, остальное - порожняк

не лучший альбом боуи

Продолжаю познавать мир Боуи. Этот альбом отличается даже от прослушанного вчера и при этом записанного на следующий год. Пока что эта работа показалась самой слушабельной и дружелюбной к слушателю, очень движовые треки. Поняла, что музыку тех лет интересно слушать, читая при этом историю создания альбомов.

😴😴😴

great.. solid 7 but i have to give 3 stars bc its not 4 stars im sure of that

It's not bad but I'm not a big fan of it. The music is great, let down by the vocals.

not my favourite bowie album

Meh

Meh, a little funky and done well with some fun sounds but ultimately not that interesting to me

Lindo sonido

Meh

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cocaine be damned my boy can funk it up

i love you 1001albumsgenerator this is a fucking masterpiece

BUENÍSIMO 5/5

I mean I do like some David Bowie stuff, he’s done a lot of inspirational work. I’m just not keen on this album. His voice is marmite for me. Some songs it’s great in some it just sounds off. Music wise this album is great, can’t take that away from it. Just wants over excited when I heard the songs.

An impressive array of songs to say they are only 6 And it flowed nicely , I’ve never listened to a Bowie album fully so this was a new experience for me , the opener was atmospheric and when it kicks in with the bass , immediately draws you in to a hypnotic groove , Bowies voice is charismatic , dark , mysterious , melancholy has so many angles to it , and with the band that he has on this album which is a fine set of musicians , it works so many levels , I can’t put my finger on what it is but have to say bowie has a touch of genius that transcends because there’s not one song that sounds the same he’s always changing his style and personality Golden years is a pop classic I loved the groove on Stay , an exceptional rhythm section going off in that song , And a word on the wing quite poignant Id give it a 5 but I don’t think it was quite there for me probably 4.5

Sublime production on this one, I love the arranging too. Songwriting stays unconvential but keeps its swing and heartbeat going throughout thanks to the musicians playing. Station to station starting with the train noise panning across the speakers really kicks off the album as if you're about to embark on a journey aboard the train, filled with interesting and funky songs. The whole album keeps it short and sweet too, it's hard to get bored throughout, TVC15 is a fun track with whacky lyrics, I really enjoyed that one. Wild is the wind although a cover probably my favourite track on this album, its just sublime and I have a lot of good memories listening to that in the past. And that drum fill after the vocal solo, damn man! Was going to give it a 4 but after having the weekend to really chew over it I think it's a 5, doesn't set a foot wrong this one. I love anything Bowie too.

7/10…

I know a lot of people consider this one his masterpiece, but not me. It's been a while since I've heard this one (like over 10 years at least), but my opinion has not really changed. It's good, but I don't really see myself relistening again anytime soon. Some great tracks, some ok tracks. Not what I really want from Bowie. The history/story behind this record is much more interesting than the music itself.

Wild is the wind!

Is it my favorite from Bowie? Not quite. But it's hard to go wrong with any of Bowie's output.

Enter The Thin White Duke a persona that started developing with the last album (Young Americans) if not earlier and would eventually be Bowie's alter ego for the rest of his career if not life. I'm of the belief that Bowie and The Thin White Duke merged into one being sometime during The Berlin Trilogy. Station to Station is every bit as good as any previous and future Bowie album some would argue his best album and I'm not all that certain I would argue back. Half a dozen love songs for the loveless, half a dozen dance songs for the legless, half a dozen white stained songs lost in one hell of a snowstorm with only Crowley and Nietzsche to guide Bowie to guide us to the golden dawn.

If I had to do a "Top 10 artists that *everybody* loves, but that I have never seen the appeal of" then this dude here would be top. Every time one of his albums appears, I dutifully listen, and then draw the conclusion that I must be "doing music wrong". This album is ever-so-slightly different though, because, as much as it pains me to admit, "Golden Years" absolutely SLAPS. The slightly sleazy vocal, the irresistible bass line, the "whop, whop, whop" AND the massive irritation to my wife when I kept singing "Golden Circle" to the same tune whilst on holiday in Iceland.

I just don't get it

"Golden Years" is grating, the rest of it is decent.

Bowie innit, but i like this more than most of his stuff

leider langweilig, sorry david bowie

This is an excellent Bowie album that benefits from being perfectly sequenced. I don't know if this is better than "Young Americans" but if not its an excellent album nonetheless.

Had to come back to this several times. This album has slowly grown from a 3 to a 5 for me. I just can't stop coming back to it every few months. Favorite Song: Station to Station

Only 6 tracks? Well, this one won’t take all that long to listen to a couple of times! A “perfectly fine” album. Nothing really special, although Golden Years is a good track. Not one of Bowie’s best.

A little too noodley/art house to get five points but still a great listen

One of Bowie's best albums. A piece that is dripping with atmosphere through all six tracks.

I never listened to Bowie before this project, and I now admire how this guy kept re-inventing himself between albums and always coming out with something new and fresh vs. prior work. Mad respect. Someday I'll go through his catalogue end to end. Highlights: golden years

Bowie's tenth album and took place in his 'Thin White Duke' arc. I've heard this one before but I'm not sure I've ever gone back to it after the first time. The Thin White Duke is a character of Bowie's I'm the least interested in. Most of the interest I feel in this arc is more about Bowie himself than his art from this era. There's a lot of different genres in here. Funk, soul, electronic, and rock. Overall it's that classic 'art rock,' electronic 70's R&B,' and 'space rock' that Bowie was so well known for. I always find this era's R&B nostalgic in a way. While I never grew up with it, my Grandad was so into it. Especially Bowie. Perhaps that's why I've never enjoyed R&B from the 00's onwards that I actually grew up with. The musical history makes sense when you listen to it as a through like but sharing a bunch of it through Grandad and then growing up with the 00's onwards' style of it. I dunno. So much of the album is fueled by and is about a drugs and the hallucinations that came from it that. Primarily cocaine. This was the Thin White Duke arc after all. But, perhaps with hindsight and reading over lyrics & interviews, it makes the album fascinating, frenetic, aloof, emotional, but dull. The emotion feels so earnest and I believe Bowie's words about the feelings he has but cocaine has such a elative emotion feeling to it that it that even with the emotions that come with the crash, it's a limited range of emotions. The stories in these songs are deceptive, full of passion, courage, dispair, and joy but through the filter of cocaine highs. Honestly most of the reflection and bredth of emotion you can find that came about during the making of this album came about afterwards, sometimes even well after the Thin White Duke character had ended. Bowie says far more looking back than he ever did in the haze. It might be why the Thin White Duke is the least interesting character Bowie had in my opinion. After writing that, I wonder if that's why "Stay" was the song I liked the most off this album. While I love the Jazz stylings in the guitar and drums cause I'm a sucker for Jazz, the song seems so careless in its desire. Directing it AT a person but framing it as a need for something but it being unknown if it's worth anything or even shared. Is there projection in there? I feel like no but you never can be sure in intpretation. Another reason I say no is, in an interview Bowie mentioned the song was written while he was struggling with the monotany of his cocaine addiction. Is this too much to write? Who knows. This is the first album in this series and perhaps it's a testament to Bowie's talent that it's so easy to ramble about it his work in it's meaning and the emotions felt.

It was fine.

Station to station as a track starts with a bit slow/noisy, but the second half absolutely slaps. I'd never heard anything from this album, but everything on it held a pretty high level. All in all i was impressed. 4/5

Wild is the Wind is so heartfelt and almost paranoid. Golden Years feels kind of jam-band-y? This is so different than his other stuff. I really liked the variety even within this small, 6-song release.

Banger album, loved this one

I mean, David Bowie. Gotta' love Golden Years

Great album!

I really like this album, and I’ll call this is a 4.5. Some it sounds a bit too typically Bowie/of its time to be a 5 for me, and some of it is transcendentally beautiful and timeless, like Wild is the Wind. The lyrical content, particularly in that song, is also amazing.

I haven't listened to very much David Bowie; this is the second album I've listened to in full, but my impression of him so far is that the instrumentals are top class, The bass lines are catchy, The compositions are solid, but I don't feel neither here nor there about David Bowie himself. But I can appreciate him for creating a style of music that exists somewhere in between progressive rock, funk and pop. 7/10

If I were grading this by Ray's scale (the idea, I think, being that we should have about 200 each of 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, and 5s), I'd probably give this one a 2, but, on my scale, I'll give it a 3. I've never been a huge Bowie fan, but most of his stuff is solid enough, and this album is pretty decent. 2 of the songs I already knew (Golden Years, TVC15). The rest, after 1 listen, good enough, maybe a little forgettable. Actually, if I could, I'd probably give this a 2.5, rather than a 3. A little boring, maybe? Curious to know what you guys think.

lyrics>sound doesn't appeal much to me on first listen

Bowie is an alien god. But he's not an infallible alien god because Golden Years is his worst radio hit. It's the only blemish on an otherwise perfect album.

Bien. No lo llegué a terminar. En algunos momentos me aburrió

Not the worst Bowie album I've been forced to listen to, not the best either. By his standards he seems remarkably not out of his mind or off his face for most of this one. Still talking out of his arse a lot of the time though.. saying that, Golden Years I enjoyed a lot. A bit of me feels like this should be more than a 3, but another part of me feels 4 is slightly too generous.. most of me doesn't care though. So 3 it is.

Not bad at all. Respect for this era Bowie and his ravenous hunger for coke. Golden Years is the standout. I also loved the unrelenting repetition in TVC15, though I would have thought a song about Iggy Pop's girlfriend being eaten by a TV would be more interesting. It's a bang average album from the thin white duke.

I get it now.

I really liked this, but I didn't find it as completely groundbreaking as some other Bowie. I would recommend it to a friend

Typically Bowie albums just don't mesh to me despite liking his singles (like Queen) but liked this one a smidge more than his others tbh. Definitely got stronger as it went on as well. You can't say that he doesn't change his sound on every album. 7/10

Favourite Songs: TVC15 Stay Wild Is The Wind

I'm not sure what melodica and banjo have to do with trains, but I'm here for it. Sometimes this list just feels like a psyop to get more people to appreciate the music of David Bowie. Like, this was really good, so much better than other stuff I've listened to. The only songs I didn't immediately vibe with were Word on a Wing and TVC15, but they're still growing on me. I can't wait to listen to this again. I don't think its perfect, but I can see why its so popular, despite only having like one single.

This album really shows David Bowie's artistic versatility - the sound is absolutely different and darker compared to Ziggy Stardust or Aladdin Sane. I just wish some of the middle tracks had the same vibe as Station to Station. For instance, "Stay" is kind of a departure from the rest of the album stylistically speaking.

Wild is the wind was a highlight for me.

Not my favorite Bowie album, but a solid entry.

Bowie = Genius ★★★★★

I forget how short this album is. Four of the six tracks are absolute bangers, and the other two while less memorable offer much needed release in the context of the album. Takes you on such a raw emotional journey you don't realise you've only been gone half an hour.

3 and a half. Better than yesterdays

Great, one of his best

Better than Heroes, but not flawless. ★★★½

Weird Bowie is the Best Bowie

Good Bowie, not sure what a TVC15 is but I fuckin want one right now

Early Bowie. Not my cuppa

Good but I’m a Bowie fan

2/9 First David Bowie album I've ever listened to today. Not bad

Not the best David Bowie album in my opinion.

So I'm starting to believe that Bowie was formulaic. Most of his albums have one smash hit and are then filled with a bunch of good songs that are thematically similar (although often have a different general theme than the smash hit, which is interesting over a catalogue but not necessarily an album). Here it's obviously Golden Years (although Stay can make its argument; it's a better song) and '70s glam rock. I actually enjoyed this album over the several others I've encountered in the project, and I'm just so surprised that the Thin White Duke full of thin white lines produced this, but I'm left not really knowing what to do with Bowie for the purposes of the project. Influence (like, overall Bowie's a 5, but this album in a vacuum is what, 2?) 3. Quality 4. Intangibles 2. Hits 3. I liked it more than I expected to even though Golden Years is a top 5 Bowie song for me 3.

Estuvo bueno, sinceramente estoy medio dormido asi que le debo otra escuchada

They did make me groove to them loved the song "STAY" particularly loved how it started out

Station to Station 3/5 Golden Years 3/5 Word on a Wing 3/5 TVC15 4/5 Stay 3/5 Wild Is the Wind 3/5 Overall Album 3.17

9/10 - fantastic album. Not my favorite by Bowie but a strong album. Almost gave it a 5/5 but was afraid to give every Bowie on this list a perfect score. Love this one a lot but doesn’t make it in my S tier list for Bowie

luv luv

Nejak som nenašiel potešenie v počúvaní tohto albumu. Od Bowieho mám radšej iné albumy.

Damn it. More Bowie. Damn it. Still great.

station to station - definitely my first time listening to a song that's 10 minutes long...not a fan but i understand the appeal

An amazing musical journey that I never wanted to end. So many styles and sounds so fresh after repeated listening. I rate this one of the top albums ever.

New music of his for me, mixed opinions.

Robert Dimery, a well-document David Bowie superman, had been petitioning to change the name of the Kennedy Center to the "Bowie & Kennedy Center." That plan was scrapped even after his amendment to call it "The Bowie & Trump & Kennedy Center." Once those plans fell through, he began considering renaming the Dulles Airport to "The David Bowie International Airport" and Penn Station to "The Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars Station to Station." Sources close to the Bowie enthusiast say his endgame is actually far more global. He will soon announce a petition to turn Christmas Day into what Dimery terms "a worldwide celebration honoring the greatest man who ever fell to Earth."

How does Bowie have so many albums on this list. I feel like this album is the equivalent of scratch paper. There are some interesting sketches and ideas, but that’s it. Nothing really landed for me. We know Bowie can do much better work, and it feels odd that his lesser efforts are rewarded on this site. Sorry Bowie!

good, disco-y. really like closing track

I had almost forgotten Station to Station. But that was exactly what I listened to alongside Heroes in my early youth by David Bowie. Who still remembers "Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo" (We Children from Bahnhof Zoo)? Still a great album that I will listen to again and again, but not that often. 4/5

Het eerste nummer was niet helemaal mijn smaak, maar de latere nunmer was alsnog goed van te genieten!

It sounds so much like Talking Heads took a cue from the second track, Golden Years. And that's not a bad thing. I also like those really big bold, ballad Bowie songs like Word on a Wing.

Stay and the title track are awesome and worth the price of admission. 4 stars. I wish Bowie had stayed in this era a little longer.

Alright. Got some.good sounds but doesn't hook me

Ranks relatively low among my Bowie favorites, but this is still a very good album from his peak period.

Album plutôt ennuyeux. Très orienté funk. Seule "Word on a Wing" me parait convaincante.

Very solid album.

really really liked it!

I love Bowie and this is one of his best albums.

Muito bom, foge do óbvio

His music is either super fun or pralines and dick. Oh well

2/5 Really mid. Nothing about this album stood out to me. Instrumentals carried it the whole way through and even they didn't really stand out. Very boring album.

It was good but not my favorite David Bowie album.

I really enjoyed a few songs, but other then that it was kind of repetitive

This might be the best record I've heard from this so far. Top 5 for sure. Outstandingly good.

Hey look, another Bowie album! This one kinda feels vanilla and uninspired.

super inconsistent in a way that made me extremely unsurprised to learn this was made in a cocaine fugue state, but i actually kinda like it. most of this bounces between Kinda Nice and Existing, though on a second list it grew on me a lot. the title track is unquestionably the standout, but i like "word on a wing" and "wild is the wind" a lot too. i don't know if i'd ever seek out putting this record on, but i enjoyed listening to it. the note that i've been given about bowie is that even if you hate one era you might like another because he's all over the place so i can see glimpses of that here. musically, this is a wild mess of influences, and that's something i appreciate.

This is an uneven Bowie album in a way, mostly because it starts with my tied-favorite Bowie song (the other being Rock and Roll Suicide) but then doesn't QUITE keep up the pace. But first lets talk about that titular song because wow. I love the way the intro builds so much, I mean, I love everything about the song. The train sound into the, for lack of a better term, chorus and the musical change up afterwards. Its like listening to someone spiral out in real time. This album is probably the most uncomparable David Bowie has ever sounded, usually you can point to some kind of grounding in influence but this really is all over the place for better and worse. It's Funk and Krautrock and art rock with a bit of soul. Does it come together as a whole though? Perhaps not as much as other David Bowie. I still love it.

“Stay, that’s what I meant to say, or do something But what I never say is stay this time I really meant to so bad this time ‘Cause you can never really tell when somebody Wants something you want too” In my experience the vast majority of people only become obnoxious and low functioning when under the influence of the volumes of cocaine David Bowie was using when he recorded this album. The fact that Bowie could even stand up never mind record one of the greatest and most progressive albums in his discography during these sessions speaks to the theory that he may have actually been an alien. The depth of the themes on “Station to Station” are too vast to sink in on one or two listens, however, the tightness of the instrumentation hits you immediately. The layers are apparent from the opening track which reveals the guitar and drum parts gradually over the course of its ten minute runtime. The album marks David Bowie’s first under his “Thin White Duke” persona. A moniker that infamously consumed him and led him to some extremely dark places. To characterise the songs this persona produced as love songs would not do justice to their complexity. However, the best description I have seen is that they are “the kind of love songs you write when you have no romance in your life”. The result is pensive, morose, and despondent. But, throughout a beautiful masterpiece from one of the only musicians from the last 60 years who I think you can truly call a genius.

The return of the Thin White Duke. Bowie is on a tear here, pumping out relentless grooves and hooks. It’s totally coked up, but never too intense. Perfectly sequenced with a subtly bizarre vibe that’s hard to pin down. Is it avant-garde? Disco? Rock? Soul? Funk? Yes. Is there a Nina Simone cover? Yes. Bowie croons, creeps and wails with no reservation, never holding back. The tracks are long, jammy and hypnotic. You will move your body. Categorically re-listenable: you will always hear something new. My favorite Bowie album? Possibly!

pretty good musically but I am not a fan of David's vocals, like ever.

I think the Thin White Duke persona is the coolest looking one but acknowledge it was probably one of the most dangerously unhealthy ones. The titular track is one of my favorite Bowie songs. Doing Wild is the Wind as also a good idea. The 'inside' middle of the album kind of just carries forward but it doesn't leave much of an impact on me. I wonder what this album would have sounded like with the piano just further down in the mix or not present at all.

Mästerverk

Merge

This was a Bowie album I had never really heard before. I like that is a quick and fun burst of funky jams. I have liked other Bowie albums much more, this one may take some more time to catch on with me.

With the exception of the oft discussed title track, Station To Station is an album that is generally more well known for what it represents in Bowie's career than for its music. Station To Station is Bowie's only album released in his Thin White Duke era. Which is to say that this was Bowie's controversial "mountains of cocaine, and fascism" period. At this time, he was so far gone it feels kind of amazing that Bowie managed to release an album as great as Station To Station. A real, distinct mania runs through Station To Station, which isn't all that surprising, when considering the circumstances. It's one of the things that separates this album from Bowie's discography at large, and it gives the album a real "dance until you collapse" kind of vibe. The album is just 6 songs, 3 are essential Bowie and the other 3 are between good and very good. The title track is a microcosm of what's going on here. We see Bowie extending his sound closer to where The Berlin trilogy would pick up over the course of 10 minutes. The construction is pretty immaculate for just how fevered he sounds: this is probably the best song on the album. Word On A Wing is similarly fevered and worth reading about a little. It works great on its own, but Bowie's motivation for writing this song puts into perspective just how bad things were. And while I don't want to romanticize this sort of behavior, I do think knowing what was going on with Bowie at this time is kind of essential to getting to the bottom of this album. The last essential here is his cover of Wild Is The Wind, recorded as a tribute to Nina Simone. And it is one of the purest moments of beauty on Station To Station. And it keeps the album from ending on an entirely dour note. As far as the other three songs go, I still really like Stay, and enjoy Golden Years. But I am a little bit more ambivalent towards TVC15. That being said, my complaints with this album are mostly within the context of Bowie's broader discography. This is a remarkable, slightly harrowing whole. And it is, as a whole, essential to understanding the arc of Bowie's life on some level.

Intriguing intro Intense instrumentals

Third (is it the last) Bowie entry? Arrangements are good but tracks run long..(too long for a couple of them). Favorite tracks? Golden Tears, Stay, ⭐⭐⭐ Liked it well enough

That's good Bowie. Will listen again.

- david bowie harvemmin pettää - eka biisi ihan quotsan esi isä - tämäkii bowie aivan hieno levy

David Bowie quoi

Funny I can see a progression in the 4 albums I've listen so far from David Bowie: Hunky Dory: 2 -- awful Low: 3 -- ok-ish, maybe I should even re-listen, I might have been biased by Hunky Dory Ziggy Stardust: 4! -- I was asking myself if I was starting to like it. Station To Station: now I get it! I do like it :) I can finally admit David Bowie grew on me. This is for sure going into the replay list :)

Hij heeft zeker betere albums dan deze maar enjoyed it nonetheless

Ik hou van Bowie, maar eigenlijk zijn zijn nummers echt een beetje te repetitief voor mij.

An incredibly tight album. I wouldn't expect anything else from the Starman.

Ok I guess

Dancey!!

Golden Years is one of my faves (because of A Knight's Tale) but I hadn't heard the others.

I always love to hear a DB album. This one had really easy listening to it - everything fell easy to the ears. I wouldn't say that there was anything in particular that stood out, however. I would personally give this a 4.5, but I feel like 5 is too high.

Nice but not that

I was dreading the amount of David Bowie on this list. This is really enjoyed however! Still not a fan of Bowies signing voice, and groaned out loud when the first track was 10 minutes long. But it was 10 minutes I got into because, you gotta have that funk.

Might be a new favorite damn

One of his best albums. The final song is also one of his best. I think TVC15 overstays its welcome a bit however.

This album was from the start of Bowie's Thin White Duke era, and by all accounts was fuelled as much by cocaine as anything else, and yet it's still a ton better than much that came before or after. Still carrying some of the glam rock elements he brought through from Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane, there's also elements of his growing interest in electro-pop to be found in the six tracks on this album, and while it's not one of my personal favourites, it definitely ranks high enough to get a decent four and half stars out of me.

Very short album. Music too slow, drawn-out and repetitive (boring) for my taste.

I thought it was pretty good

I like Bowie but these weren't my favorites I would say.

First song is super long but I’m a fan

Listened to this while baking in the kitchen. Was very dancing around to the first song, super fun

Six stunning tracks on one short, concise masterpiece. This album dominated his Glastonbury set and is the perfect mix of his plastic soul and European experimentation. Up there with his finest work with cover artwork from ‘the man who fell to earth’.

Better than Coldplay

I can admit that I slept on Bowie until right around the time of his death. The starting point for me was buying a greatest hits album. And I thoroughly enjoyed it; even the songs I wasn't familiar with. So I was expecting to like Station to Station. Wrong. Didn't care for this album much. "Golden Years" was nice. And there was a lot of eccentricity and some funky elements to a few of the tracks. But I just didn't get it. Sorry....

Short, but good listen

yaaass love David Bowie!!! Album cover is interesting idk if I like it or not. Apart from that, not a long album... 10 minute song is always crazy, but if u slay, i will look the other way Guuyyyysss I love Golden Yearssss half of those streams on spotify are mine I cannot really describe it, but the album feels timeless, like it could have been made somewhere in the last 40-50 and I would have believed it. Great vibe, great sound. Love the Thin White Duke and also love the film the persona was based on :)

4/5

The irony is that Dimery's Swiftie-esque adoration for Bowie does neither of their legacies any good. Those of us who appreciate Bowie's brilliance can easily disregard his self-indulgent mid-late 70s explorations. Those who believe that everything with the man's name on it IS brilliant don't need conversion. The loss is with those who haven't come to appreciate the extraordinary art he produced from 70-73. For these music fans, the combination of Dimery's claim to authority combined with his inclusion on this list of all of these mediocre Bowie albums is a genuine source of confusion and distraction from the man's legacy; it sponsors the really unfortunate "I just don't like Bowie" prejudice one finds among the reviews on this site.

Every song on this album is brilliantly produced & written, with an incredible soul & eccentricity to them. What the album misses for me is 2-3 absolute stand-out hits. Whilst there are some killer tracks on it - “Stay” being my favourite - I think it lacks those standout tracks that will live long in the memory of Bowie’s absolute best. Despite this though this record is put together exceptionally well and it has a great coherence to it that makes it a great listen.

3/10

Like all of Bowie's music, this album is tedious. I don't see what people who like him see.