Station To Station

First time listening to an entire Bowie album, always felt like subhuman for not really knowing any of his music definitely liked it a lot. A bit distracted on first listen but will 100% be listening again to fully appreciate

Favourite : Station To Station Least Favourite : TVC15 Blend of funk elements mixes well with Bowie's anthemic art rock sound leading to an interesting soundscape throughout, without lacking any of Bowie's oddball, eccentric charisma throughout. Overall, great listen excited for the rest of David's catalogue.

Nemoze Bowie napravit los album, dobra glazba nema sta. 7/10 Najbolja pisma: Station to station

Great intro to David Bowie for me

When I see rock as the genre this is what want!

PEAK

This is heat. Didn't know before this how much I loved David Bowie

0/10 Fav: -

Shorter than I thought it would be but the length of the songs make up for it

I've gone back and forth between rating this 3 or 4. I liked the first half better. I already knew Golden Years - one of my favorites. Listening to this with a head cold only amplified the dreamlike quality of this album.

Musically very good, just not a fan of his voice.

Damn, never really listened to Bowie but really liked this.

Really like the classic-disco-rock with the reliable Bowie spin

A good album, I liked Golden Year's the most.

I can see why people love and adore Bowie, but it’s just not for me.

Like

Fun to listen to! Not as big as Ziggy for me but some songs here I know and like!

One of the more slept-on Bowie albums but still one of my favorites. This is the bridge that leads to the Berlin trilogy.

Pretty standard Bowie?

2.5

Highlights: Station to Station, Golden Years Lowlights: None, zilch, zero, nada I've only dabbled in Bowie music before this and can clearly see I've been missing out. Making a 10-minute song like Station to Station feel like a breeze is an achievement, especially to someone as easily distracted as me. I've learned I'll be hearing a lot more Bowie while doing this and I'm ready for a ride.

2,5

One of my favorite Bowie albums

I really liked this, first time ever purposefully listening to David Bowie and I will say it was a good experience.

Relaxing to listen to.

Some good songs . I found some parts boring though.

only 6 tracks, pity.

Kinda boring honestly. Opening song was ok but very long. Not on the same level as other Bowie albums. Might have been the cocaine.

Thin White Duke

Pretty dense Bowie here, covering some interesting ground. I wouldn't consider it in my list of top Bowie albums for me, but it is undeniably Bowie. You're not going to hear a "Greatest Hits" track on here, but that doesn't mean it isn't worth a listen.

Enjoyed this. Fave song - Wild as the Wind

it was meh. i get the vision but it's too outdated sounding for me. and bland.

Kinda mid ngl. First song had a massive intro. Never really felt compelled to like any certain parts. Not offensive at all though. Would give 2.5 stars if that was an option

On first listen and paying attention to lyrics, I just heard lots of repetition; on second listen, I heard great guitar in the long opening title track, nice funk in Golden Years (the only song I knew) and beautiful interplay with bass and piano in Word on a Wing. Bowie reportedly said this album was about the stations of the cross, a concept with which I'm not familiar. Decent music, though, and not as wildly experimental as some of his other stuff.

Word on a wing favorite song

Great album

nu mi a plăcut asa de mult nu prwa ascult muzica veche

David Bowie

6/10… art rock / *1976

3.5

This wasn’t bad but I feel Bowie has better albums. His treatment of Wild is the Wind was nice.

Vibes: 2 Instruments: 4 Production: 4 Emotional Value: 3 Storytelling: 2 AC: 0 Stand Outs: Golden Years, TVC15 Overall: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The songs felt a little repetitive, but I thought that the cover of Wild is the Wind was pretty sick. Also, dig the saxophone thing in TVC15 :)

This is good. And Bowie’s sound is iconic. But this challenge is making e realize I don’t need to love every album made by an artist that I admire. So far, I haven’t heard a Bowie album that didn’t have some misses. But, in fairness, I should listen to this again before settling on a 3.

É sempre maravilhoso ouvir o que Bowie fez para a música. GK Kunten.

au début je voulais mettre 5 mais vasy je sais pas c'est toujours pas vraiment mon style. on peut arreter les albums de david bowie d'ailleurs

One of Bowies best. Really enjoyed the longer tracks. Hadnt listened in its entirety in quite some time

Love a 10 minute title track opener

Love a 6 track album - sub 40 mins lovely. Golden Years is a banger - although on repeated listenings I think Station to Station edges it for me. I need a better hi fi.

I don't get it. I think Bowie did better stuff before and after. It's a transition album that feels like a transition, setting up what comes later. A segue album?

Est-ce que je n'aime pas David Bowie ? Je suis choqué de cette info, je me suis ennuyé 😳

“It’s not a side effect of the cocaine I’m thinking it must be love” by Fall Out Boy Thoroughly enjoyed this one. Great chunky piano.

An excellent album. Not as iconic as Hunky, Ziggy etc, but showcases David's adoption of soul and Krautrock themes.

Bowie’s music has always been a bit hit or miss for me, but this one absolutely hit. I loved everything about this album. 5/5

Solid, if short, Bowie album.

A few great Bowie songs. Great piano music in last song. Classic Bowie.

Not my favourite of Bowie’s music, but still interesting. I don’t think I’d return to it

Echt fantastisch

RIP the one of the greatest. Can't believe it's been nearly 10 years since his passing. While I don't think this is Peak Bowie as a performer, he definitely surrounded himself with an absolutely amazing band. Station To Station is also my favorite song of his. Idk he's just an amazing chameleon who's music is lasting long after his death and hopefully that's the case forever.

great vibes,

more like stasis to stasis by David Bore-ie music: hated. (⌐■_■)

I don’t know about this one. Golden Years does a lot of heavy lifting. I didn’t hate the rest of it or anything, but a sub-40 minute album shouldn’t feel like it has filler in the way this one does. The piano ballad stuff is kinda stinky. This is a generous 3.

Not the vibe today, but always amazing.

David Bowie can do no wrong. Obviously knew most of the songs on this album but don’t think I’ve ever listened to it back to front and don’t think I’ve ever even heard Wild is the Wind before (which coincidentally was my least fav song on the album). Not getting 5 stars just because I don’t feel the drive to listen to it back to front again but I love the majority of the songs so let’s go with 4. TVC15 is probably in my top ten fav bowie songs. Did not realize station to station was an 11 min song (apparently Bowie’s longest ever)… the second half is more up my alley than the first but still a good track. i just looked up what the title track is about was about and its very very weird and apparently bowie barely remembered recording it bc he was on a lot of coke! The article also said “The title track to Bowie’s Station to Station album can be looked upon as the transition between the highly successful funk-infused Young Americans released the previous year and his more experimental Berlin trilogy begin with Low.” which i think is a good explanation about why its not my fav bowie bc i love his funky stuff. All that being said, it’s good nonetheless! Thanks David!

I have a soft spot for Bowie and don't mind at all that he appears several times on this list

De eniwsa Tracks: Word on a wing

Had to give this a second listen before I could get into it. I always thought I loved this album, but the first listen didn’t hook me and I started questioning my assumed love of all Bowie. Second time around worked a treat. A short but solid entry from Bowie’s Thin White Duke era 3.5/5

The goat all there is to say

Este album sería mejor si David Bowie hubiese cantado menos tbh. Sorry guy

Fun good album. Just not for me I think. But have to admit golden years is a banger.

Classic, Bowie at his best

Songs 3.5/5 Vocals 4/5 Atmosphere 5/5 Grooves 100/5

Did we really need another Bowie Album? I do not know. Is it a masterpiece. Certainly yes.

Classic Bowie in all his strangeness. It helps thay the instruments and the tone of the recording are just so entrancing. And the cherry on top is Bowie's emphatic vocal quality. While this definitely isnt an everyday listen, I can definitely see myself just laying in my bed and sinking into the soundscape created by this record.

This album is just so cool. David Bowie is cool. I felt cool listening to it. And it’s just…cool. I would have never chosen this Bowie album but I’m glad I did. I always hesitate with “long” songs because I get distracted easily but these were bops and it made the time go so fast.

q timing pra eu receber esse mds RIP DB FAVS (top 3): golden years, word on a wing, wild is the wind menções honrosas: TVC15 compraria o vinil: nossa o álbum é curtinho (de quantidade de tracks) e eu nem percebi!!! bahbahdoh. sinceramente? um álbum bem básico, acho q mais por ser assim curtinho... nota final: 3/5

probably his least good album imo

195/1001 :: David Bowie - Station to Station Heard before? ✅ Would I revisit? ✅ Rating: 8 Listen before you die: Yes I’ve listened to this before but today I really connected with this album. It’s not the style of Bowie that usually reach for so I think in the past I’ve maybe not appreciated its brilliance. This is a daring release, one that mixes styles. Glam, disco, rock and funk all fused together weaving in and out of each other. I also just discovered that he did this under a new persona; The White Duke. Which makes sense as he was growing tired of his rock n roll stardom at the time, had just moved to LA and was completely coked out. That’s some real rock star shit. RIP Bowie.

Bowie - The Thin White Duke emerges!

one of bowie’s greatest albums ever. Such phenomenal work by him. Station to station, golden years, and TVC15 are my favorites from the album

Bowie is art, but this isn’t my favorite of his.

Very good.

really good i love david bowie. easily took the cake for best album so far on this website. it’s punky and funky and all the things david bowie did best. although not as good as some of his other works still top tier 8/10

5/5 ⭐️ this is the first Bowie album Ive listened to in its entirety, I saved all 6 songs. Its consistent with the time (the 70s) while still keeping it interesting. This album is associated with his “Thin White Duke” persona, i dont fully know the story behind each one but I look forward to venturing further into his discography 🙂‍↕️

Solid, even as a non fan

Terceira vez que registro a audição deste disco. As anteriores foram em dez/22 e out/25. Sempre o achei com uma sonoridade confusa, mas desta vez me soou melhor e com certo sentido de coesão. Bom disco!

David Bowie made me gay, I've been meaning to read that book actually.

It was a good album, however the songs weren't my personal favourites. I really liked the last song on the album Wild is the Wind.

I can picture myself listening to this at home while reading or having coffee. Great vibes but don’t know if it amazed me but i think i’ll have to listen it more

I loved it and if you read the lyrics its another level of amazingness.

interesting bowie project. didnt love it but i enjoyed the music. really short!

fauvorite: wild is the one first time listenning to bowie

90/100

Mad respect to bowie but not my genre.

GOD HE’S GREAT

fun but aged

4!

Kind of lacking in cohesiveness but each song has its own feel and are actually pretty good, though not "catchy" at all. Actually-Listenable experimentation

4.5 stars

Is Bowie on here too much? Probably. Is this one of the better ones? Yes!! GOLDEN YEARS up there as one of my Bowie favs. Another strong, hip groove: TVC15 (just hooks you in, 'Transition, transmission...'

Bowie has been the main revelation of 1001 for me

MORE BOWIE AHHHH it's still Bowie so high floor, it was fine

the bowie persona and lore does nothing for me. However, I liked a lot of the song compositions, especially the more soul/funk ones. I imagine I might like Young Americans if that is on the list (since every bowie album is apparently on this list)

Very avant garde - i think this is the Bowie Album to “get” Bowie

Bit too cocaine-y for me, I didn't really enjoy any track.

From the iconic cover to the songs: a unique and highly entertaining offering from Bowie at the absolute top of his game. Masterful. Bowie’s cocaine rattled brain struck gold in LA. A bit ironic that a Brit - kilometers away from Düsseldorf - wrote one of the most infectious Krautrock influenced backbeats on Station to Station and that he cannot even recall much of the recording sessions.

love david bowie

David Bowie being a legend as it is and recognized by his work worldwide. I understand now why everyone likes him. He portrays in his album a lot of emotion and playfullness and also experimentation of instruments.

My favorite two parts of this album are the shifting soundscape in the title track (it was an adventure!!), and the guitar solos in Stay. Honestly I’m bummed I lived 41 years without the guitar solos in Stay. They are funky and alive and crawling and I can’t get enough of it.

Ok, solid 7/10 but not the brilliance of his earlier stuff

You wonder if Bowie just woke up one day with a particular sound in his head and went 'yes, this will be the next album'. I liked this well enough, not sure I can see myself revisiting it. Standout track: TVC15. I wasn't expecting to hear a voice repeatedly urging me to transition, nor for that voice to be Bowie's, but here we are.

Mid asf. Not bad thi

It’s Bowie! There so much of him! But it’s good. I like this

Totally okay

5th David Bowie album so far. Out of 500. Didn't listen. Automatic 1. Sorry David.

First Bowie album I’m hearing here, tbh not my favorite out his whole discography, but David Bowie is one of my favorite artists. Wild is the wind is great!

I'm hovering between a four and a five here. I mean, it is really, really good and shows such a range of styles that Bowie was working with. The title track is absolutely great. This album doesn't quite settle into one of my favourites though, and it has some of Bowie's most theatrical vocals (which is a side of him I like less). So I'm going keep the five stars for a couple of his other albums and just give four to this one.

One of my favourite Bowie albums. Every song on here is a classic. I especially love the songwriting on Word on a Wing and the vocal delivery of closer Wild is the Wind. Golden Years is a classic for a reason.

Listened on the drive home from Hecla. Liked his vocal range. Nice and short. Don't have a great comparison point because I don't know much of his other stuff. Didn't blow me away overall. Good record though!

Not my favorite Bowie album tbh. This was just ok, I didn’t mind it but nothing stood out to me.

Pretty good, but from the same period, I preferred "Young Americans"

This album is special. I will return to it.

Awesome vocals, instrumentation piano big vibe, some melodica on there, bro is probably doing a bunch of Coke on this record

It’s very good but I didn’t *love* it

This is the Bowie i know and love. Great tunes where he really has found his feet. Everything works together really well, his voice, the playing and the production and the output contains the magic that makes it more than the sum of its parts.

A very Bowie album. The lead track blows and is a 10 minute long mess of space sounds and noise which kills the vibe but the other songs are solid, but not blow away. Would give 3.5

Bowie slightly more experimental. The last 5 minutes of the title song were great, first 2 minutes were a waste. I’d give this 3.5 but I wouldn’t listen to the album as a whole - there were some good ones that I’d listen to though

Newt does not like the sound effects at the beginning.

Favorite song : Stay

Lo escuché antes de dormir, ya se me olvidó. Nada que valga la pena volver a escuchar, plano.

I don’t think David Bowie has made the same album twice. This was good highlighted by Golden Years.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Definitely original. Not a lot of sonic enjoyment for me personally. “Stay”’was the highlight

It sounds too 80s

A short album at under 40 minutes and only 6 songs long but a joy to listen to. Side 1 in particular with album title track and golden years is great. A taste of what was to come from the Duke with Low and his later albums. 4 out of 5

love bowie, this isn't my favorite album though

pretty good. dabey never disappoints. TVC15 was peak

Idk not a big fan. Was getting annoyed listening to it. Maybe I wasn’t in the right mood but I tried it again second time and still didn’t feel like it was hitting for me.

Didn't realise the album had skipped...

Heard it before. I'm glad I got a good album for my birthday. And from a fellow left handed Capricorn! It's not some massive Bowie favourite for me but it's solid and you gotta appreciate that it's quite short too. Straight to the point 3/5

Not my favorite. Stay was good, the rest was kind of forgettable. I was not a big fan of the way Bowie's voice sounded... I think I really only like his stuff that has more of a disco influence.

3/5 - simpático

A good, solid Bowie album.

7.5/10 Favorite Song: Station to Station Very great album structure and with only 6 songs it still felt like an adventure and was a great listen. Great premier and finisher.

sounds like david bowie

certain moments of brilliance but the mix can be too murky. can't seem to get into bowie.

david bowie is pretty good, but i don’t feel anything special about this album. some funky stuff, some mellow stuff. it’s still great because it’s david bowie, but nothing feels too out there. idk. favourite track “wild is the wind”

This is the second Bowie album I listened to. First was hunky Dory. This album was way better in my opinion, I like his vocals here betterm Even though I didn't like the first songs that much it kinda grew on me, and I really loved the last songs.

A bit of a crooner release by Bowie. Golden Years and TVC 15 are the tracks you'll remember and maybe the Alomar guitar on Stay but the other songs are a bit less memorable that some of his work. Goold album nonetheless.

It has been nine years since I first listened to this in my initial journey to listen to every Bowie album. I remember it being a departure from his previous couple of albums, but thinking it was fine. I still think it's fine.

я прослухала за вчора цей альбом разів з 10 і він чудовий. раніше в цьому альбомі не приділяла уваги пісні World on on wing, але вона чуттєвий і особливий gem. абсолютно всі пісні неймовірні і поза часом для мене.

Favorite songs: Station to Station, Golden Years

I heart David Bowie

Good Bowie but the GREAT Bowie

I liked it way more than i thought i would , i will add some songs to playlist but omg it is really long. I don’t like Wild is the Wind. my favorite is golden years and stay.

Not my favourite Bowie album, very uneventful for me. Not much nonsense, nothing interesting in the instrument value(compare to other Bowie albums, otherwise very interesting)

Title track is a wonder. Love TVC15. Word on a Wing and Wild is the Wind are two of Bowie's best vocals. This is one of his best works

How many fucking albums does this man have?

Not one of my more listened to Bowie albums. But really great.

Pretty freaky Bowie

A work of creative and performance genius. It's too bad Bowie was so drugged up when he recorded it that he later couldn't remember it.

6/10 УРААА БОУЇ онеслі не люблю такі альбоми які ніби короткі але всі пісні на дохуїща секунд особливо ніхуя нее змінюється під час ~6 хвилин пісні and i start to get bored with the album overall

Boring noise

Not good

It was fine! Good tunes. Didn’t finish it.

Not terrible for David Bowie, this could play in the back ground.

Another ambitious set from the Thin White Duke that has its share of hits and misses. "Golden Years" is outstanding; "TVC 15" is good but a little tame (do yourself a favor and seek out the SNL performance of this song, which provides the muscle this version is lacking); the title track is also good though it takes a bit of time get up to speed. The material on the rest of the album is not particularly compelling, despite the fact that the performances by Bowie's backing musicians are uniformly solid throughout.

track 1: station to station - long intro, but i know i'll have to get used to it - cool beat change ^_^ - i really like long songs 6.8/10 track 2: golden years - gooooolden years 6.4/10 track 3: word on a wing - 1 min in, this could be my favourite song on the album - bbbbeaaautiful!!!!!! 8.5/10 track 4: TVC15 - didnt add it to my playlist - good song but i cant imagine myself listening to it on the regular - not the best but its not terrible 4.8/10 track 5: stay - the intro helps me believe that this'll be nice (34s in) - absolutely AWESOME - cool guitar riffs - would listen to this lots and lots - surpasses word on a wing by a few 8.8/10 track 6: wild is the wind - "with your kiss my life begins" wow - absolutely earthshattering - i really like the note arrangement - i lied this is my favourite song on the album 9/10 astronomically bodacious brah.. 7.5/10

Yksi lempilejulkaisuja yhdeltä lempiartistiltani. Station to Stationin aikaan Bowien kokaiiniriippuvuus oli pahimmillaan ja kertomansa mukaan hän ei muista juuri mitään sen tekemisestä. Sanoituksissa on aistittavissa kylmää paranoiaa mutta myös lämpöä ja rakkautta. Musiikillisesti tässä kuuluu vahvasti Young Americansin soul- ja funkvaikutteet mutta myös tulevan ns. "Berliinin-trilogian" kokeellisuus. Albumin kohokohta on sen 10-minuuttinen nimikappale, mutta kaikki kuusi raitaa ovat loistavia.

Nice

6 songs 36 minutes Listening while cleaning my room Song one- didn’t like to start it picked up and has some fun moments it’s catchy but not completely in love which is a good summary of the entire album last song is wild in the wind pretty good not in love

Really enjoy the tv song aha Before this golden years and the outerspace song were the only Bowie songs I knew, I enjoyed this album.

1. ztation -1 2. golden - 2 3. uuing -1.5 4. tv - 1 5. ztay - 1 6. uuild - 1.5

It’s good

i feel like i always forget that bowie was like actually a weirdo for being such a popular musician

*1976 *Only 38 mins long but 8+ mins is one song… *Some good stuff, especially Golden Years. *Enjoyable listen, but not anything particularly memorable. RATING - 6.5/10

I only knew “Golden Years,” a classic. Bowie is a musical genius, he brings interesting touches and artistry to all he does. I didn’t really connect with the other tracks on a first listen, which I’m learning is often a challenge for me. I read reviews after that this is considered among his best works, despite his drug addiction at the time. But for me, on a single listen, it was regrettably just a high 3.

Absolute legend , great early album with a favourite of my DB in golden years , wow what a voice this man has

157 Quiero creer que este no es el mejor disco de Bowie para escucharlo por primera vez (?). Piola, pero la mayoría de las canciones no me llamaron la atención.

Please give us the best of Bowie.

I understand the music is good but it didn't impact me much

Absolute masterpiece. This is what an album should be like. All makes sense the order the production the feeling a whole story from start to finish. I had never liked the singles of this album much but listening to them in album context and seeing the continuity brings them to unknown levels in my opinion. So fricking good.

Bowie. Reinvents. Again.

Fav songs: stay and golden years

Good

jolly, umililo mi jazdę metrem ,przez chwilę doceniłam życie

I'd say this is Bowie's best album -- glamorous yet vulnerable -- with some of his best vocal performances.

This has been my favorite of the Bowie suggestions so far. That's not exactly saying a lot, as I've found the first few disappointing. But I did think this was pretty good as a whole album. That may be what elevates it for me- it felt complete in a way the others didn't. While they may have had a good/great couple of songs, they weren't impressive otherwise or as a whole. This one is pretty much at a consistent quality all the way through, without anything dipping below good. Perhaps that is related to the limited number of songs on it (only 6 tracks), though the album is a fairly standard length (38 mins). Either way, he avoided having any bad songs bring it down. I'm not able to consider this one great, but I did like it well enough. I know there is more Bowie to come, so I think there might be better efforts from him on the horizon. For now, I am content to say I enjoyed this one. Overall: 3.3/5

i love bowie but this is not my taste

First time hearing this Bowie album—and it’s superb! A sleek, mysterious classic with the monumental title track and irresistible “Golden Years.” Transitional and daring

I haven't heard this from start to finish since borrowing it on cassette from Birmingham Central Library in my mid-teens, so wondered if the old me agrees with the young me... I appreciate it more today. The music is multi-layered, producing a wonderful listening experience, and I love how melancholic and soulful Bowie's voice is in places, especially the last track. It does feel of it's time in places (beat wise), but I love how the different styles/ pace of songs make it seem like a rock opera or musical. Soaring sounds to funky fun, with eclectic sounds, from piano, to church organ. Love it.

A brilliant point in Bowie's career when you can actually hear the transition between what went before and where he was heading.

Stay, wild is the wind and changes are my standout tracks. The rest of the album is a bit too honky tonk for me.

I have mixed feelings about David Bowie. Some of his material is timelessly brilliant; yet I’ve never really bought into the cult-like worship of him that some seem to hold. Having seen documentaries about him in the years since he died, I warmed to his personality (despite the silly fascist-flirting period he went through in his drug-ruined 1970s, around this time of this album). It seems to me he was a very well-read, thoughtful, and essentially generous person, with a quick sense of humour. He took himself less seriously than many took him. But quite a lot of his music/lyrical content is inward-looking and not especially penetrable. Station to Station falls in that category to me, but I thought it sounded better (and, to be fair, more accessible) on this listen than I’d recalled from back in the day.

This is probably sacrilege to many people, but apart from Station to Station and Golden Years I found Bowie's voice a little too flat. He has a strong voice when he wants to use it, e.g. on the first two tracks but elsewhere I was a little underwhelmed. That's a shame because the music accompanying him was good.

I could listen to this again. Very nice to bop around the house to.

Idk I was working

Very strange that it is only a 6 track album but each songs runtime is 6 mins on average. The kind of album they would be blasting in a record store when you’re already overstimulated.

Another Bowie album, another great day. He’s just so cool isn’t he, shows the power of cocaine, when you pack so much into a tight 6 track album. Station To Station into Golden Years is an amazing 1-2, with Stay keeping the pace up later on in the album. 4.8/5.0 Best Song: Golden Years obviously

The cokiest Bowie album by far. First 3 tracks are just absolutely unreal, I feel the next 3 aren't amazing but, still work and are very atmospheric and mad for this album. Best Track: Golden Years

Well, today I got one of the 134 Bowie albums on the list. But I actually kinda liked this album. Opening track intro is beautifully written. Golden Years is actually better than I remembered. And it’s not too long. Still find Bowie’s voice not my thing but this was enjoyable overall

Incapable of writing bad music. Not as masterpiece worthy as the other two but this thing is phenomenal. He has such a talent for vocal arrangements. Not much to say as there’s no hits or anything that I think will make a playlist but everything on here is masterclass writing. Just didn’t hit that gold mine this time.

You can smell the peppers and milk oozing out of every simultaneously mid-high energy yet melancholy song Pretty underwhelmed overall

cant argue with any of this record. LOVE the rhythm section. perfect album 10/10

Golden years is lovely. Piano accompaniment in TVC15 was cringe. The rest is ok.

Very 70s, good Bowie but probably not my favorite album.

Probably my favourite Bowie album, Golden Years is a major highlight.

David Bowie is already experimental leaning and this album is even less pop than some of his others. Interesting and im glad I listened to it, but not my cup of tea.

Crazy how this is better than so many artists' whole discography, yet it is far from Bowie's best.

4/5 for this one.

Never listened to a Bowie album straight through. Really enjoyed.

it was alr I got bored tho

I think this album is very interesting, very few songs on there but they almost all hit, they have purpose and artistery, and I see the vision when putting them together. Golden years is probably the only one that I don't find exceptionnal but even that one I like. Lovely time.

Found a lot of the vocal harmonies grating and hard to listen to. Not sure if that was intentional or just a product of the recording technology available at the time, but it wasn’t for me. Lots of cool stuff happening in the instrumental though!

Æ vet ikke, æ likte det, men det satte tydeligvis absolutt ingen varige spor i hjernen min, så nu har æ glemt alt. Sistesporet va en fin versjon av en sang æ allerede like, da, det va en uventa bonus.

Definitely the sound I think of when I think Bowie. Has a lot of the sounds that I associate with the late 70s, early 80s. Pretty short album with only six songs, but each song is a bit longer bringing the album to a 38 minute run time. Nice break up of genre for me, most of my music these days is pretty heavy drums, rock, metaly music. Disco and funk were the words I was looking for, those are the genres that influenced a lot of this album. Apparently he does not remember making the album but it did happen to be his highest charting album and was a big influence for a lot of other artists. He discusses wanting to get out of the bright light that is fame while actively being in it. Rating: 6.4/10 Favorite song: TVC15

This was nice

Great album

After a brief dalliance with soul, Bowie continued his move away from glam rock by getting funky. I'm not sure if this is Bowie's weirdest album now, but it was at the time, with long songs mixing elements of funk with bouncing piano. This doesn't stand up to true funk rock in terms of funkiness, but there's an undeniable groove on most of these songs. The title track makes good use of its ten minutes, building from a tentative opening to a raging dance number highlighted by the piano. I do kind of wish more of these songs had the energy of the second half of that one, but there are enough layers and hooks to keep me satisfied throughout. It's also clear Bowie's interest in soul was still there, given the soaring vocals on many tracks and the great cover at the end. Definitely one of Bowie's best and most unique albums.

nothing to talk about

David Goatie

This may be my preferred Bowie era, a really tight 6 song album that hits its high with Golden Years and manages not to drop it through the rest of the tracks.

Not my favourite but not bad. Songs had a really driving feel all the way through and the production was excellent but not enough catchiness for me to come back

You think you know an album or artist and then you listen to something like this. I was aware of Golden Years and TVC15 from radio play but the rest of this was just terrific. Sometimes there is a lot more than just the hits.

Stay - album highlight

Interesting mix of soulful/exotic music with introspective lyrics pondering Bowie’s religion/outlook on life. Some songs go on for a while long, but overall pretty good

I suppose I should have expected that a David Bowie LP would be coming sooner rather than later – the odds of one of his nine Book Albums showing up within the first 100 generations were greater than 50% and I'm currently at #91. Even so, the moment caught me by surprise on an otherwise unassuming Sunday! Expectations are an interesting thing because I feel like they can make or break a listening experience. I'm much more likely to positively rate an album that I had an unexpectedly good time with (take yesterday's Pentangle album, for example) than an album I expected to love from the get-go. Case in point, Station to Station is a good listen that suffered under the weight of it being my first David Bowie album. I've been waiting for this moment for such a long time and have seen so much praise thrown Bowie's way that no LP was ever going to live up to what I imagined it would be – the 38 minutes of music came & went and I just had an overwhelming feeling of "yeah, that was decent." I probably should have learned my lesson after I had a similar experience with Prince's Sign o' the Times just a few weeks ago, but I suppose I can't control the way my brain processes these things. At the same time, I could mentally fall back on that one being Prince's lowest-rated Book Album and that's not the case here – only two of Bowie's remaining eight are rated higher than this one. If there's a positive takeaway to all of this, it's that Station to Station isn't considered one of David Bowie's career-defining albums outside of this community (at least, not to my knowledge) – I don't see it being talked about nearly as much as as his first three book albums. If the Generator had given me Ziggy Stardust first and I felt the same way I do now, that might have seriously taken the wind out of my sails. If STS had to be sacrificed in order to recalibrate my expectations for my next Bowie album, I suppose it was a worthy cause! Highlights: Station to Station, Golden Years, Stay

finally found a bowie album i enjoy

Bowie's good. Golden Years is my favorite, title track is legendary but not a personal classic the way it is to some, and the rest are alright. do have to give some credit for just how ahead of the curve this one is, even down to the cover art. deserves to be one of the 1001? likely so

"TVC15", "Golden Years" and "Stay" are tops Bowie. I dug "Station to Station" quite a bit as well but not as much. "Wing" and "Wind" were just ok. (8.95) ★★★★

The title track is the highlight. I'm not that into Bowie, but this is one of the better Bowie albums I have heard. 4 stars

Not my favorite Bowie album, but it's excellent nontheless. It's an interesting album because it really acts as the perfect bridge between the soulfulness of *Young Americans* and the experimentalism of *Low*. Highlights for me are the epic title track, "Golden Years", and "Word on a Wing". The :Wild is the Wind" cover is also really nice. Doesn't quite get to 5, but a strong 4.5 stars.

4.5

“The return of the Thin White Duke throwing darts in lovers’ eyes”. Cool, cool album. One of his very best. David Bowie may have been a bit too gaunt around this time from living on milk, peppers and cocaine and then there’s his other bad habit of supporting fascism but if he kept on the Thin White Duke character he would have gone on to be the meanest celebrity Bullseye contestant.

Actually super surprising. I knew golden years but the rest of the album is rocking. I might have to cop this on vinyl

Bowie’s transitional phases are always the most fascinating to me—those moments when he’s molting one persona while engineering the next. Station to Station is another such metamorphosis, into The Thin White Duke, which isn’t just a character he slipped into; he’s Bowie’s own chemical burnout made theatrical: elegant, skeletal, emotionally vacant. The record feels like someone singing about feelings from outside the glass—in full command of form, while personally falling apart. That tension is the engine of the album: cold, grand, and disturbingly beautiful. It’s Bowie weaponizing his turmoil into a sharp artistic pivot.

God I love this album. I didn’t even need to listen to it, but I still did of course. This is one of my favorite Bowie records of all time. I’ve always viewed Station To Station as the sounds of “persona Bowie” dying. There is a definite darkness to this record while still remaining a very catchy listen. Always a great album to experience.

- Sigh… just found out he was another pedo, possible SA'er, and apparently wanted a fascist leader in England.. I thought I liked his personality and hits more than his body of work, but now I guess all I like is the hits. I typically find his albums a lot to sit and listen to - more proggy or jazzy than I like. This one seems more easygoing than most... it can feel very Roxy Music in parts. - Some nice instrumental support on the songs - guitar and keys, especially. - The thing that I like least about this album is that many of the songs are too long without evolving enough. I like the hit, Golden Years, but the repeated wah-wah-wah effect becomes a lot, especially at the end. (that said, that was some great whistle tone!) - Station to Station is okay, but also too long. I like how the beginning kind of hints at Golden Years (though it goes on so long at the start). When the lyrics kick in, and the poppy second half takes hold, I start to enjoy it more, but then it goes on too long again, without evolving at all. I’m not really sure the first and second half of the song really go together. - I love the W x x W songs. - I hate TVC15 - other than the piano, it feels like a joke to me. I also could do without Stay, and two songs is a pretty big portion of a short album.

Not my favorite Bowie, but still a Bowie album

Certifainly was no Ziggy stardust

I don’t get why everything love David Bowie. Nothing amazing or interesting about this and other albums

This album was new to me other than Golden Years. Start to finish I enjoyed listening to it, it's nice hearing new to me Bowie music. Favorite tracks: Golden Years, Stay

I think i miss the point of this music i dont understand it

Pleasantly surprised by this album which I didn't know existed before this. Though that's not to see I knew all about his discography anyways. But I hadn't heard any of these songs before. A good album to listen all the way through to. None of the individual songs stood out to me as a highlight that I'd want to listen to on its own.

I've always loved this album. It's absolutely transitional for Bowie who is well-known for his transitions. This character (proto-fascist thin white duke) is abhorrent to me. But damn he could write/sing some songs. The weakest song (TVC 15) is still 4 outta 5 stars; the rest all 5 outta 5. When all said and done, one of my fave Bowie albums despite the despicable political leanings of the character. I still prefer the pure rocking of Ziggy-era Bowie, but this cold neo-fascist guy could definitely swing. (I am admittedly far far left of that swinging dick.) Still...5 magnificent glorified right-wing stars for this thin white duke.

Great

Not my favorite of David Bowie's album but it was pretty good overall. I think "Stay" is my favorite song off the album, it just resonated with me.

Long and Bowie

Maybe I don’t like David Bowie as much as I thought, or maybe I just like the hits. This is the second Bowie record I’ve gotten this week (I previously got The Next Day) and neither of them really connected with me at all. Best Track: Wild Is the Wind

Coked-out David Bowie invents a weird Nazi character and does a bunch of interviews in that persona, people spend the next few decades mythologizing him as a brilliant performance artist. Cool. Meanwhile, it has almost nothing to do with the music on the album beyond a vaguely desperate disaffected vibe. The vocal performances Bowie puts in on this album are similarly baffling, both in the lead and backing vocals. Melodic and tonal choices are weird all throughout (in a mostly bad way). The lyrics are a mix of dumb (TVC15) and inescapably pretentious (the rest of it). Stop repeating "scheme of things" The best track is the cover at the end of the album because he sings like he actually knows what he's doing. Parts of it remind me of Jesus Christ Superstar - not a value judgment, just an observation.

I like the music but I have discovered I do not particularly like the sound of Bowie’s voice. Purposely ignoring the whole persona thing because I think it would encourage me to rate the album lower. not adding to collection

Incredible album - iconic

"Golden Hour"is on this album. Overall, it sounded good but it didn't wow like Ziggy Stardust did.

I liked it, especially Golden Years. His vocals really shine and there's a nice funk touch.

When I first was getting into Bowie back in high school I could not understand this album. Now is clicks for me and it fuckin slaps.

Station to Station by David Bowie is a superb album and has long been one of my favourites, so this was always going to be an easy listen. At just 38 minutes and only six tracks, the record flies by, I’d happily take another couple of songs because it’s over far too soon. The Thin White Duke era really is Bowie at his best, and this album is a perfect example of that run of brilliance. Station to Station is an effortless 5/5 for me. Every track is superb. Favourite track: If I had to choose, it would be Wild Is the Wind, TVC 15, or Golden Years, which is half the album! Least favourite track: There isn’t a weak moment here. Album artwork: Pure Bowie, striking, stylish, and iconic.

It’s…fine? I don’t want to hear it again. His delivery does nothing for me.

Station To Station - 5 Stars Golden Years - 5 Stars Word on A Wing - 4 Stars TVC 15 - 4 Stars Stay - 3 Stars Wild is The Wind - 5 Stars

It somehow pulls off an intersection of funk, prog, pop, and rock. An great record from front to back.

3.5/5

Not my favorite Bowie, liked the title track

not bad

This era of Bowie is not my favourite. I’m more into Ziggy Stardust than the Thin White Duke, but I see why people dig this. +1 star for Golden Years, which is a really good track.

That was a great listen. Liked all the tracks and it was a powerful note ending with Wild Is the Wind

Seriously hate bowie music

very solid bowie album!

Excellent. 4.5 stars

RIP Bowie, this one was short and to the point with a great sound.

Bowie had another persona for this album, The Thin White Duke, which was a stark contrast to the flamboyant, colorful Ziggy Stardust I learned about in the Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars Bowie album. The Duke is a much darker and more sinister character. Dressed in a minimalist sleek blazer, white shirt and black trousers, The Thin White Duke comes across as cold, detached, and obsessed with control and power. It’s still a theatrical album compared to the previous album, but it’s far more melancholic, heavy, cold, dark, and direct. It's much more my style, since it’s less flamboyant and extravagant. I’d say the sound leans toward a fusion of art rock, avant-garde and krautrock (which is experimental rock music that developed in West Germany in the early 60's and 70's. Even though it’s quite a short album it’s dense and sets a very specific mood. The album cover is actually very artistic, and I think it perfectly matches the elegant, dark sound of the album. I love the centered black and white image on a white background, with the red capitalised text spaced tightly together. My favourite tracks are Station to Station, Golden Years, and Stay.

A fantastic album. Without fault.

Just didn’t really enjoy it

The sound of all your great ideas, and all your goodwill, and all your fidgety energy, and all your certainty, and all your even better ideas, and all his ideas too, and all their ideas, and all, hold on quick skip to the loo, and yeah, all their ideas, and every best intention, new innovation, back to first principles – just let it fucking ride! – all of it, all of it and if it isn’t it then whatever we tried and that’s glorious coming together and, because you’re a genius, it working. This is Bowie sitting in the pocket of his talents with his talents sitting in his pocket (for ten minutes, at least). And as per usual, it’s an invitation addressed to all culture and sent from the very edge of what’s possible – luckily, and especially for fans of arty post punk, culture followed.

Man David Bowie really is the goat Fave track: Golden Years

Sooooo much Bowie

I dont know why but this is the first time I've really thought of David Bowie as a musician.

True classic

Pretty good. Some funky tunes, first album experience. Weirdly sounds like someone doing an impression of Bowie its so Bowie.

good but not my thing

honestly not a huge fan

Another good album by Bowie. Nothing too weird. Like many of his albums, only one single from it: "Golden Years"

It's Bowie. That's it, that's the review. It's good.

"This was such a Bowie move; at the height of his Let's Dance fame, expected to play a handful of the biggest hits at Live Aid, he opens up with 'TVC 15'. Legend." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsnTZHQZzN4 Today I've realized I know almost all songs off of the Station to Station but the last one, which impressed me. And dare I say, I think it's a great album, even if for the intro alone. I'm not so sure about some of the other tracks here. Because they never stole my heart. But... they're good. Pretty good. I don't know why I don't vibe with them. Yet? Far from my favourite from Bowie, but I have nothing to say against this album. The worst thing I could say is that my criticism from 21st Century Schizoid Man applies: this album tries to be two albums at once. The initial song, and all the others.

First song was nice but the other ones were usual songs from 70's.

Pretty solid

Very nice Interesting

Masterpiece. This changed really my life. Probably one of the best piece of music ever created.

73/100 some groove and colors but i must revisit

Fun groovy album. Each track takes you on a journey. I’m excited for more Bowie!! 77/100

When Bowie died, I spent the next couple of months going through his entire discography in order to get a fuller sense of him as an artist. Station to Station was and remains my favourite of his record. Simultaneously a transitional work, coming in the middle of his Berlin period when he was experimenting with different techniques for writing music and embracing a stark, abrasive new sound, and a landmark in and of itself.

I get that it's a classic, but it's just fine to me.

I liked. First song was best, really edged me nice. The rest was good and jammy but a little unengaging.

I'm not a big Bowie head, so this should be interesting. The title track has a lot of unsettling background noise accompanying it, but I'm really loving how eerie the guitars sound alongside it. Bowie sounds like a ghost, fittingly. I really enjoyed this one all the way through, which is saying something for a 10 minute song. Golden Years is super funky, loving this one off the rip. Really nice groove to this song, even if it's a bit repetitive at times. Word on a Wing is beautiful, feels like he's singing fully from the soul on this one. Side note that Bowie claims he doesn't remember making this album. This was peak cocaine-addicted Bowie, I just can't imagine making music like this and having no recollection of it. Such an interesting human being. RIP. TCV15 feels a bit non-Bowie esc, it almost feels like country rock, I like it though. Must be the keys. Ok it's obviously not country rock but I hope you know what I mean. Anyway, I like this song. Stay rocks. The guitar is great throughout, then steals it on the solo. It's almost chilling how ghoulish Bowie has sounded at points throughout this album. I think he really excelled at layering sounds in a way that was really interesting and added to tracks rather than being distracting. Wild is the Wind is a beautiful ballad to close out the album. It's crazy how much longer songs used to be back in the day. 6 song 38 minute album would sound criminal in the modern music world but I really enjoyed this. This didn't have me absolutely grooving out of seat but I really enjoyed it. Was bopping multiple times. This is a very strong 4 for me, could easily see it being a 5. I apologize for not being more familiar with your game Mr. Bowie.

I have never heard most of these songs before. Word on a Wing is when Bowie is at his best. This is my favorite track. 4/5

2.9 I don’t know Bowie super well, but I guess I was surprised to hear an album like this. Title track was great, but wasn’t super enthused after that. Nothing was bad, but most of the album was fairly forgettable. Despite all this I still enjoyed it as a listen and am glad I finally got a bit deeper into his catalog

3.8

I consider myself a fan of David Bowie's music, based on his hits/popular songs - but I've never listened to a full album. I suspect my expectations going in were too high based on his reputation (including his prominence on 1001 albums) - but this was a disappointment. Excellent musicianship, well produced, totally solid songs. But also a bit...ho hum. Perhaps the album had a bigger impact in its time because of the ways Bowie was adopting personae and with this album being the formal introduction of the Thin White Duke. But that has no impact on me now, frankly (or if it does, it is negative...given that the character was a fascist). So standing on its own musically, it was a nice listen but nothing I'd ever find remarkable.

Good Bowie, but not great Bowie.

3.1 2x london to ATL plus Marta

Classic David Bowie album that excites from beginning to end, no boring moment. Favorite track: stay other picks: golden years, word on a wing, station to station

Very nice background instrumentals. Just not feeling the singing tbh.

So good