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Good Bowie but the GREAT Bowie
Not one of my more listened to Bowie albums. But really great.
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
i feel like i always forget that bowie was like actually a weirdo for being such a popular musician
Absolute legend , great early album with a favourite of my DB in golden years , wow what a voice this man has
Bowie. Reinvents. Again.
Good
jolly, umililo mi jazdę metrem ,przez chwilę doceniłam życie
I could listen to this again. Very nice to bop around the house to.
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
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.
Crazy how this is better than so many artists' whole discography, yet it is far from Bowie's best.
4/5 for this one.
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.
This was nice
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.
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.
finally found a bowie album i enjoy
"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
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.
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 liked it, especially Golden Years. His vocals really shine and there's a nice funk touch.
It somehow pulls off an intersection of funk, prog, pop, and rock. An great record from front to back.
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
very solid bowie album!
Excellent. 4.5 stars
RIP Bowie, this one was short and to the point with a great sound.
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
True classic
It's Bowie. That's it, that's the review. It's good.
Pretty solid
Very nice Interesting
Fun groovy album. Each track takes you on a journey. I’m excited for more Bowie!! 77/100
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
3.8
Good Bowie, but not great Bowie.
Full to the brim with prime Bowie goodness. Wild Is The Wind was a showstopper. Made cooking gnocchi a very enriching experience.
It's always neat when the albums on the list are in dialog with one another. One of our group's earliest albums here was Nina Simone's Wild Is The Wind; more than 300 albums later, here we get Bowie offering a great take on that album's title track.
Fun
Tight, fast, enjoyable ride to the station
I enjoyed this one. Favorite Song: Stay
Good it was nice but not my style
HELL YEAH
I think this is song-wise, one of Bowie's best, but for me, I don't think it's his best sounding or most imaginative record.
work
If the stations in question are “Ziggy Stardust” and “Dark Star,” then this album does seem to lie perfectly in between.
Nothing unpleasant on this album, and I can see it being popular on that front, yet it still brings Bowie’s creative spirit as it bends towards several genres. 3.5
Good stuff! I'd only heard Golden Years prior.
A short and sweet Bowie album. Loved the second track. Good overall
Groovy and interesting bowie album
Solid album from Mr Bowie. Not sold on the first and last tracks though so only 4/5
I don’t really . . . relate to the lyrics, but that Bowie sound is pretty much all I need. I appreciate the experimentalism, and you can hear precursors of what was next in Bowie’s career
Nice to listen to, but without any great songs.
Great vocal performance! Dramatic, funny: you can notice a lot of his emotions also thanks to a mix of genres, like hard rock, funk, soul, blues
Bowie knows how to make music. This is just great!!
Started the week with Bowie and I’m ending the week with Bowie. This is album 5/9 from him, and by God I’m starting to run out of things to say about David Bowie. I’m already a slight bit over 150 albums into this challenge, and it’s front loading me with a metric ton of Bowie. They’ve all gotten a 3 star rating, I would say deservingly so. So, what makes this one different? I don’t know myself really. Vibes mostly. I just find this to be the most consistently good from top to bottom. Every single Bowie album has 1 notable song and then a ton of filler. This has a few notable songs, and it’s really short at just 38 minutes long, so the notable songs take up a good little chunk of the album. My favorites on this one are the title track, “Station to Station”, and my actual favorite song on the album, “Stay”. This album does a lot of experimenting. If this even makes sense, that feels like the theme of this album, and it works here. There’s a good blend of rockers and lighter songs, instrumentals and vocal tracks. It took 5 albums, but I may have finally found the best Bowie album. We’ll see what the next one has in store within the next couple of days if this keeps up, so until then!!
Album No. 0042 on my list. Finally, my first Bowie album on here (since he’s statistically most likely to occur). I like many of his more famous songs, but are not all too deep into his discography, so this was a fresh one for me. I found this to be an interesting listen. Not all songs were that memorable to me, but there were some cool songs on this (including “Golden Years” and “Word On A Wing”, my two favorites). I’m conflicted between 3 and 4 stars. But since the sound is nice, I like Bowie’s Thin White Duke personality and, to be honest, I think It’ll look nice on my highly rated albums list, I’ll rate it: 4/5 stars!
this is my first David Bowie album and he didn’t have me in the first two tracks but I saved 4 out of the 6 songs because TVC15 took me on a lil groove journey and once reading the lore of this being reference of Iggy Pop drug fueled dream of the tv eating his girlfriend I was sold! Word on a wing took me to reflection island on my desire of wanting a person to love and how my prayers were answered so I made French toast for late brunch
Golden years and station to station were the bigger hits from this album. Overall consistent good music. Not an album with Bowie's biggest hits, but good start to end.
Le highlight ici est l'instrumental, les percussions sont très hot et y'a des riffs de guitare extrêmement catchy. Le côté plus funky/bluesy est assez intéressant.
Great album. My third Bowie album in the list so far, all of which have been 4 star ratings. This is a 4 too. Creative, entertaining and solid.
Good bowies album
One that I really should have listened to before, but never have. Great tracks: Station to Station, Golden Years, Stay Less enamoured of the others, but that gives it a solid 4 stars
fav songs: word on a wing, wild is the wind
Strong 4
This album is so varied in its composition and yet has a similar feel across it. Short but not, only 6 tracks but still 38 minutes long. Some really good vocal performances, bit funky, mellow and kind of all over the place. This really is a representation of a coked out very creative brain.
Everyone's favorite fascist, The Thin White Duke!
Mm mmm mmmmm
Very good! Not a lot of songs but solid ones.
I'm no expert, but the SOUND of this album is amazing - so much going on, instrumentally.
groovy
I feel like my parents really undersold Bowie and now I'm playing catch-up. This was really good.
I came to Bowie late, very late... the first album of his I owned on vinyl was Blackstar. I followed that up with Ziggy Stardust and then this. It's not my favourite Bowie album, his 'Thin White Duke' persona was very different to an alien from Mars and it took me a while to adjust to the avant-garde change in sound. Kicking off with the ten minute experimental epic prog-funk of the title track, the album weaves though disco, soul, funk and krautrock, all filtered through Bowie's lens.
Fun album! Learned about Bowie too
Hard to diss any of Bowie’s albums. This is a mixture of classics and also rans, which are not bad but change the mood a bit.
Nice one! I'm wasn't familiar with this album, actually not very familiar with Bowie's work but I liked this album.
Loved the album, especially the title song
Yeah, it's good - experimental and ambitious, would have gone hard in 1976. Golden Years is a bop. Title track does drag a little...
So close to 5 but that TV song was ass
Great Songs: Golden Years Good Songs: Station to Station, Word on a Wing, TVC15, Wild as the Wind Mid Songs: Stay Bad Songs:
Le glam rock c'est pas trop mon truc, on dirait que j'ai perdu l'âge/la fougue de me faire raconter des histoires psychédéliques. C'est triste hein? Un des seuls que je connaissais de Bowie avec Black Star et Ziggy. Il y a des beaux funks. Ça me fait un peu penser à The Wall. C'est bien en général
A nice album! Fairly short, but I did like all the songs. Some of my favourite chords sequences being used on the album. Don't really have more to say!
Started out well. Into the opening track, didn't mind it being long at all. Golden Years is one of my all time favs. But felt boring and self indulgent by the end, last track reminded me of the music of boringly self-indulgent friends. Overall gonna give it a 4 because it has one of my favourite songs on it and was mostly enjoyable.
I'm a big Bowie fan, but this is not my favourite. Some good ones, started off a chill 3 but warmed up to 4
Good solid Bowie stuff this.
The best one of his so far with better things still to come
I wouldn't say it's the best of David Bowie, but I liked it.
Never knew how short it was. Could’ve used more
Word on a wing
I'm trying hard to fit into your scheme of things. I like when this record is funky. I always skipped "Word on a Wing" on compilations. I know, I'm worried now because I've read comments of countless people who LOVE it to their core. I still can't yet key into what the song's getting at. It has never succeeded in speaking to me. One of the best album openers in "Station to Station". I like a piano that sometimes sounds like a London pub piano. This album is how I imagine total creative fulfillment and harmony in a studio, just dream-like. This being so coke-fuelled, which to be fair is more wholesome than the cola, probably means it wasn't, but so much is clicking together. In the mid-1970s Bowie's creative and mental health life was affected by "astronomical" (his quote, wikipedia) use of hard drugs, and apparently his Thin White Duke character was retired when he got on a cleaner path more positive for him. My thoughts, then - this fact had me thinking that this is the artist's darkest album, and the question how much should we indulge artists in self-destructive phases or welcome a world of less "Stations to Stations" but healthier, happier people? I love "Wild is the Wind", wings are presumably involved somewhere but I find that more inviting listening. There's love and love songs on this tender album, but it's a dark tunnel between then and the future, affected by hedonism, emotionally out of control. What's interesting is how a lot of it is a funk record, and funk can be and often is joyful and Station to Station isn't wholly joyful, isn't wholesome. In fact it's movement in a modern-sounding crisis between one thing and another, like its a funk experience of a depressing traffic jam, it has movement in it but you want out. Five stars would be boring. I prefer warmth these days, and warmth with my funk. I might not immediately go to this great, unmatched album as a choice.
A good mix of funk and glam from the Thin White Duke. An enjoyable experience that feels like it ends almost too soon, clocking in just shy of 40 minutes.
Tonight’s final listen is David Bowie’s Station to Station. It’s the record where we meet the Thin White Duke—Bowie’s cold, aristocratic alter ego—right in the title track, which creeps in like a slow-motion nightmare before roaring forward. Then he pivots with the sly wink of “Golden Years,” almost playful if you ignore how hollow he really was at the time. “TVC15” runs like a math equation in motion, all angular rhythms and twitchy repetition. “Stay” slams the accelerator down and never lets go, while “Wild Is the Wind” croons with cracked Sinatra glamour. Six songs. That’s it. Six tracks where Bowie shapeshifts more than most artists manage in their whole careers.
I liked this more than I expected. The length worked for some of the songs but others were a bit much. Station to Station, Golden Years, and Wild is the Wind were standouts.
Rating: 7.5/10 Some amazing ideas and great songs on here, a few songs run a little long though.
This is my fourth Bowie album from the list and easily the most consistent yet. The short and sweet approach helps, the 10 minute opener an exception - but didn't feel at all like 10 minutes. 6 songs, all strong and a very coherent and powerfully evocative album. Almost a 5.
Didn’t know any of these songs but it was good! He has a unique song and very interesting.
Sigo considerando que los álbumes que más me gustan de Bowie tienden a ser los últimos. Pero siempre me encuentro con canciones que considero hermosos trabajos en toda su obra. El álbum "Station To Station" tiene un estilo peculiar. Canciones muy largas (pero para nada tediosas, porque tienen mucha dinámica), estilos diversos que van de búsquedas más progresivas, a power ballads o temas con elementos del soul, funk y la música disco. La voz de Bowie es siempre icónica y reconocible, la calidad de producción y grabación es excelente, la elección en la instrumentación y los efectos que se utilizan son muy apropiados. "Wild Is The Wind" es mi tema favorito del álbum.
Bowie is always a great listen, but this short album doesn't really stand out against his other work.
Места унылый и нудный, местами красивый.
Pretty good Bowie this but not his best still. Every song was just a bit too long for me personally. Way better than blackstar though Specific rating- 3.9 Fav song - stay Least fav- wild is the wind
Sounds good. It just sounds kinda abstract
David Bowie is one of my favorite musicians. I have never listened to this album before, but I do already like the song Word on a Wing
nice listen!
Solid album with a banger song
I don't exactly know what he's saying but he seems to be saying it rather well.
Drugs are a hell of a drug
What a great sounding Bowie album. Loved the music, loved his voice and there was only 1 track I had heard before! Brilliant
Berri-UQAM to Place-des-Arts
It must have been very exciting everytime Bowie released an album back then. This guy (almost) can't miss!
David Bowie is crafting exquisite art rock like no others!
Bowie!
Not my favorite Bowie, but still great.
I do like this album but almost a bit surprised it is on this list. I am a Bowie fan (though maybe not a very good one) and didn't know this at all, which did make for an intriguing first listen. I feel like you have to have some depth of knowledge of Davis Bowie and to have listened to some of his other albums before being able to appreciate this, from an outside perspective it's pretty weird if you don't "get it." It's also pretty evident that cocaine was a big inspiration behind this so maybe that's part of it.... Still solid, super creative, and feels like a part of his whole story but not an album I would particularly rank amongst the best of all time.
My dad has this album, though it was completely against type (it would’ve been slipped in between Eagles and Willie Nelson albums on his record shelf). Somehow it endears this album to me, just thinking that my one-music-lane father might’ve even been willing to try the alternative world of Bowie (even though I can’t recall hearing it played in my house growing up). And…it’s a great spin. 3.5 up to 4 for the accompanying nostalgic halo.
Never heard this Bowie album before and I think this this was the missing Bowie link for me. This is going into my regular rotation.
High 3 I think? Maybe low 4. Golden years reminds me of A Knights Tale RIP Heath
“It's not the side effects of the cocaine” is the biggest lie David Bowie ever told. Dramatic and grand art pop, with a bit of a creepy dark undertone, along with Bowie’s white British soul/funk. Title track is a cool, extended, proggy pop kinda thing. Golden Years is funky with peculiar backing vocals. Stay had a solid groove and some quality guitar moments. TVC15 just gets weirder and weirder. Closing track has more of an unsettling haunting feel. An odd, but listenable and danceable album that’s not quite consistent enough for me to consider this a peak of his career. Though many disagree, and I may give this a little more time.
Has never stood out as an S-tier Bowie record to me, but it's clearly fantastic, and I might be underrating it with my four stars here. Title track might be a career high, but Wild Is the Wind comes close as well. "It's not the side effects the cocaine/I'm thinking that it must be love." If anything, Golden Years may be my least favourite cut here, which is remarkable. Bowie's best album cover?
i like this kind of bowie
Better than I expected given it's not an album with any massive songs but there's not a bad one on there
soft 4, really enjoyed it and it works so well as a full album but i dont know when ill revisit individual songs
Golden years is such a banger
Great soundtrack for a Halloween party. Dark, edgy & wired. This predicted the music of the 80s. My rating shows my like for it at this point in life, earlier I would have given it a straight 5 stars
I was greatly surprised by this album. Bowie shows a wide a range of tones and musical influences. It was very interesting album to listen. I have a good time with it.
Very good, fun, catchy, layered, interesting album. Not in my top five Bowie records personally but I can see how it would be in others’. Must-listen #203.
Bowie
Weird and wonderfully eclectic.
The vocals and arrangements never fail to make me feel some kind of way.
pretty damn good
Station to Station – David Bowie (1976) | Art Rock / Funk Rock / Krautrock | Avg: 7.58 | Favorite Song: “Wild Is the Wind”* Station to Station might be one of Bowie’s most seamless blends of style and transformation. You can feel him pulling away from glam and leaning into something colder, more theatrical, and more compositionally daring. The title track sets the tone—ten minutes of tension and slow-build that eases you into the rest of the record’s strange, elegant sprawl. There’s funk, there’s krautrock rigidity, and there’s a real sense that Bowie’s persona is shifting right in front of you. But the moment that floored me most was the closer, “Wild Is the Wind.” Even though it’s not his original song, it might be one of Bowie’s greatest vocal performances. It’s tender, aching, and completely exposed in a way the rest of the album only hints at. That one track reframes the whole project emotionally. I see Station to Station by David Bowie not just as a pivotal Bowie album, but as one of his most subtly ambitious works—caught between personas, but locked in artistically.
3,5/5
Some good songs. Very bowie
Great album, golden years is one of my all time faves. Station to station also a great track. Loved it
Banger. This might be my favorite Bowie project yet, its shorter tracklist with longer songs make the album feel more focused, and they're all just incredibly fun. The Bowiepill starts to take effect! Standouts: Station to Station • Golden Years • TVC15 • Stay
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Very pleasant on the ears, well arranged songs and harmonies. 9/10
None of his big hits on this album, but it works pretty well as a whole. Some spheric and repetitive elements which were new in his sound cosmos, but it fits. Not my favourite by Bowie, but a good one. Fav: Station to Station
Now that is a proper Bowie album.
Fun listen. Really liked ‘Wild is the Wind’ and ‘Golden Years’ is a classic. - 3.5/5
3 greatest hits in a 6-track album. Bangin
Riktigt härlig Bowie med ett par låtar jag inte hört förut
Något ojämnt, men topparna Riktigt bra och överlag nice sound
Nice med Bowie
A solid album. I liked it.
I'm still learning what made Bowie, Bowie. But this was a great start. Nothing really stood out to me as "that man is one of the greatest ever" but I did enjoy all of the album. Excited to see if more Bowie albums show up on this list.
czy to jest TEN thin white duke?? omg tak can you hear the cocaine? parę długich utworów
I don't like Bowie all that much, but Golden Years is one of those random bangers he occasionally puts out that makes you realize how talented he is. As for the rest of the album, it's actually not too bad. This is perhaps the 4th bowie album I've heard from this list, and so far it's the best one. Probably a 3 star album on it's own merits. But for having one of my regular bar songs on it, I'll bump it up to 4.
This was a decent Bowie album. Not great, but I listened to it twice with no complaints. Golden Years is one of my favorite Bowie tracks, but the rest of the album is all over the place.
This better than I expected. I guess this is on here as the start of the Thin, White Duke phase???
This is a B+ Bowie Album at best. Strange choice. 4*
The title track largely prefigures Bowie’s next move, where he took on board much of the influences coming out of Germany, while Golden years stays pretty much with the funk of his previous effort. A bit of a transitional album, that still produces some good moments
This is my first Bowie album. I expected more. I'm looking forward to hearing Bowie's other albums, but if they are like this one, they will be perfectly fine. My perception of Bowie before this was not "perfectly fine," though. Tracks 4 and 5 were the best. None of the tracks were bad. I'd listen to each one again. I hope I like the other Bowie albums more, but as it stands, this one is respectable.
The first Bowie album I’ve ever listened to in full and it was great! Loved the lyricism and the instrumentation in particular. 4/5
Från Bowies bästa era. Det är funk och soul överallt, europeisk intellektualism finkänsligt utpotionerad, det är 70talsrock när den är som bäst nämligen genrebefruktande och storögt nyfiken utan att ta till teatrala gester. Det är ett litet tight blandfärgat band som verkligen är med på noterna. Shaft-inledningen på Stay överraskar mig varje gång. Den eleganta vita funkrocken i Golden years är bättre än allt Roxy Music nånsin försökte sig på och hörs fortfarande spelas av mer nogrannräknade DJs runt Medelhavet. Men Bowie är också på väg vidare, han förebrådar här både sin egen Berlinflytt och stilriktning men också en mer omspännande perspektivförskjutning, "it's too late, an european time is here" ylar han i titelspåret. Kraftwerk skulle snart förändra musikvärlden för alltid, den brittiska punken är alldeles runt knuten och soul skulle bli disco. Bowies finkalibrerade kulturradar har förstås fångat detta redan. STS är som att Bowie kramar ur de sista dropparna rock, funk och blues (eller läs Amerika om ni vill) ur sitt system innan något annat, något nytt får och måste ta vid. Han gör det förstås med den äran. Kanske är det mitt mest spelade Bowiealbum, jag tror det. Fyran är gjuten och den sneglar t.o.m. uppåt Lyssna också på Roxy Music - Siren, Blood Orange - Coastal grooves, David Bowie - I'm only dancing (the Soul tour 74) (Live), David Bowie - Live Nassau Coliseum '76
Bowie kan sin sak. Till och med boggie woggie låter helt ok. Farligt nära queen I titelspåret, men Bowie styr in tåget på rätt spår.
This one takes a while to get going. My favourite aspect is the rhythm section. It gets funky in a specifically Bowie way.
Even if this isn't my preferred Bowie, it's still Bowie. The music is unconventional but still well-composed and nice to listen to.
3.5, vibes, kind of in the background, nothing excellent
I'm struck by how different Bowie sounds on every album so far in this list. He had more range than I expected. This was a cool album. Tight arrangements, interesting vocals, enough variety to keep it interesting. I liked it
This has always been a fun album to revisit from time to time. It’s definitely a transitional album that paved the way for Bowie’s Berlin Trilogy. It’s a great blend of art rock and funk rock with a touch of Krautrock and motorik beat influences. While these influences are subtle, the impact of German experimental artists is evident.
it's good but at the end of the day it's kinda just more bowie, eh?
Otimo álbum, um rock de qualidade
Scary Monsters is better.
i love the funky style of this album, it was a very enjoyable listen - golden years is of course a timeless tune, but vocally - wild is the wind stood out the most for me, arguably some of Bowie’s best vocal work
Groovy og fint, ble i godt humør
Fühl mich verbunden mit dem Album, da es in Berlin produziert wurde und Themen der Stadt auffasste.
Поначалу подумалось, что за хрень, но где-то начиная с середины стало более-менее интересно слушать. 6,5 из 10.
I’ve only heard Golden Years prior to listening to this album. It’s clear that Golden Years although catchy, is not the best track. I really enjoyed TVC15 upon my first listen. Stay was probably my favorite track on the album.
Très stylé
Pretty good
Наконец-то Боуи 🫡
Love bowie
This list keeps showing me how wrong I was about not being really into Bowie.
I love David Bowie, but I've actually never heard this whole album which is very on brand for me. It's a short one! I already know and love Golden Years, love that song. I don't know if the others stand out too much to me. I think there's definitely better from Bowie, but again. I'm such a sucker for his music, even the weird in between phases. I know this was around when he was coked out lol and there's definitely has a quick pulse to the whole album. I still love Bowie, but I wouldn't go out of my way to get this album over other ones.
One minute of train noises to start a 10 minute first song...not an auspicious beginning. I get it, Station to Station so let's have some train noises. It improves rapidly though, even with more train noises. Golden Years is one of my favorite Bowie songs. Stay is good too, it's a good funk rock album. His Wild Is the Wind suffers by comparison to Nina Simone's. It's growing on me too though. The whole album is kind of a slow build, song by song.
Muy bueno. El primer tema y el último los mejores. 2 escuchadas y ziggy stardust se puso solo.
I prefer weird rock Bowie to weird dance Bowie, but the latter is still a pleasure as well.
Starts strong, finishes strong. Loses its way a little in the middle. Not convinced this is a “must listen”, it’s a 3.5 for me, generously a 4 as I love the opener.
Such a clean sound. Amazing riffs throughout. Golden Years truly a classic.
Station To Station was a great album. I guess if i can compare it to one of Bowie's works the most, it would probably be Aladdin Sane due to it having some more of the heavy guitars that the album had. This album still felt fairly different from that one due to it having a different vibe from it with a softer tone in a lot of the songs (especially Wild Is The Wind). I still enjoyed that softer tone that this album displayed due to a lot of the songs just being generally very nice to listen to. Though when it did get more lively, that's when i enjoyed the album the most. Regardless, this album was enjoyable no matter how it sounded. Best Song: TVC15 Worst Song: Word on a Wing
Ikke like sterkt som Heroes. Spent på Low
European avantgarde og american soul. Der er hints af kraut-rock, art rock og funk soul. Det fungerer lidt som en overgang fra at han laver glam rock til det mere eksperimentale berlin trilogy. Han lavede en alter ego drug type karaktér til albummet. Ved ikke, har ikke været så meget inde i det artistiske ved det, jeg skal være ærlig og sige jeg bare synes det lyder godt.
Alright, let's dive into David Bowie's Station to Station. For me, this album easily earns a 4.5 out of 5 stars. This record is just fantastic. Every song on it is amazing. It's truly a testament to Bowie's genius that Station to Station feels as fresh and relevant today as it did when it first came out. It's one of those albums that you can put on years later, and it still sounds completely timeless. Compared to other great artists of that era, and even today, this album stands out. It's got a unique sound that blends soul, funk, and some intense art-rock, creating something truly special. You hear tracks like the title song, "Golden Years," or "Wild Is the Wind," and they just hit you. They're intricate, powerful, and full of emotion. This isn't just another great album; it's a piece of work that shows Bowie pushing boundaries and refining his sound in incredible ways. If you haven't given it a full listen, you absolutely should.
Hice galletas de chocolate escuchando este album, me quedaron muy buenas y la pasé bien bien. Muy bueno.
A turning point in Bowie's music, a dense and rich album
Few songs but all of them are good. Best tracks: Station to Station and TVC15.
David might have been a mess at the time, but this album is one of his best.
Short but classic
Title song is too damn long but Tvc15 makes up for it. Anyway it’s a pretty good album. I love this polarizing creep of an artist you can tell this is a cocaine fueled self indulgent record trying new things for the time. I think it sounds like it was pushing the envelope whirling twirling towards the future of rock.
Artsy, unique, didn't immediately click with me but the sky-high public opinion compels me to reevaluate. It's sort of like the next evolution of glam-artsiness from Roxy Music or something, but each of the songs all feel worthwhile and neat The lesson to take from this is if you're an aspiring musician and you want your upcoming album to be loved by everyone, societal peer pressure is your greatest tool
The big hits are truly incredible. I wish it had more rocking tracks like Queen Bitch, but overall great.
One of his better albums.
Awesome
I’ve never really familiarised myself with this album before and only really knew Golden Years and Wild is the Wind. I enjoyed it a lot and listened through twice - I love the production and the bass sounds great. I’ll definitely be digging deeper.
A better entry from Bowie than our previous but still a little weird for me... Bonus point for golden days though
Very cool and funky Bowie record. These songs are super accessible. Jangly funky tunes. I love that it’s so short too. Albums now need to be this short.
I like Bowie way more than I realized
Meer Bowie, ik trek hem meestal best wel goed. Met een meer funky benadering op standaard 13 in een dozijn rock. Dat is nu ook het geval, blijkbaar was hij geinspireerd door Kraftwerk voor dit album, dat hoor je niet helemaal terug en dat vind ik ook wel jammer. Bowie op een volledig elektronisch album lijkt me heel vet. Maar ik moet zeggen dat dit ook echt best wel nice is, het is kort en zo voorbij met net iets meer dan een half uur, maar het houdt daardoor wel lekker je aandacht vast. Ja er is echt een geniale bassist aan de gang op dit album. De basslijnen zijn funky en moddervet. Dat daar dan scheurende gitaren overheen gaan, kan ik accepteren en zelfs wel waarderen! Och Wild is the wind is ook echt een prachtig nummer, grappig dat dat minder een funky plaat is, maar juist veel meer een ballad is. Maar jezus wat een heerlijk nummer is dat, met Bowies zang daar ijzersterk overheen. Je merkt, dit album trek ik heel goed, Wild is the Wind is een prachtige afsluiter van een sterk album. Geen perfect album, maar absoluut 4 sterren waard! FAVO: Station to station, TVC15, Stay, Wild is the wind
J - 4/5 Best Track - "Golden Years" F - DNL
Some proper rockin out songs. Bowie doesn't really miss, does he?
Pink floydy
Elements of funk, kraut rock, jazz and blues. Longer tracks, experimental. Bowie claimed not to remember any of the recordings due to his heavy drug use at the time. Not sure how I missed this one from the Bowie catalogue being pretty familiar (and a fan of) most his big albums. Strong 4/5
4/5 Whoo, it’s Bowie. Love the voice and the intensity, though Thin White Duke isn’t my favorite Bowie. Still Bowie can always intrigue me start to finish.
356/1001 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
Definitely needs more listens, felt like it petered out towards the end but starts well. Golden Years one of my favourite Bowies
Considering he doesn’t remember recording this what an album. Golden years the highlight
So good to go back to, better every time
4 Ha estado curioso no me lo esperaba y me ha gustado.
What else can be said about Bowie that hasn't been said before? It's a good album, maybe too short on tracks, but it is an important moment of Bowie's discog, this would mark the end of debauchery and go away to Berlin to get detox and go away from the edgy persona of the thin white Duke. I'd add the title track TVC 15 and Golden Years to my playlist if I did something like that.
9/10 The ironic fascism can be cringe but god damn can this white boy dance
Classic Bowie. Not one of his best though.
Classic Bowie.
Into it. Love a good 38 minute edit. Never heard TVC15 before but I'll be revisiting. Some of this was a little much (eg. 2 minute lead into song 1), hence the 1 star off
I love the Bowie!
Station to Station Golden Years Word on a Wing TVC15 Stay Wild Is the Wind
Int en dålig låt på den här plattan! Tror jag skulle uppskatta den mera efter några lyssningar.
Blink and you’ll miss it - this is only 38 minutes long. While Bowie is never bad, this is not a favorite of mine. Still, it is something I decided to listen to twice to get a feel. Bowie is almost always good. “Wild is the Wind” is a nice ending to the album.
Exactly whF I would expect from 70s Bowie.
Later Seventies after Diamond Dogs was never my favourite Bowie era but this is better than I remembered, and it’s Bowie…
Another 70s album, but it's OK, Bowie doesn't feel like 70s to me. I have never actually heard any of these songs before, though. Kinda eclectic sound -- to me there are 50s elements (and apparently Bowie was a big fan of Elvis but never worked with him), 60s elements (at least in the sense that I'm like "oh yeah sure this is Beatlesy in terms of the backing music"), and modern elements (David Bowie still sounds basically like the David Bowie I know from my own era, even though he looks shockingly young at this time (somehow this is still his 10th album; they sure made albums fast back in the day)). Hardly any of that 70s rock here (although to be honest, there's a bit on the beginning of 'Stay', which I could do without!). Lyrically, lots of religion & despair & girl getting eaten by a TV, which I guess are pretty eternal themes. A 6 song album seems like each song might be 20 minutes long, but they aren't. Good! Apparently he was in his pro-Fascist era during this one (ahead of the times!) but since none of that made it into the album, I continue separating the art from the artist and give it a nice 3.5 rounded up to 4. Highlight: 'Golden Years' Lowlight: 'Stay'
Decent album from Bowie, although short (only 6 songs, 38 minutes, more than 10 minutes alone from the title track Station to Station). Golden Years is the whole reason to listen to this album.
Partially listened before Fav tracks: title, Golden Years, Stay
So this is my second Bowie album on this list. Aladdin Sane didn’t impress me very much so i said “well, that’s why he first moved to Los Angeles and then West Berlin” in that review so indeed, here’s his LA time, coke-filled product! The title track is, well the title track and it exceeds 10 minutes but under the influence of its funk rock-driven beat the track actually sounds short! And the whole album is also very just... Vibe-y, i am just a high school student so what can i say. Although i use to hate (and still hate the majority of) soul music but hearing him singing Word On A Wing just singlehandedly made the genre 1000% more tolerable! So maybe drugs did make something happen and the heard fact is that even Bowie himself didn’t remember him recording this album. So... since even himself has forgetten what happened during the recording i'll just assume that it worked. but too much is too much, still. So he need to go to Berlin and enter rehab and it worked better. 4/5
We liked this one a lot more than the last David Bowie that was on the list. Much more musically interesting and didn't even sound like what we think of when we think David Bowie. Definitely expanded our horizons!
It’s hard to imagine bands like the Talking Heads existing without David Bowie. I think this album serves as an excellent bridge to New Wave. That said, I don’t love it enough to give it more than a four.
Mein drittes Bowiealbum von der Liste, bisher das beste, muss es mir nochmal anhören.
There is a line in the opening track where David Bowie sings “it’s not just a side effect of the cocaine” or something similar. That sounds like exactly what someone very affected by cocaine would say, but sure David. Whatever you say. I can forgive this obvious denialism because whatever the cause is, I think this album is the beginning of the era of Bowie I find most interesting and enjoyable. The aforementioned opening track, also the title track, is the longest and most and ambitious and my favorite on the album. It wanders and circles back on itself with changes in meter and mood, it’s kinda funky and kinda rock n roll, very experimental and a very fun ride for all of its ten minutes, which is not an easy accomplishment. From there we get “Golden Years”, which is easily one of my favorites of Bowie’s most famous songs. Such a fun and funky lil diddy. Of the other songs on the album I’d highlight “TVC 15” as a favorite. The remaining three songs are all varying levels of enjoyable, and the holistic effect is an album that front-to-back is really strong. 8/10
3.5 - Good
Have it
Open. Spacey. A tad odd and off-beat. Lyrics about cocaine, prayer, golden years. It sounds like it should be comforting and nourishing but there's something off about the music key that leaves me unsettled. Pre-cursor to radiohead?
83/100. A beautifully produced art rock record that balances dark, moody undertones with Bowie’s signature flair. It’s enjoyable, immersive, and above all, impressive in its ambition and execution.
The epitome of blowing your brains out with cocaine. But y'know, it's Bowie, so he took it ten notches above what any regular person could do strung out on coke. Bowie took the sound of Young Americans and put it under a microscope and dissected it to such lengths, that he made a new dystopian sound with vigor and power of a charismatic dictator. The opener is marvelous, with its multi facetted suite approach that gives some progressive rock tracks a run for their money, but I want to talk about my favorite track off here, the cover of Wild is The Wind. It's probably the first track where you can feel Bowie's mutilated personality come off and reveal the detached genius truly struggling. Everything in between is nothing short of amazing in a haunting, concerning and frightening way. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Best track(s): Station to Station; Wild Is The Wind
Short but oh so sweet
Good album. I have always been a bowie fan
Complex, innovative. Word on a Wing was a highlight for me, but followed by TVC15, which did not work for me at all.
Asi krom golden years je to album na vicero poslechu
Pretty decent Bowie album
I'm not a Bowie fan but this album is worth listening before you die (fan or not). I prefer his other work though (Blackstar, The man who sold...).
I liked the guitars - golden years, buildup on Station to Station, liked Wild is hte Wind
First time I heard it. Yes, I liked it.. I will be back to it. Thank you David Bowie from mid 70s
mjög gott en lágstemmdara. mun vinna á. 4
Cool
I'm a huge Bowie fan but this is not his best. Some critics say "transitional". I think I'd agree with others that it was coke-fueled aimlessness. But it does have Golden Years and TVC15, which are fun. Favorite track: Wild is the Wind...and I know it's probably a travesty to say, but I much prefer this version to Nina Simone's. Still pretty impressive that you could make this album when on so much coke that you don't remember what city you recorded it in. I would give it a 3.5 if that were an option.
Not being a huge Bowie devotee, I'm trying to understand what everyone loves so much about this one. Nice funky backing, true. And a funny reference to Fiddler on the Roof in Stay. But apart from the singles, which I like fine, nothing about this grabs me. Sorry.
David Bowie is one of those artists that i just didn’t really listen to before this project but i’m super glad that i’ve gone and listened to all his stuff.
Not as big as his other work but still definitely Bowie
Incredible opening. The atmosphere is everything.
Ah, een repeat… Nog steeds goed, maar de lat ligt nu wat hoger nadat ik meer geluisterd heb
This is great, the instrumentation in particular is just fantastic
Good stuff
Stay was a fun find!
Balala
It was a good album I was a little preoccupied while I was listening to it, but still enjoyed it.
Some great tracks on this
Good stuff
Very good
I really enjoyed this Bowie album. I do quite like him but find it a little hit and miss. Enjoyed every song.
A Bowie album I actually liked!
8.1
Great Bowie album. 4 stars.
dessa vez o viado arrasou
Another great Bowie album, starting to think this dude was good... I liked how trim this record was, just a handful of longer tracks instead of some bloated massive thing. The title track was my favorite, the outro song was also awesome. Looking forward to more Bowie from this list.
Interesting to hear more of the Bowie discography, it's clearly mid career but was an enjoyable listen.
This is a fantastically creative album. The arrangement groove well yet have a dissonance that keep the ears intrigued. The vocals are theatrical and expressive, the instrumentals are punchy and deep in the pocket, and the lyrics are wonderfully abstract. The title track is one of the best Bowie songs I've heard yet. Golden Years, Word on the Wing, and Wild is the Wind are also stand out tracks
Kingy
Not listened to full Bowie - wasn't concentrating very well on it but it was pretty good
A good Bowie album … Golden Years is in my top 10 Bowie songs and Wild is the Wind is also great … but not enough in the rest to make it 5 stars.
Peak cocaine phase. Couldn't remember any of these sessions. Yikes. Yet this album is such easy listening. You'd think it'd sound more energetic, or at least chaotic. Idk I've never touched the stuff. Closer to filler than killer but it ain't bad. The band's performance is better than his. Dig the funk. Bop bop bop.
There's a LOT of Bowie on this list. I like his music, but maybe give someone else a chance to be on here? Should there be a limit of one album per artist?
Kinda good. I like rock.
Solid Album, not Bowies best tho
Station to Station is a good, fun album, with Bowie’s mix of rock, and his signature weirdness is definitely engaging. While it’s easy to enjoy in the moment, it doesn’t really make me want to come back to it. Solid, but not something I'll find myself revisiting.
Interesting album I plan to listen to more frequently.
Pretty great Bowie Album. I always think of A Knight's Tale when I hear Golden Years.
Putting this album on only in very specific circumstances. It’ll be on my commute by walk or metro to the grocery store after work; I’ll be listening to it, not on earphones, but headphones—the retro kind, or the Koss utility pair I’ve had my eye on for some time now. It has to be a kind of ordinary day, but I should feel light about it. It should feel as though all is right in my world, and I can just be and I choose to just be in that moment. Maybe there’ll be a certain skip to my step… musingly I imagine all these sorts of details. I like that this album is short- only 6 songs. It easily transports you to a certain mood. I never really like when songs start out with speech or onomatopoeia but that’s exactly how Station To Station kicks off with—roughly a minute of train sounds. I think it put me off initially, but perhaps I can appreciate it as a stylistic choice now. By the third loop of the album, I don’t think the train sounds were as jarring as I first thought them to be. My favorite song is the fifth- “Stay”. I like it lyrically and I also like the guitar—whatever kind that it is. A guitar solo makes up all of the song’s end and it gives the song an interesting sound, it’s funky and it just sounds cool. There’s not a lot of variety in the lyrics but I really when in the chorus, Bowie says, “Stay, that's what I meant to say, or do something But 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” I think a lot of people would feel seen in listening to those lines,, “the singer knows my same secret longing.” I also think the final song, “Wild is the Wind” was right up my alley. It’s all soft and mellow and I can hear myself the most clearly when it’s on… This album was a great, great start.
4/5
Great record. I still rank a few other Bowie records above this one.
bien? no le estoy prestando tanta atención, pero está yendo bien, las aguanto pero no sé si las escucharía siempre (como cualquier otra canción). En fin, me van gustando. Me está gustando!!! Me faltan 3, voy por TVC15: buen ritmo, instrumento, voz, hasta ahora no lo quiero quitar. No le estoy prestando mucha atención porque estoy haciendo de todo menos estudiar, pero es bueno. Volveré a escuchar las del inicio. Stay, buena intro. Stay, me encanta, creo que mi fav. Wild is the wind, hermoso inicio!! Voz!! Sonido!!! hermoso station to station. joya. absolutamente una joya.
Solid album, far from my favorite Bowie album. While it is quite unique, I find a portion of the vocals annoying and the production not up to par of his other works. Not bad, but not amazing.
Tagit mig igenom denna en herrans massa gånger nu och den har växt från en trea till en fyra. Trodde faktiskt att den skulle växa ännu mer, men man kan inte få allt här i livet. Imponerande stor variation för att vara så få låtar. Wild is the wind är bäst.
Well, album number 2, and another I hadn't listened to fully. Really like the music in this one. One or two standout tracks but a really easy listen to throughout, again I think its a 4/5. I would imagine one of Bowie's best.
Weet een banger van bowie hoor
Bowie!!
it's good, piano-y:)
I have always had a little disdain for David Bowie. I don't know why. Maybe he seems pretentious to me, maybe I'm annoyed by how artsy everyone who listens to him thinks they are, maybe it's the fact that he said he was a closet heterosexual or whatever. The idea of Bowie annoys me, but I've never listened to anything but Under Pressure. Immediately, I'm concerned that the songs average over 6 minutes. But I like LCD Soundsystem, so length isn't much of an issue, as long as it's occupied by good music. The titular track is 10 minutes. Sigh. Station to Station: I enjoy the groovy vibe, and I do think it sounds good despite the minute or so of bullshit at the beginning. I don't like his voice much at all. It's cute and catchy and upbeat, especially at the end. A solid, groovy jam despite its inane length. Golden Years: This is also catchy and nice and friendly and poppy and good. Sounds the same as the last song, but that's probably because it's my first listen. I like the whistling, I like the "gooolden years" sort of doo-wopping in the background. And the instrumental gets more intense in the last seconds, which is cool. No fade-out. Thank god. Word on a Wing: "Ooh, ready to shape the scheme of things" was good. I liked some of the piano. It's weirdly dramatic, like a musical or an opera or something which is what I don't like about Bohemian Rhapsody. But I like actual musicals and some songs like that -- Copacabana; Holy, Holy; etc. So I don't know what my deal is. TVC15: I like that it's about a TV. I like the premise of a love song for a TV. Or an ode, or whatever you call this. And it's groovy. It's all groovy. I like it. Stay: From the jump, great guitar riff. This is the type of shit I'd listen to if I wanted to go driving at night. This, Song for the Dead by QOTSA, Catfish by Doechii... good. Edgy! Until, of course, the man opens his mouth. I dislike his voice. It's good. It's great at the start until it gets a little lamer sounding. But it's good. Wild Is the Wind: I'm already bored. I immediately do not care. This song would go better in West Side Story, I think. Why does David Bowie sound so old and ghostly? This song almost scares me. Ugh. I don't like it much.
I've gained a much bigger appreciation of Bowie through this project.
Consistently well sung and performed songs - nothing super outstanding, but overall a strong album.
Wavered between a 3 and a 4, but I'll be gracious to the Thin White Duke.
Bowie was such a talent and this album is no different. It isn't as grandiose (in a positive way) as some of his other albums but his talent still shines through.
Bowie is just so creative and he so rarely makes bad or even mediocre songs. He has a level of consistency that is rare even among the greats. Favorites: Golden Years, Word on a Wing, Wild is the Wind
I have already known the three hits ("Golden Years", "TLC15", "Wild Is The Wind") but I had'nt listened to this whole album before. With 50% of the songs beeing hits (but not his biggest) and no fails this album is an easy four stars rating for me. And very little is missing for his bowieness to the five stars. favourite musically: "Stay" favourite vocally: "Wild Is The Wind" 4,5
I think I am really starting to love David Bowie, there are so little artists out there like him. He has such a unique, original sound that, whilst often imitated (looking at you, Alex Turner) is never quite replicated. There is a very good mix of instruments and sounds throughout this album and it's the almost perfect length. It knew when to bow out before it became too tedious, for me at least. Yes, the songs are long but when done right, I don't mind that and I didn't mind it here. It features inventive, engaging lyrics with unique and striking vocals - all you'd expect from a Bowie album. I still prefer Ziggy but this was exceptionally good too. It was experimental and bold; I would definitely listen again.