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Station To Station by David Bowie

Station To Station

David Bowie

1976
3.69
Rating
30257
Votes
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2%
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8%
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32%
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36%
5
22%
Distribution
Genres: Rock Styles: Art Rock, Pop Rock

Reviews (page 8 of 15)

Short but oh so sweet

Get vinyl

Good album. I have always been a bowie fan

Another Bowie, another 5.

Complex, innovative. Word on a Wing was a highlight for me, but followed by TVC15, which did not work for me at all.

Didn’t love the vocals and style 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 found it kind of boring.

I find it both amusing and maddening that I’ve been stuck giving Bowie's albums two stars for over a year. In fact, I constantly enjoy and respect his music. Although these albums have been consistently underwhelming — not terrible enough to deserve one star, but far from good enough to rate higher — the remaining two Bowie albums are my two favourites! The tide is turning! ( ¬ᴗ¬)

Not my favorite Bowie album but some good songs on here. If you know Bowie you know what you´re going to get.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Don’t particularly care for this album, in fact i sometimes feel like David Bowie is a bit overrated. When someone is consistently putting out albums as he did, not all will be winners, and I have heard some amazing stuff from him, but this was just average in my opinion. 3/5

I liked the guitars - golden years, buildup on Station to Station, liked Wild is hte Wind

I don't think I'm a big David Bowie fan, it feels like he sits somewhere in the middle of Queen and the Talking heads but I don't enjoy either end of that too much on this album. Not bad though.

unfortunately this just didn’t stand out to me. I believe it was good, just not sure why

Not to be homophobic, but maybe David Bowie just isn't for me.

I always expect a lot more from Bowie than I get. Maybe that's on me and my expectations.

Good stuff. Didn’t love it, but have always liked Bowie

Not my favorite Bowie album.

it's david bowie so it will never be bad but I will say this also didn't have any songs I was that impressed by

Not my kind of music personally, but i made it to the end.

A side is a 5. B side is a 4. Have this on vinyl and it’s a great listen!

What a great band! Stay, TVC-15 and Golden Years are all excellent and the other three tracks are awfully good.

HOORAY station to station- 7 golden years- 10 word on a wing- 7 or 8 tvc15- 9 stay- 7 wild is the wind- 7 or 8

Awful very poor and dull

Wow... the 8th Bowie album... so far. I get it - he's cool. But man, do I really need to listen to EVERYTHING he's ever recorded? This was good. I didn't love it but that's basically how I feel about a lot of Bowie's work. Interesting. Sometimes spectacular. Often times just ok.

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

This album is a freight train. Heavy, not always so pretty (especially compared to the half-dozen records that preceded it), but jesus once it gets going I really remember why I loved it so much. I'm sitting here bopping to TVC15 like it's 1982.

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.

Sorry I haven't listened to one of the albums in a while I've been busy. But I listened to this one! Id already heard it but I liked it a lot more this time around. Dare I say this is top 5 Bowie? Maybe even top 3?

2 Sterne

Frankly, I just can’t get into Bowie, it might be a generation thing (born mid 90’s), but I just don’t like it. This is the second album on this site that I’ve listened from start to finish where I thought maybe I’ll finally change my mind, nope - no change. It’s not awful, but I don’t see the popularity like others may have in DB. Down the middle, 5/10 for me.

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

Majestic and beautiful. 9.7/10 Best Tracks: “Station to Station” “Golden Years” “Stay”

Incredible opening. The atmosphere is everything.

Grand pop album

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

The return of the thin white duke… This isn’t my favorite Bowie album, but it’s still better than 99.99999% of all the other albums ever made. The title track retains a position in the top ten of all Bowie songs. What a treat.

Pretty cool, I imagine bowie was genre bending asf back in the 70s.

Good stuff

Ziggy who?? The thin white duke lives!!

03/04/2025 I'm not fussed by the Bowie and I'm not fussed by this album.

Stay was a fun find!

It’s fucking Bowie.

Its Bowie. End of the story.

It was a good album I was a little preoccupied while I was listening to it, but still enjoyed it.

Not my fave bowie album but definitely worth a listen

maybe the most moving non-blackstar bowie experience for me...the raw desperation that glues together everything here is hidden enough to feel a little shameful but So Huge that the attempt to hide it is futile. extremely lost, clawing album, creates these big soups of endless grooves and feels around them for the answers to the universe. in experiential terms this means that the album goes Incredibly Hard, one of bowie's best-ever bands takes what could be very vague and aimless musical ideas and turns them into sharp hypnotizing fireworks. yet the non-bangers have my heart the most, little eyes in the storm where bowie just melts into a kind of dark beauty and comforting self-delusion that can only happen when ur at rock bottom in ur life. word on a wing has always been one of my pet Very Favorite bowie tracks. great album, has often been my fave bowie but as ive said like fifty times before i need to do a full dive still!

Some great tracks on this

Pretty good, beginning wasn't super interesting but it started to pick up momentum after the 10 minute opener and sound like classic Bowie. I'm sure this blew people's minds back in 1979 it is forward thinking at times. Apparently he was zonked on coke the entire time while making this album which is cool. Overall, its no space oddity but pretty solid.

Probably one of my all time favourite records. For me this was the Bowie album that properly cemented my love of his music. My intro to Bowie was through a friend lending me the CDs one by one, and whilst I liked the earlier records I wasn't in love with them in the same way my friend was. Until Station to Station. That opening track hooked me immediately and the rest of the album was just a perfect continuation

This ain't my bag baby

I usually like Bowie, but this short album felt uninspired and slow/tedious

Good stuff

I actually enjoy this a little more than other Bowie records. I still don't think that it's something extremely new, but it's better than others.

fuckennn classh

Pretty decent! 3.0

I enjoyed TVC15. Not a particularly great album though.

Very good

I really enjoyed this Bowie album. I do quite like him but find it a little hit and miss. Enjoyed every song.

Chill background, kind of loved it.

A Bowie album I actually liked!

Went on a whole journey. An eclectic mix of styles. Funky and unique. Bowie is his own genre. He knows how to tell a story. Full of soul. Felt like a musical. Quite a bit of repetition though.

Great Bowie album. 4 stars.

Like Bob Dylan, my familiarity with David Bowie and his catalog of music is very scant. The only things I really am familiar with of his are his Ziggy Stardust persona, his song "Space Oddity", and his role as the Goblin King in Labyrinth. This is a legendary artist that I've always wanted to get more into. Overall, I think I liked this record, however I couldn’t really scratch the feeling of a lot of it sounded very Improvised. It kind of sounded like they made really interesting and unique instrumentation and Bowie sort of improvised the lyrics on top of that. Obviously, not actually I’m sure what happened but I couldn’t shake that feeling. Weirdly enough I felt like Bowie’s vocal performance was the worst part about this record. It just seemed like the melody for the vocals did not at all match the instrumentation and it left the songs feeling a little aimless. This album unfortunately didn’t do much for me but I appreciated the talent of everyone involved in the making of this one. Standout tracks on this one are “Station to Station” and “TVC 15”.

Nobody until this point had exploited the rock and roll possibilities of Fascism and Cocaine. Perfect record.

dessa vez o viado arrasou

Wish it was a longer album 🩷

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.

It has some good parts. The songs are very long and don't keep my attention. Favorite song: station to station

Just came up short for me.

classic bowie album, underrated in terms of his discography.

Interesting to hear this Bowie music. I think of his music as being much more highly produced, and borderline pop. This was much funkier and rock. I don't like the vocals though, not his voice or the mic being used.

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

Question 1. How many Bowie albums are on this list? Question 2. Am I listening to the same album with a different name? Question 3. Do people think Bowie is great because that's what everyone says.

My first time actually listening to a Bowie record in full. Most of these songs felt too long and kinda lost me at the halfway point, although the intros had caught me beforehand. It was also too theatrical at times for my taste. That being said - I could still appreciate it for what it was. The album is well put together and went out with the best two songs in my opinion. 'Stay' and 'Wild With The Wind' I really enjoyed and went back to after listening to the whole thing through. Not sure if I'll ever fully get into it, though.

It’s an average Bowie album, but an average Bowie is better than most peoples best - some good tracks but some that kind of fade in to each other. Wild is the Wind is a favourite of mine and you can’t deny Golden Years either.

more bowie who can complain

I liked this one Will I listen to again: 100%

5 stars. And it's not the side effects of the cocaine.

I never liked Bowie much. I didn't much like this.

A master at work, that much is clear. Just didn't hit as hard that I would give it 5 stars.

6.5 Boy there sure are a lot of Bowie albums on this list. All they are doing for me is confirming that he is not as great an album artist as his reputation would say. This was fine, even nice, but was by far the most commercial of his albums I’ve heard. That made it a smooth but unchallenging listen. Art rock mixed with plastic soul. Well played, you can hear the quality in Alomqr’s guitar playing. Best: Golden Years

As per usual with Bowie's albums, some good and some bad. Golden Years is one of my favorite songs ever but some songs David gets a little ghoulish for me. Short album but the longer songs made it feel longer. 5.5/10 (2.75/5)

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.

Every song is great. Nothing beats David Bowie

I know there are some amazing David bowie songs, but none of them were here. Good but not spectacular

What dread sound What haunting voice

I really liked golden years and some other songs later in the album I remember liking. But idk why the opening track was a million years long. I have no problem with long songs but that one was long for no reason so it just made it less good.

I don’t really want to write a review for this one but it was alright, some good stuff for sure and probably deserves more than a 3 but I think I just didn’t listen to and digest it enough.

So it's been my intention to get more familiar with David Bowie's discography and I thought I had covered this one, but after checking my last.fm history, I guess not? Very sad about that because this is easily one of my favorites of his now. Love that transitory place it has between his earlier, funkier stuff and the krautrock he was about to explore more fully later on. Very happy to get to know this one.

Solid Album, not Bowies best tho

Particular, pero me gusta

Not the best Bowie album, but not the worse either

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.

I believe this is the 133rd Bowie album on this list. While I enjoy some of Bowies work…..not all. As far his albums go, this one is more accessible than earlier albums but not as much as later albums.

Pretty great Bowie Album. I always think of A Knight's Tale when I hear Golden Years.

Really vibed with this one… Bowie Forever!

Loved it. Stay is incredible.

Was fine. Not a massive bowie fan

Not his best

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.

full of melody and creativity

My favorite Bowie album. Subsisting on a diet of red peppers, milk, and cocaine, Bowie was strung out to the point of requiring rescue (Iggy Pop would later come to the rescue, whisking David away to Berlin to sober up) and somehow recorded one of defining moments of his catalog.

Absolutely cool to listen to. The guitarist especially was having a lot of fun.

Great record. I still rank a few other Bowie records above this one.

lo siento

Not his best

Not offensive to the ears

A bit too weird for me, found some songs grating to listen to.

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.

David Bowie's 1970s output has got to be up there with the greatest and most consistent decades in an artist's career. This period of music is so incredible that it's hard to put into words. I love this album whole heartidly, the title track being one of the greatest songs of all time. Station to Station My 2nd favourite Bowie song (First being Sound and Vision) just absolutely incredible from start to finish. The atmosphere, the evocative lyrics, and the dark and powerful performance turns this into one of the greatest songs of all time. Amazingly structured with a truly jawdropping switchup. One of many artistic peaks for Bowie. A fabulous rock opera. 5/5 Golden Years Fantastic funk on the track. A stylistical blend of sounds from previous Bowie projects. I love how many so different vocal stylings are used on the same track. Incredibily catchy. Lovely. 5/5 Word on a Wing Lush and layered instrumental. The distant guitar is haunting in the background. Vivid and dramatic. Delightfully weird in its structure. There are just so many parts to this song beautifully stitched together. Where it risks being inconherent it avoids it by geniusly navigating the pitfalls a song like this could easily fall into. Haunting performance by Mr. Bowie. Fantastic. 5/5 TVC15 I love the janky sound of the piano atop the clean bass for the intro. Strangely haunted by the background effects. They keep the song interesting by adding some layers to what could be a repetitive song. I love how the piano is played here. It remains a constant as the song evolves. Fantastic song. 5/5 Stay There's a lot of bounciness and feeling to the intro. Contrasts to the molasses and exhausted performance of the verse. Very entertaining guitar work. The chorus is dramatic and theatrical. Ends with an amazingly engaging and satisfying rock instrumental. I love how the drumming never takes center stage, yet remains a highlight with how it supports the guitar by filling space and emphasising its phrases. Another great tune. 5/5 Wild is the Wind Never heard any other version of this song. I am aware that it is a cover, but will not be able to comment on what it does differently to the original. I think it's a great way to end the album. I especially love Bowie's more subtle and down to earth vocal performance. I think the production of the track allows it to be solemn, bleak and cold while still remaining romantic. Great closer 5/5 I love this man's music so much there was no way this was not getting five stars. Station to Station is one of many absolutely stunning albums by Bowie, just truly magnificent front to back. It's a risky, but natural progression in his career, a different persona in the Thin White Duke who almost becomes an entire world himself. There's just a strange tone of quiet distress during the entire album, a sort of eerieness that truly adds a new element previously unseen in his work. Just knowing the nature of its production and what followed after just adds so much context to the album's weirdness. The execution on this is just marvelous. An absolute banger. Fave track. Station to Station Least fave track. N/A

After 5 Bowie albums (and counting) - can confirm it's not my style. I don't really get all the hype for his music.

Love David Bowie. This was a cool album but not one of my favorites. It’s always fun to listen to Bowie get more creative and aim less for radio hits, but you definitely lose a little bit of memorability in the process.

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.

Lyssnat rätt mycket. Hoppats att det skulle bli bättre. Men upplever det ändå rätt sisådär. Wild is the wind är bäst. Påminner bitvis om Gethsemene från Jesus Christ superstar.

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.

No thank you. No matter how many Bowie albums they put on this list, I can't bring myself to like his general sound.

One of the most perfect transition albums it walks the difference between Young Americans’ homage through deadpan and the Berlin Trilogy’s experimental. As such it is one of Bowies most musically accomplished albums and best works.

4.5 stars

Another Mr Bowie album, once again I didn’t hate it. He was definitely tapping into his weirder side at this point. I really need to rate the albums as I listen so I don’t forget my thought processes :(

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.

Ich habe dieses Album dreimal gehört und es lässt mich immer noch eher ratlos zurück. Dieses Album kommt mir vor wie eine große Suche. Die Suche nach etwas Großem, leider ohne dass die Suche zu einem befriedigenden Ergebnis führt. Auch das Genre ist schwer zu benennen und zeigt viele Einflüsse. Alle Songs sind musikalisch nicht langweilig, gut gespielt, teilweise sogar abwechslungsreich, aber für mich einfach nur Mittelmaß und lassen mich total kalt. Sorry, Bowie. Am besten gefallen hat mir vielleicht der Titeltrack, Station to Station, auch wenn der Umbruch mitten im Song eher seltsam war.

Weet een banger van bowie hoor

it's good, piano-y:)

Cocaine is a hell of a drug. First of all — Randomizer, that's the wrong drug for my group's 420th album. But putting that aside... The whole day before I actually got to this album — hell, while I was listening to it and once I was done — that was the thought on my mind. I mean, truthfully, it's how I've always considered the album: "The one Bowie made mad on coke." Which— I'm coming to realize, I never really had any feelings connected towards that thought. At most, there was some mild amusement (granted from being so far removed from the reality of what making this album was actually like), but otherwise I never meant it in a good or bad way. It was simply just an objective fact. To be frank, if my hesitation going into this album came from anything, it was the inspirations and what the record after this was. Now, look, in regards to the latter, I can't speak on Neu!, but I've mostly liked what I've heard of Kraftwerk. Sure, I only found TRANS EUROPA EXPRESS to be "just fine..." But AUTOBAHN, though? Oh, now **that** was a great-ass record and title track. When it comes to LOW, on the other hand, while I don't remember being too wild about the first half of the record, I still liked the second enough to ultimately give the whole thing a 4. Going into this, however... I'unno. I suppose the stark album cover — while I love, by the way — influenced me a bit too much to get stuck on the negative aspects. How repetitive TRANS EUROPA EXPRESS could be; the influence LOW is claimed to have on post-punk... Combined with the vague memories I have of being bored listening to it for the first time a few years ago... And the fact that it's only six songs across 38 minutes (an average length of 6.333... minutes per song). I wasn't exactly expecting the best. That's not even mentioning how much of a **character** the Thin White Duke persona was... So imagine my surprise when not even halfway through the album I'm figuring this might just be my second favorite of the Bowie releases my group has gotten thus far. See, the thing I failed to remember walking into this album is the one that Bowie released the year before: YOUNG AMERICANS. STATION TO STATION is often seen as a bridge between it and LOW, and although I wasn't too crazy about YOUNG AMERICANS back when I first heard it... Yeah, that thing's plastic soul is still way more what's happening here than my worries that it would be mind-numbingly dark n' stark Neue Deutsche Welle. Goodness, Bowie wouldn't even get close to Germany 'til after this record dropped, when he moved to Berlin. From a pure musical standpoint, this comes close to rivaling HUNKY DORY, honestly and truly. The rock is so groovy and funky that it kicks all kinds of ass. Meanwhile, there's R&B-type songs, and the melodies on those can be damn pretty. These are songs so strong, I don't even mind how long they are; they're the kind of songs where I can just fall into whatever they're doing and float along. Even when they repeat themselves in parts — the repetition is **far** from being egregious like I was worried it'd be. And the extra cherry on top? Bowie's voice. As much as I love HUNKY DORY and ZIGGY STARDUST — and I do truly love them; ZIGGY's gonna bump this one down to number three when it shows up... Well, look, I'm someone who grew up on the cover of "Changes" in SHREK 2 that Bowie guested on. His voice there — **that's** what Bowie sounds like to me. The higher, younger voice singing "Life On Mars?" and "Suffragette City" is recognizably him and it's good, but in a blind taste, I'd probably lean more towards how he sounds here or on, I'unno, LET'S DANCE. So, jus', these great melodies, being sung by this Bowie voice? I am **all the way** for it. Man, I'm kinda really glad Elvis Presley rejected "Golden Years" (if that story's true). I'd love to hear how Elvis woulda sang it, but man, if it don't sound just so good comin' out of Bowie. My goodness. So if ain't another great example of why I shouldn't pay too much mind to preconceptions. You'll never truly know 'til you go station to station yourself, eh? And having my journey through the six, yeah, I'll absolutely slap this thing with a big ol' 5. Don't let the monochrome MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH still on the front fool you; this is legit shit. And he made all of this during the darkest days of his life? Goodness me. I'll say it again: cocaine is a hell of a drug. Cocaine is a hell of a drug. First of all — Randomizer, that's the wrong drug for my group's 420th album. But putting that aside... The whole day before I actually got to this album — hell, while I was listening to it and once I was done — that was the thought on my mind. I mean, truthfully, it's how I've always considered the album: "The one Bowie made mad on coke." Which— I'm coming to realize, I never really had any feelings connected towards that thought. At most, there was some mild amusement (granted from being so far removed from the reality of what making this album was actually like), but otherwise I never meant it in a good or bad way. It was simply just an objective fact. To be frank, if my hesitation going into this album came from anything, it was the inspirations and what the record after this was. Now, look, in regards to the latter, I can't speak on Neu!, but I've mostly liked what I've heard of Kraftwerk. Sure, I only found TRANS EUROPA EXPRESS to be "just fine..." But AUTOBAHN, though? Oh, now **that** was a great-ass record and title track. When it comes to LOW, on the other hand, while I don't remember being too wild about the first half of the record, I still liked the second enough to ultimately give the whole thing a 4. Going into this, however... I'unno. I suppose the stark album cover — while I love, by the way — influenced me a bit too much to get stuck on the negative aspects. How repetitive TRANS EUROPA EXPRESS could be; the influence LOW is claimed to have on post-punk... Combined with the vague memories I have of being bored listening to it for the first time a few years ago... And the fact that it's only six songs across 38 minutes (an average length of 6.333... minutes per song). I wasn't exactly expecting the best. That's not even mentioning how much of a **character** the Thin White Duke persona was... So imagine my surprise when not even halfway through the album I'm figuring this might just be my second favorite of the Bowie releases my group has gotten thus far. See, the thing I failed to remember walking into this album is the one that Bowie released the year before: YOUNG AMERICANS. STATION TO STATION is often seen as a bridge between it and LOW, and although I wasn't too crazy about YOUNG AMERICANS back when I first heard it... Yeah, that thing's plastic soul is still way more what's happening here than my worries that it would be mind-numbingly dark n' stark Neue Deutsche Welle. Goodness, Bowie wouldn't even get close to Germany 'til after this record dropped, when he moved to Berlin. From a pure musical standpoint, this comes close to rivaling HUNKY DORY, honestly and truly. The rock is so groovy and funky that it kicks all kinds of ass. Meanwhile, there's R&B-type songs, and the melodies on those can be damn pretty. These are songs so strong, I don't even mind how long they are; they're the kind of songs where I can just fall into whatever they're doing and float along. Even when they repeat themselves in parts — the repetition is **far** from being egregious like I was worried it'd be. And the extra cherry on top? Bowie's voice. As much as I love HUNKY DORY and ZIGGY STARDUST — and I do truly love them; ZIGGY's gonna bump this one down to number three when it shows up... Well, look, I'm someone who grew up on the cover of "Changes" in SHREK 2 that Bowie guested on. His voice there — **that's** what Bowie sounds like to me. The higher, younger voice singing "Life On Mars?" and "Suffragette City" is recognizably him and it's good, but in a blind taste, I'd probably lean more towards how he sounds here or on, I'unno, LET'S DANCE. So, jus', these great melodies, being sung by this Bowie voice? I am **all the way** for it. Man, I'm kinda really glad Elvis Presley rejected "Golden Years" (if that story's true). I'd love to hear how Elvis woulda sang it, but man, if it don't sound just so good comin' out of Bowie. My goodness. So if ain't another great example of why I shouldn't pay too much mind to preconceptions. You'll never truly know 'til you go station to station yourself, eh? And having my journey through the six, yeah, I'll absolutely slap this thing with a big ol' 5. Don't let the monochrome MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH still on the front fool you; this is legit shit. And he made all of this during the darkest days of his life? Goodness me. I'll say it again: cocaine is a hell of a drug.

Y'know, considering how the man was literally on all sorts of drugs throughout the making of this album, it's a damn miracle that it turned out this good. Solid 5 Stars.

I’m at a 5. This is the fifth David Bowie album we’ve gotten, and this is the third time I’ll be giving him a 5; big recovery from starting 0-2 with a 3 and a 4. This is also probably my favorite one we’ve gotten so far. I’d have to relisten to Low or Aladdin Sane to be absolutely certain, but considering those were both 4.5 bumped up to a 5, this one getting it right from the jump should say a lot. If this is David Bowie’s cocaine album, then he picked the correct direction to go while he was on that shit – this is even more rock/American than Aladdin Sane was. When the guitars are rolling on this one, it feels about as even with a ZZ Top or Thin Lizzy-style band, one driven by just kickass guitar & percussion, and letting everything else build around that. I hesitate to invoke Paul McCartney & Wings, but this got around that point a few times. For the record, I do recommend listening with headphones in, as opposed to like, stereo speakers or anything, just to get the full depth of the soundscape in your ears. It really does enhance the whole thing. That rings true for any album on the list, but I think it really did wonders here. Station to Station is a stellar opener – 3 minutes just to get to any vocals, sure, but the sound design and pacing of the whole intro is really well done, so it flies by. The entire stretch before the switch-up halfway in feels like the closest I’ve heard David Bowie to doing a full blown prog rock song, so that was rad. When it does switch up, while the repetition eventually creeps in… man, that’s a really good switch the first time you hear it. The whole energy of the track shifts, and enters a smooth groove that glides the rest of the way. Rather sad lyricism, but a great track. Golden Years is a bit lyrically confusing to me, but given that it was written for Elvis Presley of all people (I cannot IMAGINE what that room would’ve looked like), you can probably partially ignore them – it’s all in the charisma of the performance, and David Bowie certainly channels his best Elvis Presley for it. Really good pseudo rap flow to the whole thing too, and I thought it was cool as hell. Word on a Wing is a bit preachy, but I admire the honesty that seems to be present in Bowie’s vocals – the lyricism does eventually start to feel repetitive and tread water, but I think it’s still an enjoyable listen. Probably my weakest track on the album, though. That gets partially remedied by TVC15 – while it ABSOLUTELY suffers from “first minute = whole song” syndrome in a way that would normally make my ears suffer, there’s something fun in the groove of the whole thing that made me just accept it for being what it was, letting loose, and really just enjoying the feel of the track. That’s probably what Bowie was going for, and I’m glad I let myself feel it before giving up on it. Stay is TVC15 with an even funkier bend, and the entire soundscape is cool as hell, but those last 2 minutes are something really special that I think you can only really feel as a raw first listen one time. I do wish the second verse were better, just for my tastes, but paying attention to the lyrics at that point is like trying to find a rare bug on a roller coaster – ignore them and just enjoy the ride, you know? Wild Is the Wind is a good closer – I do feel like Bowie tried just a hint too hard to capture the sort of 50s/60s soul/crooner vibe, and the reverb effect on his vocals wasn’t helping out either, but he sounds pretty good regardless, especially on the higher notes in the last 2 minutes. The instrumentation on that, with all the blended guitar & effective drum breaks, really clicked for me. So, yeah, I have no real flaws – a few lull spots maybe, some occasional preachiness, and maybe a bit of repetition that pulls this down, but I think this is the sort of David Bowie album I’ve been waiting for. It’s his 70s rock / cocaine album, and I think it finds a groove that’s been missing from his other stuff for my ears (which has all still been really good); at 6 tracks, it’s concise with no filler, and it’s an awesome 40 minutes that blinks by once you get lost in that groove. Super easy 5 for me.

Typical Bowie W

This album is brought to you in part by… cocaine! One of Bowie’s best albums take as a whole. Other than Golden Years, there’s not a song here that you’re probably adding to a playlist (although the title track and Wild Is The Wind are fantastic). It’s an album, like many in Bowie’s discography, that’s greater than the sum of its parts. It’s also one fueled by heavy cocaine use. Whatever, long live the Thin White Duke!

Finally, a Bowie album I can listen to! I'm not a Bowie fan, and i know he's a legend, but I question some of the choices. I'm guessing the author of the list is a big fan. Liked Songs Added: Golden Years TVC15

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.

Un gran álbum en una época muy difícil de Bowie

Some of the most interesting albums on this list are made in some crucible of personal pain or interpersonal tension. Bowie was in a bad place in his head with his addiction to cocaine when this album was made, and the nihilism of that state of mind allowed him to push hard against the 3:30 pop song format. We get something very different than his prior releases. It's a standout record on all fronts, and mercifully he saved himself from the abyss of addiction. On "Stay", the guitars of Earl Slick and Carlos Alomar sound like two wild cats stalking one another in the jungle of a disco rhythm; "Station To Station" tells of two persons whose lines intersect, perhaps fleetingly, as though they were passengers on a train between two stations or transmissions between two radio towers; "TVC15" and "Golden Years" sound like light, radio-ready pop songs, but carry a dark tale inside. Bowie's passionate cover of "Wild Is The Wind", made famous by Nina Simone, pays great homage to her performance while being distinct from hers. This album truly is the precursor to his famous Berlin Trilogy--the outsider holding up a mirror to us so that we can see how beautifully strange we are.

I've gained a much bigger appreciation of Bowie through this project.

Dude it's David Bowie, it's gonna be a 5/5. The guy was a genius. I'm glad to see this album on here and I think it's number five of Bowie for me? Keep them coming, I could have every Bowie album on this list and not be upset. 5/5

It's David Bowie

hm, weiß nicht....... Schwanke zwischen 2-3 Sterne, weil kein einziger Song mich gefesselt hat, es aber auch nicht "anstrengend" war. Jedenfalls kein Album woran ich mich lange erinnern werde.

Ist David Bowie overrated oder bin ich nur ein Banause?

the opening title track is really good. Golden Years is a nice soul song the rest is pretty forgettable

Enjoyable but I can only really give it a 3.

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.

Solid, but didn’t blow me away.

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.

Dikke vette 4 sterren al zit er wel meer in vermoed ik na nog wat luisterbeurten.

He was thin. He was white.

On the hard rocks side of Bowie but with some Talking Heads weirdness thrown in which I, for one, really love. "TVC15" is both inscrutable and one of my favorite underrated trans anthems

Easily my favorite Bowie album. I think every track is great. I bought this album for $1 at a swap meet in the late 80's. Listened to it for years and then gave it to my son in the late 10's. Masterpiece.

Great Bowie

Olhae, música boa viu.. E nada que já tinha ouvido do David Bowie. Gostei muito de Station to Station e Wild is the Wind. Gostei também de TVC 15

a primeira faixa é perfeita. 3,5

Eh not his best work. Just decent. More of a fan of the Ziggy era

I know I'm supposed to like this, but....

This doesn’t really grab me as much as some of his other stuff. I would imagine it’s a grower though. Still interesting enough for a 4

uhhh mid, one lovely song

I feel like this is another Bowie album that was held back by an underwhelming production quality. The songs are catchy and fun, but they didn't click with me as much as I feel it should have. Still a really interesting album with some quality hidden gems in Bowie's catalog. Top tracks: Station to Station, Word on a Wing, Stay

A classic pivotal record

A pretty good album and exactly what I expected from Bowie

70s Bowie (with some 80s sprinkled in for good measure) was the best Bowie, even with his tendency to constantly reinvent himself. This album is good, if a little uneven, and it's missing obivious, stand-out hits. However, the title track and Wild is the Wind alone are enough to make this album aat least very competent. The rest of the tracks don't need to hide either. 3/5

Very good production. Need to listen a few more times.

A decent album with some hits. I think David Bowie is just not for me though. Still- definitely wasnt bad, just didnt capture me

It was okay, but nothing really that tickled my fancy.

Bowie is always a pleasure to listen to when it comes up on this list. Another one of Bowie's mid-70's transformation albums. Much less rock, more pop/jazz sounding than previous work. Highlights: Golden Years TVC 15 Stay Not my favorite Bowie album, but easy to listen to. 4/5

thin white duke moment 3.7

I've always been a bit on the fence when it comes to Bowie. He feels like one of those artists who are more iconic than great, in the sense that his image carries much of his influence on music. However, this is still a solid album — catchy, groovy and sonically interesting in a tight 38-minute package.

I simply don't get the worlds fascination with David Bowie - especially this album. Its just OK

Pretty alright. Nothing stood out but Bowie still delivers

It was good. I see why people love it. But you have to be the right person and in the right mood.

A major turning point in Bowie's career. Can't really say much past that.

truly no skip, absolutely masterful, really fun to listen to. never gets boring

Nunca había escuchado a David Bowie, pero fui demasiado fan

Me gustó, no es mi genero favorito, pero debo reconocer que es un muy buen albúm Rating:8,5 Canción Favorita: Stay

I always find it amazing how David Bowie's music can take me straight back to high school. It's like going back in time, when only music could ease the anxiety and the teenage blues, you know, before I was introduced to the alcohol industry.

Pound for pound the best Bowie album. The snarl, the swagger, and the surprising sensitivity are second to none.

"It's not the side-effects of the cocaine" No Bowie, it absolutely is. This album basically sits right between the Ziggy glam days and the Berlin-era art-rock. And you can hear the chaos all over it. He was barely sleeping, paranoid, hollow, living off cocaine and out of that came The Thin White Duke: cold, emotionless, elegant, pretentious. It’s terrifying and brilliant at the same time. The title track is insane. It introduces the Duke, starts slow and haunting, and then explodes into that driving second half where he feels fully in control like the character has truly taken over. Golden Years feels nostalgic, like he’s trying to pretend things are fine, chasing the “good old days,” but there’s something off underneath. The smile doesn’t feel real. Word on a Wing might be one of the most underrated songs he ever wrote. It sounds like he finally drops the character and begs for help. You can feel how scared and lost he actually was in real life when he wrote it. It’s fragile in a way the Duke isn’t supposed to be. TVC 15 is weird as hell, Bowie hallucinating that his girlfriend got eaten by a TV but weirdly still catchy and fun. That’s the madness creeping through. Stay is pure groove, but lyrically it feels like the Duke trying to connect with someone while still being completely detached emotionally. And then the album closes with Wild Is the Wind, which barely feels like a Duke song at all. Suddenly there’s warmth and vulnerability. It’s like the mask cracks for a moment and Bowie sounds human again almost like he’s reaching out and asking for someone to pull him back. Bowie has always felt like the closest thing to an alien, and this album is a big reason why. It’s either his best work or right next to it. Absolute masterpiece.

Good music. Old but good

This is the album he was on a lot of drugs when he recorded I think? i think he said he didn’t remember the experience. I unfortunately feel the same but hope the album clicks with me one day.

I usually really enjoy Bowie albums. In fact, he’s probably been one of the most consistently high scorers with this album journey. However, for whatever reason, this one just didn’t really resonate with me. It was still fine, and there’s nothing I’d exactly say is bad, but it felt more appropriate to have on in the background rather than at the forefront of my attention. It’s no secret that Bowie liked to jump between genres a lot, but this seemed to fall in no-man’s-land for me, not really being anything graspable. Still not bad, by any means, but a lower standard than I’m used to from him.

Und immer wieder ein Push nach vorne. Großartig!

Насправді, щоб повноцінно розуміти David Bowie, його альбоми варто слухати у порядку їх виходу. Адже тоді, його творчій шлях та трансформація як музиканта розкривається повністю. Ви починаєте розуміти всі посилання та натяки на минулу творчість, та вчитесь «відчувати» разом із Девідом. Але навіть якщо слухати цю роботу у відриві від попередньої творчості - це все ще дуже гарна, концептуальна музика, яка зроблена на найвищому рівні. І це не дивно, адже тут він показує нам, що він вже сформований музикант, що вміє робити доволі цілісні та сильні альбоми, які будуть існувати «поза часом». Якщо говорити про музику, то цей альбом, вочевидь, чи не найбільше черпає натхнення із #funkrock музики, та все ж, на ньому трохи залишається впливу #soul, якого було дуже багато на попереднику - Young Americans. Окрім цього, на відкриваючому треку, ми можемо почути доволі відчутний вплив німецької авангард музики по типу Kraftwerk. І те як Бові переосмислює фанк - це шикарно, мені навіть важко підібрати слова щоб це якось описати - це просто варто послухати. Хоча альбом і слухається, на диво, легко - він, насправді пронизаний відчуттям наркотичної параної та тривожності. І це не дивно, адже саме в той час Девід переживав чи не найважчий період своєї кокаінової залежності. Проте саме цей альбом надихнув його позбавитись від залежностей та розпочав новий період у його творчості.

Another Bowie album. Safe to say I wasn't exactly eager to put this one on. Not the worst one of his, but I didn't like it on the whole It had its moments - I really enjoyed the guitar on Stay! Word On A Wing would have been lovely as an instrumental But why did he sound like a ghost, wailing over these songs?? Was it the coke? Absolutely terrible, and ruined the songs. The other songs were pleasant enough instrumentally, but it was more like background noise I've said it before and I'll say it again - would have scored higher with a different singer. Sorry Bowie fans, he's not for me! 2 ⭐️

Rock, 1976 -> 3

smells of Bowie all around but not one of his best works

With each additional David Bowie album this list makes me listen to, the more confident I become in saying I don't really care about his music. Sorry to all the sensitive students out there who want to be as nonconformist yet popular as him, you can't do that just by listening to his music.

Pretty solid, not that much a fan of the first track but everything else is really good. 3.9/5

1970s banger. “Don’t you know you’re life itself?” Wild is the wind and so was Bowie.

Not my cup of tea.

What an album! The opener alone is one of the best Bowie songs. Golden years and TVC15 on top make an absolute classic.

No es mi favorito de Bowie, aunque me gustó su lado más crudo de lo común en el canto. Nota: 2.9

Exactamente lo que pensé cuando se terminó el disco: "Qué sé you, no estaba tan bueno, pero no estaba tan mal". Merece mas de un 3, pero un 4 es muy generoso. Voy con 4 porque algunos discos que noté con 3 son muy inferiores.

In my opinion one of the worse albums of Bowie. Can't really find anything special here. "Wild is the Wind" is quite good. All the other songs nothing special.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Bowies vocals are spectacular on this album. Beautiful sound but still a very classic rock album. Definitely an album Id have to return to. Favourite tracks: Golden years Stay TVC 15

"anybody who can merge Lou Reed, disco, and Dr. John ... deserves to keep doing it for five minutes and 29 seconds" - Robert Christgau

There is much better Bowie

Don’t really like this era of Bowie. This one certainly shouldn’t be on here. Bowie says he can’t remember recording it because of the drugs - no David, it’s because all the songs are boring. The best one was covered 100x better by Cat Power.

Was an ok album. Nothing earth shattering.

budget talking heads (:

Not my bag

Station to Station by David Bowie 1/18/25: eating this shit up

Word on a Wing, Wild is the Wind. Rest is pretty great too.

Liked it a lot!

David Bowie - Station To Station Finally I got the chance to listen to a David Bowie album, and it did NOT disappoint. Only album i've heard from him was Blackstar, which is already a classic of his. And it seems that this is one of his classics too. I had the most fun when listening to this album. Honestly, words can't describe how good this album is, just listen it yourself and you'll get it. Overall, this is perfect. 1.- Station to Station = 10/10 2.- Golden Years = 10/10 3.- Word on a Wing = 9/10 4.- TVC15 = 9/10 5.- Stay = 10/10 6.- Wild Is the Wind = 10/10 FINAL SCORE: 9.7/10

who says cocaine never did any good?

One of my favourite Bowie album, his cover of Wild Is The Wind might be my favourite version of that song.

No notes. More cocaine & peppers maybe.

Gat past the 10min 18sec first track and it’s pure Bowie gold.

A self-indulgent slog of an album. Like having a talk with someone on coke.

It was fine. There are much better Bowie albums

This is our third or fourth Bowie album and it's been a very strange introduction to his as an artist. This album was enjoyable, but I also don't see myself listening to it a ton. "Golden Years" is a standout for me but otherwise the songs didn't strike me much. I'm still holding out hope for Bowie to get a 4 or 5 for one of his most popular albums.

David Bowie has always been an abstraction for me. As much as I've been told to admire him and his art over the course of his career, he has never really connected with me. It might be his voice or his lyrical curiosities, or just the way most things he does seem to have an icy, intellectual remove for me. But this album finally did it for me. "Word on a Wing" and "Wild is the Wind" finally hit me in heart more than the head. I felt it and it seemed like I got it. At last. The production values of this album are also amazing. A great sounding record. Golden Years alone seems like masterclass in guitar sounds and mixing. Not a 5, but certainly a 4.

Awesome Bowie sound, as usual. I was only bummed because it was so short, so I listened to it twice. Five stars.

Not great, not terrible.

David Bowie always my favorite

Album bom, mas nada fenomenal. Ultimo album de personas dele. um solido 7/10

One of my favorite era's of Bowie is the Berlin trilogy, and this album that directly precedes that era tees it up marvelously. Clocking at just under 40 minutes, it shows Bowie ready to explore the groove-based avant garde with no fluff. Aside from Golden Years you have some of his finest work and you'll never hear it overplayed, except for in my living room. Come on over, there's tea on the stove & lagers in the fridge.

This is surely one of the very good Bowie albums, and I really like it. But I have to admit that I never really succeeded in fully connecting to any of his records - maybe apart from Black Star - and this one does neither. Great artsy songwriting, vocal performance is outstanding and eccentric, but the Roy Bittanish sound flavor destroys it in parts. I simply cannot stand his operatic overblown full range piano massacres of his.

Post addiction mellow. Good record! Golden Years being the biggest hit off of here. Who needs hits though? Great insight into the times surrounding the recording.

I've definitely heard of Depeche Mode, but I had thought they sounded very different than this for some reason. It isn't really my jam. Solid album outside of that, though

Sorry if I offend anyone but I am not a fan of Mr Bowie. This has some good tracks, notably 'Golden Years' but I struggle to connect with him. Strange

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

Ik vond het best geinig om de laatste weken wat oude Bowie platen te herleven, omdat het toch een artiest is die ik stiekem een beetje links laat liggen, vaker dan eerlijk is. Maar zo is het wel weer even genoeg. Dat gezegd hebbende, behoort dit wel bij zijn meest consistente werkjes. Hij heeft duidelijk de transitie ondergaan van theatrale glam naar abstracte art pop, wat als maar abstracter zou worden in Berlijn. De titelsong laat horen dat de kaarten opnieuw geschut zijn. De groove is weird, maar wel sterk aanwezig, en de nummers zijn hoekig, (voor Bowie) onorthodox leeg, en lang. 'Golden Years' doet alvast een gooi naar de stempel 'new wave', een jaar of 10 voordat dat echt een populaire team in de hitlijsten was, en is eigenlijk een beetje een vreemde eend in de bijt. De rest van de songs gooien het niet op catchiness. En dat werkt als één geheel best goed, wat als album zijnde best een pluim verdient. Dieptepunten kent het niet, verre van zelfs, maar ook vergelijkbare pieken van zijn albums begin jaren 70 missen. De titelsong is wel memorabel omdat die zijn nieuwe stijltje perfect omschrijft, en 'Word on a Wing' is waanzinnig mooi. De rest is ietswat flets, zonder uit de toon te vallen. 7/10 Highlights: Station To Station Word on a Wing

Ik kan al een aantal dagen niet echt de goeie woorden vinden voor deze review. Het is niet slecht maar heeft me ook niet gegrepen. Om iets goeds op te schrijven moet ik het nog een keer luisteren. Daar heb ik onvoldoende zin in. Ik kom tot de conclusie dat Bowie met name exceptioneel is vanwege zijn showmanship, zijn karakter en zijn vermogen te vernieuwen. Albums puur op kwaliteit beoordelen doet hem dan ook te kort, maar maakt deze app wel lastig. 7/10 Highlights Wild is the wind

Truly this list must have every Bowie album. I like this, but I don't necessarily think it's a must listen.

Doesn't live up to its reputation, although Word on a Wing was a standout

Monsieur Bowie, we do like.

One of Bowie's best and my personal favourite. Essential

There are probably too many Bowie albums on this list but he’s earned it more than Steely Dan. Typical Bowie in that I have no idea what’s happening on this album but I enjoyed it nonetheless. High 3

Thoughts before listening: One of Bowie's albums that gets heavy praise but came in a dark, drug fueled time in his life. These albums usually have a few pop hits but also some artsy, avant-garde songs as well. Review: Very good Bowie album although not his best (Hunky Dory is probably my favorite). I came in knowing only "Golden Years", which has long been a favorite of mine, but all 6 songs on this album are strong. Nice mix of sounds on this album from "Golden Years" disco to the more hard rock sounds of "Stay" and "TVC15". This is a 4-star album.

Always interesting. Great music.

Cool opening - planet telex much? 1:10… okay, I take back the planet telex comment 2:53, oh yeah funky 6:34, I feel like I should be enjoying this song more than I am.. I’m not jamming, but I know it’s good. Station to station just ended.. it’s too late! Next track I like golden years much more! Good song.. Word on a wing is making me sad :( May be my favourite track so far.. I like that organ swell, us and them.. TVC15, I can already tell I probably won’t like this one It’s actually pretty good, TRAAANSITION🪬🪬🪬🔮🔮🔮🦄 Stay! Oooooh! I love the guitar here Wild is the wind is a Bowie song.. not much else I have to say, I like the guitar

I wasn't familiar with this DB album but it was great. A lot more ballady stuff in there and I thought it was rich and warm and interesting. Would definitely listen again

Ah a beauty. This is one of my favourite Bowie albums and Station to Station might be my favourite Bowie track. Absolute belter. There's not a bad track on this album.

I’m not ashamed to admit how much I enjoyed Young Americans. I still go back to Fame pretty regularly. It has been a lot longer than I thought since I spoke about that record. But I’m never not in the mood to explore more Bowie. Young Americans was a pretty big shift for him musically. And thankfully it was a success. Many would consider this to be the definitive funk Bowie record. From a personal perspective, the man was in a very difficult point of his life to say the least. It’s probably a miracle this record was ever finished in the first place. During the middle of the decade, Bowie was going days without sleep and living entirely off a diet of red peppers, milk, and cocaine. And he claimed he remembered nothing of these recording sessions. From this rigorous lifestyle, the Thin White Duke was born. Fitting considering the man’s very sickly appearance at the time. As much as I enjoy the earlier moments of his career, the highlights from Young Americans and onward is the music from the man I like the most. And this album is really where he dials in what made that previous record work so well. This band, which he would continue to work with during the rest of the decade, might be the tightest band he’s ever had. Which is really saying something, considering what he was working with in the glam rock days. Much like every other genre he tacked, this is funk and soul with the Bowie spin on it. And that spin moves away from a traditional sound, and embraces more experimental krautrock ideas. Which I’m sure won’t come into play later. I think each side of this probably ends with its least impressive song. He always knew how to write compelling ballads, and Word on a Wing is a solid song, but nothing mind blowing. And for it being the only piece of music he didn’t write for this, Wild Is the Wind is a fantastic cover. Hard to beat Nina Simone, but I believe he does her justice. Those pieces are good, but they just can’t compare with the rest of the album, especially when you have songs like the title track or Stay. My rule of thumb is if you can get a good, honest stank face out of me, your song is probably great. And those two tracks are examples of how you write piano rock infused funk classics. The switch up at the middle of the titular cut is magnificent, and it’s such a stellar way to open the album. As I already said, this style of his music appeals to me so much more, and it’s honestly the essence of why I love David Bowie. I’m glad I covered this first, because it’s definitely the best place to start when exploring his more experimental stuff, at least before things get too weird. Rating: 9/10

Not a single skippable track but not quiet 5 stars too.

Only heard Ziggy Stardust so far, so this seems very different. I feel like it moves away from the more glam-rock stuff which he was doing earlier which I didn't like as much. I also generally prefer longer songs, which these are. instrumentation is quite standard, but still very good. Only complaint being some hooks kinda repeat aimlessly. Favourite songs: Station to station, word on a wing, stay and wild is the wind. Overall around 8/10

classic bowie

Another excellent recording

From Bowie's "Thin White Duke" era. Contains the hits "Golden Years" and "TVC 15". Not one of my favourite Bowie albums, but not his worst.

Yeah this is some okay Bowie. Nowhere near my favorite but also not bad. Just doesn't really click with me at all

Lotsa fun! I love “Golden Years”!

I think that there might have been some recording interrupting Bowie’s arduous cocaine sessions for this. A staggeringly long 38 minutes of music.

top 3 Bowie album. Fantastic production, great songs and Bowie was in his finest vocal form - just listen to Wild Is The Wind or Word On A Wing. Excellent band too, PLAY LOUD!

just not for me man :/

Def a fun listen and very smooth in the background, this album didn’t quick impress me enough while I appreciate the technical skills and lyricism It maybe getting seemingly a dozen early 70s rocks album in a row but the level of enjoyment wasn’t higher than a 3 for me

Still firmly a Bowie fanatic. 4.5/5

Amazing ! 4 stars and a half!

Classic album

I’d give it 5/10 as much as I do like some of David Bowie’s other songs this album sounded like it’d be in a horror or suspense film and as much as I wanted to like it I couldn’t I only liked one song Favorite song - “golden years” Least favorite - “Wild is the wind” Most unique - “TVC15”

It took me a while to understand that the narrative of a hollywood superstar first started with this generation of artists. The ones that did everything, from singing to creating art to staring in major hollywood blockbusters, this was the “peak” of hollywood. I do not have a fully formed opinion about the level of hollywood’s output at that time -I trully hope it was better than what it is now- but to my mind it looks and feels like the same level of stupidity is bound to apply there as well. Having said that, I can see a vision when I invest a little bit of time listening to this album and tie it with the movie that it was released with. Having scrolled, skimmed rather, through the commends I can see that a lot of people share this thought so I can go on a limb and say that this is not a far fetched idea. The post apocalyptic vibe of the songs, the do not care about anything attitude because it does not matter, the I am living in the moment because there is nothing more to about, these are my first and quite frankly only thoughts about the songs. Maybe I was not invested enough to see this all the way through. Don’t get me wrong, this is not a bad album, musicly it sounds flawless, it does not take a lot of risks. It is an album that keeps a good level, rather uninteresting, and focuses on the story behind it. I would say, fits whatever they were going for in Hollywood at the time, the superfans that were going to see everything cause Bowie was a superstar, so they were trying to compartmentalise the concept to create a bigger profit. I would not say this album has a start, a middle and a finish like some of the better albums I have listened. It just has a story that does not try to hard to tell you because then it was easier to sell because of Bowie’s name. Average but not to average…

First listen. This guy is really something.

Makes me wonder why I don’t listen to more David Bowie. Always like his songs and he is clearly an artist that focuses on albums, not songs. A pleasant listen.

Brilliant. Short, sweet, with a little fun and variety.

Meh. Fine. Its barely a full album. It's only on here because it's bowie.

i really enjoyed this album. really fun to dance and cook to. relaxing and energising

Would probably need a second listen but loved some of the songs in it. Wild is the wind in particular

Really not my thing but Golden Years was good. Kind of annoying to be honest lol

It was just fine. Nothing blew my socks off. That's 70's rock for you

Not loving it. I have a hard time with David Bowie most days. Golden Years it the only real standout.

"golden years" and "wild is the wind" are bangers but most of this album feels like a warm up for the Berlin trilogy. 3.5

The critics love this album. A lot of people pretend to like this album. David Bowie doesn't remember making this album.

Experimental rock album, an in-between album, before David Bowie turns into an interntional pop star.

A good album but really pales in comparison to the other albums in his discography. The disco elements are nice and show his adaptability. 3/5

afang recht cool sehr artsy fartsy aber cool. return of the thin white duke und so. seeehr nice. golden years riese jam aber etz nöd soo spannend. aber sehr cool. word on a wing schöös klavier. jo cuute, tönt alles mega geil aber nimmt mi au nöd suuper ine. komisch zum ekläre. tvc15 baut extreem guet uuf, ich checks nöd so ganz aber d gitarre sind seeeehr geil. stay isch maad geil bass und gitarre und drums am tschuuutte. congas au insaane geil. okay da isch jetz seeeehr sehr geil gsi, keis füfi glaub aber han seehr spass gha und absolut faszinierend d gschicht. de text die ganz aura rund ums album.