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David Bowie: Albums Elimination (Round 1)


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  1. 1. Immune (Pick Up To FOUR):

    • David Bowie (1967)
    • David Bowie (1969)
    • The Man Who Sold The World (1970)
    • Hunky Dory (1971)
    • The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (1972)
    • Aladdin Sane (1973)
    • Pin Ups (1973)
    • Diamond Dogs (1974)
    • Young Americans (1975)
    • Station To Station (1976)
    • Low (1977)
    • "Heroes" (1977)
    • Lodger (1979)
    • Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (1980)
    • Let's Dance (1983)
    • Tonight (1984)
    • Never Let Me Down (1987)
    • Black Tie White Noise (1993)
    • The Buddha Of Suburbia (1993)
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    • 1. Outside (1995)
    • Earthling (1997)
    • 'hours...' (1999)
    • Heathen (2002)
    • Reality (2003)
    • The Next Day (2013)
    • Blackstar (2016)
  2. 2. Eliminate (Pick Up To FOUR):

    • David Bowie (1967)
    • David Bowie (1969)
    • The Man Who Sold The World (1970)
      0
    • Hunky Dory (1971)
      0
    • The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (1972)
      0
    • Aladdin Sane (1973)
      0
    • Pin Ups (1973)
    • Diamond Dogs (1974)
    • Young Americans (1975)
    • Station To Station (1976)
    • Low (1977)
    • "Heroes" (1977)
      0
    • Lodger (1979)
      0
    • Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (1980)
      0
    • Let's Dance (1983)
    • Tonight (1984)
    • Never Let Me Down (1987)
    • Black Tie White Noise (1993)
    • The Buddha Of Suburbia (1993)
    • 1. Outside (1995)
    • Earthling (1997)
    • 'hours...' (1999)
    • Heathen (2002)
    • Reality (2003)
    • The Next Day (2013)
    • Blackstar (2016)


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Winners so far:

 

The Beatles - Revolver (1966)

Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality (1971)

Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties (1974)

Genesis - Selling England By The Pound (1973)

Iron Maiden - Powerslave (1984)

Judas Priest - Stained Class (1978)

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV (1971)

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973)

Queen - Sheer Heart Attack (1974)

Rush - Moving Pictures (1981)

Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981)

Yes - Close To The Edge (1972)

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Bowie’s the only artist left in my top five that I haven’t heard every (meaningful) studio album from... and I have a lot of Bowie albums!

 

This should be challenging. He has a claim to the longest golden run of any artist.

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He lost his way real bad after Let's Dance until the last couple albums

 

I mean, Heathen is definitely good. Maybe not as great as most of his classics, but I'd say it's better than Young Americans at least.

 

Heck, I might like it better than Let's Dance.

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Up next:

 

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Ozzy Osbourne

 

Suggestions are closed... for now.

 

 

Winners so far:

 

The Beatles - Revolver (1966)

Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality (1971)

Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties (1974)

Genesis - Selling England By The Pound (1973)

Iron Maiden - Powerslave (1984)

Judas Priest - Stained Class (1978)

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV (1971)

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973)

Queen - Sheer Heart Attack (1974)

Rush - Moving Pictures (1981)

Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981)

Yes - Close To The Edge (1972)

 

Hey hi water, do you do ties? That last Queen poll's sitting at 11-11 right now, less than a day after you called it.

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I have only heard up through Let's Dance. Is there an album I should try after that before anything else? I know Black star has gotten a lot of praise.

 

Blackstar is a masterpiece. I rank it as his second best ever. I know ReRushed ranks it as his number 1. I haven’t heard much beyond Let’s Dance either, but if you listen to anything beyond it, make it Blackstar.

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Looking forward to this poll. It should start getting interesting once we get rid of some of the disappointing '80s stuff.

Probably because of my age, I am a big fan of the' 70s albums when he had the Ziggy persona, and also the Berlin trilogy. But Blackstar was one of the greatest things he ever produced. I miss him.

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I have only heard up through Let's Dance. Is there an album I should try after that before anything else? I know Black star has gotten a lot of praise.

 

Blackstar is a masterpiece. I rank it as his second best ever. I know ReRushed ranks it as his number 1. I haven’t heard much beyond Let’s Dance either, but if you listen to anything beyond it, make it Blackstar.

I would rank it highly, but I would have a couple just ahead of it.
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In my opinion, Bowie began righting his course on Hours, and after that every album is very good to excellent. Heathens, Reality, Next Day, and of course Black Star.

 

Bowie was back well before Black Star.

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In my opinion, Bowie began righting his course on Hours, and after that every album is very good to excellent. Heathens, Reality, Next Day, and of course Black Star.

 

Bowie was back well before Black Star.

 

Yeah, love or hate his 90s stuff, at least he was giving a damn even back to the late 80s with Tin Machine. Discovering The Pixies kind of gave him his creative spark back. Collaborating with Trent Reznor on some electronic and industrial in the mid 90s was a wise move.

 

Hours isn't top tier but it is underrated and it's nice to hear Bowie just sounding himself and his age instead of just being Bowie and with more introspective songs like Thursday's Child.

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