NOTE: Nina Simone recorded one of the most famous versions of Wild is the Wind in 1966 but it was first recorded by Johnny Mathis. Bowie's version was a tribute to Simone.
In 1994 I was strolling along Central Park South when a limo pulled up in the driveway at a hotel. I stopped for it and out gets Bowie and Iman. No-one else around within coo-ee. They looked immaculate, just beautiful. I didn't attempt to speak with them. Well, that's my Bowie story!
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It’s not the rankings themselves that interest me in these videos ( bound to be some people upset over the placing), so much as your comments and stories on each disc and why they have been chosen. It makes me want to listen again to some of the albums or hear them for the first time in some instances. Lovely stuff, keep em coming.
Literally summed it up perfectly- like hearing his experience and just comparing it to my own in terms of how different it is (being someone who is much younger and getting into Bowie after he passed.)
@@mazzysmusic Very cool 👍As a guitarist myself I always champion Mick’s playing. Sure it’s not a million notes a second but his vibrato and sweet bends put him in the elegant class of players like Robin Trower. So underrated I’m glad you appreciate his playing without it David just wouldn’t be the same.
My favorite among favorites, this is the album where they get heavy, the birth of the Spiders, the beginning of the epic tracks, the flirting with gender, the madness recurring theme and even the title track has latin percussion! 1970 Bowie Rocks!
Scary Monsters doesn't get enough credit, it is one of my all time favorite albums of ANY artist. Up The Hill Backwards & Teenage Wildlife are absolute gems - well written lyrics and virtuoso music writing. His vocals in Teenage Wildlife are among the most brilliant I've ever heard. Also: Fashion, Because You're Young, It's No Game (both versions), Ashes to Ashes. Fripp & Townsend add some great guitar work. I understand that this album is pretty bizarre and intense, it either hits you in your gut or it doesn't... and it hits mine. (Kingdom Come is the only weak spot - it is a boring song that's out of place.)
I love all of David's albums but Station to Station just kills me. Just love this album. But with Bowie the difference in quality is so good, they are all special.
Great video, Mazzy. My introductory record was Hunky Dory and I had never heard anything quite like it, and really still (again *quite*) haven’t. I became a fan and slowly started listening to the occasional Bowie record from there, but truthfully it wasn’t until the pandemic that I took the dive from the beginning on. It would be a gross understatement to say his discography has an abnormal amount of depth to it. I’ll find myself drawing from his 70-78 output and thats the main course of my listening for.. a while. I’ve found a new found love for Station to Station and Diamond Dogs in particular, also a true (now time-affirmed) appreciation for just how incredible Hunky Dory and The Rise and Fall.. are too. What an amazing artist who left us with more than is possible to properly describe. Thanks again!
Great review and once again I agree with the rankings for the top 5 which I own. Please keep up the reviews as you're helping me rebuild my CD and record collections.
Thank you ! Liked it very much. I played Bowie shows in a theatre in Ingolstadt in Bavaria. Bowie is so so so amazing. I liked your ranking a lot. Best regards from munich and all the best to you.... Alex
My intro to Bowie was Rise and Fall. My older brother's friend left it at our house and I played it over and over. Had never heard anything like it. Saw Bowie at the Cow Palace also. A mere freshman in high school from the suburbs of San Jose. 15th row on the floor dead center and watched the parade of characters in the audience. Of all of my concerts this one is my fondest memory. What a show!!!
So happy to see Station to Station up there -- my favorite for a variety of mostly personal reasons. Loved seeing where you ranked the albums and why. In my heart I think I know your ranking is much more objective than mine (if rankings can be called objective). Thanks for sharing.
Dear Mazzy, a very measured and heartfelt ranking on your part!!....I am 70 years old and my TOP3 are identical to yours....I mostly agree with your choices,though I place Scary Monsters in #4 place...thanks again!
And Mazzy is back with another solid ranking video! I am, like many of us, an enormous Bowie fan. I also saw him 3 times, the first was 1982 Serious Moonlight Tour and then the Glass Spider Tour and the last time was the Reality Tour. I have always thought his mid to late 90's to early 2000's work has been terribly overlooked...like Hours, Earthling, Outside, Heathen and Reality. Great ranking....I'm gonna go spin Scary Monsters again right now. Low, Heroes and Lodger are 3 masterful pieces of work.
Great video man. thoroughly enjoyed that, didn't know that Fripp opened on guitar for heroes. Can't believe you saw the Thin White Duke, wish i was there. First Bowie concert for me was Serious Moonlight tour, 83, in New Zealand. I was 15 and obsessed with Young Americans and Ashes to Ashes. Station to Station is one heck of a brilliant record. Also love Win, Sound and Vision, Fantastic Voyage, Heroes, Five Years and so much more. thank you.
Lodger is one of my favorite albums of all time and it was one of Bowie’s favorites when he was asked what his favorite albums of his were. Adrian Belew’s guitar work on that album is fantastic.
Watching your video makes me want to spin all my Bowie albums. I saw him twice, in '95 when he toured with Nine Inch Nails. Bowie was deathly ill and only did a few songs before begging off. Saw him again in '97 on the Earthling tour and that was a much better show. Station to Station is my personal #1. But it's hard to argue with your list. I got Blackstar on the day Bowie died. I played it once and haven't had the heart to play it again, but I think it's time I did. Great video, my friend.
My wife also saw Bowie on the Thin White Duke/Station to Station tour and she said it was incredible - I am forever jealous! Station to Station and Hunky Dory are the two that constantly compete for my Top 2 (the EMI Millennium all-analog pressing of Hunky Dory is absolutely killer, smoking all other versions). One album that rarely gets much love but which for me would be in my Top 20 is Earthling. The Trent Reznor remix of "I'm afraid of Americans" is in my Top 10 Bowie singles for sure. Both Heathen and Reality are higher up in my list, and I also have great fondness for "hours...." I know live albums aren't in your purview, but the final Reality tour set is fantastic, and I also love the BBC sessions (especially with the extra live disc of Bowie performing at the BBC around 2000, I think). But, let's face it, Bowie is one of those artists where every album is a must-own.
"the man who sold the world" is a very underrated album. It rocks!!! Mick Ronson is a guitar hero in this album... Inside this album, I feel predilection for a "little unknown song" called "Saviour Machine". It really blow my mind... what kind of dangerous advanced mind could write a song like that in 1970? For me, this song is a hidden masterpiece...
Love your list. Im going to do my due diligence with Station to Station now. Also, not only do I love Hunky Dory, I love to use the phrase "hunky dory" whenever given the opportunity. :)
Hi Mazzy, I love watching people rank David Bowie as nobody ever agrees on what is his best albums. This just shows the breadth and diversity of his work. There is no wrong ranking. My personal top 5 are: 5. Hunky Dory 4. Ziggy 3. Young Americans 2. Aladdin Sane 1. Diamond Dogs (the greatest album ever recorded in my opinion). Great video! All the best - Richard
Nobody ever agrees, because there are just too many that are that good! In fact I can’t even begin to put them in any kind of order of which are my favorites without thinking of being disloyal to another.
@@Tawny6702 Ranking Bowie's albums was one of the first videos I did a couple of years ago. I think if I would do it again the real change would be the elevation of Pin Ups which I now see as vastly underrated.
@@CookieMusic43 yes, so much attention to detail paid to the quality of this covers album is often underrated, and it’s not often I like a cover over the original, but there are a few...not all, that I think the songs sound so much better!
I’m happy to say that I also got to experience Blackstar before we lost him. My dad took me to Barnes and Noble to get it the day it came out and I also just played into the ground. It took me a very long time to go back to it.
Another good ranking video Mazzy. Personally I'd have included in my top 10 The Man Who Sold the World and Outside (the latter of which took me a good few years to fully appreciate). Also I would have included Earthling in the list, maybe at the expense of Pin Ups - which never did anything for me (aside from Sorrow). Cant argue with your number 1 & 2 though.
Great video, I prefer to rank people like Bowie in time periods - it's easier ! Today my top 5 ranking for late period would be ; 5: The Next Day, 4 Heathen, 3: hours..., 2 : Blackstar, 1: Outside.
I can't believe you were at that show 72 - I am so jealous! I remember reading in Bowie threads that his crowds were so small on that tour through the US that he would ask his audience to move from their seats and come close to the stage to make it more intimate? I am working on my 20 best Bowie albums and will post it in a little bit. Mine will be totally different than yours, though I think he, like no other artist that comes to mind, you can have a completely different ranking and be equally correct. Another great video on my top artist (my obsession). Thanks for this video!
I am a Bowie fan similar to your Beatles fandom. This list may be percieved as being heavy on the later years (which it is), and may be influenced by my entry point (MTV Let's Dance 1983 period) but I think my list still holds up in spite of this and is just from a different angle. 20. The Next Day 19. Never Let Me Down (my first new Bowie record released as a fan) 18. Station to Station 17. Let's Dance 16. Blackstar 15. Diamond Dogs 14. Earthling 13. Lodger 12. Aladdin Sane 11. Scary Monsters 10. Space Oddity 9. Young Americans 8. Heroes 7. Heathen 6. Black Tie White Noise 5. The Buddha of Suburbia 4. Low 3. Ziggy Stardust 2. Hunky Dory 1. Outside Bonus Live albums ranking: 9. Cracked Actor: Los Angeles 74 8. Something in the Air (Live in Paris '99) 7. David Live: Philly 74 6. Welcome to the Blackout [Live London '78] 5. Glass Spider Tour: Montreal 1987 4. LiveAndWell.com 3. Santa Monica 72 2. Look at the Moon! 1. A Reality Tour
I love Hunky Dory and The rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust, as well. I never get tired of hearing these albums. I used to listen to Man Who Sold the World, Hunky Dory, and Ziggy Stardust often, while sitting around doing drawing or painting. They all have a fantastic variety and are full of nice surprises. Thanks for the info on Wakeman, etc - I used to only listen to that one on the net, so I never had the vinyl.
That is an exhaustive catalog to rank. I'll have to give it the full treatment one day, but until that day; 1) Ziggy 2) Aladdin 3) Heathen 4) Diamond Dogs 5) Next Day You touched on everyone having different personal tastes. And right out of the gate you rank my #3 as your #20. That is the beauty of music. Outside of the Reality album, I had not purchased anything of his since Tonight, as what I heard form his 90's releases wasn't doing anything for me. When he passed I decided to complete his discography. Could not get into Blackstar or Next Day, but it was Heathen that made me appreciate later day Bowie. Anyway, nice review!
Thank you for another excellent music excursion. The only Bowie album I have is Ziggy Stardust, but I have been interested in getting Hunky Dory. Bowie adapted better to the '80s more than almost any major 70's artist because he had a way of making the music & then era adapt to him.
Love the channel...and I know rankings are subjective...but....I am still rubbing my eyes at Tonight rated above my favorite album TMWSTW🙉🙈🙉🙈 I just looked at my watch to make sure it was not 4-1....now I am watching and Pin Up is on my TV...I have to log off now....I finally forgave you for the Goats Head Soup omission from the Stones rankings but I can't stand it anymore.... will wait for the next road trip video 👍
I saw him on the Glass Spider tour, so I will always love Never Let Me Down more than most others. There is now a remixed/reconstructed version of that album that is perhaps aimed to be a less dated version, with fewer electronic drums and synths. I am looking forward to digesting that one day. My faves are the Berlin trilogy along with Stage, but I love his entire career, even the Tin Machine stuff to a certain extent. Great overview and comments.
Got to see him a few times, the Glass Spider tour in Slane Castle with 100 000 others, loved the Reality tour, thanks for this, 2016 was a bastard year as so many amazing artists left us way to early
Hi Mazzy, Great ranking video! Outside was on released as a single disc LP (titled: ''Excerpts From Outside''), which omitted a couple of tracks making it a more concise album in my oppinion. I got my copy in Edinburgh back in 95, but I think it was available throughout at least Europe.
@@mazzysmusic I know! Luckily I continued to buy all those LP's and 7'' & 12'' singles during the 90's when they only had limited runs. I am guessing that they will all be reissued in the near future. Fingers crossed because I still need a vinyl copy of the wonderful ''The Buddha of Suburbia'' soundtrack, from 1993.
Hi Mazzy, Love Bowie. I have to rank on nostalgia. His albums influence my musical tastes and appreciation of art to this day. I was a teenager, 11/12 years when I first heard the Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust. It was my brothers LP, I wore it out. I was far from a rebel but listening to his music made me feel like one! 5.Young Americans-Win, a standout 4.Station to Station- Station to Station, Stay, Wild Is the Wind (Beautiful) 3.Diamond Dogs- Sweet Thing into Candidate- great sax work, We Are The Dead 2. Alladdin Sane- Alladdin Sane- Shout out Mike Garson, Time, Cracked Actor, Panic in Detroit - love this album! 1. The Rise and Fall Of Ziggy Stardust- Five Years (His best song IMHO) All solid songs. A joy to llsten to.
Norman you have so much talent I absolutely loved your list I love the boldness and I love the honesty You can't really know an artist until you see them live As it was when I saw Roger Waters in 2007,2012 and 2018. It was such a revelation The only thing I wish is it was a full list not just your favorites But man you rock!
A great overview Norman. We have the same top three, although I'd switch your 2 and 3 around. I'd also have Aladdin Sane and Scary Monsters above all of the Berlin trilogy.
Great to hear your reflections on these albums. The first LP I purchased was Aladdin Sane (as soon as it was released) and still think it is his best, or at least equal with Ziggy. An observation I have is that artists tend to get less interesting as they get older, but Bowie was on a rise at the end. Black Star is an amazing album.
Great video Mazzy! I just listened to Station To Station tonight. It's so good and the reissues sound great. Ziggy is definitely the best. That's a fact. 😃
God I am so late to this one and I apologize for being the 200th comment LOL! This was another pretty right on rankage vid! I would’ve put Low on top at #1 as it holds a special personal connection with me and I had this drug fueled fever Dream while I had it on continuous loop while I was in like Jr High Haha Followed closely by Ziggy, Alladin, Leta Dance, and Scary Monsters I can’t speak to BlackStar as I don’t have it but I will eventually Thanks for sharing Mazzy! Peace ☮️✌️👽🤘☮️
Mazzy damn this ranking was a winner yes Hunky Dory is a mother . Buy yes Ziggy is where it’s at when it comes on it pulls you in to that Ziggy persona I totally agree I’m awe you saw him in the Seventies wow man love the stories. My list 1. Ziggy Stardust 2. Hunky Dory 3. Low 4. Heroes 5.Station to Station 5. Black Star 6. Aladdin Sane 7. Lodger. I was so glad I got to see him on tour for the Heathen tour called Area1 he opened for Moby really yes he was amazing he came out in a suit with Earl Slick and Gail Ann Dorsey on bass Bowie totally blew me away . Awesome episode Mazzy love the 20 you picked .
Great ranking! My two faves by Bowie are Low and Let's Dance. I don't actually own any Bowie on vinyl or any format. I would pick up some if I find a decent used copy somewhere
Mazzy! I feel that Lodger was really ahead of it’s time musically. I didn’t really dig it when I first got it back around the mid 80s,, but a few years ago I revisited the album and I find it amazing now. It’s really a hidden gem in Bowie’s catalog.
The Man who Sold the World - 1970 Bowie Rocks! My favorite among favorites, this is the album where they get heavy, the birth of the Spiders, the beginning of the epic tracks, the flirting with gender, the recurring madness theme, and even the title track has a latin percussion! Seminal y'know? When listening to Bowie albums, you don't do it for the hits like with other lesser artists. He even said that people at concerts wanted the non hits, the non singles, the rare tracks... (Heroes, Loving the Alien, Queen Bitch, Sweet Thing/Candidate...)
Hey Mazzy, Great video and one that I had to watch and comment on as I'm a huge Bowie fan..and a very huge Mick Ronson fan..I would say that Mick is easily one of the top 3 guitar players that have influenced my own guitar playing. I'm not going to debate your choices ...no reason to, as you said everyone has different tastes and our own choices change week to week. But I will tell you my top 5. 5. Man Who Sold The World 4. Hunky Dory 3. Aladin Sane 2. Station to Station 1. Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars And a couple of interesting points to bring up. - Outside is available on vinyl...it came out a few years back on 2 lp white vinyl from Music on vinyl. I bought it when it came out luckily..as its a 200 dollar album now. - Lodger... you said was an excellent recorded and sounding album...the funny thing is both David Bowie and Tony Visconti both thought it was terrible sounding ...mainly because they couldn't get a proper mixing room to finish it in. Which is also why Tony Visconti remixed the whole album for the boxset that came out a few years back..that boxset had the original vinyl version and the new remix. ..it was one of David's last requests of Tony before he died. - last thing. ..I disagree that Man Who Sold The World is a weak album with only one good song. ..in fact..that one good song is the one I like the least...I think it's David's heaviest sounding album...It's more a Mick Ronson album then a Bowie album I think...his finger prints are all over it ..as well as Hunky Dory and Ziggy. He wrote and arranged all the string parts on his albums..this is a often overlooked contribution of his. Again great video. ..it really enjoyed it. Mark Anthony K Projekt Gemineye
Interesting about Visconti and Bowie not liking the OG Lodger considering Visconti compressed the hell out of a lot of Bowie’s later albums. I’ve had the vinyl version of it and always liked it. I’ll pick up one if the reissues and check it out. 😎
Appreciate the special nod to Sorrow. It was a favourite song to sing along with, soulful and flowing after so much 70s heaviness. From Station to Station, 'Stay' said everything at one time as a girlfriend was taken away. 'Hunky Dory' was a drug fueled personal spiritual adventure for years..."meet you on the next bardo..." 'Hang On To Yourself' left unmentioned from a life changing album.
Saw the Thin White Duke tour and it remains one of my favorite concerts. It’s no coincidence I guess that Young Americans and Station to Station are my favs.....followed by Ziggy and Hunky.
I have enjoyed your top album reviews (about 4th one I've checked out). Here I can't argue with you too much but for me Diamond Dogs goes a bit higher on my list as does Low. Bowie defined "artist" to me, both musically and visually, his attire and look was always evolving too , and stage sets and the presentation of his product on stage was important throughout the middle of his career. I don't think we have ever seen many musicians who defined the term "creative artist" any better or more fully than this man.
All power to both Lodger (occasionally my favourite DB album) and Stationtostation which doesn’t always get love it deserves. Outside is an incredible work of art + a handful of amazing songs. Or maybe I’m Deranged.
Interesting choices, although putting Tonight above Man who sold the world did have me saying...WTF!!! But then each to his own as they say! What did impress me here is that you presented a body of work in such a way that truly magnified the vastness of the mans ability and in no uncertain terms...genius! Most artists old and new make one or two brilliant landmark albums that define them throughout their careers which help keep them still being relevant with their fans for decades! But this guy made well over a dozen that were not only just brilliant, but also very different to each other, and sad to say....had he lived, would have gone on to make a few more!
I'm in my 50's and do remember Twiggy as a unique very famous petite model with a boyish charm, she was what you call a trendsetter. In fact everybody at school knew about her! And I am not from the UK nor the US! Thought most people had at least heard about her! 😳
Very respectable ranking, Mazzy. Bowie is an absolute favorite and my list and top five is different... 5.Aladdin Sane, 4. Hunky Dory, 3. Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, 2. Station To Station, 1. Low. Rick Wakeman was asked to join the Spiders From Mars, he got the call from Chris Squire to join Yes around the same time. He discussed with Bowie and as disappointed as Bowie was he actually encouraged Rick to join Yes. Bowie's version of Wild is the Wind gives me chills every time I listen to it. And, lastly, Pin Ups would be towards the bottom oh his catalog for me. PS - A correction to your correction... Bowie's wife was Angela or Angie (The Rolling Stones song) and his son was Zowie Bowie (Duncan Jones the film director).
I adore Hunky Dory. I’ve been listening to it since the late 70s I guess. I planned for Kooks to be a guiding light on parenting. Sadly when my son arrived many years later and school homework got him down - we never threw it on the fire and took the car downtown. I failed!
Enjoyed the video, and glad to see the art-rock choices up high. However, Alladin Sane at #11 was a shock. That record is as close to Ziggy Stardust stature as Bowie ever got IMO. Perhaps it's too similar for some, but for me it has to be in the top three AT LEAST!
Mazzy, you surprise me. We agree on the top 3. I didn’t think anyone else put Station To Station so high. In fact, it’s the LP I play the most. Wild Is The Wind is better than Nina Simone’s version and is, perhaps, the best cover I have ever heard (I’m obsessed with cover tunes). It’s Bowie at his sexiest, and that’s saying something. Nice list. Glad you let off Never Let Me Down.
I think both the intro to the track and the title Station to Station have two meanings both about taking you on a journey to other places. Train stations and radio stations. The opening minutes can be interpreted as either the sound of a steam train going from station to station or a listener twiddling the dial on an old fashion radio and hearing the static in between stations. A common experience for young people in Britain in the 60s and early 70s searching for pop music and listening to pirate radio stations and Radio Luxembourg on medium wave radios.
I just made a ranking of every Bowie album from 1967-1983. I haven’t listened to any of his albums after Let’s Dance. 1. Station to Station 2. Low 3. Ziggy Stardust 4. Heroes 5. Hunky Dory 6. Aladdin Sane 7. The Man Who Sold the World 8. Diamond Dogs 9. Scary Monsters 10. Space Oddity 11. Young Americans 12. David Bowie 13. Lodger 14. Let’s Dance 15. Pin-Ups
Glad that Pin Ups was included. A rather underrated album I thought. I wonder if you considered The Buddha of Suburbia. This is also very underrated IMHO.
Good stuff. Now, this is my fact!!!! 😂 1. Young Americans 2. Station to Station 3. Low. Bowie was the man! Sooooo many great songs and memories. Changes One Bowie is still one of the best greatest hits album. Glad you mentioned Wild is the Wind, such a beautiful song. Listen to Bowie sing across the universe and when he keeps saying “Nothing” I think of Wilco saying the same thing on Misunderstood.
Você comenta cada álbum com tanta elegância e riqueza de detalhes ,eu simplesmente adoro...sua coleção de discos é impecável e essa lista de discos do gênio David Bowie é magistral❤.
Hunky Dory and Ziggy Stardust are my favourite Bowie albums. His songwriting was brilliant. It was also a very creative time for him and Mick Ronson who both produced Lou Reed's classic Transformer album. Also The Stooges Raw Power album and Bowie also made stars out of Mott The Hoople around this time with All The Young Dudes which he wrote and produced their album. An incredible period for 1 of the all time greats.
David Bowie was my first concert ever back in September 17, 1983. He's also my favorite artist. I much later had the pleasure of performing the Star Spangled Banner on the same green turf at Oakland Stadium where I'd stood watching him all those years ago. You can catch that on my channel.
Ranking Bowie albums is a pretty monumental task, his output is so different and very little of it is bad. I think the two I go back to the most are Station to Station and Ziggy. I recently got into Let's Dance which I know some purists don't like but if you like new wave, its one of the best new wave records imo. I'm surprised The Next Day was so low on your list, I really enjoyed discovering it after devouring Blackstar.
Dearest Mazzy, may I suggest a ranking of your favorite Bay City Rollers records? Given last week's untimely passing of Les McKeown (the most financially-fleeced singer who ever held a microphone) perhaps your subscribers may enjoy such a clip. Just an idea. Shang-a-langingly yours, Tommy
Yes. I am also a fan of the run of subject from "Please Mr. Grave Digger" through to "Sue, In a Season of Crime." i.e. One of 'Murder' .. '1. Outside' is dedicated to it .. and there are plenty of songs with this reference throughout the catalogue .. "I count the corpses to my left and find I'm not so tidy."...(Gonna plug a few civilians) ..!!! .. :-) Good list, btw .. I'd have had Scary Monsters, Outside, Earthling, Lodger and 25 other albums in my top 5 at least ..!! I've tried and never suceeded in ranking the albums .. so, you've done a better job than I could manage (not too difficult, mind)
Great ranking , although we see things quite differently in terms of positioning . I saw the Station to Station tour at Maple Leaf Gardens in February of 1976 . I agree with that it was a stunning concert , and one of the best I've ever seen . The black and white lighting was fabulous . My top 10 ranking would would be this : ( today , anyway ) Ziggy Stardust Station to Station Aladdin Sane Diamond Dogs Low Hunky Dory Let's Dance Young Americans Heroes Scary Monsters
'...it's not the side effects of the cocaine...'....station to station....what a great album....love the list...i would have added 'hours'...i dig that album and the cover is brilliant.....and ziggy is number one....my old band, black widow, used to do mostly originals, but we did several tracks off of ziggy....just love that album....blackstar...low...aladdin sane...just perfect...and the live 'ziggy stardust the motion picture' is one of my all time favorite live albums....ronson is amazing....never got to see him live personally, but i can just imagine....great stuffy mazzy...stay well...peace...rocky
Great, another Bowie albums ranking. I like reading comments bellow a Bowie ranking. 100 comments, 100 different rankings. I`m not a Bowie hardcore fan, but i have 5 LP`s that i really like. Young Americans, Diamond Dogs, Pin Ups, Let`s Dance and Ziggy.
I’ve never understood the negativity towards Pinups, I really love that album. In fact, I have been known to do a passable Bowie impression doing ‘Sorrow’ on the Karaoke 😂 Scary Monsters is my personal #1 - Ashes to ashes is over 40 years old yet somehow still sounds like music from the future..
I have several; of Scott Walker albums on vinyl; and several on CD. I enjoy them but don't feel I really know them enough to showcase and discuss them. I didn't grow up listening to them and I feel I'm best with what I know,. A video on his music is better left to someone else.. Good suggestion though.
@@mazzysmusic Nice. Thanks for the response. I haven't seen anyone do a ranking or broad-range analysis of his stuff in video form. Perhaps best left to me.
I’ll watch this tonight. My 1,2,3 are Alladin Sane Ziggy Diamond Dogs Watched your video..4- Hunky Dory The Man Who s t w. Space Oddity Station to Station Low, Young Americans and Lodger. Back then after Low he kinda lost me. You are right about Black Star too. My favorite live lp is Stage.I was surprised Aladdin wasn’t in your top 5 since Ziggy is your 1.
I saw Bowie during his "Diamond Dogs" tour at MSG, boy was I surprised when he took the stage in a white 3 piece suit, and no orange spiked hair ! I've always said he sings like Anthony Newly too ! I love "Pin Ups",my favorite album is Ziggy though.
In 1994 I was strolling along Central Park South when a limo pulled up in the driveway at a hotel. I stopped for it and out gets Bowie and Iman. No-one else around within coo-ee. They looked immaculate, just beautiful. I didn't attempt to speak with them. Well, that's my Bowie story!
As arnold would say that's a good won....
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@@issacbentley7396 lol bot broke
It’s not the rankings themselves that interest me in these videos ( bound to be some people upset over the placing), so much as your comments and stories on each disc and why they have been chosen. It makes me want to listen again to some of the albums or hear them for the first time in some instances. Lovely stuff, keep em coming.
Literally summed it up perfectly- like hearing his experience and just comparing it to my own in terms of how different it is (being someone who is much younger and getting into Bowie after he passed.)
You must not be a guitar guy. Mick Ronson’s guitar work on The Man Who Sold the World is absolutely brilliant.
I love his guitar playing
@@mazzysmusic Very cool 👍As a guitarist myself I always champion Mick’s playing. Sure it’s not a million notes a second but his vibrato and sweet bends put him in the elegant class of players like Robin Trower. So underrated I’m glad you appreciate his playing without it David just wouldn’t be the same.
My favorite among favorites, this is the album where they get heavy, the birth of the Spiders, the beginning of the epic tracks, the flirting with gender, the madness recurring theme and even the title track has latin percussion! 1970 Bowie Rocks!
@@captainbeyond7469 Mick Ronson was not only a superior guitar player, but a formidable orchestral string arranger and a great producer too!
You ranked Tonight higher than The Man Who Sold The World- I am still in a state of shock.
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an also ranked higher than outside LOL a non sense ranking all the way
@@mazzysmusic looks like he missed the first part of the video uh?
Scary Monsters doesn't get enough credit, it is one of my all time favorite albums of ANY artist. Up The Hill Backwards & Teenage Wildlife are absolute gems - well written lyrics and virtuoso music writing. His vocals in Teenage Wildlife are among the most brilliant I've ever heard. Also: Fashion, Because You're Young, It's No Game (both versions), Ashes to Ashes. Fripp & Townsend add some great guitar work. I understand that this album is pretty bizarre and intense, it either hits you in your gut or it doesn't... and it hits mine. (Kingdom Come is the only weak spot - it is a boring song that's out of place.)
I actually love Kingdom Come, but prefer the original by Tom Verlaine which Bowie covered on Scary Monsters. th-cam.com/video/wx8dN_R0jJk/w-d-xo.html
Love your love for SM, however, love Kingdom Come too.
You are right for me is the best Bowie album ....not one bad song
Love up the hill backwards
I agree, SM should be in top 5 for sure. His last great album--IMO.
I love all of David's albums but Station to Station just kills me. Just love this album. But with Bowie the difference in quality is so good, they are all special.
Station is fantastic. I loved that tour 🎶
Station to Station is special.
David didnt even remember recording it lol
Great video, Mazzy. My introductory record was Hunky Dory and I had never heard anything quite like it, and really still (again *quite*) haven’t.
I became a fan and slowly started listening to the occasional Bowie record from there, but truthfully it wasn’t until the pandemic that I took the dive from the beginning on. It would be a gross understatement to say his discography has an abnormal amount of depth to it. I’ll find myself drawing from his 70-78 output and thats the main course of my listening for.. a while.
I’ve found a new found love for Station to Station and Diamond Dogs in particular, also a true (now time-affirmed) appreciation for just how incredible Hunky Dory and The Rise and Fall.. are too. What an amazing artist who left us with more than is possible to properly describe.
Thanks again!
Great review and once again I agree with the rankings for the top 5 which I own. Please keep up the reviews as you're helping me rebuild my CD and record collections.
Thank you ! Liked it very much. I played Bowie shows in a theatre in Ingolstadt in Bavaria. Bowie is so so so amazing. I liked your ranking a lot.
Best regards from munich and all the best to you.... Alex
Aloha Mazzy
Always enjoy checking out your rankings and your reasons behind them.
Looking forward to seeing your next video.
Mahalo Ed
My intro to Bowie was Rise and Fall. My older brother's friend left it at our house and I played it over and over. Had never heard anything like it. Saw Bowie at the Cow Palace also. A mere freshman in high school from the suburbs of San Jose. 15th row on the floor dead center and watched the parade of characters in the audience. Of all of my concerts this one is my fondest memory. What a show!!!
Glad to see Lodger get some much deserved respect. It's appalling the lack of attention this album receives. It's just brilliant.
adrian belew !
Always enjoy these type of posts as they are a great gateway into an artists music … well done
So happy to see Station to Station up there -- my favorite for a variety of mostly personal reasons. Loved seeing where you ranked the albums and why. In my heart I think I know your ranking is much more objective than mine (if rankings can be called objective). Thanks for sharing.
David Bowie is a genius and one of the most important artists of the 20th century
Dear Mazzy, a very measured and heartfelt ranking on your part!!....I am 70 years old and my TOP3 are identical to yours....I mostly agree with your choices,though I place Scary Monsters in #4 place...thanks again!
And Mazzy is back with another solid ranking video! I am, like many of us, an enormous Bowie fan. I also saw him 3 times, the first was 1982 Serious Moonlight Tour and then the Glass Spider Tour and the last time was the Reality Tour. I have always thought his mid to late 90's to early 2000's work has been terribly overlooked...like Hours, Earthling, Outside, Heathen and Reality. Great ranking....I'm gonna go spin Scary Monsters again right now. Low, Heroes and Lodger are 3 masterful pieces of work.
Great video man. thoroughly enjoyed that, didn't know that Fripp opened on guitar for heroes.
Can't believe you saw the Thin White Duke, wish i was there. First Bowie concert for me was Serious Moonlight tour, 83, in New Zealand. I was 15 and obsessed with Young Americans and Ashes to Ashes.
Station to Station is one heck of a brilliant record.
Also love Win, Sound and Vision, Fantastic Voyage, Heroes, Five Years and so much more.
thank you.
Lodger is one of my favorite albums of all time and it was one of Bowie’s favorites when he was asked what his favorite albums of his were. Adrian Belew’s guitar work on that album is fantastic.
Mine as well.
Yeah Bowie said in a BBC radio interview some years ago that the Berlin trilogy was the best period in his career.
@Andrew Collins he was asked on several occasions of which album he was most fond of in his catalogue and he always answered with “Lodger”.
Watching your video makes me want to spin all my Bowie albums. I saw him twice, in '95 when he toured with Nine Inch Nails. Bowie was deathly ill and only did a few songs before begging off. Saw him again in '97 on the Earthling tour and that was a much better show. Station to Station is my personal #1. But it's hard to argue with your list. I got Blackstar on the day Bowie died. I played it once and haven't had the heart to play it again, but I think it's time I did. Great video, my friend.
My wife also saw Bowie on the Thin White Duke/Station to Station tour and she said it was incredible - I am forever jealous! Station to Station and Hunky Dory are the two that constantly compete for my Top 2 (the EMI Millennium all-analog pressing of Hunky Dory is absolutely killer, smoking all other versions). One album that rarely gets much love but which for me would be in my Top 20 is Earthling. The Trent Reznor remix of "I'm afraid of Americans" is in my Top 10 Bowie singles for sure. Both Heathen and Reality are higher up in my list, and I also have great fondness for "hours...." I know live albums aren't in your purview, but the final Reality tour set is fantastic, and I also love the BBC sessions (especially with the extra live disc of Bowie performing at the BBC around 2000, I think). But, let's face it, Bowie is one of those artists where every album is a must-own.
"the man who sold the world" is a very underrated album. It rocks!!! Mick Ronson is a guitar hero in this album... Inside this album, I feel predilection for a "little unknown song" called "Saviour Machine". It really blow my mind... what kind of dangerous advanced mind could write a song like that in 1970? For me, this song is a hidden masterpiece...
Yes!!! Saviour Machine and Running Gun Blues. Ronno was a god on this album.
Savior Machine is pure brilliance! I'm glad I am not the only one who thinks so.
Love this - nice work Mazzy.
Much appreciated!
Good to see you ranked "Space Oddity" in the top 10. That was my introduction to Bowie in 1972, and I've always liked that album. Great list.
Hi Mazzy, hope you will do many more Top Twenties, I find it very interesting and fun to watch and hear how you talk about the records.
Love your list. Im going to do my due diligence with Station to Station now. Also, not only do I love Hunky Dory, I love to use the phrase "hunky dory" whenever given the opportunity. :)
Hi Mazzy, I love watching people rank David Bowie as nobody ever agrees on what is his best albums. This just shows the breadth and diversity of his work. There is no wrong ranking. My personal top 5 are:
5. Hunky Dory
4. Ziggy
3. Young Americans
2. Aladdin Sane
1. Diamond Dogs (the greatest album ever recorded in my opinion).
Great video! All the best - Richard
Nobody ever agrees, because there are just too many that are that good! In fact I can’t even begin to put them in any kind of order of which are my favorites without thinking of being disloyal to another.
@@Tawny6702 Ranking Bowie's albums was one of the first videos I did a couple of years ago. I think if I would do it again the real change would be the elevation of Pin Ups which I now see as vastly underrated.
@@CookieMusic43 yes, so much attention to detail paid to the quality of this covers album is often underrated, and it’s not often I like a cover over the original, but there are a few...not all, that I think the songs sound so much better!
I’m happy to say that I also got to experience Blackstar before we lost him. My dad took me to Barnes and Noble to get it the day it came out and I also just played into the ground. It took me a very long time to go back to it.
Another good ranking video Mazzy. Personally I'd have included in my top 10 The Man Who Sold the World and Outside (the latter of which took me a good few years to fully appreciate). Also I would have included Earthling in the list, maybe at the expense of Pin Ups - which never did anything for me (aside from Sorrow). Cant argue with your number 1 & 2 though.
Great video, I prefer to rank people like Bowie in time periods - it's easier ! Today my top 5 ranking for late period would be ; 5: The Next Day, 4 Heathen, 3: hours..., 2 : Blackstar,
1: Outside.
I can't believe you were at that show 72 - I am so jealous! I remember reading in Bowie threads that his crowds were so small on that tour through the US that he would ask his audience to move from their seats and come close to the stage to make it more intimate? I am working on my 20 best Bowie albums and will post it in a little bit. Mine will be totally different than yours, though I think he, like no other artist that comes to mind, you can have a completely different ranking and be equally correct. Another great video on my top artist (my obsession). Thanks for this video!
Ever changing lists for sure 😎
I am a Bowie fan similar to your Beatles fandom. This list may be percieved as being heavy on the later years (which it is), and may be influenced by my entry point (MTV Let's Dance 1983 period) but I think my list still holds up in spite of this and is just from a different angle.
20. The Next Day
19. Never Let Me Down (my first new Bowie record released as a fan)
18. Station to Station
17. Let's Dance
16. Blackstar
15. Diamond Dogs
14. Earthling
13. Lodger
12. Aladdin Sane
11. Scary Monsters
10. Space Oddity
9. Young Americans
8. Heroes
7. Heathen
6. Black Tie White Noise
5. The Buddha of Suburbia
4. Low
3. Ziggy Stardust
2. Hunky Dory
1. Outside
Bonus Live albums ranking:
9. Cracked Actor: Los Angeles 74
8. Something in the Air (Live in Paris '99)
7. David Live: Philly 74
6. Welcome to the Blackout [Live London '78]
5. Glass Spider Tour: Montreal 1987
4. LiveAndWell.com
3. Santa Monica 72
2. Look at the Moon!
1. A Reality Tour
G DAMN! these lists you make are FUN!
Thank you ✌🏽
Well done Mazzy! You have inspired me! Coming soon.......Hub Tunes Bowie Rankings!
I love Hunky Dory and The rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust, as well. I never get tired of hearing these albums. I used to listen to Man Who Sold the World, Hunky Dory, and Ziggy Stardust often, while sitting around doing drawing or painting. They all have a fantastic variety and are full of nice surprises. Thanks for the info on Wakeman, etc - I used to only listen to that one on the net, so I never had the vinyl.
That is an exhaustive catalog to rank. I'll have to give it the full treatment one day, but until that day;
1) Ziggy
2) Aladdin
3) Heathen
4) Diamond Dogs
5) Next Day
You touched on everyone having different personal tastes. And right out of the gate you rank my #3 as your #20. That is the beauty of music. Outside of the Reality album, I had not purchased anything of his since Tonight, as what I heard form his 90's releases wasn't doing anything for me.
When he passed I decided to complete his discography. Could not get into Blackstar or Next Day, but it was Heathen that made me appreciate later day Bowie.
Anyway, nice review!
Thank you for another excellent music excursion. The only Bowie album I have is Ziggy Stardust, but I have been interested in getting Hunky Dory. Bowie adapted better to the '80s more than almost any major 70's artist because he had a way of making the music & then era adapt to him.
Love the channel...and I know rankings are subjective...but....I am still rubbing my eyes at Tonight rated above my favorite album TMWSTW🙉🙈🙉🙈 I just looked at my watch to make sure it was not 4-1....now I am watching and Pin Up is on my TV...I have to log off now....I finally forgave you for the Goats Head Soup omission from the Stones rankings but I can't stand it anymore.... will wait for the next road trip video 👍
I saw him on the Glass Spider tour, so I will always love Never Let Me Down more than most others. There is now a remixed/reconstructed version of that album that is perhaps aimed to be a less dated version, with fewer electronic drums and synths. I am looking forward to digesting that one day. My faves are the Berlin trilogy along with Stage, but I love his entire career, even the Tin Machine stuff to a certain extent. Great overview and comments.
Can't argue with most of that, just Scary Monsters would be much higher for me. Fripp's guitar just elevates it to another level.
Teenage Wildlife is amazing. Especially the passage that begins with "David what can I do that wait for me in the hallways."
Got to see him a few times, the Glass Spider tour in Slane Castle with 100 000 others, loved the Reality tour, thanks for this, 2016 was a bastard year as so many amazing artists left us way to early
Hi Mazzy, Great ranking video!
Outside was on released as a single disc LP (titled: ''Excerpts From Outside''), which omitted a couple of tracks making it a more concise album in my oppinion.
I got my copy in Edinburgh back in 95, but I think it was available throughout at least Europe.
I l have now learned this. But for now they are pricey 😎🥺
@@mazzysmusic I know!
Luckily I continued to buy all those LP's and 7'' & 12'' singles during the 90's when they only had limited runs.
I am guessing that they will all be reissued in the near future. Fingers crossed because I still need a vinyl copy of the wonderful ''The Buddha of Suburbia'' soundtrack, from 1993.
Hi Mazzy, Love Bowie. I have to rank on nostalgia. His albums influence my musical tastes and appreciation of art to this day. I was a teenager, 11/12 years when I first heard the Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust. It was my brothers LP, I wore it out. I was far from a rebel but listening to his music made me feel like one!
5.Young Americans-Win, a standout
4.Station to Station- Station to Station, Stay, Wild Is the Wind (Beautiful)
3.Diamond Dogs- Sweet Thing into Candidate- great sax work, We Are The Dead
2. Alladdin Sane- Alladdin Sane- Shout out Mike Garson, Time, Cracked Actor, Panic in Detroit - love this album!
1. The Rise and Fall Of Ziggy Stardust- Five Years (His best song IMHO) All solid songs. A joy to llsten to.
Like to see your take on punk, new wave, and power pop. Listen to your program everyday, love it.
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Norman you have so much talent
I absolutely loved your list
I love the boldness and I love the honesty
You can't really know an artist until you see them live
As it was when I saw Roger Waters in 2007,2012 and 2018.
It was such a revelation
The only thing I wish is it was a full list not just your favorites
But man you rock!
A great overview Norman. We have the same top three, although I'd switch your 2 and 3 around. I'd also have Aladdin Sane and Scary Monsters above all of the Berlin trilogy.
Great to hear your reflections on these albums. The first LP I purchased was Aladdin Sane (as soon as it was released) and still think it is his best, or at least equal with Ziggy. An observation I have is that artists tend to get less interesting as they get older, but Bowie was on a rise at the end. Black Star is an amazing album.
Great video Mazzy! I just listened to Station To Station tonight. It's so good and the reissues sound great. Ziggy is definitely the best. That's a fact. 😃
I know much more than I did before this and own the top 3! You have lived an Amazing Life Winterland Wow! Thank You
I love the stage lp.and happy to have found you
God I am so late to this one and I apologize for being the 200th comment LOL! This was another pretty right on rankage vid! I would’ve put Low on top at #1 as it holds a special personal connection with me and I had this drug fueled fever Dream while I had it on continuous loop while I was in like Jr High Haha Followed closely by Ziggy, Alladin, Leta Dance, and Scary Monsters I can’t speak to BlackStar as I don’t have it but I will eventually Thanks for sharing Mazzy! Peace ☮️✌️👽🤘☮️
For me Heroes will always be my favorite, just cant get enough of that record
Great video Mazzy!
Mazzy damn this ranking was a winner yes Hunky Dory is a mother . Buy yes Ziggy is where it’s at when it comes on it pulls you in to that Ziggy persona I totally agree I’m awe you saw him in the Seventies wow man love the stories. My list 1. Ziggy Stardust 2. Hunky Dory 3. Low 4. Heroes 5.Station to Station 5. Black Star 6. Aladdin Sane 7. Lodger. I was so glad I got to see him on tour for the Heathen tour called Area1 he opened for Moby really yes he was amazing he came out in a suit with Earl Slick and Gail Ann Dorsey on bass Bowie totally blew me away . Awesome episode Mazzy love the 20 you picked .
My favorite is Station to Station. The '91 Rykodisc release has a bonus cut of Stay (live) that's killer.
Great ranking! My two faves by Bowie are Low and Let's Dance. I don't actually own any Bowie on vinyl or any format. I would pick up some if I find a decent used copy somewhere
My Top Three Bowie - Gold 🏅 - Station To Station , Silver 🏅 - Low & Bronze 🏅 - Scary 👹 & Super Creeps .
Mazzy! I feel that Lodger was really ahead of it’s time musically. I didn’t really dig it when I first got it back around the mid 80s,, but a few years ago I revisited the album and I find it amazing now. It’s really a hidden gem in Bowie’s catalog.
The Man who Sold the World - 1970 Bowie Rocks!
My favorite among favorites, this is the album where they get heavy, the birth of the Spiders, the beginning of the epic tracks, the flirting with gender, the recurring madness theme, and even the title track has a latin percussion! Seminal y'know?
When listening to Bowie albums, you don't do it for the hits like with other lesser artists.
He even said that people at concerts wanted the non hits, the non singles, the rare tracks... (Heroes, Loving the Alien, Queen Bitch, Sweet Thing/Candidate...)
Hey Mazzy,
Great video and one that I had to watch and comment on as I'm a huge Bowie fan..and a very huge Mick Ronson fan..I would say that Mick is easily one of the top 3 guitar players that have influenced my own guitar playing.
I'm not going to debate your choices ...no reason to, as you said everyone has different tastes and our own choices change week to week.
But I will tell you my top 5.
5. Man Who Sold The World
4. Hunky Dory
3. Aladin Sane
2. Station to Station
1. Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
And a couple of interesting points to bring up.
- Outside is available on vinyl...it came out a few years back on 2 lp white vinyl from Music on vinyl. I bought it when it came out luckily..as its a 200 dollar album now.
- Lodger... you said was an excellent recorded and sounding album...the funny thing is both David Bowie and Tony Visconti both thought it was terrible sounding ...mainly because they couldn't get a proper mixing room to finish it in. Which is also why Tony Visconti remixed the whole album for the boxset that came out a few years back..that boxset had the original vinyl version and the new remix. ..it was one of David's last requests of Tony before he died.
- last thing. ..I disagree that Man Who Sold The World is a weak album with only one good song. ..in fact..that one good song is the one I like the least...I think it's David's heaviest sounding album...It's more a Mick Ronson album then a Bowie album I think...his finger prints are all over it ..as well as Hunky Dory and Ziggy. He wrote and arranged all the string parts on his albums..this is a often overlooked contribution of his.
Again great video. ..it really enjoyed it.
Mark Anthony K
Projekt Gemineye
Interesting about Visconti and Bowie not liking the OG Lodger considering Visconti compressed the hell out of a lot of Bowie’s later albums. I’ve had the vinyl version of it and always liked it. I’ll pick up one if the reissues and check it out. 😎
Appreciate the special nod to Sorrow. It was a favourite song to sing along with, soulful and flowing after so much 70s heaviness. From Station to Station, 'Stay' said everything at one time as a girlfriend was taken away. 'Hunky Dory' was a drug fueled personal spiritual adventure for years..."meet you on the next bardo..." 'Hang On To Yourself' left unmentioned from a life changing album.
Saw the Thin White Duke tour and it remains one of my favorite concerts. It’s no coincidence I guess that Young Americans and Station to Station are my favs.....followed by Ziggy and Hunky.
I have enjoyed your top album reviews (about 4th one I've checked out). Here I can't argue with you too much but for me Diamond Dogs goes a bit higher on my list as does Low. Bowie defined "artist" to me, both musically and visually, his attire and look was always evolving too , and stage sets and the presentation of his product on stage was important throughout the middle of his career. I don't think we have ever seen many musicians who defined the term "creative artist" any better or more fully than this man.
All power to both Lodger (occasionally my favourite DB album) and Stationtostation which doesn’t always get love it deserves. Outside is an incredible work of art + a handful of amazing songs. Or maybe I’m Deranged.
'The next day' took a few listens but its really grown on me.
It's good to be unique - the one person in the world who ranks Tonight above The Man Who Sold the World.
Glad you placed lodger so high Norman.
Very underrated album.
Interesting choices, although putting Tonight above Man who sold the world did have me saying...WTF!!! But then each to his own as they say! What did impress me here is that you presented a body of work in such a way that truly magnified the vastness of the mans ability and in no uncertain terms...genius! Most artists old and new make one or two brilliant landmark albums that define them throughout their careers which help keep them still being relevant with their fans for decades! But this guy made well over a dozen that were not only just brilliant, but also very different to each other, and sad to say....had he lived, would have gone on to make a few more!
I finally listened to Bowie's entire catalog and "The Man Who Sold the World" was my favorite. Not a weak track throughout.
* Correction :Twiggy not Zoe is on the Cover
Another correction: And not his wife
@@jasonhoffer9017 i do know Twiggy wasn’t his wife 😎
@@mazzysmusic Yeah sorry if I came across as busting your balls... I read the treads after I posted and kinda felt like a heel. :p
@@jasonhoffer9017 no problem at all. I hate when is mis speak. I actually knew that but had forgotten 😎
I'm in my 50's and do remember Twiggy as a unique very famous petite model with a boyish charm, she was what you call a trendsetter. In fact everybody at school knew about her! And I am not from the UK nor the US! Thought most people had at least heard about her! 😳
Very respectable ranking, Mazzy. Bowie is an absolute favorite and my list and top five is different... 5.Aladdin Sane, 4. Hunky Dory, 3. Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, 2. Station To Station, 1. Low. Rick Wakeman was asked to join the Spiders From Mars, he got the call from Chris Squire to join Yes around the same time. He discussed with Bowie and as disappointed as Bowie was he actually encouraged Rick to join Yes. Bowie's version of Wild is the Wind gives me chills every time I listen to it. And, lastly, Pin Ups would be towards the bottom oh his catalog for me.
PS - A correction to your correction... Bowie's wife was Angela or Angie (The Rolling Stones song) and his son was Zowie Bowie (Duncan Jones the film director).
Yeah I mixed up Twiggy and Zoe thus the * correction. Don’t know how to add a headline via TH-cam studio after the fact 🤷🏻♂️
@@mazzysmusic 🤷🏻♂️ I was pointing out his son's name, is all. 👨🏻🎤
I adore Hunky Dory. I’ve been listening to it since the late 70s I guess. I planned for Kooks to be a guiding light on parenting. Sadly when my son arrived many years later and school homework got him down - we never threw it on the fire and took the car downtown. I failed!
This was a truly at heart description
Enjoyed the video, and glad to see the art-rock choices up high. However, Alladin Sane at #11 was a shock. That record is as close to Ziggy Stardust stature as Bowie ever got IMO. Perhaps it's too similar for some, but for me it has to be in the top three AT LEAST!
Mazzy, you surprise me. We agree on the top 3. I didn’t think anyone else put Station To Station so high. In fact, it’s the LP I play the most. Wild Is The Wind is better than Nina Simone’s version and is, perhaps, the best cover I have ever heard (I’m obsessed with cover tunes). It’s Bowie at his sexiest, and that’s saying something. Nice list. Glad you let off Never Let Me Down.
I think both the intro to the track and the title Station to Station have two meanings both about taking you on a journey to other places. Train stations and radio stations. The opening minutes can be interpreted as either the sound of a steam train going from station to station or a listener twiddling the dial on an old fashion radio and hearing the static in between stations. A common experience for young people in Britain in the 60s and early 70s searching for pop music and listening to pirate radio stations and Radio Luxembourg on medium wave radios.
I just made a ranking of every Bowie album from 1967-1983. I haven’t listened to any of his albums after Let’s Dance.
1. Station to Station
2. Low
3. Ziggy Stardust
4. Heroes
5. Hunky Dory
6. Aladdin Sane
7. The Man Who Sold the World
8. Diamond Dogs
9. Scary Monsters
10. Space Oddity
11. Young Americans
12. David Bowie
13. Lodger
14. Let’s Dance
15. Pin-Ups
Glad that Pin Ups was included. A rather underrated album I thought. I wonder if you considered The Buddha of Suburbia. This is also very underrated IMHO.
Good stuff. Now, this is my fact!!!! 😂 1. Young Americans 2. Station to Station 3. Low. Bowie was the man! Sooooo many great songs and memories. Changes One Bowie is still one of the best greatest hits album. Glad you mentioned Wild is the Wind, such a beautiful song. Listen to Bowie sing across the universe and when he keeps saying “Nothing” I think of Wilco saying the same thing on Misunderstood.
Great list, Mazzy! Top 3, I would go:
1. Honky Dory
2. Low
3. Let's Dance
Você comenta cada álbum com tanta elegância e riqueza de detalhes ,eu simplesmente adoro...sua coleção de discos é impecável e essa lista de discos do gênio David Bowie é magistral❤.
Hunky Dory and Ziggy Stardust are my favourite Bowie albums. His songwriting was brilliant. It was also a very creative time for him and Mick Ronson who both produced Lou Reed's classic Transformer album. Also The Stooges Raw Power album and Bowie also made stars out of Mott The Hoople around this time with All The Young Dudes which he wrote and produced their album. An incredible period for 1 of the all time greats.
Been down the rabbit hole of your video's and subscribed. Enjoy the look of your grey hat.. What's the make & model?
The hatch’s from Goorin Bros. Forgot which line. That change colors seasons and years. ✌🏽
@@mazzysmusic it's a good looking hat. I've got a few hats that I wear indoors. ✌
Let's Dance was "my" David Bowie, as a kid who graduated from high school in 1986.
David Bowie was my first concert ever back in September 17, 1983. He's also my favorite artist. I much later had the pleasure of performing the Star Spangled Banner on the same green turf at Oakland Stadium where I'd stood watching him all those years ago. You can catch that on my channel.
The designer of the Next Day is Jonathan Barnbrook.
Saw him in a documentary about Bowie the last 5 years
So glad you did this Mazzy. I think his best song is "Heroes"
Love to see a Zappa best of video!
Totally agree with you on The Next Day cover art. Genius
Ranking Bowie albums is a pretty monumental task, his output is so different and very little of it is bad. I think the two I go back to the most are Station to Station and Ziggy. I recently got into Let's Dance which I know some purists don't like but if you like new wave, its one of the best new wave records imo. I'm surprised The Next Day was so low on your list, I really enjoyed discovering it after devouring Blackstar.
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Dearest Mazzy, may I suggest a ranking of your favorite Bay City Rollers records? Given last week's untimely passing of Les McKeown (the most financially-fleeced singer who ever held a microphone) perhaps your subscribers may enjoy such a clip. Just an idea. Shang-a-langingly yours, Tommy
Yes. I am also a fan of the run of subject from "Please Mr. Grave Digger" through to "Sue, In a Season of Crime." i.e. One of 'Murder' .. '1. Outside' is dedicated to it .. and there are plenty of songs with this reference throughout the catalogue .. "I count the corpses to my left and find I'm not so tidy."...(Gonna plug a few civilians) ..!!! .. :-) Good list, btw .. I'd have had Scary Monsters, Outside, Earthling, Lodger and 25 other albums in my top 5 at least ..!! I've tried and never suceeded in ranking the albums .. so, you've done a better job than I could manage (not too difficult, mind)
Great ranking , although we see things quite differently in terms of positioning . I saw the Station to Station tour at Maple Leaf Gardens in February of 1976 . I agree with that it was a stunning concert , and one of the best I've ever seen . The black and white lighting was fabulous . My top 10 ranking would would be this : ( today , anyway )
Ziggy Stardust
Station to Station
Aladdin Sane
Diamond Dogs
Low
Hunky Dory
Let's Dance
Young Americans
Heroes
Scary Monsters
'...it's not the side effects of the cocaine...'....station to station....what a great album....love the list...i would have added 'hours'...i dig that album and the cover is brilliant.....and ziggy is number one....my old band, black widow, used to do mostly originals, but we did several tracks off of ziggy....just love that album....blackstar...low...aladdin sane...just perfect...and the live 'ziggy stardust the motion picture' is one of my all time favorite live albums....ronson is amazing....never got to see him live personally, but i can just imagine....great stuffy mazzy...stay well...peace...rocky
Great, another Bowie albums ranking. I like reading comments bellow a Bowie ranking. 100 comments, 100 different rankings. I`m not a Bowie hardcore fan, but i have 5 LP`s that i really like. Young Americans, Diamond Dogs, Pin Ups, Let`s Dance and Ziggy.
I’ve never understood the negativity towards Pinups, I really love that album. In fact, I have been known to do a passable Bowie impression doing ‘Sorrow’ on the Karaoke 😂 Scary Monsters is my personal #1 - Ashes to ashes is over 40 years old yet somehow still sounds like music from the future..
Pinups is great
Nice ranking.
Sooo... when are you going to do Scott Walker? Including all eras. We want it!
I have several; of Scott Walker albums on vinyl; and several on CD. I enjoy them but don't feel I really know them enough to showcase and discuss them. I didn't grow up listening to them and I feel I'm best with what I know,. A video on his music is better left to someone else.. Good suggestion though.
@@mazzysmusic Nice. Thanks for the response. I haven't seen anyone do a ranking or broad-range analysis of his stuff in video form. Perhaps best left to me.
Surprised, the top three are pretty undeniable. Station to Station was my first brand new bowie album, golden years was my favorite jukebox song ever.
I’ll watch this tonight. My 1,2,3 are
Alladin Sane
Ziggy
Diamond Dogs
Watched your video..4- Hunky Dory
The Man Who s t w.
Space Oddity
Station to Station
Low, Young Americans and Lodger.
Back then after Low he kinda lost me. You are right about Black Star too. My favorite live lp is Stage.I was surprised Aladdin wasn’t in your top 5 since Ziggy is your 1.
Mazzy, I was at that show at Winterland in '72 when I was going to UC Berkeley. Memorable show by Bowie AKA Ziggy. Ziggy No. 1
I saw Bowie during his "Diamond Dogs" tour at MSG, boy was I surprised when he took the stage in a white 3 piece suit, and no orange spiked hair ! I've always said he sings like Anthony Newly too ! I love "Pin Ups",my favorite album is Ziggy though.