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MicShazam 05-17-2018 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by grindy (Post 1951875)
Outside is up there with his best.
Earthling isn't bad either, but not that exciting.

The only thing I know about Earthling is that the cover is a bit ugly and that it's got electronic beats.

I've listened to less than a third or a quarter of Bowie's albums, so there's going to be a lot of surprises along the way. The 80's, 90's and post 2000 especially. People usually just tell you to listen to the oldies, like with any other artist who's been around for so long.

Trollheart 05-17-2018 01:18 PM

There was bound to be the odd crossover from that thread, but this is a purely Bowie one, so yeah, perhaps a little redundant in one way, but would you prefer I missed out one of his most - indeed, his most important of all - albums?
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Originally Posted by grindy (Post 1951869)
Yeah, apart from the fantastic Outside his 90s albums can be easily skipped without missing much

I seem to remember liking Heathen...

grindy 05-17-2018 01:21 PM

Heathen is from 2002.
It's pretty good, yeah.

Trollheart 05-17-2018 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by grindy (Post 1951888)
Heathen is from 2002.
It's pretty good, yeah.

I think that's the only one I know after Never Let Me Down. Which did.

grindy 05-17-2018 01:29 PM

Ding dong the which is did.

Trollheart 05-17-2018 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by grindy (Post 1951893)
Ding dong the which is did.

Which witch?

grindy 05-17-2018 01:32 PM

The one on first.

Ninetales 05-17-2018 01:32 PM

A good album. some forgettable tracks tho

MicShazam 05-17-2018 01:32 PM

the Sand Witch

MicShazam 05-17-2018 01:56 PM

Can't remember what I said about this album in the old thread for the same album, but I didn't rate it very highly.

It maybe seems better to me now, after having been through the last few albums leading up to this.

The thing with this album is, that while it's got some really good, very theatrical tunes here and there, it also just feels bloated with some pretty standard rock doodling that's not going to do a lot for someone like me, who doesn't much appreciate the basics of classic rock.

"Soul Love" and "Star" are some of my favorites on the album. A lot of stuff peppered all throughout the album that I could live without.

3/5 again. Same reasoning as with Hunky Dory, pretty much. I can't wait until we get out of this straight forward 70's rock phase.

_Previous ratings:__________________
David Bowie: 1/5
Space Oddity: 2/5
The Man Who Sold The World 4/5
Hunky Dory 3/5
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust 3/5
Aladdin Sane
PinUps
Diamond Dogs
Young Americans
Station to Station
Low
Heroes
Lodger
Scary Monsters
Let's Dance
Tonight
Never Let Me Down
Black Tie White Noise
1. Outside
Earthling
Hours
Heathen
Reality
The Next Day
Blackstar


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