Best Ever Albums

Re: David Bowie

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 19:29:24 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/22/2016 00:29

I was never much of a fan of Bowie. But I listened to Blackstar and liked it so much that I spent the weekend binge listening to his whole catalog and became a huge fan. On Monday, he was dead.

I was so late to the party, he died right after I arrived 😐

Re: David Bowie

Grzywa — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 16:11:40 GMT

Author: Grzywa

Posted: 01/21/2016 21:11

For those of you who might not have come across it, here's David Bowie's list of his 25 favourite records from his own vinyl collection, written up by himself and published in Vanity Fair - here's the link to the entire article:
http://scallemang.ca/bowie25albums/

No particular order, to quote Bowie: I’ll just make ’em up as I go along.

THE LAST POETS - THE LAST POETS (1970, Douglas)
ROBERT WYATT - SHIPBUILDING (1982, Rough Trade)
LITTLE RICHARD - THE FABULOUS LITTLE RICHARD (1959, Specialty)
STEVE REICH - MUSIC FOR 18 MUSICIANS (1978, ECM)
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO (1967, Verve)
JOHN LEE HOOKER - TUPELO BLUES (1962, Riverside)
KOERNER, RAY AND GLOVER - BLUES, RAGS AND HOLLERS (1963, Elektra)
JAMES BROWN - THE APOLLO THEATRE PRESENTS: IN PERSON! THE JAMES BROWN SHOW (1963, King)
LINTON KWESI JOHNSON - FORCES OF VICTORY (1979, Mango)
VARIOUS ARTISTS - THE RED FLOWER OF TACHAI BLOSSOMS EVERYWHERE: MUSIC PLAYED ON NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS (1972, China Record Company)
DAEVID ALLEN - BANANA MOON (1971, Caroline/Virgin)
CAST ALBUM - JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS (1968, CBS)
TOM DISSEVELT - THE ELECTROSONIKS: ELECTRONIC MUSIC (1960, Vendor Philips)
THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND - THE 5000 SPIRITS OF THE LAYERS OF THE ONION (1967, Hannibal)
TUCKER ZIMMERMAN - TEN SONGS BY TUCKER ZIMMERMAN (1969, Regal Zonophone/EMI)
GUNDULA JANOWITZ - FOUR LAST SONGS (STRAUSS) (1973, DG)
GLENN BRANCA - THE ASCENSION (1981, 99Records)
SYD BARRETT - THE MADCAP LAUGHS (1970, Harvest/EMI)
GEORGE CRUMB - BLACK ANGELS (1972, Cri)
TOOTS & THE MAYTALS - FUNKY KINGSTON (1973, Dragon)
HARRY PARTCH - DELUSION OF THE FURY (1971, Columbia)
CHARLES MINGUS - OH YEAH (1961, Atlantic)
IGOR STRAVINSKY - LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS (1960, MFP/EMI)
THE FUGS - THE FUGS (1966, ESP)
FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS - THE GLORY (????) OF THE HUMAN VOICE (1962, RCA)

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fisher60 — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 13:12:17 GMT

Author: fisher60

Posted: 01/16/2016 18:12

Not all that familiar with his work. I like space oddity, heroes, ashes and let's dance. Last track still quite timeless.

Re: David Bowie

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 18:12:17 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/15/2016 23:12

benpaco wrote:

Friend of mine shared this on facebook, seems like the weirdest and coolest tribute to Bowie I've heard yet (came out a while back but still)

Link

It's from this fabulous record:

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Women As Lovers by Xiu Xiu

Highly recommended noisepop.

Re: David Bowie

AAL2014 — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 16:38:17 GMT

Author: AAL2014

Posted: 01/15/2016 21:38

Hate to be late to this but better late than never. David Bowie was becoming one of my very favorite musicians. I only have three of his albums but in the past 2 or 3 months alone I've been digging deep into his catalog and have found some truly incredible gems. He is deservedly so one of the all time greats and nobody could do just what he did like he did it. Obviously there has been some hyperbole floating around and it sounds like idol worship, but not a thing that has been about him is false. A lot of people have ben saying he was ahead of the curve, but as far as what I have seen, he was the curve.

What an incredible career. Thank you for the music and for the proper goodbye Duke.

Re: David Bowie

Grzywa — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 09:41:21 GMT

Author: Grzywa

Posted: 01/15/2016 14:41

In case somebody hasn't seen it: a funny cartoon showing how Bowie, Eno and Visconti recorded Warszawa 😄
Link

Re: David Bowie

benpaco — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 20:41:26 GMT

Author: benpaco

Posted: 01/14/2016 01:41

Friend of mine shared this on facebook, seems like the weirdest and coolest tribute to Bowie I've heard yet (came out a while back but still)

Link

Re: David Bowie

Romanelli — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 14:54:46 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 01/13/2016 19:54

Link

Re: David Bowie

Mother Nature's Son — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 16:41:14 GMT

Author: Mother Nature's Son

Posted: 01/12/2016 21:41

That was terrible news! 😢

Especially nasty how you expect Bowie news to be related to his new album, but not in any way like this! One big:

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Re: David Bowie

Lowkey — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 12:38:46 GMT

Author: Lowkey

Posted: 01/12/2016 17:38

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/was-david-bowies-blackstar-named-after-a-cancer-lesion/

🙁 🙁

Re: David Bowie

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 01:06:33 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/12/2016 06:06

My incredibly rushed tribute to the one and only Starman.

Re: David Bowie

Space-Dementia — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 19:54:53 GMT

Author: Space-Dementia

Posted: 01/12/2016 00:54

I found out this morning during a break between classes at school so I sat down, listened to Ziggy Stardust, and tried not to cry.
I'm so sad I never got to see him live. Definitely the best solo artist of all time. I haven't had the time to listen to Blackstar yet, but I'm definitely gonna find time now. I can imagine that album is gonna appear on a lot more charts in the coming days.

Re: David Bowie

CA Dreamin — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 19:25:23 GMT

Author: CA Dreamin

Posted: 01/12/2016 00:25

I think whenever a music legend dies, one of their albums should be AOTD.

Re: David Bowie

Patman360 — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 18:22:07 GMT

Author: Patman360

Posted: 01/11/2016 23:22

I listened to Blackstar for the first time last night and just hearing the news the second I woke up this morning shook me. Station To Station and Hunky Dory are old reliables to me, albums that I've felt I can turn to when needed, Bowie was just one of 'those' artists, where it's hard to not find anything to appreciate in his music. Bowie's helped me and I'm sure many others too more than he'll ever have known, and for that I am forever grateful.

Re: David Bowie

Grzywa — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 17:02:02 GMT

Author: Grzywa

Posted: 01/11/2016 22:02

Gowi wrote:

meccalecca wrote:

I'd say it's his best since at least Outside

It's better than Let's Dance.

Agreed twice.

Re: David Bowie

mickilennial — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:47:26 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 01/11/2016 21:47

RockyRaccoon wrote:

Hayden wrote:

meccalecca wrote:

CellarDoor wrote:

I'm listening to Blackstar for the first time since the tragic news this morning after several spins this WE.
It's obviously even more affecting, but the album has a wonderful energy despite the morbid atmosphere. A great creative statement from an artist who knew he was dying.

It has been a strange day. RIP

I'd say it's his best since at least Outside

I'd even say it's his best since Scary Monsters.

Ain't no way it's better than Let's Dance

It's better than Let's Dance.

Re: David Bowie

meccalecca — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:34:13 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 01/11/2016 21:34

RockyRaccoon wrote:

Hayden wrote:

meccalecca wrote:

CellarDoor wrote:

I'd say it's his best since at least Outside

I'd even say it's his best since Scary Monsters.

Ain't no way it's better than Let's Dance

I think it's definitely close in quality to that stuff and likely better than anything since but definitely doesn't have the massive hits that Scary Monsters and Let's Dance had.

Re: David Bowie

RockyRaccoon — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:29:23 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 01/11/2016 21:29

Hayden wrote:

meccalecca wrote:

CellarDoor wrote:

I'd say it's his best since at least Outside

I'd even say it's his best since Scary Monsters.

Ain't no way it's better than Let's Dance

Re: David Bowie

Hayden — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:27:39 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 01/11/2016 21:27

meccalecca wrote:

CellarDoor wrote:

I'd say it's his best since at least Outside

I think it's far better than Outside. I'd even say it's his best since Scary Monsters. It's a really cool album, I'm hoping to give it another listen later.

Re: David Bowie

meccalecca — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:21:59 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 01/11/2016 21:21

CellarDoor wrote:

I'd say it's his best since at least Outside