This isn't necessarily a comment on the quality of each album ("How can you say X is better than Y!?") This is if I were to reach into my collection right now and pick an album to play, this is the order in which I would decide...

Station To Station (1976)
Scary Monsters (1980)
Diamond Dogs (1974)
1. Outside (1995)
"Heroes" (1977)
Earthling (1997)
Lodger (1979)
Aladdin Sane (1973)
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust... (1972)
The Man Who Sold The World (1970)
Hunky Dory (1971)
The Buddha Of Suburbia (1993)
Young Americans (1975)
Tin Machine (1989)
Low (1977)
Black Tie White Noise (1993)
Let's Dance (1983)
'Hours...' (1999)



Don't understand me, just love me

1.Low
2.Outside
3.Station to Station
4.Aladdin Sane
5.Scary Monsters
6.Heroes
7.Ziggy Stardust
8.The Man Who Sold The World
9.Hunky Dorry
10.Lodger
11.Space Oddity
12.Diamond Dogs
13.Young Americans
14.Hours
15.Let's Dance
16.Earthling
17.Buddha Of Suburbia
18.Never Let Me Down
19.Pin Ups
20.David Bowie
21.Black Tie White Noise
22.Tin Machine
23.Tin Machine II
24.Tonight

Stay away from the future
Don't tell god your plans

I will hate you forever for starting such a difficult thread, mister twister !
I think some albums will eat me in my dreams tonight, because I placed them low on my list...

NoGame's List of Preference

1. Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
2. Low
3. Earthling
4. Hunky Dory
5. Station To Station
6. "Heroes"
7. Aladdin Sane
8. 1. Outside
9. Lodger
10. Let's Dance
11. Tin Machine
12. Tin Machine II
13. The Buddha of Suburbia
14. Ziggy Stardust
15. Diamond Dogs
16. Pin Ups
17. Young Americans
18. The Man Who Sold The World
19. Space Oditty
20. Black Tie White Noise
21. hours...
22. Tonight
23. Never Let Me Down
24. David Bowie

Life is easy If you consider things From another point of view

Interesting to see how well "Heroes" does in tis thread. It usually is not very much talked about on this board, "Low", "Diamond Dogs", "Outside", "Ziggy Stardust" and even "NLMD" seem to get much more attention among the posting TWers. Maybe that is cause the quality of this grand masterpiece is beyond discussion.

My personal list (marks from 1 - 6, need a wider range):

1. Ziggy Stardust
2. Hunky Dory
3. Low
4. Aladdin Sane
5. Diamond Dogs
6. Heroes
7. Station To Station
8. Space Oddity
9. The Man Who
Sold The World
10. Scary Monsters
11. Lodger
12. Earthling
13. Buddha Of
Suburbia
14. Young
Americans
15. Hours
16. Let`s Dance
17.Pin Ups
18. David Bowie
19. BTWN
20. Tin Machine
21. NLMD
22. Outside
23. Tin Machine II





24. Tonight


And I want to believe
In the madness that calls 'now'

Okay you ask the impossible, but here is my choice as 11.46 21st March 2001 (ask me again tomorrow!)

1. Ziggy Stardust (1972)
2. Diamond Dogs (1974)
3. Hunky Dory (1971)
4. Scary Monsters (1980)
5. Lodger (1979)
6. Space Oddity (1969)
7. Aladdin Sane (1973)
8. Young Americans (1975)
9. David Bowie (1967)
10. The Man Who Sold The World (1970)
11. Low (1977)
12. 1. Outside (1995)
13. "Heroes" (1977)
14. 'Hours...' (1999)
15. Station To Station (1976)
16. Pin Ups (1973)
17. The Buddha Of Suburbia (1993)
18. Let's Dance (1983)
19. Tin Machine (1989)
20. Tonight (1984)
21. Never Let Me Down (1987)
22. Tin Machine II (1991)
23. Earthling (1997)
24. Black Tie White Noise (1993)

What surprises me are the low rankings for Low and heroes - I recognise them for being brilliant records, but they are not the first that I reach for when i want a good dose of Bowie
Earthling doesn't do anything for me yet - And I've never got into BTWN, to me its an inferior NLMD!

lege et lacrima

My fav's still fall between Lodger and Low and the tin machine trilogy....

least fav's are that shit before 1969...hehe

ISO.

All your life you were taught to believe, Then a moment of truth, you're deceived...All the wine in your life's all dried up. Is now the time to give up? - Bryan Ferry

Okay, just jotted this down. It was interesting to note that I REALLY like albums 1-17(!) in my list.

1. 1.Outside
2. "Heroes"
3. Aladdin Sane
4. Diamond Dogs
5. The Man Who Sold The World
6. Hunky Dory
7. Young Americans
8. Station To Station
9. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
10. Black Tie White Noise
11. Low
12. hours...
13. Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
14. Space Oddity
15. Earthling
16. The Buddha Of Suburbia
17. Lodger
18. Tin Machine
19 Pin Ups
20. Let's Dance
21. Tin Machine II
22. Never Let Me Down
23. David Bowie
24. Tonight

1. Outside
2. Station To Station
3. Lodger
4. Scary Monsters
5. Diamond Dogs
6. Low
7. Earthling
8. Ziggy Stardust
9. "Heroes"
10. Hunky Dory
11. Let's Dance
12. Black Tie White Noise
13. Aladdin Sane
14. Young Americans
15. Hours
16. Tin Machine
17. Tin Machine II
18. The Buddha of Suburbia
19. Space Oddity
20. The Man Who Sold The World
21. David Bowie
22. Tonight
23. Never Let Me Down
24. Pin Ups



"I want to know God's thoughts...the rest are details." -Albert Einstein

In reply to:

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my choice as 11.46 21st March 2001 (ask me again tomorrow!)

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Y'know, if mister threadstarter twister would ask me again tomorrow, my list would pretty much be the same. The lower rank would differ from time to time, but the top region is quite definite for me. I think that after spending much time on TW the last two years, reading and writing much about various albums, I made my mind up about what my preferences are. I know I like the influences of guitar work (see SM and Earthling in my top) and the brilliance of good lyrics (Hunky Dory and again SM). My list won't change drastically anymore, only for new entries.

I don't think Toy would have ranked very high on my list. I wonder what a new Visconti-Fripp album will do.

Life is easy If you consider things From another point of view

"I wonder what a new Visconti-Fripp album will do"


Or another Eno/Bowie album...
:-D

ISO

All your life you were taught to believe, Then a moment of truth, you're deceived...All the wine in your life's all dried up. Is now the time to give up? - Bryan Ferry