What is the best & worst song from each album?? And what grade would you give the album(from scale 4-10). Here's mine:

London boys: Best song:laughing gnome. wosrt song:please mr.gravedigger. Album grade:5
Space oddity:Space oddity, memory of a free festival. 7
TMWSTW:TMWSTW, she shook me cold, 8+
Hunky dory:Life on mars, Andy Warhol, 9
Ziggy stardust: Moonage daydream, it ain't easy. 10
Aladdin sane: the jean genie, panic in detroid. 10
Pin ups:Sorrow, Rosalyn. 7
Diamond dogs:Rebel rebel, rock 'n' roll with me. 10
Young americans: Fame, Across the univers. 9-
Stationtostation:golden years, word on a wing. 10-
Low:breaking glass, warsawa, 10
Heroes:The secret life of arabia, Neukoln. 10
Lodger: look back in anger, Repetition. 8+
Scary monsters: Ashes to ashes, teenage wildlife. 10
Let's dance: let's dance, criminal world, 9+
Tonight: Loving the alien, keep forgetting, 8-
Never let me down: beat on youre drum, zeroes. 7½
Tin machine:amazing, run.8-
black tie, white noise:jump they say, btwn. 9+
The buddha of suburbia: Sex and the church, (all the songs are great on the album, so i wont name the worst song) 10
1.outside:the heart's filthy lesson, (again, all the songs are great..) 10
Earthling: Little wonder, Looking for satellites. 10
Hours...:the pretty thing's are going to hell, seven. 9-
Heathen:slow burn(my all time favourite song,from my all time favourite album), gemini spacecraft. 14

David Bowie
b) --- Please Mr. Gravedigger
w) --- She's Got Medals

C-

Space Oddity
b) --- Cygnet Committee
w) --- An Occasional Dream

A

The Man Who Sold The World
b) --- All The Madmen
w) --- Black Country Rock

C+

Hunky Dory
b) --- Quicksand
w) --- Kooks

B

Ziggy Stardust
b) --- Rock n Roll Suicide
w) --- Star

C+

Aladdin Sane
b) --- Lady Grinning Soul
w) --- Let's Spend The Night Together

C+

Pinups
b) --- See Emily Play
w) --- Shapes Of Things

C

Diamond Dogs
b) --- Candidate
w) --- Rebel Rebel [excluding FT & COECSF)

A

David Live (original vinyl version)
b) --- Sweet Thing
w) --- When You Rock n Roll With Me

B

Young Americans
b) --- Can You Hear Me?
w) --- Fame

A+

Station To Station
b) --- Station To Station
w) --- TVC 15

A+

Low
b) --- Subterraneans
w) --- Weeping Wall

C+

"Heroes"
b) --- "Heroes"
w) --- Moss Garden

B

Stage
b) --- Station To Station
w) --- Alabama Song

A

Lodger
b) --- Fantastic Voyage
w) --- Yassassin (Turkish For : Long Live)

C+

Scary Monsters
b) --- Teenage Wildlife
w) --- Because You're Young

B

Let's Dance
b) --- Criminal World
w) --- Shake It

B

Tonight
b) --- God Only Knows
w) --- Tonight

C+

Never Let Me Down
b) --- Time Will Crawl
w) --- '87 And Cry

B

Tin Machine
b) --- Crack City
w) --- Video Crime

C

Tin Machine II
b) --- Stateside
w) --- A Big Hurt

C+

Black Tie White Noise
b) --- Black Tie White Noise
w) --- Miracle Goodnight

B

Buddha Of Suburbia
b) --- Strangers When We Meet
w) --- Ian Fish, U.K. Heir

A+

1. Outside
b) --- Outside
w) --- I Am With Name (excluding segues)

A

Eart Hl I Ng
b) --- Seven Years In Tibet
w) --- Looking For Satellites

A

. . . hours
b) --- Something In The Air
w) --- Brilliant Adventure

B

Heathen
b) --- Slip Away
w) --- A Better Future

C+

Reality
b) --- Bring Me The Disco King
w) --- Pablo Picasso

B



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David Bowie
b-When I Live My Dream
w-She's Got Medals
5
Space Oddity
b-Cygnet Committee
w-Don't Sit Down
7
TMWSTW
b-tmwstw
w-Black Country Rock
8
Hunky Dory
b-Life On Mars?
w-Fill Your Heart
9
Ziggy Stardust
b-Starman
w-It Ain't Easy
10
Aladdin Sane
b-Drive In Saturday
w-Let's Spend the Night Together
10
Pin-Ups
b-See Emily Play
w-Don't Bring Me Down
6
Diamond Dogs
b-Big Brother
w-1984
8
Young Americans
b-Somebody Up There Likes Me
w-Right
7
Station to Station
b-Station to Station
w-there isn't one
10
Low
b-Always Crashing in the Same Car
w-there isn't one
10
Heroes
b-Heroes
w-Blackout
10
Lodger
b-Fantastic Voyage
w-African Night Flight
9
Scary Monsters
b-Ashes to Ashes
w-Kingdom Come
10
Let's Dance
b-Ricochet
w-Shake It
7
Tonight
b-Loving the Alien
w-I Keep Forgettin'
6
Never Let Me Down
b-Never Let Me Down
w-New York's In Love
6
Tin Machine
b-I Can't Read
w-Sacrifice Yourself
7
Tin Machine II
b-You Belong In Rock n Roll
w-Stateside
6
BTWN
b-Jump They Say
w-You've Been Around
7
Buddha o Suburbia
b-Strangers When We Meet
w-Bleed Like A Craze, Dad
8
1.Outside
b-I'm Deranged
w-the segues
9
Earthling
b-Seven Years In Tibet
w-Law
7
Hours
b-Survive
w-What's Really Happening?
8
Heathen
b-5.15 The Angels Have Gone
w-Everyone Says Hi
9
Reality
b-Days
w-Looking For Water
8

David Bowie- Images

Best: Let Me Sleep Beside You
Worst: Rubber Band

Grade- C

Space Oddity
Best: Space Oddity
Worst- Wide Eyed Boy From Freecloud

Grade: C+

The Man Who Sold The World
Best- Width Of A Circle
Worst- She Shook Me Cold

Grade: B

Hunky Dory
Best- Bewley Brothers
Worst- Fill Your Heart

Grade: B+

Ziggy Stardust
Best- Moonage Daydream
Worst- It Ain't Easy

Grade: A-

Aladdin Sane
Best: Aladdin Sane
Worst: Let's Spend The Night Together

Grade: B+

Pinups
Best: See Emily Play
Worst: Anytime Anyhow Anywhere

Grade: B-

Diamond Dogs
Best: Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing reprise
worst: Rock 'N' Roll with me

Grade: A

David Live
Best: Sweet Thing
Worst: Watch That Man

Grade: A

Young Americans
Best: Young Americans
Worst: Can You Hear Me?

Grade: B

Station To Station
Best: Station To Station
Worst: TVC15

Grade: A

Low
Best: Always Crashing In the Same Car
Worst: What In The World

Grade: A+

Heroes
Best:V2 Schneider
Worst: Blackout

Grade: A

Stage
Best: Warszawa
Worst: Hang On To Yourself

Grade: B+

Lodger
Best: Red Sails
Worst: Red Money

Grade: B

Scary Monsters
Best: Teenage Wildlife
Worst: Scream Like a Baby

Grade: A-

Let's Dance
Best: Criminal World
Worst Ricochet

Grade: B-

Tonight
Best: Loving The Alien
Worst: God Only Knows

Grade: D

Never Let Me Down
Best: Time Will Crawl
Worst: New York's In Love

Grade: C-

Tin Machine
Best: I Can't Read
Worst: Pretty Thing

Grade: C+

Tin Machine 2
Best: Shopping For Girls
Worst: Sorry

Grade: C

Black Tie White Noise
Best: Jump (They Say)
Worst: Don't Let Me Down and Down and Down

Grade: C+

I don't own Oy Vey Baby- Tin Machine Live so I can't comment on it.

Buddha Of Suburbia
Best: The Mysteries
Worst: Dead Against It

Grade: B+

1. Outside
Best: Strangers When We Meet
Worst: I am With Name

Grade: B+

Earthling
Best: Dead Man Walking
Worst: Law (Earthling on Fire)

Grade: A-

... hours
Best: Survive
Worst: Thursday's Child

Grade: C+

Heathen
Best: I Will Be Your Slave
Worst: Slip Away

Grade: B+

Reality
Best: Bring Me The Disco King
Worst: Try Some Buy Some

Grade: B-

Space Oddity
Best: Space Oddity
Worst: Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed

Score: 7/10. A great and often under-rated early album.

The Man Who Sold The World
Best: Width Of A Circle
Worst: She Shook Me Cold

Score: 7/10. Great but some tracks, or at least some parts of tracks, let it down.

Hunky Dory
Best: Quicksand
Worst: Fill Your Heart

Score: 5/10. Some good tracks but some really awful ones too, not everything is hunky dory on this album sadly.

Ziggy Stardust
Best: Ziggy Stardust
Worst: It Ain't Easy

Score: 6/10. The album that indeed made bowie a Star, but to be brutally honest I am sick of it shadowing his other work.

Aladdin Sane
Best: Aladdin Sane
Worst: Let's Spend The Night Together

Score: 8/10. You'd have to be insane not to like this album.


Diamond Dogs
Best: Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing reprise
Worst: Rebel Rebel

Score: 7/10. Diamond geezer!

Young Americans
Best: Fame
Worst: Right

Score: 5/10. The songs drag on too much for me.

STATIONTOSTATION
Best: TVC 15
Worst: Word On A Wing

Score: 9/10. When it's over you just want it to stay a little longer.

Low
Best: Breaking Glass
Worst: What In The World

Score: 8/10. So good you might want it to be your wife.

"Heroes"
Best:"Heroes"
Worst: Sons Of The Silent Age

Score: 10/10. Super-hero. No sense of doubt about it.


Lodger
Best: Move On
Worst: Red Sails

Score: 9/10. A truly fantastic voyage.

Scary Monsters
Best: Teenage Wildlife
Worst: Kingdom Come

Score: 9/10. Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-fa-fa-fa-fa-fantastic.


Let's Dance
Best: Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
Worst: Shake It

Score: 4/10. Let's dance? Let's not.

Tonight
Best: Loving The Alien
Worst: God Only Knows

Score: 2/10. God only knows what made him want to make an album this awful.

Never Let Me Down
Best: Time Will Crawl
Worst: Shining Star

Score: 1/10. A let down.

Tin Machine
Best: Under The God
Worst: Video Crime

Score: 10/10. An Amazing listen.

Tin Machine II
Best: Betty Wrong
Worst: Sorry

Score: 10/10. Another great Tin Machine album.

Black Tie White Noise
Best: Jump They Say
Worst: Don't Let Me Down and Down

Score: 10/10. An amazing uplifting record. He's been around for a while, but he can still churn out great pop albums like this.

The Buddha Of Suburbia
Best: The Buddha Of Suburbia
Worst: Ian Fish UK Hier

Score: 10/10.

1. Outside
Best: Strangers When We Meet
Worst: I Have Not Been To Oxford Town

Score: 10/10. Follow-up please Mr. Bowie!

Earthling
Best: Little Wonder
Worst: Looking For Satellites

Score: 10/10

... hours
Best: If I'm Dreaming All My Life
Worst: Thursday's Child

Score: 5/10. I wish I could say this album is a Brilliant Adventure but I don't think it is, and doubt I ever will.

Heathen
Best: Heathen (The Rays)
Worst: Took A Trip On A Gemini Spaceship

Score: 8/10.

Reality
Best: Bring Me The Disco King
Worst: The Loneliest Guy


Score: 4/10.

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I'm ignoring the ones I don't know 100%

Space Oddity
Best: Letter to Hermione
Worst- Wild-Eyed Boy From Freecloud

Grade: B+

The Man Who Sold The World
Best- Width Of A Circle
Worst- She Shook Me Cold

Grade: B-

Hunky Dory
Best- 8 Line Poem
Worst- Song for Bob Dylan

Grade: A -

Ziggy Stardust
Best- Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
Worst- Soul Love

Grade: A

Aladdin Sane
Best: Aladdin Sane
Worst: The Prettiest Star

Grade: B+

Pinups
Best: Where Have All the Good Times Gone
Worst: Friday on My Mind

Grade: C+

Diamond Dogs
Best: Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing reprise
worst: Big Brother

Grade: A-

Young Americans
Best: Somebody Up There Likes Me
Worst: Fame

Grade: A+

Station To Station
Best: Golden Years
Worst: Stay

Grade: B

Low
Best: Always Crashing In the Same Car
Worst: Sound and Vision

Grade: A

Heroes
Best: Joe the Lion
Worst: V2 Schneider

Grade: A+

Lodger
Best: Fantastic Voyage
Worst: Repetition

Grade: B-

Scary Monsters
Best: Teenage Wildlife
Worst: Fashion

Grade: A+

Let's Dance
Best: Without You
Worst: China Girl

Grade: B+

Black Tie White Noise
Best: Jump (They Say)
Worst: Don't Let Me Down and Down and Down

Grade: C-

1. Outside
Best: Thru These Architect's Eyes
Worst: The Voyeur of Utter Destruction

Grade: C+

Earthling
Best: Battle for Britain
Worst: The Last Thing You Should Do

Grade: C+

... hours
Best: Something in the Air
Worst: New Angels of Promise

Grade: D+

Heathen
Best: Sunday
Worst: Gemini Spacecraft

Grade: D-

Reality
Best: Loneliest Guy
Worst: Pablo Picasso

Grade: F

...then I rose, wipin' the blunt's ash from my clothes and froze only to blow the herb smoke through my nose....

Well sodomize me with a rusty cucumber, but b-Mardle's actually come up with a decent idea for a thread.

Leaving out the albums I don't own:

Space Oddity
b: Space Oddity
w: Unwashed
C+

The Man Who Sold The World
b: title track
w: She Shook Me Cold
A-

Hunky Dory
b: Bewley Brothers
w: Fill Your Heart
A-

Ziggy
b: Ziggy Stardust
w: It Ain't Easy
B

Aladdin Sane
b: Aladdin Sane
w: Let's Spend The Night Together
A

Diamond Dogs
b: Sweet Thing
w: Chant
A

Young Americans
b: Can You Hear Me
w: Across The Universe
A+

Station To Station
b: Station To Station
w: TVC15
A+

Low
b: Sound And Vision
w: What In The World
A+

Heroes
b: Heroes
w: Sons of the Silent Age
A+

Lodger
b: Fantastic Voyage
w: Red Money
A

Scary Monsters
b: Ashes To Ashes
w: Up The Hill Backwards
A+

Let's Dance
b: Let's Dance
w: Shake It
A-

Tonight
b: Blue Jean
w: I Keep Forgetting
C-

Never Let Me Down
b: Never Let Me Down
w: New York's In Love
D-

Tin Machine
b: I Can't Read
w: Sacrifice Yourself
D-

Black Tie White Noise
b: Nite Flights
w: I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday
B-

Outside
b: I'm Deranged
w: Wishful Beginnings
B+

Earthling
b: Telling Lies
w: Looking For Satellites
A

Hours
b: Something In The Air
w: If I'm Dreaming My Life
C

Heathen
b: Everyone Says Hi
w: Better Future
B+

Reality
b: Never Get Old
w: Reality
B+

"What terrifies us about death is not the loss of the future but the loss of the past"

Well thank you Shelle (i guess). So you didn't enjoy my world cup-thread?? (i guess as been a yank it went over youre head! But it's not youre fault you were born in such ghastly country).
Buy the way, sexy photo!

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So you didn't enjoy my world cup-thread??

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My recollection is it went something like:
"burbdle burbel n=dbmardle wofrtld cupp engggerland whods incoherent babblr burble".

Yeah, a real classic that one.

So where are you supposed to be from anyway? England? Finland? Fanland? Crete?

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Buy the way, sexy photo!

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I know you want me.

"What terrifies us about death is not the loss of the future but the loss of the past"

Well, i was born in england, my father is english and my mom is finnish. I moved to Finland when i was 5 (wich explains why my spelling is quite crap). Im now 19,still living in Finland and serving for the Finnish army ( wich is actually quite crap too)

I see.

Interesting life then, moved around quite a bit.

"What terrifies us about death is not the loss of the future but the loss of the past"

Just one word of clarification: Some of those filed under "Worst" are still quite good. And the scale is of course from 0-10/10

David Bowie
3/10
Best: Silly Boy Blue
Worst: She's Got Medals

Space Oddity:
7/10
Best: Cygnet Committee
Worst: God Knows I'm Good

The Man Who Sold The World
9/10
Best: All The Madmen
Worst: She Shook Me Cold

Hunky Dory:
10/10
Best: The Bewlay Brothers
Worst: Song For Bob Dylan

Ziggy Stardust:
10/10
Best: Rock 'n' Roll Suicide (and a few others)
Worst: It Ain't Easy

Aladdin Sane
9/10
Best: Time
Worst: Let's Spend The Night Together

Pin Ups
3/10
Best: Where Have All The Good Times Gone
Worst: Everything's Allright

Diamond Dogs
9/10
Best: We Are The Dead
Worst: The Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family

Young Americans
8/10
Best: Right
Worst: Across The Universe

Station To Station
9/10
Best: Station To Station
Worst: TVC 15

Low
10/10
Best: Always Crashing In The Same Car
Worst: Subterraneans

Heroes:
9/10
Best: Heroes
Worst: Sense Of Doubt

Lodger
7/10
Best: Look Back In Anger
Worst: Yassassin

Scary Monsters
6/10
Best: Scary Monsters
Worst: Kingdom Come

Let's Dance
5/10
Best: China Girl
Worst: Shake It

Tonight
0/10
Best: Loving The Alien
Worst: Tonight

Never Let Me Down
3/10
Best: Time Will Crawl
Worst: Day-In Day-Out

Tin Machine
3/10
Best: Under The God
Worst: Video Crime

Tin Machine II
4/10
Best: Goodbye Mr. Ed
Worst: Stateside

Black Tie White Noise
4/10
Best: Nite Flights
Worst: Don't Let Me Down and Down and Down

Buddha Of Suburbia
7/10
Best: Buddha Of Suburbia
Worst: Bleed Like A Craze, Dad

Outside
5/10
Best: Hallo Spaceboy
Worst: We Prick You

Earthling
8/10
Best: Seven Years In Tibet
Worst: Law (Earthling On Fire)

Hours
5/10
Best: Something In The Air
Worst: What's Really Happening

Heathen
9/10
Best: Sunday
Worst: A Better Future

Reality
6/10
Best: Bring Me The Disco King
Worst: Try Some, Buy Some

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

As with EJ, some of the tracks labeled as 'worst' are very good, but the worst on their particular albums. And the scale is from 0-10. Also observe that EJ and myself agree on the best and worst track on NLMD (if not the ranking of the whole LP).

David Bowie
3/10
Best: Please Mr. Gravedigger
Worst: She's Got Medals

Space Oddity:
6/10
Best: Space Oddity
Worst: Janine

The Man Who Sold The World
4/10
Best: The Man Who Sold The World
Worst: After All

Hunky Dory:
3/10
Best: Life On Mars?
Worst: Queen Bitch

Ziggy Stardust:
8/10
Best: Soul Love
Worst: Rock 'n' Roll Suicide

Aladdin Sane
8/10
Best: Aladdin Sane
Worst: The Jean Genie

Pin Ups
2/10
Best: See Emily Play
Worst: Any other song, sans Sorrow

Diamond Dogs
9/10
Best: Big Brother
Worst: Diamond Dogs

Young Americans
7/10
Best: Fame
Worst: Across The Universe

Station To Station
10/10
Best: Station To Station
Worst: Golden Years

Low
9/10
Best: A New Career In A New Town
Worst: What In The World

"Heroes":
11/10
Best: V-2 Schneider
Worst: Sons Of The Silent Age

Lodger
8/10
Best: Look Back In Anger
Worst: Boys Keep Swinging

Scary Monsters
9/10
Best: Because You're Young
Worst: Teenage Wildlife

Let's Dance
5/10
Best: Let's Dance
Worst: Criminal World

Tonight
6/10
Best: Loving The Alien
Worst: I Keep Forgettin'

Never Let Me Down
7/10
Best: Time Will Crawl
Worst: Day-In Day-Out

Tin Machine
4/10
Best: Heaven's In Here
Worst: Sacrifice Yourself

Tin Machine II
5/10
Best: You Belong In Rock 'N Roll
Worst: Sorry

Black Tie White Noise
7/10
Best: Jump They Say
Worst: I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday

Buddha Of Suburbia
9/10
Best: Dead Against It
Worst: Buddha Of Suburbia

1. Outside
10/10
Best: Thru' These Architects Eyes
Worst: No Control

Earthling
9/10
Best: Seven Years In Tibet
Worst: Looking For Satellites

Hours
6/10
Best: Brilliant Adventure
Worst: If I'm Dreaming My Life

Heathen
8/10
Best: I Would Be Your Slave
Worst: Cactus

Diabolinen Kökkö-Reality
3/10
Best: Bring Me The Disco King
Worst: The Loneliest Guy

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Also observe that EJ and myself agree on the best and worst track on NLMD

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Somethings are just too good/bad to disagree. Even for us.

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

I smell a sitcom!

And that's what happen when you type while vomiting.

I'm using 0-10 as my scale too, I don't quite get 4-10 scale. And a lot of these albums I love all the songs on, so I don't dislike all the "worsts" by any means.
The Man Who Sold The World
8/10
Best: Width Of A Circle (that was really hard actually)
Worst: The Supermen

Hunky Dory:
8/10
Best: The Bewlay Bros
Worst: Song For Bob Dylan

Ziggy Stardust:
6/10
Best: Five Years
Worst: It Ain't Easy

Aladdin Sane
8/10
Best: Aladdin Sane
Worst: The Jean Genie

Pin Ups
3/10
Best: See Emily Play
Worst: Not entirely sure, I forget which are which, but Anyhow Anywhere I think.

Diamond Dogs
9.978(a very scientific guess)/10
Best: We Are The Dead
Worst: Diamond Dogs

Young Americans
7/10
Best: Right
Worst: Somebody Up There Likes Me

Station To Station
9/10
Best: Station To Station
Worst: Golden Years

Low
9/10
Best: Weeping Wall
Worst: Be My Wife
(that took me a long time to figure out)
"Heroes":
8/10
Best: Beauty And The Beast
Worst: Sons Of The Silent Age

Lodger
7/10
Best: African Night Flight
Worst: Yassassin

Scary Monsters
9/10
Best: It's No Game
Worst: Teenage Wildlife

Let's Dance
9/10
Best: Criminal World
Worst: Shake It

Tonight
1/10
Best: Loving The Alien
Worst: It could go any way other than Dancing With The Big Boys and Blue Jean. IMO the absolute bottom of Bowie's catalogue.
Never Let Me Down
6/10
Best: Time Will Crawl
Worst: Day-In Day-Out

Tin Machine
5/10
Best: Baby Can Dance
Worst: Run
(I love half this album and can't stand the rest)

Black Tie White Noise
7/10
Best: Jump They Say
Worst: I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday

Buddha Of Suburbia
9/10
Best: South Horizon
Worst: The Mysteries

1. Outside
10/10
Best: The Voyeur Of Utter Destruction
Worst: I Am With Name

Earthling
7/10
Best: Seven Years In Tibet
Worst: LAW

Hours
4/10
Best: The Dreamers
Worst: The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell

Heathen
9/10
Best: Sunday
Worst: Gemini Spacecraft

Reality
8/10
Best: New Killer Star
Worst: Try Some, Buy Some

David Bowie
Haven't heard this one yet

Man of Words / Man of Music
BEST: Space Oddity
WORST: Cygnet Committee
6/10

The Man Who Sold the World
BEST: All The Madmen
WORST: She Shook Me Cold
8/10

Hunky Dory
BEST: Life On Mars?
WORST: most of side B
3/10

. . . Ziggy Stardust . . .
BEST: Ziggy Stardust
WORST: Five Years/Soul Love/It Ain't Easy
7/10

Aladdin Sane
BEST: Cracked Actor
WORST: The Prettiest Star
9/10

PinUps
BEST: Sorrow
WORST: Can't remember exactly, but there is a lot of crap
4/10

Diamond Dogs
BEST: Sweet Thing–Candidate–Sweet Thing (reprise)
WORST: When You Rock 'n' Roll With Me
8/10

David Live
BEST: I'm not very fond of any of these.
WORST: Most of it.
2/10

Young Americans
BEST: Fame
WORST: Can You Hear Me
6/10

STATIONTOSTATION
BEST: Station to Station
WORST: none
10/10

Low
BEST: side A—Speed of Life; side B—Art Decade
WORST: side A—isn't one; side B—Subterraneans
9/10

‘‘Heroes’’
BEST: Beauty and the Beast
WORST: Sense of Doubt
7/10

Lodger
BEST: D.J.
WORST: Red Money
9/10

Scary Monsters
BEST: Ashes to Ashes
WORST: Because You're Young
8/10

Let’s Dance
BEST: Let's Dance
WORST: Ricochet
7/10

Tonight
BEST: Loving the Alien
WORST: the rest
2/10

Never Let Me Down
BEST: Time Will Crawl
WORST: Day-In Day-Out, Too Dizzy
4/10

Tin Machine
Haven't heard this yet, or their others

Black Tie White Noise
BEST: Jump They Say
WORST: Balck Tie White Noise
5/10

1. Outside
BEST: Strangers When We Meet
WORST: can't remember anymore . . . I only heard it once
6/10

Earthling
BEST: I'm Afraid Of Americans
WORST: see 1. Outside
5/10

‘hours . . .’
Haven't heard this yet

Heathen
BEST: all, except . . .
WORST: . . . A Better Future
9/10

Don’t think about Young Americans as a makeout album

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Low
Score: 8/10. So good you might want it to be your wife.

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But what is this rating 4-10 malarchy? Can't even imagine what that scale relates to... So just in spite I shall use the wonderfully bizarre Danish grade system of 00-13, where 5 roughly corresponds with an F (everything below that is just to shame you), 11 is A+ (anything above that just serves to inflate your ego)

David Bowie
B: Little Bombardier
W:Come And Buy My Toys
Grade: 7

Space Oddity
B:Space Oddity
W:An Occasional Dream
Grade: 8

The Man Who Sold The World
B:The Width of a Circle
W:Saviour Machine
Grade: 9

Hunky Dory
B:Life On Mars?
W:Song for Bob Dylan
Grade: 9

Ziggy Stardust
B:Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
W:Starman
Grade: 10

Aladdin Sane
B:Cracked Actor
W:Panic In Detroit
Grade: 9

Pin Ups
B:See Emily Play
W:Don't Bring Me Down
Grade: 8

Diamond Dogs
B:We Are The Dead
W:Heart all the songs... Not so much Future Legend
Grade: 11

Young Americans
B:Young Americans
W:Can You Hear Me?
Grade: 9

Station to Station
B:Golden Years (wop wop wop)
W:TVC15
Grade: 10

Low
B:Sound and Vision
W:All killer, no filler
Grade: 13

"Heroes"
B:Difficult! But... Joe The Lion
W:Sense of Doubt
Grade: 13

Lodger
B:Boys Keep Swinging
W:Yassassin
Grade: 11

Scary Monsters
B:Teenage Wildlife
W:Kingdom Come
Grade: 13

Let's Dance
B:China Girl
W:Shake It
Grade: 8

Tonight
B:Loving The Alien
W:God Only Knows
Grade: 6

Never Let Me Down
B:Time Will Crawl
W:Beat of Your Drum
Grade: 5

Tin Machine
B:I Can't Read
W:Pretty Thing
Grade: 7

Tin Machine II
What is this album I keep hearing about?

Black Tie, White Noise
B:Jump They Say
W:Don't Let Me Down & Down
Grade: 8

Buddha of Suburbia
B:Strangers When We Meet
W:Ian Fish, UK Heir
Grade: 10

1. Outside
B:The Hearts Filthy Lesson
W:No Control
Grade: 11

Earthling
B:Battle For Britain (The Letter)
W:The Last Thing You Should Do
Grade: 9

hours
B:Something In The Air
W:What's Really Happening (a true star in the circus of clown-songs...)
Grade: 8

Heathen
B:Sunday
W:A Better Future (the AIR-mix is great though)
Grade: 11

Reality
B:Bring Me The Disco King
W:Try Some, Buy Some
Grade: 10

Still perfecting imperfection

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Finnish school grades, 4 corresponds with an F and 10 with an A+.

Project Michelangelo | LiveJournal

I'm sure it's already been said by many, but it's great that decibel is back. You were here several years ago, right? Like, back in 2001 or 2002. And then you left. And now you're back. That's great, because I thought you were one of the best.

Anyway, some of the choices, or, actually, most choices that you people have made, surprise me. In some cases, I just feel like...this person is sick, or this person is in total lack of any kind of taste, or any kind of musicality. Like, Slip Away is the best song on Heathen? Ricochet the worst song on Let's Dance? Golden Years and We Prick You worst songs? And why does everybody hate TVC15? It's one of his finest. And Loneliest Guy...am I the only one who has noticed the flawed production on this song? Visconti forgot to use the noise reduction filter on Bowie's voice, so each time the voice appears, there's this huge amount of, well, noise/air/buzz. If he didn't want to use noise reduction on the voice, he should have kept the voice track/the vocal channel present throughout the song, instead of raising and lowering the volume of the the vocal channel all the time. It sounds very amateurish, I think, and bad.

But without further delay, here's my list.

David Bowie
B: Silly Boy Blue
W: There Is A Happy Land
Grade: 6/10

Space Oddity
B: Space Oddity
W: Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud
Grade: 5/10

The Man Who Sold The World
B: Black Country Rock
W: Tracks #5, 6, and 7.
Grade: 5/10

Hunky Dory
B: Bewlay Brothers
W: Song for Bob Dylan
Grade: 6/10

Ziggy Stardust
B: Star
W: Rock 'N' Roll Suicide
Grade: 7/10

Aladdin Sane
B: Title track
W: Lady Grinning Soul
Grade: 6/10

Pin Ups
B: Sorrow
W: All the others
Grade: 2/10

Diamond Dogs
B: Future Legend or Chant...
W: Rock 'N' Roll With Me
Grade: 8/10

Young Americans
B: Young Americans
W: Can You Hear Me?
Grade: 6/10

Station to Station
B: Golden Years (Love the Marily Manson cover even more)
W: Word On A Wing
Grade: 8/10

Low
B: What In The World
W: Always Crashing
Grade: 8/10

"Heroes"
B: Joe The Lion or Secret Life - both are fantastic
W: Sons of the Silent Age
Grade: 7/10

Lodger
B: Red Sails
W: Boys Keep Swinging
Grade: 9/10

Scary Monsters
B: Teenage Wildlife
W: Kingdom Come
Grade: 8/10

Let's Dance
B: Ricochet
W: Cat People
Grade: 7/10

Tonight
B: Loving The Alien
W: Tonight
Grade: 5/10

Never Let Me Down
B: Bang Bang
W: All the others
Grade: 2/10

Tin Machine
B: Bus Stop
W: Pretty Thing or Video Crime
Grade: 7/10

Tin Machine II
B: A Big Hurt
W: Sorry
Grade: 7/10

Black Tie, White Noise
B: Nite Flights
W: I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday
Grade: 5/10

Buddha of Suburbia
B: Sex & The Church
W: Ian Fish, UK Heir
Grade: 8/10

1. Outside
B: I'm Deranged
W: -
Grade: 10

Earthling
B: Looking For Satellites
W: Seven Years In Tibet
Grade: 9/10

Hours
B: New Angels of Promise
W: Something In The Air
Grade: 6/10

Heathen
B: Better Future
W: Slip Away
Grade: 5/10

Reality
B: Try Some, Buy Some
W: Disco King
Grade: 5/10




GFried: What aspect of your personallity do you think makes you post at a David Bowie message board?
Dara: For me it's pretty much an interest in David Bowie.

Here we are. I haven't heard Space Oddity before and I just heard the entirety of Aladdin Sane yesterday. Let's take a look:

The Man Who Sold the World
B:TMWSTW
W:Black Country Rock
Rate:7

Hunky Dory
B:Quicksand
W:Song For Bob Dylan
Rate:8

Ziggy Stardust
B:Moonage Daydream
W:Soul Love
Rate:8

Aladdin Sane
B:Aladdin Sane
W:Panic in Detroit
Rate:8

Diamond Dogs
B:Sweet Thing--->Candidate---->Sweet Thing reprise
W:Rock and Roll With Me
Rate:6

Young Americans
B:Strange Fascination
W:Across The Universe
Rate:7

Station to Station
B:TVC15
W:Word on a Wing
Rate:9

Low
B:They are all good to my ears
W:There is no worst
Rate:10

Heroes
B:Blackout
W:Neukoln
Rate:9

Lodger
B:Look Back in Anger
W:Move On
Rate:9

Scary Monsters
B:I love it all
W:none
Rate:10

Let's Dance
B:Let's Dance
W:Cat People(this version sucks compared to the original)
Rate:7

Tonight
B:Loving the Alien
W:God Only Knows
Rate:6

Never Let Me Down
B:Never Let Me Down
W:Day In, Day Out
Rate:7

Black Tie, White Noise
B:Night Flights
W:I Feel Free
Rate:9

Outside
B:We Prick You
W:Some Segue
Rate:9

Earthling
B:Battle For Britain
W:I'm Afraid of Americans
Rate:9

..hours
B:Something in the Air
W:Survive
Rate:8

Heathen
B:Sunday
W: I've Been Waiting For You
Rate:8

Reality
B:She'll Drive the Big Car
W:Bring Me the Disco King
Rate:8

ice

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Golden Years and We Prick You worst songs?

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Let's not forget it's Station to Station we're talking about. There is no such thing as a bad song on the album. There are just good songs, and really great songs. Unfortunately I find Golden Years to be the least satisfying number on the album in the long run. It's still great, mind you.

Nice new avatar, btw.

Project Michelangelo | LiveJournal

Aaw shucks... That's probably the nicest thing I've heard anyone say on these boards! You're right though, I joined in 2000 and then went away for for no good reason.

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Reality
B: Try Some, Buy Some
W: Disco King

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btw - I can only assume you wrote that to mess with me!

Still perfecting imperfection