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David Bowie did two covers of Jacques Bel's songs. He wrote the English lyrics too ofcourse and made it his own, both song are brilliant really, have a listen:

David Bowie's cover of Jacques Brel's song "My Death" at his last gig as Ziggy Stardust in 1973. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIzE3j84kKU

Port Of Amsterdam is a song written by Jacques Brel and Mort Shuman and performed here by David Bowie. It is from the album Pinups in 1973.
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I had a copy of Heroes on cassette which I liked but didn't really get into him until Outside came out.  I like the albums where he worked with progressive artists the best - Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, David Torn.  I may be forgetting a few.
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Look out for No.1 Outside. Up there with his best work.
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Bowie's a talented guy. I've only heard his studio LPs up to 1983 or so. Very innovative, great voice.
Ziggy Stardust is the best. 10/10 catchy glam opera about a alien rock n roller.
Hunky Dory, as you said has some fantastic songs. If it weren't for a few bits of filler it might be a 10/10 as well for me.
Station to Station and Low are both really strong albums, each very unique, inventive, and powerful in their own rights. Heroes as well, though it's a little inconsistent. Let's Dance, though no artistic triumph, is a catchy new wave dance record. It's worth the listen imo.
The others (from the late 60s to early 80s) range from pretty good to kinda mediocre.
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Basicly every Bowie album is great only "Tonight" is truely weak.
 
Favorites : Space O - Ziggy - Young Americans - Station to Station - Low - Lodger - Scary M - Black Tie White Noice.
 
Just love the fact that he covers such a wide range in his music. 
 


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Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours
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Only heard The Man Who Sold the World which is a seriously underrated album, perhaps would recommend it to a Black Sabbath or Led Zeppelin fan over most of his audience, need to listen to his other records and 1970s glam rock in general more. Also the Berlin Trilogy since I get the impression it was a huge influence on a good deal of stuff I listen to, and did more than Kraftwerk and company to popularize electronically based instrumentation as a new paradigm for music.
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The Man Who Sold the World is one of his most "heavy" albums....and the Space Oddity album is also a good one.  He was finding his place on both - tough to market them, too....was he a Dylan folkie, an arty freak or a heavy.  I think this album is the first with Mick Ronson.....and his guitar is the hero of this album.
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Lodger can be a challenging listen so i can understand people not getting into it. But as usual he had already invented post punk and was pushing forward ever more with this gem.
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Points: 46828 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 21 2015 at 12:38
christ man.. how to choose.. so many great ones of so many faces of Bowie


1) Aladidn Sane
2) Station to Station
3) Man Who Sold the World
4) Ziggy
5) Lodger
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"The Man Who Sold The World" sounds a lot to me like "Benefit" and other albums from 1970. I really like this one too.
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I'm another who loves Man Who Sold The World. Definitely my fave Bowie album.

Also a big fan of Station To Station and Heroes.
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Earthling is great, but then again I was introduced to it through Bowie's 50th birthday bash in
Madison Square garden, where he played most of the songs from the album together with Lou Reed, Robert Smith (The Cure), Frank Black, Sonic Youth with more.
I was sold right off the bat, and I still think it's one of his best in recent times.
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Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Another fave of mine is Man Who Sold The World. Great to see so many mentions of it.


This is my all-time favourite Bowie LP Smile It's followed by Low/Heroes, Hunky Dory, Ziggy & Scary Monsters.

Outside and Earthling are also sublime, it's a shame that they are so underappreciated, especially Earthling.
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One of my favourite Bowie albums has got to be Lodger. The last of the Berlin trilogy this one has slowly but comfortably turned into my most played album of his. Red Sails, Red Money, DJ, Don't Look Back In Anger, Yassassin, Fantastic Voyage etc etc.
It often gets overlooked in favour of Heroes, Low and the subsequent Scary Monsters. Low is imo the only one that can compete with Lodger, and that's saying something.

Another fave of mine is Man Who Sold The World. Great to see so many mentions of it.
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Not a real fan, but some of his albums are good, especially his earlier work:

In chronological order:
  • Space Oddity (his best)
  • The Man Who Sold the World
  • Hunky Dory
  • Ziggy Stardust
  • Low (side two)
Lodger turned me off. On rating, I would round this one up to one star.
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Bowie from Hunky to Lodger....classic.  The great lost Bowie album, IMHO, is Tin Machine I........and the cover of If There Is Something on Tin Machine II.  Crunchy!
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I refused to go to those shows, based on the premise that I wouldn't go to a venue bigger than The Roxy. Yeah, D_U_M_B (everyone's accusing me...)
 
I went to the first Isolar shows in '76 though. Amazing stuff and the first out coming of the early punk scene.
 
I now have the (fairly) recent Visconti re-master with tracks in correct order etc. I still find it a hard listen. Very cold sounding compared to the original recordings. But that's where the great man was at that stage (see what I did there?).
 
18 months later, everybody was trying to sound like it....
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Originally posted by Kati Kati wrote:

David Bowie is the sexiest man alive, I simply love him too much Smile xxxxx


We're back on this? Agreed!

Every album from 1969-1974 are great Bowie albums. I have a special taste for him, and I believe people listen too much his "pop" singles and completly forget the good stuff.
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My favourite all time Album by any artist is Station to Station. The title track being my all time favourite track by any artist. It has everything, bleak, despair, drive, funk, guitars and the Thin White Duke - throwing darts in lover eyes. And he looked the coolest any pop star has ever looked, before or since.
 
The early stuff speaks for itself but don't limit your view of the great man. No.1 Outside is in his top 5 in my opinion and was the great 'art rock' album of that year (along with 'Timeless by Goldie', which is a real trip).
 
Check out Buddha of Suburbia also, a lost Bowie classic. Sex and the Church and the title tracks being the outstanding moments.
 
Even his crap period (80's AFTER Scary Monsters) has an albums worth of material that most artists would cut their right arm off to get close to (Loving the Alien being of special note).
 
Bowie progressive? Merde! He is the very epitome of progression. Creating real experimental music that influenced every generation that came after. He also specialises in great trousers.... 
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Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

Originally posted by sublime220 sublime220 wrote:

Never understood the hype about Scary Monsters. However, Hunky Dory might be the greatest album of all time.
 
 
I thought that was Trout Mask Replica...?
 
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