Machiavelli
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Yup. Give you that. Has the end ended with Blackstar?
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Albums Thread - 2016
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Yup. Give you that. Has the end ended with Blackstar?
Got a couple of his albums. I really like the one he wrote about America. Think it was the one before the current one.
CorgiRegisteredFriend
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All the Tin Machine output was probably the worst period.
Pogue Mahone
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This has, pretty much, always been my opinion.
My first seven albums were all by Bowie - Aladdin Sane was the first album I ever bought. I was 11, and remained a Bowie freak for a decade.
As others have said, 'Let's Dance' was the beginning of the end. 'Tonight' was awful, in my opinion, and then came Tin Machine...
I have recently decided to listen to his more recent albums again, more extensively, more open-mindedly. It has been a surprise to find I actually like some of them - they are not the unmitigated rubbish that I thought they were. I am enjoying 'Outside', 'Buddha of Suburbia' and especially 'Earthling', whose Drum and Bass left me utterly cold when it came out. 'Reality", though, is still boring me, 'White Tie, Black Noise' - meh, don't think it will win me over.
So, his utter brilliance in the seventies was followed by horrible 80s overproduction and crap songs. But the nineties were a little better than I previously believed.
Woah woah woah woah
Late 60s - brilliant
Early mid 70s - decent
The Berlin trilogy (late 70s) - some of the best music ever committed to tape
80s - mixed, but side A of Let's Dance is completely perfect pop
90s - yeah hmm
00s - fair enough
The Next day - A decent return to form.
Blackstar - early days but his best since Berlin Trilogy for me, and feels very much like a continuation of that era.
Machiavelli
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Agree on Berlin trilogy.
I remember being stunned when I first put on Low and heard Speed of Life...then dancing around room to it.
The Frau has just bought the new album on vinyl. Really enjoying it.
Machiavelli
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Do you want to indicate a few albums from 2015 you liked?
Pogue Mahone
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So would I. This is my favourite Bowie period.
I'd add Space Oddity (1969, but still...) and The Man Who Sold The World.
aolstudios
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Yep, I'd say Space Oddity - Scary Monsters is pretty much wall to wall brilliant & constantly ground-breaking
Pogue Mahone
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I might exclude Pin Ups, though...
aolstudios
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I wouldn't, it's great, really aged well. Dig it out
?? I was replying to your Bowie post.
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Machiavelli
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Just a request. I enjoyed Melanie De Biasio courtesy of your recommendation from 2014, so am interested to what you enjoyed in 2015.
On reflection it was more of a strut than a dance.
CorgiRegisteredFriend
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I got the latest Low album on vinyl from santa and bought myself their Chriistams album. They are a band that seem well suited to vinyl but can't quite pinpoint why.