David Bowie

[conny]

"Best Of" (2-DVD), blue-ish cover artwork

or

"Singles Collection" (2-CD), red-ish cover artwork

 

[Ignatius]

Don't start off with a Greatest Hits box, try an studio original. I recommend Ziggy Stardust ( I'm sure Random Would agree with me on that one  ) There's not one weak song in there. My fav are Starman, Lady Stardust, Soul Love, Ziggy Stardust...

[ppbebe]

Peter and the Wolf <----MANIAC 

[Timothy]

I would recommend The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust and The Man Who Sold the World.

[LeftToDecay]

.also, if I were to get an album, which one (which is his "best")?
thanks for any help/advice

Don't touch collections! It's cheating:D
(I will never tell anyone that my 1st Bowie album ever was Singles colelction. Never!Hahahaha!!)

My personal fav is Aladdin Sane, the follow up of Ziggy Stardust.
Even though  Bowie introduced new alter ego/imago he  really didn't uh, reinvent himself at this point. In Aladdin, Bowie is still pretty much the same songwriter who wrote Ziggy Stardust.
Aladdin Sane  is alot more..um, mature and Art-popesqe than  it's prequel though.

The title Track, Time and Cracked Actor never leave from my playlist.
Lots of Piano.Absolutely amazing piano.Occasionally strangley chaotic and haunting piano that delivers this "who ever wrote this is not well at all!" -type of a feeling.Great stuff.
Time is pretty great example of Bowie's talent as a singer. Manner he manages to  carry the middle part of it...um.There are no words.One of those songs where you'd like the lyrics even if you didn't understand word of english.
Cracked Actor must be the most rockety rolly song by db. Well, that and Sufragette City,

In a strange parrel universe where Aladdin Sane doesn't exist at all, my fav Bowie album is Low.
Low comes in  2 parts, pretty much.
First 4 or so  songs are guitar driven rocking pop written by Bowie who was experiemnting with whole lot of all sorts of chrazy chemicals that made his head all oozy.
After that, things start getting more and more experimental, instrumental, gloomy and ,industrial.
The peak of the avant garde- part IMO  is Warszawa.It's this amazingly fuckin dark wordless scream of a portrayal of this depressing commie town.
It's fortunate cold war exsted

In the light of Low, it's pretty irrational and ironic that when Bowie made his attempt to break through again via "commercial" industrial-scene during the peak of said music style around mid 90's, it got slammed because, critics said, Bowie was just ripping off Nine Inch Nails, Manson , Ogre and whathaveyas...while Bowie's own, then about 20 year old creations had infact inspired the likes of Trent Reznor and Marilyn Manson quite alo in the first place.
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[kj_jive]

I've always enjoyed Station to Station, Scary Monsters and of course, Ziggy Stardust

[Lisa]

 Ziggy Stardust has to be a 'classic' fav...highly recommended...I personally loved and still do, Hony Dory and Thin White Duke...Man Who Sold The World is timeless....but seriously...DIAMOND DOGS

[Doc Emmett Brown]

Don't start off with a Greatest Hits box, try an studio original. I recommend Ziggy Stardust ( I'm sure Random Would agree with me on that one  )

I sure would 

I also love Scary Monsters, Heroes, and that 80's album which everybody hates, Let's Dance.  From his 'new' stuff, Outside is pretty good. 

I might as well confess I was introduced to Bowie's music thanks to Nirvana (when they covered 'The Man Who Sold the World').

[kj_jive]

Don't start off with a Greatest Hits box, try an studio original. I recommend Ziggy Stardust ( I'm sure Random Would agree with me on that one? )

I sure would?

I also love Scary Monsters, Heroes, and that 80's album which everybody hates, Let's Dance.? From his 'new' stuff, Outside is pretty good.?

I might as well confess I was introduced to Bowie's music thanks to Nirvana (when they covered 'The Man Who Sold the World').

Yesssss! A let's Dance Fan!   It's good...who cares if its poppy and unregretably 80's...I think it's a fun album.

[Mr Cowbell ?]

Don't start off with a Greatest Hits box, try an studio original. I recommend Ziggy Stardust ( I'm sure Random Would agree with me on that one? ) There's not one weak song in there. My fav are Starman, Lady Stardust, Soul Love, Ziggy Stardust...

Hell yeah Ziggy is one of his best albums he did in his prime.  He really made that charecter come to life in concert.  Definently start with Ziggy before a greatest hits

[Steve McKagan]

Ziggy Stardust is too simple for a Bowie album, but a good one to start with because it's an easy listen. And Bowie-collections are over-all not good because they only capture the "hits", Bowie is an album-artist with many different styles so either you like hardrock and riffing (Man Who Sold The World, Aladdin Sane) or experimental avant-garde (Low, Heroes) you will always find your favourite.

[Judge Dredd]

I'd recommend 'Low' or 'Heroes'

[Dr. Blutarsky]

Tough question. Each album is very unique, so Ziggy would be a good start and go from there.

Alladin Sane is another good one.

[Jamie]

I'd start off with The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars or Changes.

[St.heathen]

I am a massive Bowie fan i have seen him 7 times now and love his work. 
He is a true genius.  His work is so vast and eclectic you'll have a great time exploring his work :-)

You can find most of his albums at around ?5 each if you look around, bargain!

To start off with i'd recommend Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust  (even those people who don't *get* Bowie tend to like Hunky Dory and Ziggy!). 

Then i'd get Aladdin Sane, Diamond Dogs and Low these are all considered to be amongst his masterpieces

Actually there is a new Bowie Album track Collection out just this week, it has a great example of his album work and it's only ?5 brand new.


And of his post 70's stuff; Scary Monsters, Buddha of Suburbia, Outside, Earthling and Heathen - just fantastic awsome stuff!  Enjoy the trip ;-)

 And for a Bowie related album to get look out for Lou Reeds Transformer album which Bowie produced. It has Perfect Day and Walk on the wild side. It oozes coolness.

[Catalina]

the rise and fall of ziggy stardust

[Sakib]

heya dudes n dudettes.

i hurd a couple of Bowie albums 2day (forgot what they're called). Anyways, i really like his stuff. i've never heard Bowie by the rock press in general clarifying Bowie is a rockstar. Why is that?

also, can u recommend me any of his stuff to listen to?

[Thorazine Shuffle]

There is a 2 disc Very Best of David Bowie album that I have that basically chronicles his whole catalog.  It's a great album that you can find on Amazon.

[Hammy]

I have a 3 Disc Greatest Hits set of his and I think it's fantastic, but I've never journeyed outside of these albums, and with Bowie he has such a massive back catalogue I really don't know where to start, does anybody here have recommendations as to what his essential albums are?

[Angel Down]

Aladdin Sane

David Live

Heros (Recorded at Hansa by the Wall, Berlin)