A Guide to DAVID BOWIE / 1978 - 2016
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Hi everyone, here's part two of my DAVID BOWIE guide, discussing Bowie's career and music from 1978-2016. Let me know your favourite Bowie records from this era in the comments section.
My final Bowie Week video will be up Saturday 7th, look out for it!
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My David Bowie moment is sort of silly xD I obviously saw Labyrinth as a kid, fell in love! One day in a tv show they mentionned that David was Bi-sexual and me being a 10 year old not knowing what this was (this is back in the 1990's) I open a dictionary and the first defintion of bi-sexual was defined as being like a flower.... so in my head, it stuck that David Bowie was like a flower and i kept that silly romantic idea of him
Ha that's a brilliantly odd story Zemimsky
Well, he sure had a lot of female relationships. On coke and speed and alcohol, I think he slept with anything. And his ex said she found him in bed with Jagger, so wouldn't that make Jagger bi-sexual too! If Bowie had said out of the blue that he was heterosexual, I doubt people would raise eyebrows (like, so?), and as a matter of fact, he did say he was heterosexual, but somehow people didn' t find this very titillating. Eventually he sort of made light of it, being in the 70s when anything and everything was 'ok'. He went out of the box...was curious and explored. Like lots of artists.
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So david bowie is hetero and gay. 🤯🤯
@@Connor-yh5ho that is an odd way of saying bisexual but yeah -
"If you're ever sad, just remember the world is 4.543 billion years old and you somehow managed to exist at the same time as David Bowie."
Dear Bryan. This was a somewhat cynical comment made in reaction to the over the top public outpourings at the time of the great man's death. I'm a dyed in the wool, card carrying Bowie fan. I cried true tears of grief that day. But i have the good sense to realise this comment was saying get a grip. I didn't know David Bowie but i sense he would have been irked by the mawkish global displays of grief projected by the media, and enjoyed a relieved chuckle at the above and often since contextually misquoted comment. Little wonder he kept his death a rightly private matter, so as to avoid the hype the above quoted comment is targeting. Think about it. Respectfully yours, Andrew
wow
where my 7 year olds at
Never thought of Scary Monsters as the sell out record. I always felt it was Lets Dance.
Yeah, if anything, it’s a post-punk Station to Station with the last remnants of Berlin
Same...
It's ironic that him going New Wave was 'selling out', given his career was largely a blueprint for the genre.
@@danielmcdermott138 but it feels like he attached himself to the fluffier aspects of New Wave that were more shallow
@@petercastillo2752 Undoubtedly. I think he gets away with it, because 'Scary Monsters' is just so f*cking brilliant. 'Let's Dance' is still impressive, if incredibly vacuous.
You acclaimed David Bowie's lyricism on Wild Is The Wind (Station To Station) and Pablo Picasso (Reality) but they're actually covers.
Jareth was my introduction to Bowie as a child. Little did I know at the time, that the star of my favorite movie would become my god in my awkward teen years. His art in all it's mediums made me feel brave as a gay kid surrounded by fundamentalist evangelical piety. Thank you, David. My adoration for you is eternal. Thanks for these, Oliver.
Personally I'm a huge fan of Earthling. One of my favourites.
Lots of love for Earthling in the comments it seems
@@deepcuts Pablo Picasso is a Modern Lovers track, and those lyrics were by Jonathan Richman
So I finally caught up with this video in mid-July, 2017, and here it is, over 18 months since David's passing, and as you spoke of Blackstar my eyes began to well up. David Bowie's death affected me deeply, much more than I anticipated early on. I could not get through a Bowie vid without shedding tears for two months and have probably shed tears over his death some 200+ times over this last year and a half. But in retrospect, seeing how much David affected me and my life, I really shouldn't have been surprised by the level of grief I fell into. David taught me to be fearless and just do what I thought was best for me, and not care what others thought of me. He made being in left field cool and even mainsream to some extent. And I think David taught the world to be a more tolerant and accepting place, on top of providing us with hours upon hours of wonderful music and thousands of hours of dynamic and spellbinding performances. I miss that man to this day and I ain't done mourning yet.
Thanks for your insightful opinions, the vast majority of which I agreed with, though I think you gave Earthling, hours... and Heathen the short shift. They're better than you are aware of, but that's okay. It took me 20 years to finally "get" Outside, which I had mixed feelings over initially, though I very much enjoyed some of the songs on it. But now, I love it as a whole. At least you got Buddha, Black Tie and Reality right; not many people have. I look forward to checking out the other two videos you did on David and I look forward to exploring your catelogue of other "guides to...."
Modern Love's one of my favourite Bowie tracks and I have no idea why, I just really like it. Both the guides were absolutely brilliant!
Thanks Oliver!
A guide to The Velvet Underground would be awesome.
but there's only 4 albums
Maybe include Lou Reed as well then?
And John Cale! Obviously Reed was a more influential figure, but Cale deserves some attention too.
A guide to Lou Reed that would (obviously) include the VU.
It'd be boring as all hell, just like their music!!
Selling out on Scary Monsters...!?
Don't think so. Let's Dance ,maybe.
Is it weird that I liked this video more than the 1947-1977 video? Sure, more of his masterpieces came out in that era, but this was a rare insight into the lesser era of his career. Even hearing about his dire songwriting state in the 1980's, it seemed he possessed this earnestness; this passionate desire to push music forward. And just hearing about him getting back to work with Black Tie White Noise and just working his way back up and up to Blackstar was frankly inspiring. Thanks so much for this video, Oliver.
Funny enough, Earthling, and Little Wonder in particular were my introduction to David Bowie back when I was a cranky teenager. It was the freshest and most modern thing I'd ever heard, and I almost couldn't believe it when I found out how long he'd been in the business and how huge his legacy was.
It's cool eh! Such an incredible amount of artistic beauty. All those albums.
Earthling is a great record. its clever and the mix of drum n bass and live rock music is outstanding. I really like the way Battle for Britain plays out. To really understand it though, you had to see it live.
Earthling is a brilliant album
40 minutes of quality content. Thanks!
Thanks for checking it out!
Thanks for the immense guide. I've started only recently to really get into Bowie's music. It's just mindblowing. Still have a lot of work to do to dig all these brilliant albums.
Also love his song "I'm Deranged" in The Lost Highway soundtrack.
'oh dear we've hit a couple of TURKEYS here'
I was heartbroken when I found out he died. But I didn't really give it much though until one day when I was already on my phone...I thought...I'm gonna find out why everybody loves David Bowie so much... one of the best thing I ever did. I liked him while I was growing up and I never really paid much attention to him. My parents told me that singers and famous people act like you don't exist and don't like you. That's right. Most of them don't. But Bowie was one of the very few who acted human and I loved that. I loved it so much it's ridiculous. He was so down to earth and real. But I regret the fact that I didn't know that much about him and didn't try to find out more about him when he was still alive. I did, but to no avail. It was the 90s and stuff. We didn't have the things that we do now. And plus I listened to my parents and kept myself very distant from him and other singers and musicians and stuff. It wasn't til last year that I cut all that out and did what I wanted to do. I ended up finding some remarkable stuff about the man out. Yes, he made some mistakes and stuff, but don't we all? I don't just love him as a musician...I love him as a person. I regret that fact that he's dead and I can't do anything about it. I wish I could but I can't. The man was very intuitive and creative. I think he was wonderful just being himself. I still keep my distance with most celebrities. I still would even if I were famous. He taught me a lot from a celebrity's point of view and a person's. We're all the same. Titles don't mean anything and we are unrealistic if we think they do.
This video somehow angelically appeared on my UA-cam feed, I am surprised I hadn't seen it sooner, and I just sat through both parts listening with rapt big eyes and ears and found wonderfully conversational with lots of good delicious things to stab my fork into. I've been working on a poem about Mr. Bowie, which started not long after his passing and which I am still shaping. I am quite pleased with its title and bits and pieces of the stanzas, but it has turned into a major project, which means I let it rest often. The ball started rolling when I at a very young age saw David appear on the Dinah Shore show...
In my opinion Lodger is one of his most underrated albums. Listen to Fantastic Voyage. How You can hear echoes of it in Where are we now. To me it's a quintessential Bowie composition.
You know what guide you should do? Scott Walker
YES!
After all, Bowie covered SW’s “Nite Flights” and both versions are great.
Great channel you're building up here. Good content with a unique format. I hope you do a video on the topic of minimalism/post-minimalism in music in the future. Cheers
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Thanks for the kind words Noel, I'll be covering minimalism in the future for sure. Thanks for watching!
You asked for responses about Earthling. I LOVE it. It’s such a pick-me-up. He’s adopting a different genre and doing a great job of it.
A legend has passed. The world won't be the same without Bowie.
Also, just felt like mentioning. Pablo Picasso is a reworking of a song by the Modern Lovers. The lyrics are mostly the same as the original, while the arrangement is drastically different (and improved in my opinion).
Yeah I know, forgot to mention that. Sometimes when doing these guides I forget what people might already know or not know haha
Jaspertine Wanted to mention this too but I see that it's been sorted. Cheers!
Outside is by far the most underrated Bowie record imo. In his top 10 for me.
Has some great tracks, Hello Spaceboy, Deranged,..
It's his best album
Who else but Bowie could name a track The Voyeur of Utter Destruction (As Beauty) and have it not be terrible? I know prog rock hass some crazy titles, but this one always stands out to me.
Bowie is such a unique musician that my favorite album from him is actually Blackstar. It is perhaps one of the most sincere and touching records about death, not only lyrically but also in the music. There's something so sad, tired, dark, melancholic about this album. It's a heavy, heavy listen, not an album for everyday for sure, but it's certainly a masterpiece. What a way to go, a true artist, in the most profound sense.
Heathen and Blackstar are by far my favorite Bowie albums. So dark.
I've been listening one David Bowie album every day starting from Tonight (I had already listened up untill Let's Dance) these last days because i wanted to listen to Blackstar on the 10th and every time i finished listening to an album i came here to this video and listened to what you had to say about it. It has been a fun ride, great video man.
It's crazy how the main riff of Let's Dance is so simple, yet catchy af. SRV pulled a magician trick
Thank you so much for this! David Bowie was my absolute hero, getting me into music and shaping my later life.
I honestly had tears in my eyes at the end of your video: "If you´re ever sad, just remember the world is 4.543 billion years old and you somehow managed to exist at the same time as David Bowie." That was absolutey beautiful!
Again....thank you for these amazing three videos about the man!
Oliver Donner
I have heard that when Blackstar was being made, he was also listening to a lot of Death Grips.
The King Of Limbs You’ve got some nerve.
Nah i dont think he was but one of the guys doing the instruments or production had gone to a live show or something
ShinTensei shut
William Magee a lot of ppl liked it
Great video, I don't think Fantastic Voyage from Lodger will ever wear itself out in my ears. That song fills me with such wondrous apprehension towards the often destructive beauty of the world today. Its bliss in a world of no bliss, what an adventure. Easily one of my favorite songs of all time.
Great! You´re such a smart guy. All the time I´m so impressed that a young man like you knows so much about a time he never lived in. My most beloved album as a whole of that period is "Outside".
I totally agree with everything. I love Earthling actually! Little Wonder pops into my head from time to time. Seven Years In Tibet is a very cool song! Telling lies was my favorite when I first heard the album ten years ago.
"Thursday's Child" is brilliant. As I reach my mid 40s, I understand the term "mature" in relation to "Hours", & recommend it. I think David's last birthday was on a Thursday; I remember spending the previous day (Wed.?) planning what to write on his FB to wish him a Happy Bday on the 8th of January, 2016. I listed a couple of favorite tracks in the previous video, so here is where I add: "Breaking Glass", "Cracked Actor", "Loving The Alien", "John, I'm Only Dancing", "Moonage Daydream", & "Slow Burn". Blackstar is brilliant, but I end up SOBBING when I listen to it. ⚡✌💗
I have very few regrets in my life. But one of them is I never saw a David Bowie concert. And I had a chance. He's now become the star man, waiting in the sky, he's already met us, and he definitely blew our minds.
hours has two great songs, Something in the air and Thursdays child, but for the most part I agree. I definitely do disagree about Heathen being near the bottom to most fans though. Nearly every Bowie fan I know consider it at or very near his top 10, and consider it one of the 3 or 4 must haves post Scary Monsters.
Great video, nonetheless
Definitely, there's always some solid track or two somewhere, even on the worst of his albums. And I always thought of Heathen as the one everyone points to in his later years (even though I prefer the energy and directness of Reality).
That's interesting what you say about Heathen, the majority of Bowie fans I've spoken to don't seem to be a fan. Well I'm glad there are more people liking it than I though, it's a good record!
Never met a Bowie fan in my life that enjoyed Heathen
Beyond happy you made a guide for Bowie. Can't wait to see what you'll do next
Disappointed you don't like Hours, or Outside and Earthling too much either. Those albums take multiple listenings to get into, but I do recommend them. And Heathen is one of Bowie's best.
Maybe I didn't make myself too clear - I really like both Outside and Earthling, I just think they are a little uneven. There are tracks on both I don't like, but overall I do like both projects
Love both parts!
Some suggestions:
A guide to john Coltrane
A guide to sonic youth
A guide to Jesus and Mary Chain
A guide to Godspeed you black emperor
Heathen is one of my faves of all time - some songs on there, Sunday and Heathen especially are fucking beautiful
I loved Earthling! It was the album that introduced me to Bowie
scary monsters is a masterpiece and one of my personal favorites
Can't believe I'm just discovering your channel now, you gained a fan! I work in the music industry and your channel is so refreshing. Keep up the good vibes!
Hey Oliver, I think "A Guide to XTC" would be a great idea. They are a band that is highly overlooked when most people talk about "new wave" today, yet they have 14 studio albums and many of them are received well critically. (Of course...if you feel like it.) Keep up the awesome work!
+Quinn Camara - Absolutely seconded from me! Amazing Band! An older Brother of one of my best friend's got me into them when i was nearly 14 (Along with 'Magazine' - also an amazing Band) - Such a pity about Andy Partridge's stagefright. Almost 4 Decades on, i still listen to both regularly. Must have been to about a thousand gigs over all those years - But so, so wish i'd been able to see XTC play live. - Top shout-out you made there Quinn! - Andy Partridge being releasing some solo stuff fairly recently. - Check out the 'discogs' w/site - Though you probably knew already!!
Thanks for the suggestion Quinn, I'll think about it for the future!
Quickly put, buy Skylarking and that is probably good enough.
The song and lyrics for Pablo Picasso were written by Jonathan Richmond. The song first appeared on The Modern Lovers’ self-titled proto-punk masterpiece, fronted by JR.
I have spent a lot of time listening to Hunky Dory, Aladdin Sane, etc. but haven't gotten through the Berlin Trilogy or his later work. I think I may need to give it all a listen. Thanks for the videos!
I've never known Heathen to be maligned, I've always seen it referred to as a creative and career resurgence, and a real callback to the previous Visconti era, and the Berlin Trilogy, which I would agree with.
Every artist, musical or otherwise, will have ups & downs, good & bad... however Bowie always searched for different & new; each release always offering his audience an idea or concept... even the best of his have holes, as the lesser always had something great... uniquely talented & visionary... Blackstar, no exception; stellar & typically uneven
Wonderful
Thank you so much for doing these Deep Cuts. I love what you're doing, and agree with pretty much most of your sentiments. I am surprised you're not much impressed with the Tin Machine work, though. I thought there was some real brilliance there, at least with Tin Machine 2. I got to see the tour for that second album, and it was a great show.
The version of Cat People (Putting Out Fires) definitely sounds the best in Inglorious Bastards, but the extended version is even better.
I do enjoy both Thursday's Child & seven (what a great song !). I used to hate Earthling but more than ten years after (!) my first listenings, I found it very good and very interesting.
Overall, excellent job, as usual.
I met his french tour producer. About Heathen, he told me Bowie took vacancy in his britany (in France) house to work on the songs. Bowie wanted to test some song so he played a few times in bars.
I appreciate that positive review of black tie white noise, I decided to check it out and ended up loving it
Great quote at the end there
Love this part II guide to Bowie 💚
I was actually introduced to Bowie around the release of Never Let Me Down, which I really liked (especially "Time Will Crawl").
Tin Machine however came like a kick in the stomach and I was 100% onboard from then onwards.
The Sound+Vision Tour and the reissue of his back catalogue was a wonderful time to get into that amazing body of work too!
Personal favourite records: Station to Station, Lodger, Scary Monsters, Buddha of Suburbia, Outside.1, Heathen & Black Star. Okay I guess that is alot.....
Maybe it's easier to list the weakest ones? His debut, Tonight, Southside + Sorry (both from Tin Machine II and sung by Hunt Sales) & probably Hours are my personal low points
Earthling my fave album since heroes!
great guide Im still looking forward to the swans guide
Thank Henry, Swans guide will be the next guide
Henry Seitz I love mew2king
Imagine if Bowie and Daft Punk had done a track.
The two with Julian Casablancas are so perfect
Great videos! Waiting for the first woman to get a guide to... Björk
Yeah Bjork is coming soon Arthur!
Hey great channel DC.
Just wanted to say how strange is that album Low. Only song with a chorus Be My Wife........ And the best song on the disc has the vocals start half way thru the song (S&V). Last track no real words but how would you ever forget the vocals? It almost goes in through the skin rather than the ears.
How good is every listen?
Good stuff. Thanks heaps
Brilliant. And thank you, for both parts. Since he covered Scott Walkers' Nite Flights on Black Tie White Noise, and what with the BBC Proms tribute to Walker... That'll be a request for a Scott Walker piece, then :)
Could you do a guide to Tool in the future? I really like the way you make your videos
There probably isn't much to do a video about really, 4 albums and an EP, all of which are fairly accessible. You could do a guide to Tool in a slightly longish comment
I don't know if they're your thing or not but I'd love to see you do this extensive of a look at the U2 catalog sometime, I'd be curious to hear your thoughts
Nice job! I would have some minor points to offer in addition to your commentary, but you present an essentially honest, faithful, and detailed review of Bowie's career through four plus decades of work. Well done, mate! Cheers.
Miss you Ollie
Back tomorrow!
Loved the video and the main thing I wanted to know was your opinion of outside, it takes a few listens but I believe this is his best album (or joint best with low) I don't think it has any particular weak spots it's just maybe a bit long and overwhelming. To me it has such a unique and unsettling atmosphere kind of like a neon soaked futuristic nightmare, something kinda like blade runner but much darker and stranger. Also strangers when we meet is one of my fav Bowie songs
Really wonderful videos! Thank you for doing this fantastic artist justice!
Thoroughly enjoyed these guides, man! Thank You!
Bowie helped me to be a 'gay' person and accept my sexuality. One time so depressed went into a cd store back in those days when they sold, was looking for some cheap cd with nice music, my budget was low hahaha, and there it was playing in the store BowieOne. Instant love, bought it loved it, and discovering more of him I understood is ok to be different ! Thanks Bowie!
Heathen is my second favorite album from Bowie ever. Can't understand how someone would put it in the "bottom of the pile"...
In fact I’ve adjusted the Hours track list to include these tracks and some of the remixes to create a new album track list. It creates a whole new great Bowie album.
You are being fair and balanced and that's what fans want; thatbeing said, great job!
brilliant work in this guide! especially this second part, which I hadn't been able to find much info on so far...I was born in the 90s and am now realizing Bowie was all around me growing up without me noticing....maybe it's my age, but I obviously love his commercial 80s stuff....I also love his very early singles....I've had Space Oddity stuck in my head for two weeks now...I guess if you listen to the singles alone - which is my persobal route to quick discovery - I can find something enjoyable from every single era.....but that's the beauty of Best Of albums right? you only get the very best work
For better or worse, Earthling was my first David Bowie album, and it prompted me to go investigate him more. At a time in the 90s when a lot of rock groups and stars were "going techno" (see: U2's POP), it never felt insincere to me, or that the songs were "franken-songs" that didn't work because the rock and dnb were slapped together.
China Girl was a cover of sorts. It originally was recorded by Iggy Pop, who also wrote the lyrics.
I don't know if someone else has mentioned it by now, since this came out in 2017, but the Pablo Picaso song was a cover of a Modern Lovers song (although I have to say I didn't actually realize it was on the album b/c I didn't give that album enough of a chance). I even saw him on that tour. Just to be clear, I don't mean at all to be panning this review by mentioning this - this was a really good spin through these records. And actually, I think you're one of the best reviewers/analyzers of music I've found on you tube. But I just wanted to throw this detail out to you so that you could edit the video. Great work on this review (and the prior one also) thank you so much for going through there. I have to go back and listen to his last album, I had a hard time hearing it at the time because of his death and so I need to give it another chance.
Great video. Don't agree with everything but like you said it's about opinions. I thought you should have mentioned fantastic voyage. Opening track on lodger. Just amazing. I'm one of the few who like Hours. I think Thursdays Child is brilliant ( album version). But again just my opinion. Great video. Cheers.
Thank you so much
Fascinating. Thank you.
I'm in that Bowie binge right now
I really enjoined thee 2 videos man! the spotify playlist made this a really unique experience.
I think my favourite bowie album is also Low with Black Star a close second.
kayosiiii For me it’s (no particular order):
Hunky Dory
Low
Blackstar
Good job. I'm with you most of the way in your analyses.
I actually rather liked Let's Dance. Kind of a nice straightforward dance-pop album, a competent time capsule and a nice comfort album.
Pablo Picasso is a song BY the Modern Lovers (Jonathan Richmond and the Modern lovers) written by Richmond and Gerry Harrison who went on to join Talking heads,the modern movers album was recorded in 1971 and produced by the velvet underground John Cale and not released until 1976 or 7 ,it was considered.a cult classic and the song Roadrunner was later covered by the Sex Pistols on the great rock n.roll swindle soundtrack
Love your channel! Dont know if someone already requested but A Guide To Scott Walker will be extremely cool
I never understood why people hate TIn Machine... I grew up on Bowie and it so made sense to me
Another awesome video Oliver! I love your channel. I'm pretty sure to say that yours is my best stumble upon this year. I always stagger around UA-cam. It's a fab way to get such good gems as your channel. You've mentioned headphones a few time and I'm interested to know what ones you use please.
Also, after the first time I found you, I had a rather grouseome time the next time I looked you up. Deep cuts and blood and gore galore. Luckily you're bookmarked now. Cheers again and I'll look forward to what you come up with this year. ☺
Thanks a lot Janine! Right now my go-to headphones are the Sennheiser HD280-pro. Not particularly expensive but they have a very neutral sound, and they open up a LOT once they've been broken in. And yeah, those deep cuts searches can be particularly dodgy huh :/
Outside is my favourite of this period, but not as far as rock goes. At the same time, Scott Walker produced Tilt which Bowie said was what he was trying for with Outside.
...and the "Reznor" album was Outside, not Earthling. Just check out the studio (and live) version of Hallo Spaceboy.
And I'm gone
Like I'm dancing on angels
And I'm gone
through a crack in the past
Adios
Check out the Bonus tracks from Hours They sound like they’re off of Blackstar. Amazing songs. 1917, No One Calls, We Should Go To Town.
I used to not like 'hours' also, but I don't know why, I like it more now
One of the tracks on Let's Dance, China Girl is a cover of an Iggy Pop song that appeared on his 1977 masterpiece The Idiot. Iggy was in need of money so Bowie covered it so Iggy would get royalties. It's neat because Iggy Pop recorded his two masterpiece solo albums The Idiot and Lust For Life the same time as Bowie recorded his Berlin trilogy. They were living together while doing so and Bowie produced The Idiot. Another point on Let's Dance is the track Cat People (Putting Out Fire) which Bowie had made for the Paul Schrader's remake of the 1942 film Cat People. The song was also used in the preparation scene for burning down the theatre in Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds
.... Impresive & Outstanding ... analitical project .... for me OUTSIDE /EARTHLING/REALITY ... were his other " trilogy" ... instead HOURS/HEATHEN he brought back his mainstream capacity as his previous 70's albums ...
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I think Earthling is one of Bowies largest accomplishments in making jungle sounds accessible to a wide auidence. No person on the planet could make it and sell it stright.
I totally agree with your thoughts on Earthling - the Reznor influence really throws it off. It's not bad, it just feels just alien coming from Bowie. A failed experiment. I never really pull it out.
To me the real album combinations are Low/"Heroes" followed by Lodger/Scary Monsters. Lodger feels very much like Bowie's take on a Before and After Science sort of album where you can tell that the tracks all come from the same time with similar energy but there isn't much else connecting the tracks. Which is fine. I think Lodger gets a lot of unfair dismissal because it gets lumped in with two really phenomenal albums and it's just...it's fine. It's like Dark Knight Rises after The Dark Knight. It's fine but it's standing right next to a stone cold masterpiece (while kind of signaling that things are going to get more sloppy soon). To answer your question, my favorites are Diamond Dogs through "Heroes," Buddha Of Suburbia, Outside, The Next Day, and Blackstar - though it is impossible to get through without actual sobbing even 4 years after Bowie left us.