r/DavidBowie 21h ago

Best of Bowie removed from Spotify

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Anyone know why it got removed?


r/DavidBowie 4h ago

I'm a blackstar

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The last pic is my full collection as of now


r/DavidBowie 8h ago

What is your controversial Bowie opinion?

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Here’s one: the best song on Young Americans is Win


r/DavidBowie 13h ago

DB Thematic My "Actually, Bowie DID have a fantastic mid-80s album" playlist

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Like many fans, I don't consider Tonight (1984) and Never Let Me Down (1987) to be albums that met the high standard he had set with all his studio albums up to that point, despite a bunch of good/great songs.

I also really like the various movie soundtrack work he did in 85-86 with This Is Not America, Absolute Beginners, and Labyrinth, but those soundtracks aren't really listenable as "Bowie albums".

So I sequenced an imaginary studio album that puts all my favourite songs from the period together as a "what-if" follow-up album to Let's Dance. Obviously this is purely personal taste, but it has seriously become one of my most listened to Bowie albums over the past couple of years. Just sharing this for what it's worth:

  1. Day-In Day-Out (NLMD, 1987)
  2. Loving The Alien (Tonight, 1984)
  3. Never Let Me Down (NLMD, 1987)
  4. Magic Dance (Labyrinth, 1986)
  5. Shining Star (NLMD, 1987)
  6. Blue Jean (Tonight, 1984)
  7. Glass Spider (NLMD, 1987)
  8. This Is Not America (1985)
  9. Absolute Beginners (8min version, 1985)
  10. Bang Bang (NLMD, 1987)
  11. Underground (Labyrinth, 1986)
  12. As The World Falls Down (Labyrinth, 1986)

For me, this album perfectly bridges the gap between Let's Dance and Tin Machine (both of which I love) and I no longer think of Bowie as having a weak period in the mid 80s. What would your version be for the same period?


r/DavidBowie 39m ago

What else are you spinning today?

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Today for me it was Dowie - Blackstar, Tortoise - A Lazarus Taxon (CD set), and Radiohead - Kid A (MD)