So If I Wanted To Get Into Bowie....

[Jitters]

What album should I start with? If I like it I'll move on to more, but what should be my starter?

[Ally Al]

i'd say start with the rise and fall of ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars

[AceFace]

^ agreed!

[mate_spawn_die]

^ agreed again

that album is amazing. i like "low" alot too.... but that's a different style (subteraneans (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZTkqNiVfTc) is a beautiful song. if it was a warm wet hole i would fuck it). i haven't heard all his stuff cause he has so many albums.

[Caribou]

I really like 'Hunky Dory'.

[TAL]

Start with Pin Ups, that way you don't have to hear any songs he wrote.
So you can focus on getting to know his voice, and then move on to his lyrics.

I'm so clever.

[Ally Al]

Start with Pin Ups, that way you don't have to hear any songs he wrote.
So you can focus on getting to know his voice, and then move on to his lyrics.

I'm so clever.


that is a good point

i love pin-ups personaly, it's a great rock n roll album and on top of that you get a glimpse into the influences that spawned bowie and the artist he was at that time

[abcdefz]

I'd go with Ziggy Stardust frst. It's his most accessible, except for maybe Let's Dance, which has some good stuff.

Heroes is really good. "Beauty and the Beast" and "Heroes" are amazing songs. I like "Joe the Lion," too, but can't always take the way he sang it.

Yeah. Bowie's someone I appreciate more than really like.

[Lyman Zerga]

i started with a best of album then got 'tonight' which was pretty tough now looking back

[abcdefz]

Tonight? That's almost as bad as Never Let You Down (or whatever it was called).

"Blue Jean" was okay, I guess.

[Lyman Zerga]

Tonight? That's almost as bad as Never Let You Down (or whatever it was called).

"Blue Jean" was okay, I guess.

both had their moments but it's definitely one of his weaker ones which i didnt know back then oh and


GET INTO THE LABYRINTH SOUNDTRACK FIRST!

[paul jones]

he's just released a new best of chosen by himself right?

Well,I just know that apart from the hits there's tons of good tracks across all the albums

'Oh you pretty Things' is a favorite one of mine by the Dave

[BangkokB]

I'm a DVD kind of person so I'd recommend Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

[Laserface]

get the "changes" best of album. thats what got me into bowie

[yeahwho]

Get the Muela Collection (http://www.aceros-de-hispania.com/bowie-knives.htm)

[Lyman Zerga]

get the "changes" best of album. thats what got me into bowie

yeah, that was the best of i was talking about (i stolez eat from mah dead)

[yeahwho]

This album looks great, I wonder why they waited 36 years to release it?

Live in Santa Monica '72 (http://www.amazon.com/Live-Santa-Monica-David-Bowie/dp/B00166QJRU)

[A. Chimendez]

I really like 'Hunky Dory'.


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[Lyman Zerga]

better save your money cause he got more than 30 main cds

[Waus]

Personally, I think getting 1 or 2 of his "Best of" collections is the best way to get into Bowie. Find the tracks you like the most from those and check out the albums that spawned them. It's easy to get overwhelmed with an artist with a huge back catalogue like that.