The Man Who Polled the World, aka DAVID BOWIE POLL RESULTS

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5. "HEROES" (1977) - 135 points/30 votes/5 first place votes)

Note the near-tie.

Tucan and I in similar Bowie tastes non-shocker.

"We Are The Dead" makes me cringe – that line about "defecating ecstasy"!

I wish more folks would defecate Ecstasy. The world would be a much happier place to live in!

I love you in your fuck-me pumps

it's like unicorns shitting rainbows.

I reaaaally need to devote more time to Lodger.

I think the whole "Something kind of hit me today" verse part is way better than the chorus.

DD was my 4th place - again, the bonus tracks really make it.
AS was my 1st place - a really underrated album compared to ZS, I prefer it to the earlier album.
Lodger was my 5th place - if only DB hadn't run out of creative steam in the early 80's and had continued on with this kind of experimentation. I get this feeling that Outside was trying to get back to it, but Lodger feels far less contrived.

"Heroes" is another Bowie album that didn't make my Top 5. I'd put this one 7th after Diamond Dogs actually. I've never really got into this record to the same degree as I have with the other two 'Berlin' albums, although I obviously like several tracks from it.

So I'm guessing that Outside has beaten Let's Dance and The Man Who Sold The World here? Ought to get round to listening to it I suppose.

I kind of agree with the embarrassing tag on DD, but I can never get past (as others mentioned above) how amazing Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing is. It's one of those musical moments that are so strong that I'm willing to overlook almost everything else, and makes me wish that Bowie had trusted himself to play guitar more often. Rebel Rebel is a good mindless single, as is Diamond Dogs. The part of the album I tend to skip is the first three tracks on side two. My main problem wit DD has always been the fact that it feels like two concept albums smashed into one. Cut the first three tracks on side 2 and replace them with something great, and I might have this as my #1.

Outside was "sneak previewed" on the voting thread - placed 11th.

I can never get past (as others mentioned above) how amazing Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing is. It's one of those musical moments that are so strong that I'm willing to overlook almost everything else, and makes me wish that Bowie had trusted himself to play guitar more often

will agree with this. For masochists: Bowie played lead guitar on "'87 and Cry" and "New York's in Love."

Outside was "sneak previewed" on the voting thread - placed 11th.

Yeah, that's what I was referring to!

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4. THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS (1972) - 153 points/39 votes/4 first-place votes

I have a lot to say about 'Sweet Things/Candidate/Sweet Thing (Reprise)', but I'm better off leaving that until it gets to the tracks rollout. I'm seriously trying to resist the temptation to start discussing certain tracks at the moment!

xp ^^^ have visited that street. It's just a street ;_;
And not even one with a deal.

Ah, and there's my #4!

My #3.

Ziggy squeaked in as my #5, more for remembrance of my teenage love of it instead of how often I reach for it these days.

I'm certain my #2 isn't going to place at all.

xp ^^^ have visited that street. It's just a street ;_;

have walked down that street many times, even been to godawful 'strawberry moons' club, without realising its significance.

does it smell like a street?

emphatically

"rubbish. Stay away."

...says Google Maps. Last time I was there was 10 years ago - it's been developed a lot.

I think I'm going to count down the top 60 tracks instead of top 50.

Still holding out hope for Heathen in the top 3! (lol, I know better)

"There's a bar at the end where I can meet you and your friend get charged insane prices for Guinness and assorted drinks on St. Patrick's."

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3. HUNKY DORY (1971) - 198 points/41 votes/4 first-place votes)

tsk

I like it, but there are others I like more.

My no1...it's more like a house than an album to me...

I like it, but there are others I like more.

― c'est ne pas un car wash (snoball), Tuesday, March 6, 2012 3:58 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah, the very same. Hunky Dory is one of those where if it's playing, I'll get a lot of enjoyment out of it, but it's far from the first Bowie record that I'd consciously put on.

Wow, I figured Hunky Dory would take the #1 album spot... will Low really come in ahead of it? If so, that bodes well for an interesting top 50 songs!

In fact, I'd probably put this as my #7 and bump "Heroes" down to #8.

Love Hunky Dory!
I didn't vote for albums and now I'm regretting it. Looks like you all have taken care of things well enough. I wonder if anyone else threw away a vote on Kooks. I did!

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2. STATION TO STATION (1976) - 306 points/43 votes/16 first-place votes

My #1.

i guess that leaves 'never let me down' then

wow i thought station to station would walk this
i think it's quite a bit better than Low

Tin Machine II in first place

I adore Low, but it didn't make my top 5 (it would be 6th).

the jump in 1st place votes (from 4 to 16) is telling tho

Takes a bit of the mystery out of what the #1 will be, so...

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1. LOW (1977) - 325 points/50 votes/15 first-place votes

Station To Station was my #1. I remember having a conversation about this record with EZ not too long back where he said something along the lines of "Every time I listen to a track from Station To Station I find myself wanting to listen to the whole thing", which is one of the most OTM things I've ever read about this record. I love this record. The one Bowie record I would grab in the house fire, the one I'd take on the desert island etc. etc. An absolute all-time favourite.

Call me Mr Consensus - my top five was this top five, but in 1-3-2-4-5 order.

Really fucked up my album poll...tossed it off without thinking bout it...Low and Station to Station should of been in it...

Consensus Jones.

it's a hell of a life when "lady grinning soul" isn't even one of your top 60 songs

she'llllll coooommme

I revise this thing every year. It's hard to dump a song.

fans might want to check out this 3-hour career survey / interview with Chris O'Leary from WFMU

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