A difficult task, let's give it a try!

1. "Heroes"

2. Diamond Dogs

3. The Jean Genie

4. Golden Years

5. Life On Mars?

6. Rebel Rebel

7. Sound And Vision

8. Look Back In Anger

9. Starman

10. Boys Keep Swinging

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1. Let's Dance
2. The Jean Genie
3. China Girl
4. Wild is the Wind
5. Heroes
6. Under Pressure
7. Modern Love
8. Life on Mars?
9. Starman
10. Lady Grinning Soul

1. Life on Mars?
2. Heroes

3. 5:15 the Angels Have Gone

4. Lady Grinning Soul

5. Ashes to Ashes

6. Dead Man Walking

7. Sunday

8. Drive-In Saturday

9. Starman

10. Bring Me the Disco King

Wow! already more than 12 hours trade exists ... and only 3 lists.
How is it possible that Prince fan can be absolutely indifferent to David Bowie?

They are similar in many respects, very talented, very creative, very special, little strange.

Hard to pick 10 when its like a 40 year spanning career.

1. Strangers When We Meet

2. Changes

3. Sound & Vision

4. Ashes To Ashes

5. China Girl

6. Golden Years

7. Outside

8. Young Americans

9. Fame

10. As the World Falls Down

Edit: I can't pick just 10.

Honorable Mentions -

Underground

Cat People (original)

Ziggy Stardust

Fashion

The Heart's Filthy Lesson

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1. Heroes

2. Fame

3. Fashion

4. China Girl

5. Life On Mars?

6. Let's Dance

7. Golden Years

8. Ziggy Stardust

9. Stay

10. It Ain't Easy

Ashes to Ashes

Station to Station

Heroes

Life on Mars

Warszawa

Rock & Roll Suicide

Drive-In Saturday

Young Americans

Sound and Vision

Sweet Thing / Candidate / Sweet Thing (reprise)

+ honorable mentions

Aladdin Sane

Look Back in Anger

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I don't dig Bowie at all for some strange reason. He's like the anticlimax to Prince 4 me. I hate the song heroes, and want to check him out, but don't know where to start. Am I really missing out on something?

Black Tie White Noize

I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship

Miracle Goodnight

Heart's Filthy Lesson

Bring me the Disc0 King

New Killer Star

Young americanz

I'm Afraid Of americans

Nite Flights

Underground

LiveToTell86 said:

A difficult task, let's give it a try!

1. "Heroes"

2. Diamond Dogs

3. The Jean Genie

4. Golden Years

5. Life On Mars?

6. Rebel Rebel

7. Sound And Vision

8. Rebel Rebel

9. Starman

10. Boys Keep Swinging

Damn! You assigned us to a difficult, if not impossible task, didn't you? I'm strictly listening to female artists tonight but since Bowie is one of my all time favorites--I'll give it a try...

1. Golden Years

2. Diamond Dogs

3. The Jean Genie

4. Heroes

5. Life On Mars

6. Rebel Rebel

7. Changes

8. Rebel Rebel

9. Station to Station

10. Lady Grinning Soul

Too many I like! I wanna add more!

It's hard for me to name only 10 tracks, but here they are:

1. Scary Monsters

2. Ziggy Stardust

3. Fame

4. Look Back In Anger

5. Rebel Rebel

6. Boys Keep Swinging

7. Ashes To Ashes

9. Life On Mars

10. Suffragette City

good one! Bowie has so many classics.

1. Lady Grinning Soul

2. TVC 15

3. Big Brother

4. The Man Who Sold The World

5. Heroes

6. Rock N Roll Suicide

7. Sound And Vision

8. Fall Dog Bombs the Moon

9. Panic In Detroit

10. Wild Is The Wind

Doalwa said:

Speaking of David Bowie, are there any news at all concerning a new album?? Or did he just officialy retire?

It was unofficial, but he did retire. His last album is now 9 years old. It's a shame that he won't ever tour again or release anything new, but he still created more stuff than most artists do during their careers.

You are definitely missing out! I recommend starting with the UK version of Best of Bowie or The Singles 1969 To 1993, they have most of the essential songs.

purplethunder3121, you listed "Rebel Rebel" twice, just like me, I only noticed it now, gonna edit!

1. Station To Station

2. Sunday

3. Warszawa

4. Ashes To Ashes

5. Days

6. Sound & Vision

7. It's No Game

8. Golden Years

9. Wild Is The Wind

10. Lets Dance

Best albums: Low, Heathen, Station To Station.

spacedolphin said:

Black Tie White Noize

I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship

Miracle Goodnight

Heart's Filthy Lesson

Bring me the Disc0 King

New Killer Star

Young americanz

I'm Afraid Of americans

Nite Flights

Underground

Be My Wife
China Girl (live versions from mid-90s onwards)
Word On A Wing
Ashes To Ashes
Cracked Actor
The Secret Life Of Arabia
The Prettiest Star
Strangers When We Meet (1. Outside version)
A New Career In A New Town
It's No Game (No. 1)

Pretty much the same list as I did in 1999.

purplethunder3121 said:

! You assigned us to a difficult, if not impossible task, didn't you? I'm strictly listening to female artists tonight but since Bowie is one of my all time favorites--I'll give it a try...

Well Bowie was a woman for awhile there

1: Station to Station

2: Breaking Glass

3: Sufferegette City

4: Daimond Dogs

5: Cracked Actor (Sickest bass guitar ever on there)

6: Man Who Sold The World

7: Star

8: Kooks

9: Ashes to Ashes

10: Right

Mostly 70s stuff:

1. Suffragette City

2. Rebel Rebel

3. Changes

4. The Jean Genie

5. Space Oddity

6. Hang On To Yourself

7. Heroes

8. Starman

9. John, I'm Only Dancing

10. Modern Love

sexton said:

Mostly 70s stuff:

yep

more than any other artist I can think of right now, Bowie truly is the ulitmate example of "his/her best material is from his/her peak years"

Spinlight said:

Hard to pick 10 when its like a 40 year spanning career.

1. Strangers When We Meet

2. Changes

3. Sound & Vision

4. Ashes To Ashes

5. China Girl

6. Golden Years

7. Outside

8. Young Americans

9. Fame

10. As the World Falls Down

Edit: I can't pick just 10.

Honorable Mentions -

Underground

Cat People (original)

Ziggy Stardust

Fashion

The Heart's Filthy Lesson

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I won't even begin with a list (even picking my favorite albums cause me more pain than I can endure), but OMG, I'm so glad you picked "Strangers when we meet". What a ridiculously perfect song.

1) Panic in Detroit

2) Lady Grinning Soul

3) Word on a Wing

4) Station to Station

5)Ashes to Ashes

6) Fashion

7) I'm afraid of Americans

8) Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud

9) Moonage Daydream

10) Dodo/1984 medley

TOns of honorable mentions to list!

Candidate/Sweet Thing

Kooks

The Man who sold the World

Fascination

V2 Schneider

Warsawa

Loving the Alien

Blue Jean

Under the God

Heavens in Here

JoeTyler said:

sexton said:

Mostly 70s stuff:

yep

more than any other artist I can think of right now, Bowie truly is the ulitmate example of "his/her best material is from his/her peak years"

I think Heathen contained some of his best work. Sunday in particular, is as powerful and original as anything from his 70s albums.

Fame

I'm Afraid of Americans

Let's Dance

Fashion

China Girl

Modern Love

MattyJam said:

JoeTyler said:

yep

more than any other artist I can think of right now, Bowie truly is the ulitmate example of "his/her best material is from his/her peak years"

I think Heathen contained some of his best work. Sunday in particular, is as powerful and original as anything from his 70s albums.

yes, Heathen (and Outside and Reality) were very good albums, but I wouldn't include any song of those albums in a Bowie top20, not even a top30, maybe a top45...

Letter to Hermione

Word on a Wing

Station to Station

Young Americans

I'm Deranged

As the World Falls Down

Alladin Sane

All the Madmen

You've Been Around

Move On

1. Word On A Wing (THIS is my favourite David Bowie song ever!)

2. Be My Wife (one of his most catchy song, yet underrated)

3. Fashion (funk rock at its best!)

4. "Heroes" (kinda overplayed though...)

5. Fame(thank you John Lennon)

6. Jump They Say (thank you, Nile Rodgers!)

7. Rebel Rebel

8. The Man Who Sold The World (it fucks Nivarnas version in every position!)

9. Ashes To Ashes (One of the best New Wave songs!)

10 Let's Dance (Thank you Nile Rodgers... Again!)