03-08-2016, 08:55
(This post was last modified: 23-01-2020, 20:53 by CRAZY-HORSE.)
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DAVID BOWIE "stationtostation" cd, 1976
career stats:
studio albums.............27
singles......................121
this album...................#5 UK...#8 AU...#9 NZ...#3 US
singles:
"golden years"..............#8 UK...#34 AU...#10 US
"station to station".........no chart action
"TCV - 15"..................#33 UK...#64 US
"stay"..........................no chart action
David's tenth studio album....
only six tracks on this one, no its not what i'd call an 'ep'....
it does actually last the full time a vinyl used to last with one track,
the title lasting over ten minutes, and four others in excess of five minutes...
I love Bowie's music, don't get me wrong, but on occasion he tends to go off the deep and
and release material that is still David Bowie but also unlike him all at the same time,
thus, like Neil Young, he tends to release a lot of crap amongst the nuggets of gold...
this os one of those where he is pretty bad when compared to his best material...
and typical whereby even when there is rubbish on an album he still manages something special
in the good tracks...
I would have liked the title track had it not been blown out to ten plus minutes,
shortening it by half or creating a 'part one' and 'part two' probably would have worked for me,
but he is the artist and that's what he obviously planned on...
the other tracks I like barely make the grade except the ballad "wild is the wind", which incidently
was remixed and released as a single in the UK in 1981 making the top30...
only one I love on here in the funky/soulful "golden years" and really, this is the only track anyone really
needs of this one...
and another amazing thing, back in the day of vinyl he still managed to release four singles off a six track album
with one further track remixed and released several years later...
I LIKE THIS ALBUM
worst track: station to station
best track: golden years
[video=youtube;m9OIrJQIn2Q]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9OIrJQIn2Q[/video]
tracks:
1...station to station *
2...golden years ***
3...word on a wing *
4...TCV - 15 **
5...stay ***
6...wild is the wind **
3s=2
2s=2
1s=2
rating: 2.0
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.