David BowieBest David Bowie Albums Ranked

Low (2017 Remaster)

pitchfork

10

“The first album in David Bowie's Berlin Trilogy sees Bowie as a tragic figure. The album's first side is a beautiful futurist ruin, littered with holes left purposefully unfixed, while the blank, instrumental second side feels like a calculated attempt to kill the author.”

"Heroes" (2017 Remaster)

pitchfork

10

“"Heroes" is the second installment of David Bowie's Berlin Trilogy. The trilogy, and "Heroes" in particular, show all the signs of an artist growing up, shaking off the trappings of capitalist ego and success, and searching for a soul instead. It often sounds as if Bowie is conducting chaos, smashing objects together to discover scarily beautiful new shapes.”

Live Santa Monica '72

rollingstone

10

“Why this album was never officially released until now remains one of the great mysteries of major-label decision making. Long bootlegged, Live Santa Monica ’72 captures the glam-rock pioneer during his Ziggy Stardust prime,on his first U.S. tour, recording what is unequivocally his best concertalbum. With no needless production tricks to separate the music from […]”

Low

rollingstone

10

“This review originally ran in Rolling Stone as part of a series that looked back at classic albums. "I blew my nose one day and half my brains came out." With these gentle words, David Bowie said farewell to L.A., where he’d spent much of the mid-Seventies buried up to his clavicle in white powder, […]”

Low (2017 Remaster)

rollingstone

10

“In April 2017, Cate Le Bon moved to the Lake District of Cumbria, England, alone. She spent a year there, learning how to build furniture from scratch while constructing introspective songs on an old piano. Her fifth studio album, Reward, is the result of this isolation—ten sonically diverse tracks that are delicately layered in texture, accompanied by Le Bon’s swelling vocals that deliver short, ”

Divine Symmetry

pitchfork

9.2

“The new Hunky Dory-era box set offers a tantalizing peek behind the curtain of Bowie’s theatrical persona during arguably the most pivotal moment in his life and career.”

"Heroes" (2017 Remaster)

ConnrrrB

9.4

“Across this entire album, Heroes isn’t instantly catchy, but it grows on you a lot. It feels emotional, artsy, and kind of timeless. Definitely not for every mood, but when it hits, it really hits.”

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (2012 Remaster)

Armando_nunz

9.0

“One of the best albums I have listened to. First 4 songs are near perfect, before the album mellows out a little, however, rest of the album is still amazing.”

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (2012 Remaster)

aylast4r

9.5

“HOLY PEAK. it’s like perfect in every way and learning the story behind the album is just so beautiful too. I LOVE David Bowie.”