Sure, it's just Bowie blatantly doing a soul pastiche without adding too much, but he pulls it off very well for the most part and it seems like a pretty earnest attempt at that sound, and it's an aesthetic that I really like, so this gets a lot of personal brownie points for me.

Not entirely sure why, but this one wasn't really clicking with me in a huge way. Could be worth a revisit. Also hot take: I've never really liked Rebel Rebel, it's one of my least favorites of his hits. I'm not saying it's a bad song or anything, I just don't mess with it in any significant way.

The covers aren't bad, but you can tell that this was more of a contractual obligation than something born out of complete passion

I find it very bizarre that in my observation, more people tend to associate Ziggy Stardust with Bowie's look on this album than what the Ziggy Stardust character actually looked like. These are different characters with different aesthetics, especially sonically. On this album, it's simultaneously a bit closer to the hard rock of Man Who Sold The World, and he also seems to be embracing more weirdness with more avant-garde elements than before. Really feels like he's testing the ... read more

This is the first of several albums in my Bowie deep dive that I have actually heard in its entirety. I forgot this has Kooks on it which is probably this album's weakest spot, but it's a lot better than a lot of the tracks on the debut. Lots of highlights across the board, obviously Life On Mars can't be ignored. I think this is his first "great" album. Also shoutout the Andy Warhol song for creating that one riff from Master Of Puppets

Occasionally some of the songwriting can still come off a tad corny, but right off the gate this is a lot closer to Bowie the capital "A" Artist we all know and love. Sounds a bit like a Zeppelin album with Bowie at the front in some parts. Obviously the title track is a standout and it's really cool to see someone of his stature covering small upcoming artists like Nirvana.

Significantly better than the debut. Space Oddity is far and away the best track on here, but the rest of the album isn't too bad either. The songwriting is immediately a lot stronger, and he feels just generally a lot more comfortable in this space, even if a lot of it is a somewhat straightforward folk pop affair. Nothing really stood out as being too cringeworthy or anything like that, but it also doesn't really quite reach the heights of what's to come, with the obvious ... read more

I was honestly expecting this to be straight-up unlistenable given the hate that this gets. It is easily the worst album I've heard from Bowie, but its biggest crime is just being painfully corny and I was expecting a lot worse. It's clear that this Bowie guy's got potential, even if much of this album comes off like the most annoying theater kid you know getting access to pretty decent studio equipment (no shade to any theater people, I've been known to be a theater fan ... read more

Not as mind-blowing track-for track as the first two records, but this does have HANDS-DOWN my favorite version of California Uber Alles with We've Got A Bigger Problem Now. Change a few names in that track and it feels eerily just like 2026

Giving this the same score as the debut because I genuinely can't pick a favorite between the two. Perfect mix of biting political commentary and musical prowess as far as the genre of punk is concerned, while not taking itself so seriously that it comes off as full of itself

I've always liked punk, but this one felt like a revelation. Between this and Plastic Surgery Disasters, Dead Kennedys have easily become my favorite punk group

That haunting cover of Wild Is The Wind is one of the most underrated moments in Bowie's discography so far

Gonna be honest, I really, REALLY want to love this album. The cover is one of my all-time favorite pieces of album art. I love jazz, I love Miles Davis, and I even like a lot of fusion, including the album prior to this, In A Silent Way. And I do like this to some degree; something about it does keep me coming back to see if it'll finally click this time. But I've listened to it so many times and every time it sorta feels like everyone else is in on some joke that they won't ... read more

Sure, the riffs are fast and the solos are technical. But this new Megadeth album feels tired and sorta feels like they're just kinda playing on autopilot. Whether you generally like Dave's vocals or not (I'm a bit mixed myself), he is just not bringing the sauce here. I understand some of it has to do with his somewhat recent throat surgery. But idk it sounds like he's doing this angry voice because he's expected to. It's angry sounding without truly feeling ... read more

Man I don't even care anymore. This album rules

Geez I've been sleeping on this

This was probably the first death metal album that actually clicked for me. Despite having grown up around a decent amount of metal, for a really long time I just couldn't get into anything with harsher vocals than, say, James Hetfield's earlier vocals. That all changed when I heard Flying Whales by Gojira when I was probably about 16 and I decided to check Death out since I kept hearing about them and I now could get behind what these vocalists were doing. This was the first one I ... read more

Can't wait for my next breakup so I Don't Want It and If You Could Save Yourself will hit even harder

Listening to this made me question every opinion I've ever held regarding country music. It proved to me that even for genres that I just typically can't resonate with, there's always something out there that I can really get into and enjoy.

I remember a friend of mine suggesting this album for me when I was in high school and telling me about how it inspired the creation of SpongeBob, it has Ocean Man, etc. It was so different from anything I was listening to at the time that it really took a handful of tries for it to really hit for me. But once it did, it became a big favorite of mine for the rest of high school. Recently a song from it came on while I was listening to an older playlist and I was transported back and I had to ... read more