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Hi, I started listening to Deep Purple about a month and a half ago because I'm going to see them live in December. I have to say they're one of the best bands I've ever heard (I've even started collecting my favorite CDs). I like many of their eras and lineups, so I'm going to make a top list of Deep Purple Marks and albums.

Top Marks:

Mark 2

Mark 3

Mark 8

Mark 7

Mark 1

Mark 9

Mark 4

Mark 5

Mark 6

Top Albums:

1- Machine Head

2- Burn

3- In Rock

4- Perfect Strangers

5- Stormbringer

6- Fireball

7- Purpendicular

8- Who Do We Think We Are

9- =1

10- Whoosh!

11- Shades of the Deep Purple

12- Rapture of the Deep

13- Bananas

14- Come Taste the Band

15- Deep Purple ( Deep Purple 3)

16- Now What?!

17- inFinite

18- House of the Blue Light

19- The Book of Taliesyn

20- Slaves and Masters

21- Splat!

22- The Battle Rages On

23 - Abandon (Important clarification: Abandon is in this position because I couldn't find all the songs, but from what I heard it was passable. )

24- Turning to Crime

I listened to Blackstar, I have a few Toy songs I still need to hear, and a ton of unreleased tracks (more than 6 hours of music), and that would be the end of my Bowie journey. When I finish everything else, I'll share my thoughts on Blackstar, Toy, and Bowie in general. Greetings, and even though I'm almost done, don't expect it to be soon, haha. Maybe in a couple of months.

This is a short and sweet review. It's a good album; Bowie returns with an aesthetically jarring style (just look at that cover) and a strange but catchy and enjoyable sound. That's why it's my second favorite album from the post Scary Monsters (I like it a little more than Heathen).

It reminds me a bit of Lodger, because it has that strange sound and the songs don't seem to be from the same album. They don't seem to have any coherence within the album; some of them you could fit on other albums and they wouldn't be out of place, but I like it. Good songs, and a very good version of Rebel Rebel.

New Killer Star, Pablo Picasso, Never Get Old, The Loneliest Guy, Looking for Water and Days are my favourite songs from the album.

There's not much more to say, I feel it's a good album with good songs and with Bowie trying again to experiment and deliver something impactful. I'll read you and I appreciate you all!!

Hi, I'm doing the reviews one after the other because I've already listened to up to The Next Day and I'm just re-listening to these albums for the reviews. I like this album, I like it quite a lot, but something strange happens to me with it, which I will now explain.

First, the album has 14 songs, of which I like the first 7. And then I like 5:15 The Angels Have Gone. My favorite songs are Cactus, Slip Away, Slow Burn, I've Been Waiting For You and 5:15 The Angels Have Gone. So quite a few. And musically I really like the album. That's why I put it ahead of Tonight but below Lodger; in other words, it's one of my favorite Bowie albums after Scary Monsters.

But something's off with me about it, and it's the same with many albums after Scary Monsters. From Let's Dance to Tin Machine 2, it's like the albums just don't evoke any feelings in me. These albums feel like they lack emotion; they don't convey anything to me in that way, as if Bowie just made them and that's it.

That is, until BTWN, which gives me that feeling of him being back to his solo career and he was about to get married and all that, so that album gives me something again. Then, in Outside he also conveys something to me, not only because of his darkness, but I feel that he returned to that creativity and to creating stories and so on, like that Bowie of the 70s returned for a moment.

But then the same thing happens on his later albums, maybe it's because of the aesthetics, because if we're talking about song lyrics, I don't know them very well because English isn't my language so I miss a lot of the lyrics. But these albums have boring album covers, safe songs and he doesn't take many risks on them. And that's my biggest problem with Heathen; I love it's music, but it doesn't move me at all. Even so, if it conveyed something to me, I would leave it in the same position in my Bowie albums because I like Lodger more, but it's an album that I find very regrettable because it doesn't generate anything for me.

So that's it, I like it a lot, but it doesn't quite resonate with me. I'll read you and I appreciate you all!!

Hello, well, here's my review of Hours. An album... Strange in terms of what I think of it.

When I first heard it, I liked it quite a bit. I mean, I only like side A and one song from side B of the album. But I really liked side A. But... Listening to it again for the review and to see what I really thought of it, The truth is that I feel it's just another album, and it passes without fanfare in Bowie's discography.

What I like about the album is that it has that essence of a heavenly and super calming album, as if Bowie had gone to heaven for 5 minutes and back and is talking about his experience there. Yes, it's strange, but I don't know, that's the feeling I get from the songs and the album's aesthetic. That's why, even though musically they don't seem far apart at all, I like it a little more than Earthling, but I repeat, they're not far apart at all.

My favorite songs are Thursday's Child and Seven. At least on my second listen, because even though Something in the Air and If I'm Dreaming My Life seem very good to me, on the second listen they seemed a little boring to me.

So yeah, I like it a little more than Earthling and a little less than NLMD. If you read my reviews you'll see that several positions change, and that's because as I listen to them again and so on, my opinion and assessment of them keeps changing. So anyway, I'll read you and I appreciate you all!

I don't have much to say about this album. I understand that the genre is like that, but those drums and electronic noises all the time make it exasperating. One could even consider it electronic music with lyrics, and I don't like electronic music.

But songs like Seven Years in Tibet, Dead Man Walking or I'm Afraid of Americans are great songs for me. But the album has that repetitive and deafening sound at a certain point that makes it heavy and very noisy.

I understand that some people consider it a great album, and that it certainly does very well in the genre it operates in, but god, that drum will haunt my nightmares. Is it better than the Labyrinth soundtrack? I don't know, but it's close. It's better than the debut, though. I'll read you and I appreciate you all!!

Okay, this is where things get serious. An album that I love, that fascinates me, that thrills me, that dazzles me, a fantastic album. I'll say it like this, better than all the 60s, 80s, 90s, 2000s and what I heard from the 2010s (I'm missing Blackstar) and a couple from the 70s. That's how I like this album.

A VERY dark album; the darkest album we've had up to this point was TMWSTW, which I highlighted in its review, but this one is much, much darker. The songs, the interludes, The aesthetics, Bowie's singing style... Everything very, very dark, very gloomy, even melancholic in some aspects. And I love it.

The songs, the songs... What amazing tracks this album has! Outside, The Hearts Filthy Lesson, Hallo Spaceboy, The Motel, I'm Deranged, Thru' These Architects Eyes and Strangers When We Meet are my favorite songs on the album. Although, I admit that I prefer SWWM's version of Buddha of Suburbia.

A super complete album, it takes you to an impeccable atmosphere and it's heavy, but in a good way. There's not much more to say, I love it. I'd put it ahead of Lodger but below Young Americans. I'll read you!

Well, here we are again. Today with what is, for me, Bowie's worst album (I listened up to The Next Day and I understand that Blackstar is very good). Or at least, it is for me; fans of Low or Heroes' instrumentals will surely like this album.

My criticism is simple: firstly, I'm not a fan of instrumentals, and if I like them (like a couple in Heroes or Speed of Life) it's because they're very good, or simply because they're not dense or excessively long. Which doesn't apply to 80% of this album. That's why the only songs I do like (and really like) are Buddha of Suburbia and Strangers When We Meet (which, in fact, I like more than the Outside version).

Aside from those two songs, the truth is that I either don't like the rest of the album, or I find it boring. Until now, the album I liked least was their debut (and I like that album, but it's a strange album with no great songs except for a couple). Other albums that are on the same level as the debut for me are the Labyrinth soundtrack, Never Let Me Down and Pinups, and I like them all, a little bit.

So, that's what I can say about this album, which, in my opinion, is Bowie's worst. It's a soundtrack for a TV series; I don't really think it's a proper album. It's more like the soundtrack to Labyrinth. I will read you and I appreciate you all!!

We're back with Bowie solo and an album that's not only very complete but also offers something entirely new. It has certain flashes of Lodger, but without sounding too much like him. It also includes another album with a couple of extra songs that add a few extra points to the album.

Some of my favorite songs from Black Tie White Noise are: You've Been Around, Black Tie White Noise, Jump They Say, Miracle Goodnight, I Know it's Gonna Happen Someday y Real Cool World. Great songs for a great comeback from Bowie, who had been missing for a while.

Although I really like Let's Dance and Tonight, I think that from then on there was a big drop in the quality of Bowie's albums, even though he only released four during those years (One being some songs for a soundtrack of a film in which he participates). And even though I still feel like I like Let's Dance more, I also have to say that it's because the three best songs on Let's Dance are just too good; otherwise, I think I'd like this album more.

I really feel that it brings new things, songs that are perhaps a little denser than the last albums he had released in that time, but that suit very well the way this 90s Bowie sings, Seeking to be more melodic and elegant than vocally virtuosic like the Bowie of the 80s. I'll read you and I appreciate you all!!

PD: I'll continue with the reviews tomorrow because I have several more albums to review.

Hello, after a long time I want to do the reviews of the albums I've already listened to. I've listened to up to The Next Day and the truth is I'd like to do all the reviews before doing the analysis of Blackstar. So I have some albums to do, but there's not much left.

To begin, I want to mention that my first post on this forum was asking about the songs of the first bands Bowie was in before releasing his first solo album. And here we have a Bowie in a band again after 30 years, which I find very interesting, and I was eager to see what these two Tin Machine albums would be like.

First, I want to talk a little about the sound of these albums. It's the most rock-oriented sound I've ever heard from Bowie; the closest thing we have to this is the album The Man Who Sold the World, that is Hard Rock, or perhaps with Ziggy Stardust that is Glam Rock, but it has nothing to do with the sound we hear from Tin Machine. I think everything related to this band's instruments is very good, and overall I liked it quite a lot.

So, let's talk about the first album, a strange album compared to what we had been hearing from Bowie; the previous one is Never Let Me Down, which is a more pop-oriented album in the style of Let's Dance. This album is much more rock-oriented, and in my opinion, it's not an album that stands out too much. I liked less than half of the songs, and in my opinion the best songs on the album are Prisoner of Love and Under the Dog. Even so, I consider it an enjoyable album, but it's not among Bowie's highlights. I feel something similar to what happened with Low, that I didn't like the B-side at all. So for me they're similar, though I like Low a little more because of the quality of the songs I did like.

Now, if we go to the second album, I think this one is much better and has some songs that I find super fun, really rockin', well-composed, and the truth is that I find it a much more enjoyable album; songs that I really like include One Shot, You Belong in Rock and Roll, If There Is Something, Betty Wrong, and You Can't Talk. I consider this album better than Space Oddity but worse than Tonight.

And that's it, there's not much more to say about it if we're talking purely about the music and the songs, I enjoyed it, I liked it a lot, but no, it's not part of the best of Bowie's catalog. I'll read you and I appreciate you all!!

Well, a few days ago I asked you which were the best versions of Paul and Blaze songs done by Bruce. I've listened to them now and I can give you my verdict. First I must say that there are no versions of Transylvania (it's an instrumental so it doesn't change), but neither are there versions of Drifter or Futureal, Because either I don't like them or I think they deserve to be included in my playlist alongside Paul or Blaze's versions, the ones I do have seem pretty cool to me (although many don't surpass their original singer).

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Best versions with Bruce:

- Remember Tomorrow (Live in Italy) - Best of B Sides

- Murders in the Rue Morgue - Beast Over Hammersmith

- Another Life - Beast Over Hammersmith

- Killers - Beast Over Hammersmith

- Sanctuary - Beast Over Hammersmith

- Sanctuary - Rock in Río

- Running Free - Beast Over Hammersmith

- Running Free - A Real Live Dead One

- Phantom of The Opera - Live After Death

- Prowler '88 - Best of B Sides

- Charlotte The Harlot '88 - Best of B Sides

- Man of the Edge - From Fear to Eternity

- Wrathchild - '99 Studio Recording

- Sign of the Cross - Rock in Río

- The Clansman - Rock in Río

- Lord of the Flies - Death on the Road

- Iron Maiden - The Book of Souls: Live Chapter

Hello, I'm here to give you the reviews of these two albums. I'm doing them both together because I don't know why, but I feel like they're part of the same thing. Maybe because they came out right after each other, maybe it's the style of music or maybe it's Bowie's hair, but I feel like they're part of something similar.

Regarding the Labyrinth soundtrack, I don't like most of the songs, but there are a couple of really, really good ones. Magic Dance, As The World Falls Down, and Underground are great songs in my opinion. Even so, it's one of Bowie's worst albums; in my opinion, it doesn't surpass Pinups (so far, his second worst album in my opinion), but I feel that those three songs make it better than his debut, although I like more songs from his debut album.

Regarding NLMD, I feel like we're back to that pop formula of Let's Dance and Tonight, but without any great songs. It has some good tracks, but that's about it. You can already tell the formula is getting worn out And it won't work anymore if it keeps going down that road. That's why I think this one is a little better than Labyrinth, but only because it has more songs I like, and they're not that far removed from the quality of Labyrinth.

But both are quite bad compared to the rest of their discography, yet I don't feel they're bad. I think both are better than their debut, and I like their debut. I'll read your opinions!!

Hey, well, today's review is Tonight. Again, these reviews aren't even first impressions; I'm just a little behind on them, haha. It's been a while since I listened to these albums, but I listened to them again and now I'm writing them down with them fresher in my mind.

Well, Tonight, as the title suggests, I feel it follows the formula of Let's Dance, a much more upbeat, somewhat poppy album with a very similar sound.I mean, if Bowie released a Let's Dance Deluxe and these songs were on it, in my opinion they wouldn't sound out of place on the album.

Something to highlight, personally I like all the songs, and I even think I like it more than Let's Dance, I mean, it has songs like Loving The Alien, Don't Look Down, Tonight, Blue Jean and Tumble and Twirl. And then the other songs I either like or I like a lot. It's a strange album, though; I feel like I like it more than Let's Dance, but at the same time, Let's Dance has better GREAT SONGS (the first 3).

And I also find myself wondering, do I like it more than Young Americans? I mean, it's definitely more listenable than Young Americans, but do I like it more? Oh, these decisions, haha. I'm going to stick with that it's only one step below Lodger and one step above Let's Dance.

I feel it's a good album, but I don't think it's very highly regarded by Bowie fans. You'll tell me, I'll read your comments.

Okay, I'm going to try to do all the reviews I'm missing in a short amount of time, lol. I don't think I'll manage to do them all, but at least several.

Let's Dance, Bowie's first album of his more commercial period, certainly featured a new sound he hadn't experimented with much up to that point. But once it worked for him, this sound will be repeated throughout his subsequent albums of this decade.

Of this album, the only song I DON'T like is Shake It. I like all the other songs then. But I must say that the only songs I consider great songs are the first three that open the album. Then, I quite like Without You, Cat People (Putting Out Fire) and Criminal World, and Ricochet is... okay. I feel like it's an album that's also aiming for that, those first 3 hits, and maybe the other songs are meant to be an album and not an EP.

Despite that, I quite like the album; I feel that in looking for something more commercial, it is one of the lightest and most re-listenable in Bowie's discography. I would say perhaps... I like Lodger a little more, but they're really close. I'll read you and appreciate you all!

Hey there, after a long time. I'm bringing you the review of Scary Monsters. I have to do reviews of several albums, because I listened up to Tin Machine 2, the thing is I did the re-listening of the previous albums and now I have to listen to these again so I can speak and be sure of what I'm saying, haha.

I have to say, the first time I heard this album, it didn't click with me. In fact, there's an infamous post of mine here, a top list I made, which after listening to the albums again I strongly disagree with myself, haha. Where I had placed Scary Monsters far below. And now, it's among my top 5 favorite albums and would be in the highest place, haha!

It's quite a different album, but the only comparison I can make in terms of sound is with its predecessor, Lodger. Even though I really like Lodger (it's on par with Young Americans for me), it feels like an album of outtakes from this album. And that makes sense in light of what I wrote in my re-review of all the albums where I said that Lodger lacks a coherent sound in the songs, but rather they seem like songs glued together to release an album.

This one, on the other hand, I feel there's a clear coherence in the sound, it's as if Lodger's sound has been perfected. It has an impressive tracklist. Truly great songs. The sequence of songs from Up The Hill Backwards to Teenage Wildlife is one of the best sequences of songs in Bowie's discography. The only songs I didn't like were It's No Game (Pt. 1) and Scream Like a Baby, I like all the other songs

So yeah, maybe I like it a little less than Station to Station, more for personal reasons than musical ones, but they're really on par for me. I'll read your comments and I appreciate you all!!

PD: Difficult days with the Ex issue... 6 months have passed but somehow I dream about her more and more and I'm getting worse about it.

Hi everyone, these past few weeks I've been relistening up to the last review I wrote. I'm currently on Tin Machine 2 (yes, I left you all pretty out of date, and I'll get around to doing the reviews soon). Tomorrow or in the next few days I'll do the review for Scary Monsters (update: it's become one of my favorites). I did this because when I made the tier list, everything was quite distant and I didn't remember the albums very well; now everything is fresh in my mind.

I'm going to tell you my top picks so far, so you know my opinions up to the last review, going from worst to best:

David Bowie, Pinups, Low, Space Oddity, Lodger, Young Americans, Aladdin Sane, TMWSTW, Heroes, Hunky Dory, Station to Station, Ziggy Stardust, and Diamond Dogs.

Now, the new reviews:

David Bowie:
A very experimental album, without a very distinctive sound. They sound like random songs on a Britpop album that's a mix of folk and psychedelia. Each song has some element that makes it unique on the album's tracklist, precisely because it's such an experimental album. It seems like Bowie wanted to push all the buttons and see what would come of it. The songs haven't aged well; you can tell they're from another era. This is evident in the lyrics, the rhythm, and even the way they're delivered. Even so, it's an album I enjoy, and it's so unique, even within Bowie's discography, that revisiting it from time to time is a pleasure.

Space Oddity:
Bowie's folk album, the first of his albums that began his habit of having at least one hit single, is Space Oddity. Even so, the album is full of great songs that aren't as well-known to the casual listener. Personally, I like all the songs on the album, but I still feel it's a very dense album to listen to, full of very long songs that can even become tedious. This means that, despite clearly being very good, it doesn't quite compare to other albums that I find more enjoyable and probably have better songs, but not all of them are good, as is the case with this album.

The Man Who Sold The World:
Bowie's hard rock album, much more enjoyable than its predecessor and with better tracks than the previous two. I understand that this album marks the beginning of what would later become the Spiders from Mars, featuring Mick Ronson's incredible guitar work, and it shows. The album has a profoundly dark and shadowy atmosphere. The title track features what is probably the most iconic guitar work in his entire discography, along with "Rebel Rebel."

Hunky Dory:
The first album of Bowie's Glam Rock era, although in my opinion it's more Pop Rock, and his next album is pure Glam Rock. It's an album with three huge hits and many great songs on its tracklist. For many, it's one of Bowie's best works, and why lie? For me too. It's a fantastic album from every angle, full of energy, with more personal lyrics, and musically very satisfying. I also have a very personal connection to this album, so it's one of my favorites even beyond the purely musical aspects.

Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars:
Not much to say, probably Bowie's best album ever. Some of the best (or even the best) Glam Rock out there. Finally, all the Spiders From Mars reunited (although they only lasted two albums), and by far the best band Bowie ever had. What can I say about the album? I like all the songs, they are all bangers and they are some of the best tracks Bowie has in his entire discography. Simply the best of the best.

Aladdin Sane:
The second and final album by Ziggy and the Spiders From Mars, it returns to the Glam rock genre, though with a very different tone from its predecessor. Despite being a very good album, I find myself enjoying side A much more than side B, which has a couple of great tracks like "Let's Spend The Night Together" and "Lady Grinning Soul." This is the only album where I don't like the hit single, "The Jean Genie," which I find bland, boring, and extremely repetitive. It sounds like something the Rolling Stones might have recorded on their early albums, that characteristic "Stones sound." I also think it marks the first dip in their discography; previously, each album surpassed the last, but this one breaks that trend. In my opinion, it's on par with TMWSTW, but I prefer the aesthetic and dark atmosphere of that album, so I slightly like it. So, worse than TMWSTW but better than Space Oddity.

Pinups:
Regarding Bowie's covers album, I have to admit that when I first heard it, I was impressed because I thought it was going to be much worse, but it turned out to have several very good versions. Some were even better than the originals. It's a very entertaining album; in terms of enjoyment, it's much more fun to listen to than Space Oddity, but that one has better songs, and, moreover, they were composed by him. So, more than his debut, but not as good as Space Oddity.

Diamond Dogs:
We continue with the Glam Rock theme and one of my favorite albums. The definitive farewell of the Spiders From Mars, and even of their previous producer. They achieved a completely new sound, where David himself plays guitar, resulting in a more complex Glam sound, compositionally speaking, in my opinion. Listening to the intro and outro, I found all the songs appealing, with two currently being my favorites: "Rock 'n' Roll with Me" and "Big Brother." And although I prefer Ziggy's songbook, I consider this album my personal favorite (because everyone likes Ziggy). It also features one of the most iconic guitar parts in Bowie's discography, in the song "Rebel Rebel."

Young Americans:
This is probably the only, or one of the few, soul albums I'll ever listen to because the genre isn't really my cup of tea. That's why, even though I like all the songs and consider it a great album, it's not among my favorites. It was Bowie's strategy to sell himself to the American public, and despite making a very good soul album, I find the songs repetitive and even dense. That's why, in my opinion, it's below TMWSTW and Aladdin Sane, and by a considerable margin. But at the same time, I don't think it's on the same level as Space Oddity; I consider this album far superior.

Station to Station:
A unique album with a sound unlike any other. Bowie says he doesn't even remember making it because of how immersed he was in drugs at the time, which might explain its unique sound. This is one of my favorite albums; I love all the songs, and although many criticize it for their length, in my opinion, not a single minute is wasted. They all last exactly as long as they should, even "Station to Station." It has some of my favorite tracks, including what I consider Bowie's best song, the aforementioned "Station to Station." Even so, I don't think it reaches the level of Ziggy Stardust or Diamond Dogs, so despite being on the same level, for me it's third best.

Low:
The first album in the acclaimed Berlin trilogy. A very strange album; the previous one was odd, but this one is too big a leap from what they had been doing. Side A has great songs, and Side B is full of ambient instrumentals. In my opinion, Side B is what ruins the album for me. If Side B had followed the same style of songs as Side A, I think I would have liked it more than Young Americans. I'm not a big fan of instrumentals to begin with, much less ambient ones, which I find long and dense, at least to my ear. But the quality of the tracks on Side A makes me like it more than Pinups, though I think Space Oddity is more complete, and I like more of its tracks. It's hard to ignore that I don't like half the album.

Heroes:
The second album in the Berlin trilogy, a complete improvement on the first in my opinion. It has great tracks, including one of Bowie's best songs, and some very good instrumentals (on the previous album, I only liked "Speed ​​of Life"). Even so, it has two ambient tracks that are very much in the style of Low, and these are precisely the only two songs I don't like on the album: "Moss Garden" and "Neuköln." It's an album with a very distinctive sound. For me, it's one of Bowie's best works; I personally prefer Hunky Dory by a small margin, but they're on the same level.

Lodger:
The last of the Berlin trilogy. Very different from the previous ones. While Low and Heroes have slower, longer songs, and, in my opinion, more complex compositions, Lodger stands out for its more upbeat songs and a rather uneven sound throughout the album. They sound like separate songs glued together to make an album. Even so, it's a super enjoyable and entertaining album to listen to, with some very good songs. Personally, I like Young Americans a little more, but it's a very good album.