If you ask any one what their favorite David Bowie album is, they'll have an almost immediate response. Even people that don't have a favorite color, favorite artist, movie or dish - they have a number one favorite Bowie album. Of course, there will be a second favorite, a third favorite, a fourth favorite and beyond, but there is only one Bowie album in someone's life that means the most to them. Sure, each and every one of Bowie's albums changed music forever (and that is not an understatement) – even his last and final album Blackstar will live in the time vortex of some of the greatest music ever made. But, again, there is usually only one that rings the truest, like a personal message from Bowie himself. And it may take a while for Blackstar to be a favorite album, but wait until the new generation grows up, wait until the album ages and gets finer and finer with future musical epochs. There was literally no one like David Bowie. You can imagine his arrival on earth like a meteor's arrival, with the soil rippling and the air in waves from the shockwaves. When he left, it was like a crucial element, like oxygen, was missing from the atmosphere. Below, we asked a number of creative people what their favorite Bowie album is and here are their answers.
1. Rosanna Arquette (Actress) / Favorite: Ziggy Stardust
Pushing through the market square So many mothers sighing News had just come over We had five years left to cry in News guy wept when he told us Earth was really dying Cried so much his face was wet Then I knew he was not lying I heard telephones,
2. Lucia Santina Ribisi (Artist) / Favorite: Hunky Dory
From the album "Hunky Dory" (1971), 2nd track. Enjoy.
3. Sasha Frere-Jones (Writer and Music Critic) / Favorite: Station To Station
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4. Clementine Creevy (Musician) / Favorite: Hunky Dory
5. Jim Smith (Founder of The Smell In Los Angeles) / Favorite: Ziggy Stardust
From the album "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" (1972), 3rd track. Enjoy.
6. Enoc Perez (Artist) / Favorite: Young Americans
This is the classic title track from David Bowie's 1975 album 'Young Americans.' Released as a single b/w "Suffragette City" on February 21, 1975, "Young Americans" reached #28 on the Billboard charts-Bowie's biggest American chart success up to that point. The audio for this video was taken from a hi-res UK 1st pressing vinyl rip (not made by me).
7. Oliver Maxwell Kupper (Editor-in-Chief of Autre Magazine) / Favorite: Scary Monsters
Album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) © 1992 EMI Records Inc.
8. Andre Saraiva (Graffiti Artist and Hotelier) / Favorite: Heroes
David Bowie - Heroes Lyrics: I, I will be king And you, you will be queen Though nothing will drive them away We can beat them, just for one day We can be heroes, just for one day And you, you can be mean And I, I'll drink all the time 'Cause we're lovers, and that is a fact Yes we're lovers, and that is that Though nothing, will keep us together We could steal time, just for one day We can be heroes, for ever and ever What d'you say?
9. Brad Elterman (Photographer) / Favorite: Hunky Dory
Song For Bob Dylan is a song written and performed by David Bowie. It is from the album Hunky Dory in 1971.
10. Avalon Lurks (Musician) / Favorite: Bowie At The Beeb
Bowie at the Beeb is a compilation album by David Bowie, first released in 2000. Originally, it came in a three CD set, the third, bonus CD being a recording on 27 June 2000 at the Portland BBC Radio Theatre. Later editions contain only the first two CDs.
11. Devendra Banhart (Musian and Artist) / Favorite: Hunky Dory
Music video by David Bowie performing Life On Mars?. Taken from the album 'Heroes' Buy the David Bowie back catalogue on iTunes here: http://smarturl.it/bowieitunes Listen to this track on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/64tldi Buy the album on Amazon: http://smarturl.it/b3aa0u