David Bowie Albums (Music Guide): The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, Station to Station, Aladdin Sane, Low

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Pages: 35. Chapters: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, Station to Station, Aladdin Sane, Low, David Bowie, Scary Monsters, Outside, Diamond Dogs, Hunky Dory, The Man Who Sold the World, Lodger, Heroes, Never Let Me Down, Pin Ups, Black Tie White Noise, Young Americans, Earthling, 'Hours...', Heathen, Let's Dance, Reality, Tonight, David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, Toy, Berlin Trilogy. Excerpt: Station to Station is the tenth studio album by English musician David Bowie, released by RCA Records in 1976. Commonly regarded as one of his most significant works, Station to Station is also notable as the vehicle for Bowie's last great 'character', The Thin White Duke. The album was recorded after he completed shooting Nicolas Roeg's The Man Who Fell to Earth, and the cover featured a still from the movie. During the sessions Bowie was heavily dependent on drugs, especially cocaine, and recalls almost nothing of the production. Musically, Station to Station was a transitional album for Bowie, developing the funk and soul music of his previous release, Young Americans, while presenting a new direction towards synthesisers and motorik rhythms that was influenced by German electronic bands such as Kraftwerk and Neu!. This trend would culminate in some of his most acclaimed work, the so-called Berlin Trilogy, recorded with Brian Eno in 1977-79. Bowie himself has said that Station to Station was a plea to come back to Europe for me. The album's lyrics, meanwhile, reflected his preoccupations with Nietzsche, Aleister Crowley, mythology and religion. With its blend of funk and Krautrock, romantic balladry and occultism, Station to Station has been described as simultaneously one of Bowie's most accessible albums and his most impenetrable. Featuring the s...