Station to Station David Bowie

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  • Release Date: 09/28/1999
  • Original Release: 1976
  • Sales Rank: 24,323
  • Label: VIRGIN RECORDS US
  • UPC: 724352190607

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Station to Station

1LISTENStation to Station 10:11
2LISTENGolden Years 4:00
3LISTENWord on a Wing 5:50
4LISTENTVC 15 5:31
5LISTENStay 6:13
6LISTENWild Is the Wind 6:00

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Taking the detached plastic soul of Young Americans to an elegant, robotic extreme, Station to Station is a transitional album that creates its own distinctive style. Abandoning any pretense of being a soulman, yet keeping rhythmic elements of soul, David Bowie positions himself as a cold, clinical crooner and explores a variety of styles. Everything from epic ballads and disco to synthesized avant pop is present on Station to Station, but what ties it together is Bowie's cocaine-induced paranoia and detached musical persona. At its heart, Station to Station is an avant-garde art-rock album, most explicitly on "TVC 15" and the epic sprawl of the title track, but also on the cool crooning of "Wild Is the Wind" and "Word on a Wing," as well as the disco stylings of "Golden Years." It's not an easy album to warm to, but its epic structure and clinical sound were an impressive, individualistic achievement, as well as a style that would prove enormously influential on post-punk. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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Station to Stationby Anonymous

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January 24, 2005: This review is brief, but just provides a different side of the argument. It's hard to make an argument when albums only get rated when people really like them. Station to Station has a unique sound as a whole. Each song, though each with their own individual touches, relies on a similar vocal pattern and song structures that the other songs on the album use. "TVC 15" is the most estranged song (lyrically) on the album, while songs like "Stay" and "Wild is the Wind" (jab at more sophisticated lyrics). "Golden Years" and "Station to Station" both contain somewhat of a funky vibe; more like casual listening music rather than something moving. The high point of this album by far, in this reviewers opinion, is "Wild In The Wind". The sole ballad on this album, it's a cover of the Johnny Mathis song by the same title, and subsequently has some of the most powerful lyrics on the album. David Bowie has a knack for bringing his own vocal and musical influence on his the songs he covers (i.e., "God Only Knows" of Bowie's album Tonight), and the results are beautiful. Overall, I don't feel that this album represents Bowie at his best. However if you are a Bowie fan (like I am) you may want to get it, if not only for the powerful "Wild Is The Wind", then to subject to yourself to Bowie in all forms.

Station to Stationby Anonymous

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October 01, 2004: By 1976 Bowie's genius was on top due to his cocaine-induced paranoia and his pretension to give to rock/pop a new avant-garde direction. The result was this amazing Station to station, a perfect album that shows rock, soul, disco, jazz and pop with a cold, robotic and experimental touch. Station to Station is undoubtedly the definitive Bowie's album, along with Low, Ziggy Stardust, Hunky Dory, Scary Monsters and Heroes.


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