Earthling 1997

His twentieth album – and first to be recorded completely digitally – saw Bowie embracing drum and bass – reflecting the trends of the time – and producing himself. Once again entering the studio with no...

1. Outside 1995

This album saw Bowie reunited with Brian Eno in another concept piece, this time based on the diary of Nathan Adler from an earlier collaboration of theirs. They entered the studio with no material whatsoever, wanting a...

Black Tie White Noise 1993

Inspired by Bowie’s wedding to Iman Abdulmajid – and containing songs he wrote specifically for the occasion – Black Tie White Noise featured Ziggy guitarist and friend, Mick Ronson. Critically regarded as a return to form,...

Never Let Me Down 1987

A return to a rockier Bowie, this album was another huge commercial success, though not so enthusiastically-received by the critics. It formed the basis of the colossal, theatrical Glass Spider Tour, which prompted a similar...

Tonight 1984

This was released immediately after the previous album’s tour drew to a close to capitalise on the huge success of Let’s Dance. Wanting to retain recently-acquired swathes of new fans, Bowie kept the overall vibe very...

Let’s Dance 1983

His fifteenth studio album, Let’s Dance was co-produced with Nile Rodgers of Chic. It yielded several hugely-successful singles, not least of which the title-track, which was a hit in many countries. It soon became his most...

Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) 1980

After the less commercially-successful “Berlin Trilogy”, David’s fourteenth studio album was a huge hit in the UK and did extremely well in the US. Scary Monsters… is much more Bowie-centric, with fewer...

Lodger 1979

Predominately recorded in 1978 between legs of Bowie’s world tour, Lodger features the musicians from the aforementioned tour and was produced in Switzerland and New York. The last in the Visconti/Bowie-produced “Berlin...

“Heroes” 1977

The second in the trilogy and another Visconti/Bowie production, “Heroes” was recorded in its entirety in Hansa Tonstudio in Berlin and continued with the themes of Low. The title song – the story of two young...

Low 1977

The first of the so-called Berlin Trilogy, Low was produced by Tony Visconti and Bowie. A number of the songs on Low were recorded originally as a soundtrack to The Man Who Fell To Earth (like Station to Station, Low uses a still...