David Bowie | Space Oddity | The Man Who Sold the World | Hunky Dory
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | Aladdin Sane | Pin Ups | Diamond Dogs | Young Americans
Station to Station | Low | "Heroes" | Lodger | Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) | Let's Dance | Tonight | Never Let Me Down
Tin Machine | Black Tie White Noise | The Buddha of Suburbia | Outside | Earthling | 'hours...' | The Next Day | ★
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- Contested Sequel: While widely praised by critics in its own time, both reviewers and fans are split on what to make of it nowadays. Either it's an unexpected heavy-hitter that marked Bowie's return to form as a solo artist, or it's too dated and directionless to hold a candle against his better albums, with some in the latter camp even lumping it in with Tonight and the original mix of Never Let Me Down as part of the Audience-Alienating Era that was his self-described "Phil Collins years." Some Take a Third Option and say that it's good in its own right, but sub-par by Bowie standards, and even that has its opponents on both fronts. Of Bowie's more contested projects post-Tin Machine, this one remains the most divisive.
- Harsher in Hindsight: As mentioned on the main page, Black Tie White Noise turned out to be Mick Ronson's last work with David Bowie before passing away from liver cancer — the same disease that would kill Bowie just two days after the release of his own final album.
- Hilarious in Hindsight: The bonus track "Lucy Can't Dance" is said to be a dismissal of Madonna's antics during the Like a Prayer-Erotica area as something Bowie's already done himself. However, some of the lines seem to line up with things Madonna would explore after the song's release:
- "Now you're looking for God in exciting new ways" could be linked to Madonna's Kabbalah phase later in the 90's
- "Guess I'll put all my eggs in a postmodern song" suggests the turn to the electronica music she would sample first in Bedtime Stories and then embrace outright in Ray of Light.
