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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- And You Thought It Would Fail: Despite being met with extreme apprehension from Bowie's management & record label (to the point where his ex-manager tried to block its release) and dividing critics upon release, the album was a considerable commercial success: it peaked at No. 2 on the UK Albums chart (the same rank as Young Americans) and No. 11 on the Billboard 100.
- Critical Dissonance: The album divided critics upon release, but became enough of a fan favorite from the get-go to be Vindicated by History years later.
- Ensemble Dark Horse: While most people consider The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars to be Bowie's greatest album, a large subset of fans and critics deem Low a better candidate.
- Narm: While generally considered a good song, "Sound and Vision" can be hard to take seriously at times thanks to one processed percussion sound that uncannily resembles fat/oil sizzling in a pan. Best not to listen to the song on an empty stomach.
- Nightmare Fuel: The album's B-side, consisting of hauntingly eerie ambient compositions based on the climate of eastern Europe in the middle period of the Cold War.
- Tear Jerker: The whole damn album, especially when you realize the personal context behind its creation. It's quite possibly one of the most openly personal works in Bowie's oeuvre, and it does not shy away from showing just how far up shit creek he was in at the time.
- Vindicated by History: While commercially successful, the album received mixed reviews on release, with many fans and critics being bewildered at its unusual and experimental direction. Over the years, however, it became heavily reappraised as one of David Bowie's greatest albums, acting as a direct predecessor to the Post-Punk and Post-Rock movements.
