Every 70s David Bowie Album Ranked From Worst to Best 

Station to Station is my personal favorite of mine. Especially the 10 minute title track, its so driven epic between devillish and soulful.

Ziggy Stardust is currently my candidate for greatest album of all time, by anyone, ever. I find nothing I don't like in it, I listen from beginning to end without any desire to skip anything, with nothing able to distract me.

“He was high out of his mind and barely even remembers making this album” My brother in Christ he doesn’t remember making any albums he’s dead.

Hunky Dory has got to be my absolute favourite Bowie but as you said with Young Americans, it does depend on your genre affinity and I'm a massive folk/acoustic guy so this album ticks all the boxes for me.

My top three 70's Bowie albums would be: 3. Ziggy Stardust 2. Hunky Dory 1. The Man who Sold the World

I'm probably the only person to love Aladdin Sane so much as to say it is my favourite Bowie album. All the songs to me are flawless and I could replay the whole album over and over without getting bored. The guitar riffs are something special and the whole album just seems grand. Great work from the legendary David Bowie. R.I.P

You should do Radiohead someday if you dig them as much as I do. A very consistent discography and a diverse bunch of musicology unlike most bands they inspired such as Muse and Coldplay would go to the bottom of the pit of marketing sacrifice. I love your videos so much, mate. Keep it up.

The man who sold the world is slept on. Width of a circle is one of my top Bowie songs

Always baffled by the quality of your videos and absolutely devastated because of the amount of subscribers you deserve compared to have!! Keep going and doing more! Absolutely love it and agree (except for Honky Dory). Love ya ❤

Another great video! I am really enjoying these :)

The trailer is EPIC

Fantastic editing

He finnaly uploaded a New video! Very good the video btw

I cannot wait:333

1. Ziggy 2. Hunky Dory 3. Low 4. Heroes 5. Aladdin Sane 6. Stationtostation 7. Young Americans 8. The man who sold the world 9. Lodger 10. Diamond Dogs 11. Pinups That’s my rating, but your’s was really great too! I think your channel is very underrated.

You've certainly done your homework. While my list differs to yours this is a really good and interesting article for the casual or like me besotted fan.

Im going on 50 and i always had maybe three or four bands i really got into and i stayed loyal and was happy with. I knew in the back of my mind i had to seriously get into two artists: The Beatles as well as David Bowie. Both have been such a heavenly experience. I knew i was wrong to think each was epic and legendary. Bowie has been blowing my mind. I really am in the phase where i gave them all a great listen and really overwhelmed at how good his stuff is. What i really love as well is going on RU-vid and seeing what the fans chime in about. Both good and bad. What a great artist and some of his stuff really touched me at such high level. What i loved more than anything is his massive energy he had and it effected everyone around him. You really can feel the void he left us with when he passed away. There have been quite a few times I've actually really cried at such a deep level just because he's so passionate about his lyrics. Like two songs that really get to me deep are Five Years, and Heroes. Just two masterpieces.

Pls do a Ranking on all of Bowie's Live Albums!❤

This one gonna be spicy

he is BACK!

i literally dont know pretty much anything about david bowey but this guy still makes it fun to watch. props

If you had to choose one band to listen to forever, which one would it be? Also, incredible video! underrated channel.

The return of the king

He’s back

You're putting all of my faves in the lows🥲

I despise people who think they rank rank bowie albums. Bowie is the only artist I know that is a crime to rank his albums because of their individuality and how *different* literally each album is from character, music, genre, even person

Lodger is my favorite bowie album, I got fascinated by it years ago. Though I am much more partial now to station to station.

Low was the first Bowie album I bought with my own money when I was 11 in 1977. The next year I won 3rd row seats to see him. It was on the level with see Elvis.

Great video. Just discovered your channel, your vids are awesome! You should review Led Zeppelin's albums next! they pioneered a lot of rock genres!

i like the way you talk you just like keep going idk thanks waterloo

Lady grinning soul has been my favourite since I know Bowie

Diamond Dogs is a sweet thing (no pun intended). The transitions between each song make it a perfect soundtrack for night walking around a industrial and messy city. It just really feels like the paradigm of 70's exploitation for me.

These type of videos are the motive of why i Watch yt

I love the David Bowie soul sound. I think Young Americans is S tier, and yes, Pin Ups is the worst.

Can't believe you didn't mention Changes when talking about Hunky Dory. Anyway, here's my ranking: 1. Aladdin Sane 2. Ziggy Stardust 3. Low 4. Station to Station 5. Hunky Dory 6. Heroes 7. Diamond Dogs 8. Young Americans 9. Lodger 10. The Man Who Sold The World 11. Pin Ups (still a fun album)

Lodger sounds a bit like some of the Talking Heads middle years, food for thought.

Hunky Dory is my favourite, but Aladdin Sane for me is at least top 3, a crazy Setlists with special songs

Great work! Good ranking! Thanks! For what it’s worth I have: 1. Ziggy 2. Hunky 3. Young Am 4. Stn to Stn 5. Heroes 6. Low 7. Diamond Dogs 8. Man WStW 9. Al Sane 10. Lodger 11. Pinups So I agree with you on 1st & last. And it’s Bowie, so being 3rd last is no disgrace - I love Aladdin Sane. The top 9 are probably all masterpieces. This is the greatest output by anyone in the decade - possibly by a fair margin!

We will not tolerate the Big Brother slander.

Personally for me I absolutely love The man who sold the world, It is my favourite Bowie album tied with Station to station

As the hurricane outside begs to get into my house, endlessly slamming on my windows, I’m watching a goofy watermelon man be entertaining, and I thank him for that

Life on mars is such a great song

are you going to do more bowie rankings? if yes please rank all the 80s,90s,and the 2000s togher

Finally!!!!!

Epic

Nice list. I am one of the few who likes “pinups” and would have it near the top. Mainly because I remember “sorrow” when it came out as a single, and my mom bought it. Also as a teenager I bought pinups 2nd hand, and really love its raw energy and up front production. Love “Roselyn” also. I think my top 5 would look like this: 1. Alladin sane 2. Low 3. Ziggy 4. Pinups 5. Hunky dory The rest are just ok for me. I am not a fan of “hero’s”, only the song.

Aladdin Same easy #1 coz he’s literally me fr

Preface: Anything after number 10 is basically joint 3rd for me. 1. Station to Station 2. Ziggy Stardust 3. Lodger 4. Heroes 5. Hunky Dory 6. Low 7. Aladdin Sane 8. Diamond Dogs 9. The Man Who Sold the World 10. Young Americans 11. Pin Ups

David Bowie is such a very awesome singer

Station To Station would be much higher on my list. I even put it above the Berlin trilogy which pretty much makes it my favorite of his

My absolute favorite by him is Scary monsters but we're only talking about the 70s so: 1. Aladdin Sane 2. Ziggy Stardust 3. Low 4. Station to station 5. Hunky Dory 6. Diamond dogs 7. The man who sold the world 8. Lodger 9. Young americans 10. Heroes 11. Pin ups

4:59 hey, can't forget the red-peppers

Can you do every Beach Boys albums ranked?

Yo creo, q el álbum the man who sold the world, suena tan distinto a otros de Bowie es porque Mick Ronson tomó las riendas de la producciones de las canciones, en esa época Bowie se habia casado, pero el tipo de letra si suena a su estilo, pero la música si suena mega distinta muy proto metal

"rock n roll with me is good" boy, it's one of his best songs ever

Diamond Dogs is memorable to me for only one reason…..1984 absolutely slaps

Ziggy Stardust and Low are both 10s.

Station to Station no. 1

Mon préféré est Lodger puis Ziggy Stardust et enfin Hunky Dory.

Sharp video. My Top 5: 5. _Young Americans_ 4. _Lodger_ 3. _Man Who Sold The World_ 2. _Heroes_ 1. _Low_

My favorite album is probably ''Heroes''.

In my opinion you could get one great Album from the Berlin trilogy! I personally don't agree with your order of choice, but that's me!

i agree with diamond dogs .. i like the first half a lot but that end song is questionable…. i laughed at this part tho LMAO 2:13

6:01 were did you find that animation?

Eno! Man Who Sold the World too low

I hope that you don’t make a fan war

'Queen Bitch' was *definitely* a predecessor to The Killers 'Mr Brightside' 😆

I've been a Bowie fan for over 50 years and we are all entitled to our own opinion but I cannot agree with your ranking of the 70s albums Hunky Dory is in my opinion his greatest album just for one of the greatest songs ever Quicksand

Why don’t you do an album ranking of queen albums

Station to Station, electronic?

My brother in Christ, please rank The Beach Boys discography

5:50 🤨

1. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars 2. Station to Station 3. Heroes 4. Aladdin Sane 5. Hunky Dory 6. The Man Who Sold the World 7. Diamond Dogs 8. Low 9. Young Americans 10. Lodger 11. Pinups

My ranking, more or less, is: 11. Pin Ups 10. Ziggy Stardust 9. Aladdin Sane 8. Heroes 7. Young Americans 6. Low 5. Station To Station 4. The Man Who Sold The World 3. Lodger 2. Hunky Dory 1. Diamond Dogs

As I Bowie fan of over 50 years I always find it intriguing that people ranking his albums always rank 'Low' very high. Side 1 is phenomenal but the other side never did it for me. Probably because Bowie's vocals are sublime to me.

Ziggy Stardust is a Master piece. Please dont forget the songs you mention (sweet head and velvet goldmine) are NOT a part of it. At least in 1972 when I bought it. That songs are not in the story of Ziggy. The album finish with the sudicide of ziggy. That is how it was concieved. In 21 century i guess they added that songs that spoil ( in my humble opinion) the concept of the album. 😊

Nirvana Just nirvana

This ranking is a crime, haha. But I enjoyed your comments while majorly disagreeing

Young Americans is a great album tho

Interesting, music is subjective so no two lists will ever be the same. For example 'Diamond Dogs' is Top 5 all day long ..... for me. Along with Aladdin Sane, Hunky Dory, Station to Station, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust, and Scary Monsters. Oh that's 6 😆 however Scary Monsters slipped into 1980 so it's fine.

Pin Ups was great.

Can I decide for myself which I like or like less...thank you !

I hope you have Young Americans a couple more listens. It's ranked two spots too low

Low is better than Ziggy Stardust

If the best songs from Low and Heroes were combined into a single album it could have been as good as Station To Station.

How don't you skip Rock N Roll with me? It so doesn't belong on that album.

It aint easy from ziggy is out of place

XD

It's a pretty obvious question, but who are you to decide which Bowie album is the best? I mean that in the best way. Maybe you knew Bowie, maybe you knew his band, or maybe, I mean it's a long shot, but maybe you are just trying to get views on RU-vid?

You loose a bit of credibility with the cartoon stuff.....I can't take you seriously like I can Barry from Classic Album Review.

Yes, I know it's just your personal preference, but, apart from "Ziggy Stardust", your choices are ridiculous. "David Live" was atrocious and obviously the worst. And "Pinups" and "Young Americans" should be far higher, and "Lodger" and "Low" a lot lower. And that isn't just my personal opinion, it's the last word on the matter. 🧐

70s start from year 71 there is no year zero so your list is flawed