384. David Bowie - Heroes

Release Date: 1977
Label: RCA

This is the last David Bowie album in the book (unless you have the newer, updated version) but it is no means the last good record he released.  It's another one I've owned for a long time, and though it is not as good overall as 'Low' it is still worth getting.

Rating: 8/10

378. David Bowie - Low

Release Date: 1977
Label: RCA

Following his 'thin white duke' period, Bowie left the drug-addled culture of LA and returned to Europe where he collaborated with Brian Eno and Tony Visconti on the first of his three Berlin albums.

Rating: 9/10

351. David Bowie - Station to Station

Release Date: 1976
Label: RCA

Inspired by David Bowie's love of railways, 'Station to Station' is the story of one mans journey from Glasgow Central to London Euston. Each song represents a different stop along the way. It's an album I already own, so there's no need to comment any further.

Rating: 9/10

333. David Bowie - Young Americans

Release Date: 1975
Label: RCA

Like the other David Bowie albums in this book, this is one I've already got. It's not as good as 'Hunky Dory' or 'Ziggy Stardust' but it's still worth buying.

Rating: 8/10

273. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane

Release Date: 1973
Label: RCA

The other day I watched a sketch called 'The Good Life On Mars' on YouTube where 'David Bowie' (lego, voiced by Adam Buxton) and his wife of the time where running through a list of possible replacements for Ziggy Stardust - who Bowie had 'killed' off earlier in the year. Suggestions included the 'Groovy Gardener' and Bowie's personal favourite 'Cobbler Bob'. Angela isn't impressed and suggests Bowie go with 'A Lad Insane', complete with dental fluid oozing from his collarbone. It's impossible to predict what kind of impact 'Cobbler Bob' would've had on audiences in 1973, but Aladdin Sane (so renamed) was the best way to make Bowie's fans forget about Ziggy et al. The album isn't as good as its predescesor, but it still has some fantastic songs - especially those on the first half.

Rating: 9/10
Favourite Track: Drive-in Saturday

267. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars

Release Date: 1972
Label: RCA

Is this David Bowie's best album? Possibly. Is it a brilliant album? Certainly. BBC Six Music's favourite Messiah was at the peak of his Glam Trilogy with this album and as far as I'm concerned there isn't a bad track on here.

Rating: 10/10
Favourite Track: Suffragette City

240. David Bowie - Hunky Dory

Release Date: 1971
Label: RCA

We have arrived at the final release of 1971 (which according to some was the best year in Rock, so I can only assume it's downhill from here) and the first David Bowie album. I've owned this for a long time and it contains many of my favourite Bowie songs.

Rating: 10/10
Favourite Track: Life on Mars