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Posted by: Taylor Jago 16th January 2016, 10:14 PM

Over the course of his over half a century long career, David Bowie, born David Robert Jones had 69 top 50 hits, from 1969 to 2016, from Space Oddity to Lazarus.

Following the sad news of his death last Sunday, we are remembering him and all of his fantastic songs.

But out of the 69 which made it into the top 50, which one is the best? That is what Buzzjack will be deciding over the course of this competition.

As a side note, I'm not sure Fame '90, Under Pressure (Rah Mix) should be included as they are remixes of other top 50 hits. Also, Tin Machine/Maggie's Farm (Live), You Belong in Rock 'n' Roll and Baby Universal are included, but those were as part of Tin Machine and not as a solo artist, so I'll let you decide whether they should be included.

You can give up to three 11s and up to three -1s (you probably won't need them though) and decimal scores are allowed. No -0.5s or 10.5 however.

You have 3 weeks to get in your rates. Closes on 7th February, 18:00.

xx The Laughing Gnome
xx Space Oddity
xx Changes
xx Starman
xx John, I'm Only Dancing
xx The Jean Genie
xx Drive-In Saturday
xx Life On Mars?
xx Sorrow
xx Rebel Rebel
xx Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
xx Diamond Dogs
xx Knock On Wood
xx Young Americans
xx Fame
xx Golden Years
xx TVC 15
xx Sound And Vision
xx Heroes
xx Beauty And The Beast
xx Boys Keep Swinging
xx DJ
xx John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)
xx Alabama Song
xx Ashes To Ashes
xx Fashion
xx Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
xx Up The Hill Backwards
xx Under Pressure (with Queen)
xx Wild Is The Wind
xx Baal (EP)
xx Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
xx Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy
xx Let's Dance
xx China Girl
xx Modern Love
xx White Light/White Heat
xx Blue Jean
xx This Is Not America
xx Loving The Alien
xx Dancing In The Street (with Mick Jagger)
xx Absolute Beginners
xx Underground
xx When The Wind Blows
xx Day-In Day-Out
xx Time Will Crawl
xx Never Let Me Down
xx Tin Machine/Maggie's Farm (Live) (as part of Tin Machine)
xx Fame '90
xx You Belong In Rock 'n' Roll (as part of Tin Machine)
xx Baby Universal (as part of Tin Machine)
xx Jump They Say
xx Black Tie White Noise (featuring Al B. Sure)
xx Miracle Goodnight
xx The Buddha Of Suburbia (with Lenny Kravitz)
xx The Hearts Filthy Lesson
xx Strangers When We Meet/The Man Who Sold The World (Live)
xx Hallo Spaceboy (with the Pet Shop Boys)
xx Little Wonder
xx Dead Man Walking
xx Thursday's Child
xx Under Pressure (Rah Mix)
xx Survive
xx Seven
xx Everybody Says 'Hi
xx Rebel Never Gets Old
xx Arnold Wayne (with David Gilmour)
xx Where Are We Now?
xx Lazarus

Posted by: Joe. 17th January 2016, 12:11 AM

A great excuse to go back and listen to some of the classics! I'll listen to these tomorrow, some I've not heard in years.

Posted by: HausofTroye 17th January 2016, 12:14 AM

Oh gosh I will be doing this! I have become obsessed with his magic.

Modern Love is my favourite atm

Posted by: Joe. 17th January 2016, 12:43 AM

For anyone interested, I've made a playlist with all the songs on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/joey56/playlist/7ydlqVtyls4sa8eok64H4a There's a couple I couldn't find including Peace on Earth and1 or 2 at the very end. I've made it collaborative though so if you find them, add them!

Mess that Changes never made the top 40?! I would have given that a good score. Also shame Lazarus didn't do it this week, it would have been quite fitting to include it.

Posted by: Colm 17th January 2016, 12:53 AM

I was just at a tribute night where I heard a lot of tracks that I hadn't heard in a while. I'll be voting in this for sure.

Posted by: Severin 17th January 2016, 10:14 AM

Is there a reason we're not including Baal?

Posted by: popchartfreak 17th January 2016, 10:28 AM

Cat People (the Giorgio Moroder soundtrack version) is missing..so added in here, and it's Arnold Layne the old Pink Floyd song. I Could nitpick about the 1975 version of John I'm Only Dancing which was the listed first track of the double A side, but the 1972 version double A I think was an alternate version of the original single and that's certainly the version I was charting high not the much less good plastic soul version.

I'd also prefer to see classic essentially Bowie top 40 tracks in place of the various remixes though:

All The Young Dudes - Mott The Hoople
The Man Who Sold The World - Lulu
Changes - David Bowie (part of the appeal of buying the 1969 reissue was it was an EP essentially, with Changes on it)

and if we disregard the rubbish streaming charts, this week's actual SALES chart top 40 has Changes and Lazarus in it, so I'd suggest dropping the remix of Under Pressure and Fame in favour of those two. All previous chart positions (bar Where Are We Now) are sales charts, some of them during low-selling periods lower than current downloads.

Of course I'm biased....

05 The Laughing Gnome
11 Space Oddity
09 Starman
11 John, I'm Only Dancing
09 The Jean Genie
09 Drive-In Saturday
11 Life On Mars?
08 Sorrow
07 Rebel Rebel
06 Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
03 Diamond Dogs
01 Knock On Wood
08 Young Americans
09 Fame
10 Golden Years
05 TVC 15
10 Sound And Vision
10 Heroes
07 Beauty And The Beast
10 Boys Keep Swinging
07 DJ
04 John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)
07 Alabama Song
10 Ashes To Ashes
08 Fashion
08 Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
08 Up The Hill Backwards
09 Under Pressure (with Queen)
06 Wild Is The Wind
07 Cat People
07 Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy
10 Let's Dance
09 China Girl
08 Modern Love
07 Blue Jean
09 This Is Not America
08 Loving The Alien
04 Dancing In The Street (with Mick Jagger)
09 Absolute Beginners
07 Underground
07 Day-In Day-Out
08 Time Will Crawl
08 Never Let Me Down
01 Tin Machine/Maggie's Farm (Live) (as part of Tin Machine)
07 Fame '90
05 You Belong In Rock 'n' Roll (as part of Tin Machine)
06 Jump They Say
07 Black Tie White Noise (featuring Al B. Sure)
08 Miracle Goodnight
08 The Buddha Of Suburbia (with Lenny Kravitz)
03 The Hearts Filthy Lesson
03 Strangers When We Meet/The Man Who Sold The World (Live)
10 Hallo Spaceboy (with the Pet Shop Boys)
06 Little Wonder
05 Dead Man Walking
06 Thursday's Child
08 Under Pressure (Rah Mix)
03 Survive
07 Seven
08 Everybody Says 'Hi
06 Arnold Layne (with David Gilmour)
07 Where Are We Now?

Posted by: dandy* 17th January 2016, 10:29 AM

Haus is allowed to vote if he would like to.

Posted by: Joe. 17th January 2016, 10:33 AM

I'd like to include these too! Top 40 is a good cap but these are some of his biggest most iconic songs.

Posted by: Taylor Jago 17th January 2016, 10:54 AM

Wasn't that a EP?
Actually, it peaked at No°29 on the Singles Chart, so I'll include it.

As for Changes and Lazarus, I'll just change this to include top 50 hits instead.

However, I wouldn't include songs which were only written by David Bowie, or songs which are covers of David Bowie which went in the top 40. Having a writing credit on a song and performing on a song are two different things.

Also, do we include the Tin Machine songs, Fame '90 and Under Pressure (Rah Mix) or not?

Posted by: Taylor Jago 17th January 2016, 10:55 AM

Where Are We Now? was on a sale-only chart. It was at #6 in January 2013.

Posted by: Colm 17th January 2016, 11:38 AM

OMG - I just noticed that my 11 is not on the list as it didn't chart

Posted by: Severin 17th January 2016, 12:24 PM

I'm happy with the list as is. I'll rate tonight when I get home

Posted by: dandy* 17th January 2016, 12:27 PM

What would it have been?

Quite a few of my favourites clearly didn't chart either - especially from Heathen & Reality.

Posted by: Colm 17th January 2016, 12:28 PM

Blackstar

An astonishing piece

Posted by: dandy* 17th January 2016, 01:14 PM

Was Suffragette City not a single?

I don't want to meddle too much but how many singles/key tracks are missing this way? Severin, would you know?

Posted by: dandy* 17th January 2016, 01:16 PM

And just how did Magic Dance not chart?!!! 😮😮😮😮😮

Posted by: HausofTroye 17th January 2016, 01:52 PM

I do not envy Taylor for having to select and whittle down which tracks to include but it did initially seem like some KEY ones were missing and that's coming from someone who is a recent convert to his music not a longterm fan! 'Suffragete City' probably being the main one now that 'Changes' has been added

Posted by: popchartfreak 17th January 2016, 01:59 PM

I'd say Tin Machine is a band, Bowie was very clear he wanted to work as part of a band. When listing Paul McCartneys greatest hits they tend to include Wings (which had variable Paul McCartney & Wings credits) but not The Beatles. Similarly Genesis and Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel. The Killers and Brandon Flowers etc...

Remixes are not entirely Bowie, they are other people's work using Bowie's original (with his blessing), but Loving The Alien could also fall into that category if it is (41 peak).

so, Lazarus 09
Changes 09

Baals' Hymn 03
Alabama Song 05 (Ive downgraded!)

(both top 40)

When The Wind Blows 07

(top 50)

any not allowed just ignore

Posted by: dandy* 17th January 2016, 03:02 PM

The main tracks that are absent for me are...

All The Young Dudes
Suffragette City
Slow Burn
New Killer Star
Looking For Water
Blackstar
The Man Who Sold The World
The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
Love Is Lost (Remix)
Shadow Man
I'm Afraid Of Americans

...but that's purely because I'm quite fond of them, I can understand if I'm trying to be a little more objective about it why they're not in there...

Posted by: Colm 17th January 2016, 03:10 PM

I dare say more people would know The Man Who Sold the World than Drive-In Saturday.

We're basically trying to find Buzzjack's favourite Bowie tracks but we can't really rate every song he ever released for obvious reasons.

I say include songs that are generally know even if they weren't singles or charting singles.

Posted by: dandy* 17th January 2016, 03:23 PM

Ps Taylor Jago... I hope you don't mind us debating this - I think we all appreciate you running it, regardless of songs chosen!

Posted by: Joe. 17th January 2016, 03:28 PM

Poor Taylor. I don't think anyone could include EVERYTHING first off.

I think Suffragette City and MWSTW (maybe magic dance too, to represent his work in the iconic film) are the only two that *need* to be added now, since Cat People, Laz and Changes are added. It's just too much either. I'm all for shaving off some of the remixes at the end to make it slightly shorter.

Posted by: Severin 17th January 2016, 04:19 PM

Suffragette City was a b-side/album track only.

Same with Ziggy Stardust, Man Who Sold The World, Station To Station.
Hang On To Yourself was released under the Arnold Corns moniker and failed to chart


Any others?

Posted by: Severin 17th January 2016, 04:26 PM

ATYD - album outtake only
SC - album track
Slow Burn - U.S. single only
New Killer Star - U.S. single only
LFW - non single
Blackstar - Only charted on Fri
TMWSTW - album only
TS(AOT) - UK #102
LIS (remix) - 12" only release - failed to chart
Shadow Man - Probable Ziggy outtake, recorded for the aborted Toy album 2001
I'm Afraid Of American - U.S. single

Oh and Magic Dance was a U.S. single only

Posted by: ϑЃεβϘ 17th January 2016, 04:27 PM

I don't know whether this would run but what I am going to do (eventually!) with a Beatles rate is have everyone give their top 10. Then the 40 songs that appear the most times would be selected for the rate. I know this adds another level to the rate but with so many essential songs that were not singles this seems the best way to do it given he's got such a vast catalogue.

Posted by: Severin 17th January 2016, 04:56 PM

Rating Bowie will always be tough. Most of his weak songs are superior to other act's decent ones, hence they are rated in comparison to his work. 3 11's is not enough!!
05 The Laughing Gnome
10 Space Oddity
10 Changes
10 Starman
09 John, I'm Only Dancing
10 The Jean Genie
09 Drive-In Saturday
10 Life On Mars?
07 Sorrow
08 Rebel Rebel
10 Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
08 Diamond Dogs
07 Knock On Wood
09 Young Americans
09 Fame
09 Golden Years
08 TVC 15
10 Sound And Vision
11 Heroes
10 Beauty And The Beast
09 Boys Keep Swinging
08 DJ
04 John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)
04 Alabama Song
11 Ashes To Ashes
09 Fashion
09 Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
08 Up The Hill Backwards
08 Under Pressure (with Queen)
10 Wild Is The Wind
06 Baal (EP)
11 Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
03 Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy
08 Let's Dance
08 China Girl
08 Modern Love
09 White Light/White Heat
08 Blue Jean
05 This Is Not America
07 Loving The Alien
06 Dancing In The Street (with Mick Jagger)
10 Absolute Beginners
04 Underground
03 When The Wind Blows
05 Day-In Day-Out
07 Time Will Crawl
04 Never Let Me Down
07 Tin Machine/Maggie's Farm (Live) (as part of Tin Machine)
04 Fame '90
08 You Belong In Rock 'n' Roll (as part of Tin Machine)
08 Baby Universal (as part of Tin Machine)
07 Jump They Say
07 Black Tie White Noise (featuring Al B. Sure)
07 Miracle Goodnight
08 The Buddha Of Suburbia (with Lenny Kravitz)
10 The Hearts Filthy Lesson
08 Strangers When We Meet/The Man Who Sold The World (Live)
03 Hallo Spaceboy (with the Pet Shop Boys)
07 Little Wonder
07 Dead Man Walking
06 Thursday's Child
00 Under Pressure (Rah Mix)
06 Survive
07 Seven
08 Everybody Says 'Hi
08 Rebel Never Gets Old
06 Arnold Layne (with David Gilmour)
09 Where Are We Now?
10 Lazarus

Posted by: dandy* 17th January 2016, 05:11 PM

I am really surprised that Severin gave an eleven to Cat People.

Posted by: Severin 17th January 2016, 05:48 PM

Why?

It's great. At least the single version is. The album version is terrible

To be fair there were about 8 tracks I could have given the third 11 to but I figured that needed the boost more and I was playing it in the car today.

Posted by: Taylor Jago 17th January 2016, 06:11 PM

As a separate competition, (and this is entirely optional), you can name your 12 favourite songs not on the list as so:

+12: Favourite
+11: 2nd favourite
+10: 3rd favourite
+9: 4th favourite
+8: 5th favourite
+7: 6th favourite
+6: 7th favourite
+5: 8th favourite
+4: 9th favourite
+3: 10th favourite
+2: 11th favourite
+1: 12th favourite

The top 10 will be revealed during the results.

Posted by: Severin 17th January 2016, 06:21 PM

+12: Five Years
+11: Time
+10: Slip Away
+9: Aladdin Sane
+8: Watch That Man
+7: Station To Station
+6: Queen Bitch
+5: Big Brother
+4: Blackstar
+3: Suffragette City
+2: Hallo Spaceboy (album version)
+1: The Man Who Sold The World

Posted by: Colm 17th January 2016, 07:47 PM

That seems like a reasonable proposal. Thanks for doing this, TJ.

Posted by: dandy* 17th January 2016, 08:05 PM

Oh I think I've only ever heard the album version... which is the single version? The 6 minute plus one?

edit... presumably the 4 minutes version!

Posted by: Severin 17th January 2016, 08:09 PM

Yeah it's 4:13 long

Posted by: dandy* 17th January 2016, 08:11 PM

Darn, it's album only everywhere!

I don't hate the other version as such, it's just not what I expected you to give an 11 to for some reason. There's no logic or quality involved, just a presumption of tastes.

Posted by: Severin 17th January 2016, 08:25 PM

Tarantino knows how good it is!


I can see why you wouldn't expect it. I've been fairly clear in my comparative disapproval of 80's Bowie but it is also the decade where I first discovered him and this came out not long after the Scary Monsters album which was the first I ever had so I'm kind of fond of it.

Posted by: Joe. 17th January 2016, 09:51 PM

80s Bowie was generally a mess but Scary Monsters and Let's Dance are so good! (I know the latter divides opinions a lot)

Posted by: Severin 17th January 2016, 09:55 PM

Scary Monsters IS great, but for me Let's Dance has 3 good tracks and they're the singles.

Posted by: Colm 17th January 2016, 10:21 PM

I'm firmly a 90s Bowie man.

Posted by: Acidburn 17th January 2016, 11:39 PM

06 The Laughing Gnome
10 Space Oddity
10 Changes
10 Starman
09 John, I'm Only Dancing
10 The Jean Genie
08 Drive-In Saturday
11 Life On Mars?
07 Sorrow
10 Rebel Rebel
06 Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
08 Diamond Dogs
07 Knock On Wood
09 Young Americans
10 Fame
09 Golden Years
05 TVC 15
06 Sound And Vision
10 Heroes
06 Beauty And The Beast
09 Boys Keep Swinging
05 DJ
04 John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)
07 Alabama Song
11 Ashes To Ashes
09 Fashion
10 Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
08 Up The Hill Backwards
11 Under Pressure (with Queen)
04 Wild Is The Wind
06 Baal (EP)
08 Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
08 Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy
10 Let's Dance
09 China Girl
10 Modern Love
07 White Light/White Heat
10 Blue Jean
09 This Is Not America
07 Loving The Alien
03 Dancing In The Street (with Mick Jagger)
10 Absolute Beginners
10 Underground
08 When The Wind Blows
08 Day-In Day-Out
07 Time Will Crawl
10 Never Let Me Down
xx Tin Machine/Maggie's Farm (Live) (as part of Tin Machine)
08 Fame '90
09 You Belong In Rock 'n' Roll (as part of Tin Machine)
06 Baby Universal (as part of Tin Machine)
05 Jump They Say
05 Black Tie White Noise (featuring Al B. Sure)
03 Miracle Goodnight
08 The Buddha Of Suburbia (with Lenny Kravitz)
02 The Hearts Filthy Lesson
04 Strangers When We Meet/The Man Who Sold The World (Live)
08 Hallo Spaceboy (with the Pet Shop Boys)
06 Little Wonder
05 Dead Man Walking
03 Thursday's Child
07 Under Pressure (Rah Mix)
04 Survive
05 Seven
08 Everybody Says 'Hi
10 Rebel Never Gets Old
07 Arnold Wayne (with David Gilmour)
09 Where Are We Now?
08 Lazarus

Posted by: richie 18th January 2016, 03:08 PM

8 The Laughing Gnome
11 Space Oddity
9 Changes
11 Starman
9 John, I'm Only Dancing
9 The Jean Genie
7 Drive-In Saturday
7 Life On Mars?
8 Sorrow
8 Rebel Rebel
11 Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
7 Diamond Dogs
4 Knock On Wood
10 Young Americans
9 Fame
7 Golden Years
8 TVC 15
10 Sound And Vision
10 Heroes
10 Beauty And The Beast
8 Boys Keep Swinging
8 DJ
6 John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)
0 Alabama Song (I don't know what he was doing here)
8 Ashes To Ashes
9 Fashion
6 Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
7 Up The Hill Backwards
8 Under Pressure (with Queen)
7 Wild Is The Wind
4 Baal (EP)
7 Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
10 Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy
10 Let's Dance
8 China Girl
6 Modern Love
7 White Light/White Heat
xx Blue Jean
xx This Is Not America
xx Loving The Alien
1 Dancing In The Street (with Mick Jagger)
10 Absolute Beginners
9 Underground
8 When The Wind Blows
xx Day-In Day-Out
xx Time Will Crawl
xx Never Let Me Down
xx Tin Machine/Maggie's Farm (Live) (as part of Tin Machine)
xx Fame '90
xx You Belong In Rock 'n' Roll (as part of Tin Machine)
xx Baby Universal (as part of Tin Machine)
5 Jump They Say
4 Black Tie White Noise (featuring Al B. Sure)
xx Miracle Goodnight
3 The Buddha Of Suburbia (with Lenny Kravitz)
xx The Hearts Filthy Lesson
xx Strangers When We Meet/The Man Who Sold The World (Live)
3 Hallo Spaceboy (with the Pet Shop Boys)
2 Little Wonder
xx Dead Man Walking
xx Thursday's Child
xx Under Pressure (Rah Mix)
xx Survive
xx Seven
xx Everybody Says 'Hi
xx Rebel Never Gets Old
xx Arnold Wayne (with David Gilmour)
6 Where Are We Now?
9 Lazarus

A lot more gaps than I thought. Oh well.

Posted by: Joe. 18th January 2016, 03:13 PM

06 The Laughing Gnome
11 Space Oddity
8.5 Changes
8.5 Starman
09 John, I'm Only Dancing
07 The Jean Genie
10 Drive-In Saturday
9.5 Life On Mars?
8.5 Sorrow
10 Rebel Rebel
09 Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
06 Diamond Dogs
06 Knock On Wood
7.5 Young Americans
10 Fame
09 Golden Years
7.5 TVC 15
10 Sound And Vision
07 Heroes
9.5 Beauty And The Beast
09 Boys Keep Swinging
07 DJ
05 John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)
08 Alabama Song
10 Ashes To Ashes
11 Fashion
10 Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
10 Up The Hill Backwards
10 Under Pressure (with Queen)
07 Wild Is The Wind
07 Baal (EP)
10 Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
03 Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy
11 Let's Dance
10 China Girl
10 Modern Love
04 White Light/White Heat
06 Blue Jean
07 This Is Not America
7.5 Loving The Alien
9.5 Dancing In The Street (with Mick Jagger)
7.5 Absolute Beginners
05 Underground
07 When The Wind Blows
06 Day-In Day-Out
07 Time Will Crawl
7.5 Never Let Me Down
06 Tin Machine/Maggie's Farm (Live) (as part of Tin Machine)
07 Fame '90
04 You Belong In Rock 'n' Roll (as part of Tin Machine)
07 Baby Universal (as part of Tin Machine)
07 Jump They Say
05 Black Tie White Noise (featuring Al B. Sure)
06 Miracle Goodnight
7.5 The Buddha Of Suburbia (with Lenny Kravitz)
06 The Hearts Filthy Lesson
07 Strangers When We Meet/The Man Who Sold The World (Live)
08 Hallo Spaceboy (with the Pet Shop Boys)
06 Little Wonder
07 Dead Man Walking
06 Thursday's Child
04 Under Pressure (Rah Mix)
05 Survive
6.5 Seven
08 Everybody Says 'Hi
06 Rebel Never Gets Old
03 Arnold Wayne (with David Gilmour)
08 Where Are We Now?
09 Lazarus

In case they're added later:
8.5 Ziggy Stardust
09 Suffragette City
9.5 The Man Who Sold The World


This is TOO loony. It was really difficult, I was trying to restrict myself from giving too many 10s, but I thought, what the hell? I'm usually good at being reserved with rate scores, I think only Madonna would be able to rival such levels of extreme fandom in a singles rate from me.

Posted by: Severin 18th January 2016, 04:25 PM

Bowie played it a lot on what was essentially the 'Heroes' tour. They quickly recorded a studio version during a break and Bowie insisted on its release in order to quicker fulfill his contractual obligations with RCA. The awkward key changes were deliberate but I'm pretty sure he wasn't satisfied with it either except as an exercise in annoying his label.

The B-side was a great stripped down version of Space Oddity and that's probably why it sold enough to chart.

Posted by: Colm 18th January 2016, 05:29 PM

Posted by: dandy* 18th January 2016, 06:56 PM

00.0 The Laughing Gnome
08.5 Space Oddity
09.5 Changes
10.0 Starman
08.0 John, I'm Only Dancing
08.5 The Jean Genie
06.5 Drive-In Saturday
11.0 Life On Mars?
07.0 Sorrow
10.0 Rebel Rebel
05.5 Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
05.5 Diamond Dogs
01.0 Knock On Wood
09.5 Young Americans
06.0 Fame
08.5 Golden Years
07.0 TVC 15
10.0 Sound And Vision
11.0 Heroes
05.5 Beauty And The Beast
06.5 Boys Keep Swinging
06.0 DJ
-1.0 John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)
00.0 Alabama Song
11.0 Ashes To Ashes
07.0 Fashion
04.5 Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
05.0 Up The Hill Backwards
06.5 Under Pressure (with Queen)
05.0 Wild Is The Wind
02.0 Baal (EP)
06.0 Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
01.0 Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy
09.0 Let's Dance
07.0 China Girl
10.0 Modern Love
04.0 White Light/White Heat
07.5 Blue Jean
05.5 This Is Not America
06.5 Loving The Alien
-1.0 Dancing In The Street (with Mick Jagger)
09.5 Absolute Beginners
03.0 Underground
05.0 When The Wind Blows
05.0 Day-In Day-Out
06.5 Time Will Crawl
04.0 Never Let Me Down
03.0 Tin Machine/Maggie's Farm (Live) (as part of Tin Machine)
08.0 Fame '90
-1.0 You Belong In Rock 'n' Roll (as part of Tin Machine)
00.0 Baby Universal (as part of Tin Machine)
08.0 Jump They Say
04.0 Black Tie White Noise (featuring Al B. Sure)
05.0 Miracle Goodnight
07.0 The Buddha Of Suburbia (with Lenny Kravitz)
07.0 The Hearts Filthy Lesson
09.5 Strangers When We Meet/The Man Who Sold The World (Live)
07.0 Hallo Spaceboy (with the Pet Shop Boys)
10.0 Little Wonder
07.0 Dead Man Walking
09.0 Thursday's Child
00.0 Under Pressure (Rah Mix)
03.0 Survive
08.0 Seven
07.0 Everybody Says 'Hi
05.0 Rebel Never Gets Old
02.0 Arnold Wayne (with David Gilmour)
09.0 Where Are We Now?
09.0 Lazarus


Before you all recoil from your screens in total and utter horror, I didn't see the point in doing this unless I actually tried to separate out the scores somewhat. So, you have 11s as being my favourite Bowie tracks, -1s as being my least favourite and everything else is relative between the two extremes.

I'll run and hide now...

Posted by: popchartfreak 18th January 2016, 07:16 PM

I prefer top 5/10/20's myself because it forces everyone to avoid giving everything the same mark, and therefore is more exciting and the differences more pronounced. Very in favour of the Beatles one - I will get round to a Quickie Rate if not (top 5's), but top 10 is better, more to choose from

Posted by: Colm 18th January 2016, 07:34 PM

Don't worry. Will be doling out low scores too

Posted by: richie 18th January 2016, 09:21 PM

Aha, thanks for that. It all makes sense now. In fact, you could probably add on a few points to it now that I know why

Posted by: richie 18th January 2016, 09:23 PM

Sorry, can't remember the outer two and I didn't like the others. Little Wonder has always annoyed me.

Posted by: Colm 18th January 2016, 10:02 PM

You won't like Dead Man Walking but Heart's Filthy Lesson is sorta of post-NIN and I like it rather a lot.

Posted by: Joe. 18th January 2016, 10:57 PM

I find Up The Hill Backwards so underrated

Posted by: Severin 18th January 2016, 11:24 PM

There's even a Trent Reznor remix on the single

Posted by: Joe. 23rd January 2016, 04:44 PM

bump

Posted by: Colm 24th January 2016, 12:24 PM

Still listening to them all!

Posted by: Taylor Jago 6th February 2016, 08:11 AM

For anyone who hasn't yet voted, you have 34 hours left!

Posted by: Taylor Jago 6th February 2016, 01:37 PM

-1 The Laughing Gnome
10 Space Oddity
06,5 Changes
10 Starman
09 John, I'm Only Dancing
09 The Jean Genie
08,5 Drive-In Saturday
10 Life On Mars?
09 Sorrow
09,5 Rebel Rebel
07,5 Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
07 Diamond Dogs
03,5 Knock On Wood
08 Young Americans
04 Fame
07,5 Golden Years
07,5 TVC 15
06,5 Sound And Vision
10 Heroes
09 Beauty And The Beast
07 Boys Keep Swinging
08,5 DJ
04 John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)
-1 Alabama Song
11 Ashes To Ashes
10 Fashion
08 Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
08 Up The Hill Backwards
11 Under Pressure (with Queen)
09 Wild Is The Wind
06 Baal (EP)
09,5 Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
09 Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy
10 Let's Dance
10 China Girl
10 Modern Love
07,5 White Light/White Heat
10 Blue Jean
09,5 This Is Not America
09,5 Loving The Alien
08 Dancing In The Street (with Mick Jagger)
11 Absolute Beginners
10 Underground
09 When The Wind Blows
08,5 Day-In Day-Out
09 Time Will Crawl
08 Never Let Me Down
04 Tin Machine/Maggie's Farm (Live) (as part of Tin Machine)
04 Fame '90
06 You Belong In Rock 'n' Roll (as part of Tin Machine)
06 Baby Universal (as part of Tin Machine)
09 Jump They Say
06,5 Black Tie White Noise (featuring Al B. Sure)
06 Miracle Goodnight
07 The Buddha Of Suburbia (with Lenny Kravitz)
08 The Hearts Filthy Lesson
09,5 Strangers When We Meet/The Man Who Sold The World (Live)
10 Hallo Spaceboy (with the Pet Shop Boys)
07,5 Little Wonder
08,5 Dead Man Walking
07 Thursday's Child
06,5 Under Pressure (Rah Mix)
08 Survive
09,5 Seven
08,5 Everybody Says 'Hi
07 Rebel Never Gets Old
04 Arnold Wayne (with David Gilmour)
10 Where Are We Now?
10 Lazarus

Posted by: AH Gold 6th February 2016, 03:19 PM

xx The Laughing Gnome
08 Space Oddity
09 Changes
07 Starman
07 John, I'm Only Dancing
05 The Jean Genie
xx Drive-In Saturday
10 Life On Mars?
01 Sorrow
10 Rebel Rebel
xx Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
xx Diamond Dogs
xx Knock On Wood
06 Young Americans
08 Fame
08 Golden Years
04 TVC 15
07 Sound And Vision
11 Heroes
xx Beauty And The Beast
10 Boys Keep Swinging
xx DJ
xx John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)
xx Alabama Song
11 Ashes To Ashes
10 Fashion
02 Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
xx Up The Hill Backwards
11 Under Pressure (with Queen)
01 Wild Is The Wind
xx Baal (EP)
09 Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
05 Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy
06 Let's Dance
06 China Girl
08 Modern Love
xx White Light/White Heat
xx Blue Jean
xx This Is Not America
06 Loving The Alien
02 Dancing In The Street (with Mick Jagger)
04 Absolute Beginners
xx Underground
xx When The Wind Blows
xx Day-In Day-Out
xx Time Will Crawl
xx Never Let Me Down
xx Tin Machine/Maggie's Farm (Live) (as part of Tin Machine)
06 Fame '90
xx You Belong In Rock 'n' Roll (as part of Tin Machine)
xx Baby Universal (as part of Tin Machine)
07 Jump They Say
xx Black Tie White Noise (featuring Al B. Sure)
xx Miracle Goodnight
xx The Buddha Of Suburbia (with Lenny Kravitz)
xx The Hearts Filthy Lesson
xx Strangers When We Meet/The Man Who Sold The World (Live)
10 Hallo Spaceboy (with the Pet Shop Boys)
10 Little Wonder
10 Dead Man Walking
06 Thursday's Child
05 Under Pressure (Rah Mix)
xx Survive
xx Seven
10 Everybody Says 'Hi
xx Rebel Never Gets Old
xx Arnold Wayne (with David Gilmour)
05 Where Are We Now?
10 Lazarus

Posted by: Colm 6th February 2016, 05:11 PM

Ok - I'll do this now. (this will take awhile)

Posted by: Fgiboy2511 6th February 2016, 05:56 PM

xx The Laughing Gnome
9 Space Oddity
8 Changes
6 Starman
xx John, I'm Only Dancing
3 The Jean Genie
xx Drive-In Saturday
9 Life On Mars?
xx Sorrow
2 Rebel Rebel
xx Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
xx Diamond Dogs
xx Knock On Wood
xx Young Americans
8 Fame
xx Golden Years
xx TVC 15
xx Sound And Vision
4 Heroes
xx Beauty And The Beast
xx Boys Keep Swinging
xx DJ
xx John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)
9 Alabama Song
10 Ashes To Ashes
8 Fashion
xx Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
xx Up The Hill Backwards
11 Under Pressure (with Queen)
xx Wild Is The Wind
xx Baal (EP)
-1 Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
2 Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy
9 Let's Dance
8 China Girl
10 Modern Love
xx White Light/White Heat
xx Blue Jean
xx This Is Not America
xx Loving The Alien
2 Dancing In The Street (with Mick Jagger)
xx Absolute Beginners
xx Underground
xx When The Wind Blows
xx Day-In Day-Out
xx Time Will Crawl
xx Never Let Me Down
xx Tin Machine/Maggie's Farm (Live) (as part of Tin Machine)
7 Fame '90
xx You Belong In Rock 'n' Roll (as part of Tin Machine)
xx Baby Universal (as part of Tin Machine)
10 Jump They Say
5 Black Tie White Noise (featuring Al B. Sure)
xx Miracle Goodnight
6 The Buddha Of Suburbia (with Lenny Kravitz)
10 The Hearts Filthy Lesson
xx Strangers When We Meet/The Man Who Sold The World (Live)
6 Hallo Spaceboy (with the Pet Shop Boys)
5 Little Wonder
xx Dead Man Walking
xx Thursday's Child
10 Under Pressure (Rah Mix)
xx Survive
xx Seven
xx Everybody Says 'Hi
xx Rebel Never Gets Old
xx Arnold Wayne (with David Gilmour)
7 Where Are We Now?
8 Lazarus

Posted by: Colm 6th February 2016, 06:43 PM

This is taking ages

Posted by: Colm 6th February 2016, 06:51 PM

02 The Laughing Gnome
07 Space Oddity
07 Changes
10 Starman
05 John, I'm Only Dancing
05 The Jean Genie
04 Drive-In Saturday
08 Life On Mars?
07 Sorrow
07 Rebel Rebel
05 Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
04 Diamond Dogs
04 Knock On Wood
06 Young Americans
08 Fame
05 Golden Years
05 TVC 15
07 Sound And Vision
05 Heroes
04 Beauty And The Beast
07 Boys Keep Swinging
04 DJ
03 John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)
03 Alabama Song
11 Ashes To Ashes
07 Fashion
05 Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
05 Up The Hill Backwards
08 Under Pressure (with Queen)
06 Wild Is The Wind
05 Baal (EP)
04 Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
10 Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy
07 Let's Dance
06 China Girl
08 Modern Love
05 White Light/White Heat
08 Blue Jean
07 This Is Not America
06 Loving The Alien
03 Dancing In The Street (with Mick Jagger)
03 Absolute Beginners
05 Underground
05 When The Wind Blows
05 Day-In Day-Out
05 Time Will Crawl
06 Never Let Me Down
05 Tin Machine/Maggie's Farm (Live) (as part of Tin Machine)
08 Fame '90
04 You Belong In Rock 'n' Roll (as part of Tin Machine)
04 Baby Universal (as part of Tin Machine)
08 Jump They Say
05 Black Tie White Noise (featuring Al B. Sure)
05 Miracle Goodnight
06 The Buddha Of Suburbia (with Lenny Kravitz)
10 The Hearts Filthy Lesson
07 Strangers When We Meet/The Man Who Sold The World (Live)
09 Hallo Spaceboy (with the Pet Shop Boys)
09 Little Wonder
08 Dead Man Walking
06 Thursday's Child
05 Under Pressure (Rah Mix)
05 Survive
05 Seven
06 Everybody Says 'Hi
06 Rebel Never Gets Old
05 Arnold Wayne (with David Gilmour)
05 Where Are We Now?
08 Lazarus

Posted by: Colm 6th February 2016, 06:56 PM

Noms for the other chart

+12 Blackstar
+11 Andy Warhol
+10 Valentine's Day
+09 The Man Who Sold The World
+08 I'm Afraid of Americans
+07 Girl Loves Me

Posted by: Taylor Jago 8th February 2016, 12:55 PM

Thank you for all your rates, but the vote is now closed.

Results will start soon. You can still vote for your 12 favourite non-top 50 hits, however.