h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I heard that Rolling Stone magazine voted Station to Station best Bowie album of the 70s. I think it is very good and I absolutely love the album. Station to Station is amazing, Golden Years is classic, Word on a Wing is enlightening, and TVC15 is certainly interesting. I am not sure if I could say that it was definitively the best of the 70s though, I mean, could anything ever beat Ziggy Stardust? What do you all think? And does anyone know if that is even true, or just a rumor?

I had a look around on the Internet to see if this was the case and found another (non-Rolling Stone) poll which chooses 'Low'! http://pitchforkmedia.com/top/70s/index10.shtml Which is a very adventurous choice!

It's hard to say which I like the best; Ziggy Stardust of course but then there's Hunky Dory and Aladdin Sane... Oooh ch-ch-ch-ch-choices!

I seem to remember the NME's Seventies poll a few years ago chose (quite reasonably!) 'What's Going On' by Marvin Gaye.

My dad started telling me about all the copies of the NME he used to own back in the 70s, with articles and interviews with David Bowie- and how he THREW THEM AWAY. Reasonable grounds never to speak to him again? I think so.

While it has some of my favourite Bowie songs on it Station to Station has always felt to me more of an EP than an album. TVC15 isn't great (why did he choose to play it at Live Aid?) and I just don't get Word on a Wing which is slow and ballady AOR song atypical enough to spoil the album for me. Having said that Stay has a great riff and the title track is a marvel. And Golden Years is great.

Usual quote of note is Bowie said he has only one short memory of recording the album at all.

Really? That was supposed to be his really drugged out time. So I guess that makes sense. I have also heard than when they began recording he had less than three songs written for the album, and the rest were done basically in the recording studio. Suppose you never can tell what genius will come from spur of the moment writing and a heroin diet!