Song of the Day #6,108: ‘Word on a Wing’ – David Bowie

Continuing a countdown of my favorite albums of 1976…

#3 – Station to Station – David Bowie

It turns out I’ve done deep dives on quite a few artists who released albums in 1976. And I’m going to cover most of those records in a single post in a week or so.

But one of those deep dive albums stood out enough to warrant placement in this top five, and that’s David Bowie’s Station to Station.

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Song of the Day #2,873: ‘Golden Years’ – David Bowie

david_bowie_station_to_stationI’m starting to sound like a broken record here, but David Bowie’s next album came out just nine months after Young Americans — who the hell can claim such a streak of uninterrupted brilliance right out of the gate?

Station to Station, released in early 1976, served as a transition between the soul music of Young Americans and the “Berlin period” to come. I knew nothing about this album before diving into Bowie’s catalog but it wound up emerging as one of my favorites.

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