if you could only have one Bowie album, which one and why?

[threeplusfire]

It's a very difficult choice. I find myself going back and forth between Scary Monsters and Outside. Those are my two favorite Bowie albums. Scary Monsters was one of the first Bowie albums I ever heard, and it has a frantic dark energy that I love. Outside was the first Bowie album I bought myself. They're both dark albums with strange insular worlds. It's almost a coin flip. The choice feels different on different days, and I've been thinking about this ever since I wrote my desert island album list.

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[upaya.livejournal.com]

Heathen. Hard to say exactly why it's my favorite, but I just keep coming back to it. It flows, it's gorgeous. It's sad and uplifting at the same time. I love all periods of Bowie, but the later albums, from Heathen on to Blackstar, feel more personal.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

That is an interesting choice. I do agree - I think the later albums were much more intimate somehow.