52. David Bowie, "Station to Station"
So little of a Bowie-head am I that until yesterday I had never heard this album, except for, of course, "Golden Years," a Bowie staple that, it's rumored, he originally wrote for Elvis Presley, who turned it down. It's a brilliant song, really, a funk/doo-wop/disco mashup with Bowie's indelible croon floating above the whole thing. The rest of the album? It's fine. On the 2012 version of this list, it was number 324, which seems way more appropriate placement than 52. It is not the 52nd best album of all time. I doubt David Bowie would even say it's the 52nd best album of all time. What happened between 2012 and 2021? David Bowie died, returning him to the public consciousness in a big way and, I anticipate, giving all his classic albums a big boost. There's only six songs on this album, ranging from the just under 4-minute "Golden Years" to the 10-plus minute title track, the first song on the album, wherein Bowie introduces the Th