David Bowie’s 10 Best Albums

David Bowie’s abrupt departure from this earth came at precisely the moment when we thought he was entering the public arena once more — when he might even pop up for an interview here and there, and discuss his life, his music, and what his very intentions have been since he started.

But, of course, that isn’t going to happen.

What’s left for us to do, then, is put our own spin on one of pop music’s most memorable careers.

With his remarkable string of album releases — his very first, David Bowie, came in 1967, and his most recent, Blackstar, issued just last Friday — where does one even begin to get a sense of the man’s work?

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With over 50 albums in the Bowie catalog — 27 studio sets, several live sets, and multiple compilations — the 10 albums below are the best place to start. While some touchstones might be missed, between them they cover the very highest highs that have marked Bowie’s career as one of pop music’s biggest players and influencers.

And significantly — and this was his art, wasn’t it? — not a single one has dated in the least.

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