the buff who fell to earthThis year for my annual Bowie vigil, I'll be listening to his studio albums in chronological order, from his bday (aka Bowiemas, Jan 8) until however long it takes to listen to 1 album/day, plus Blackstar on the anniversary of him leaving us (Bowienalia, Jan 10). We have 4 Bowie albums still to spotlight on the @1001otheralbums.com blog and I'm not planning on doing parallel posts like I did for Tom Waits week. BUT, if anyone wants to do a guest spotlight, hmu!
For anyone wanting to join us listening through all of Bowie's studio albums, we're doing one a day in chronological order, starting tomorrow (January 8) until we're done (February 2). I've posted a listening schedule on the @1001otheralbums.com blog complete with Songlink links, along with some bonus suggestions if you want moar Bowie. Feel free to use the hashtag #BowieADay to toot your thoughts.
Happy Bowiemas to all who celebrate! Up on today's #BowieADay schedule is Bowie's first LP, the 1967 s/t. Like a lot of first albums, it's quite different from what comes afterwards, but is an important glimpse at where this amazing artist came from. And this wasn't Bowie's first recording! I've added links to a few other releases that compile earlier singles going back to 1964, on the blog post with our listening schedule. 
Who am I kidding, there's no way I can only listen to one Bowie album a day. I'm currently already on the 4th LP, Hunky Dory, lol, and it's not even lunch. I'll probably just restart my playlist at the scheduled album each morning and end up relistening to all of them multiple times. 🤓
Ending my first 2025 #BowieADay with my 8th Bowie of the day: Blackstar, released OTD 9 years ago, on Bowie's 69th birthday. I literally have never listened to this without crying, why break tradition now. I've seen a few people asking others what their top album of the first quarter of the 21st century is. Picking one album would be absolutely impossible if Blackstar didn't exist, but it does, so, yeah, final answer.
Today's #BowieADay album is Bowie's second LP, the 1969 s/t aka Space Oddity. The first/title track is of course one of the most-known/played Bowie tracks (and was his first hit), but I always feel like it doesn't fit the rest of the album, which is more hippy/folk. I find the whole thing rather charming, particularly both of the long, almost prog-like side-closing tracks, Cygnet Committee and Memory of a Free Festival. May have spun this album 3x in the last 2 days. 🤓
Thomas@buffyleigh the closing tracks were my favourites! Believe it or not, I never listened to them before.
@derthomas I believe it! There are SO many tracks that get no play/attention still, across his whole discography.