Bowie - Definitive NSCs favourite album Poll

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And half a dozen (the most recent) which are quite frankly awful

Agree with that, but to be fair, to the fans of the pop/rock/glam era of Hunky Dory, Ziggy, Aladdin Sane, Pin Ups and Diamond Dogs the albums that followed were just not the same style/genre, and seemingly not as popular. None of Young Americans, Station to Staiton, Low, "Heroes" or Lodger made it to number one, whereas the preceeding three did.

Personally, when I discovered "Heroes" and Lodger, I was at that age when Bowie could have released an album of Mongolian Nose Flute Christmas songs and I would have bought it, and declared it the best album ever recorded by the man, but I imagine a lot of pop/rock/glam fans just turned their noses up at the release of Young Americans and the subsequent albums till Scary Monsters.