Eclectic,Bold, and Downright Good

Its tough to review something you know you like. Its hard to be objective. On the other hand there are very good reasons to investigate this record should you not be familiar with it. Its a great collection of sounds and vibes which combine to make some engaging songs. The sequence of songs (just 6) is great. You don't get worn out with too much of anything and each track is different but not so much so to make you think you've got some patched together release.



From a musical standpoint you've got some stellar playing here - Carlos Alomar is very tasty (Wild Is The Wind, Golden Years) and Earl Slick lays it on (but not too much) making the title track and "Stay" such a great melange of rock and funk. You've got your obvious single here "Golden Years" which should have charted higher and longer than it did originally though everyone knows its a great song. George Murray was an awesome bassist and be sure to check out his work on "Stage".



Every Bowie fan needs to acknowledge that the man has benefitted greatly from having solid musicianship behind him and STS is one particular case where everyone earned their keep and then some. While Bowie gets the songs going his band took them to another plane altogther so he owes them for this especially given how wild his life was at the time of the recording of this album. At first I wasn't sold on "Wild Is The Wind" since it takes some major cajones to take this on when you know how well Nina Simone did it though I quickly realized that Bowie wasn't trying to take her on choosing rather to do it his way. For Bowie fans you probably realize that his vocal style had changed from the Ziggy/Alladin Sane days into this neo baritone/Scott Walker kinda thing that he tried to make work on "David Live" (with some degree of success) though later perfected here on STS. Bowie is always moving in different directions and I think this album captures him at a great time - somewhere between R&B and rock with an eye towards musical textures available with synthesizers.

One of the 5 greatest albums ever

Every song is incredible. From dance to pop to crooning to hard rock An arguement can be made for each song being one of the six best songs ever done by bowie.



This album has three of bowies most known and popular songs, Station to Station, Golden Years and TVC15 , the amazing thing about this album is that they are NOT the best songs. Word on a Wing, Wild is the Wind and Stay are simply some of the best songs recorded by anyone.



This album has always been in my top 10 from the day it was released

These six songs are worth it!

I like the whole album and just cant put it away sometimes. Bowie at his best again! If you've seen "A Knight's Tale", you've heard "Golden Years" already. This album is great. Check it out!