station station station station tenth studio album english musician david_bowie released rca_records commonly regarded significant works station station vehicle distinct performance persona thin white duke album recorded completed shooting man fell earth cover artwork featured movie sessions heavily dependent drugs especially cocaine later claimed recalled production musically station station transitional album developing funk soul music previous release presenting new direction rhythms influenced german electronic bands trend culminated acclaimed work called berlin trilogy recorded said plea come europe album lyrics reflected mythology religion blending funk romantic described simultaneously accessible albums preceded single golden years charts album ranked rolling_stone_magazine list greatest albums time background according biographer los_angeles based david_bowie cocaine habit diet milk spent state psychic terror stories interview pieces found way playboy circulated singer living house ancient egyptian artefacts burning black candles seeing bodies fall past window having stolen receiving secret messages rolling_stones living fear fellow later fucking place wiped face earth set major film man fell earth began writing pseudo autobiography called return thin white duke composing music understanding provide picture soundtrack come fruition recommendation write produce original music film instead director warned star likely remain time production completed agreement developed look film carried public image album covers months newton air thin white duke station station months dressed white shirt black trousers duke hollow man sang songs romance intensity felt ice fire persona described mad zombie superman duke nasty character production station station recorded late studios los_angeles nme editors cut days activity decided hope producing soundtrack man fell earth recent scholarship contends album recorded couple months sessions beginning late september early october ending late november began abortive sessions soundtrack times titled return thin white duke golden years produced associate fame universe young americans year absence recently returned fold mixing producing young americans involved competing schedules recording cement band line rest decade bassist joining drummer rhythm guitarist recording process developed team set pattern albums including scary monsters backing tracks laid murray davis saxophone keyboard lead guitar overdubs respectively lead vocals finally production tricks complete song according got extraordinary things think captured imagination noises guitar textures playing right notes recalled glorious albums experimented added loved sessions totally open experimental approach remembered album production studio later admitting know read singer use cocaine sessions commenting line going awake till guitar line use driven inspiration like somewhat vague memories recording album little obvious reasons studio nuts lot hours lot late nights sleeve cover black white man fell earth character steps space capsule return home planet insisted black white image felt original coloured size image sky looked artificial reissued catalogue early 1990s colour version cover showed chalk set film style themes station station cited transitional album career author complete david called precise halfway point journey low effectively divides 70s david_bowie ties era plastic soul introduces taste new music follow low terms output centric flavour musical tracks like time funk disco elements development soul sound young americans recently begun influence electronic music bands like thematically album revisited concepts dealt songs man sold world nazi fascination mythology considered album theme clash christianity allmusic stephen_thomas_erlewine wrote heart station station avant garde art rock album explicitly epic title track musical style golden years track recorded album built funk soul grinding edge described carrying air regret missed opportunities past pleasures said written rejected elvis_presley wife time claimed penned single sides atlantic rarely performed live subsequent station station tour stay riff driven funk piece recorded cocaine according lyrics variously interpreted reflecting uncertainty sexual conquest example duke christian element album obvious hymn like word wing commentators religion like love simply way duke test claimed song passion genuine performing live singer described coming days life sure help closing ballad wild wind album sole cover praised finest vocal performances career inspired record met singer pianist songwriter version eponymous album man fell earth dozens television monitors said partly inspired album upbeat track supposedly pop girlfriend eaten set called oblique tribute title track described new era station station parts slow piano driven march introduced sound approaching train agitated guitar feedback followed tempo rock blues section told uncut magazine station station electronics goal despite noise train opening moments says title refers railway stations line relates mystical places mixing christian jewish allusions evident phrases white book poetry lyrics gave notice recent drug use effects cocaine thinking love influence album subsequent speaking magazine proclaimed station station devoid spirit love songs detached think fascinating singles unreleased tracks song station station eventually appeared single golden years released november months album allegedly got drunk perform american soul train resulting film clip seen music video programmes reached charted sixteen weeks like rebel rebel relationship somewhat teaser album come title track released promo inch single january single exclusively released france featured shortened version track lasting half minutes album version single chart countries released edited form second single reaching stay shortened appearing month issued companion greatest hits collection appear compilation packaged uniform edition featuring black white cover similar lettering november relationship winding wild wind issued single push compilation backed word wing accompanied video shot especially release charted weeks song recorded album sessions studios cover hard saint city went unreleased time issued box set claimed recorded song sessions believes song likely consisted overdubs track originally cut olympic diamond dogs sessions drums bass keyboards song later released best david release reception station station released january billboard considered found musical niche following songs like fame golden years minute title cut nme called significant albums released years named second greatest album year found meaning lyrics difficult consumer guide village_voice critic robert_christgau gave album rating indicating great record sides offer enduring pleasure surprise wrote merge disco found album progression previous albums stating attraction black music matured new relationship left hard heavy untouched rolling_stone writer applauded album moments away genre finding professional effort style conscious artist ability write perform demanding rock roll exists comfortably alongside fascination diverse forms little doubt skill wonders long continue wrestling rock circus noting maintain continuity work life declared offers cryptic let feel soul fully reveal face review found allusions earlier efforts density man sold world pop feel angst compelling percussion young americans youthful wild eyed boy concluding shows pulling challenging leg winding journey station station highest charting album day reaching remaining weeks certified gold riaa february charted seventeen weeks peaking time studio albums placed lower home country america aftermath station station sessions completed december started work soundtrack man fell earth paul collaborator expected wholly responsible film music found finished pieces told care submit music people said shit getting furious work notwithstanding argued burned couldn complete work case singer eventually collapsed admitting later pieces laying floor event instrumental composed soundtrack saw light day evolving studio album low abandoning soundtrack album went tour support commencing february completing employed shows accompanying footage film staging featured dressed duke black trousers pack placed pocket moving white light effect spawned nickname white light tour reflected wanted kind german film look lighting black white movies look intensity sort aggressive think personally theatrically successful tour station station tour source artist best known radio broadcast march concert drew criticism tour alleged pro fascist views interview declared adolf hitler rock stars good staged country managed avoid condemnation tour series incidents attracted publicity starting april detention customs eastern_europe possession nazi memorabilia month quoted stockholm saying britain benefit fascist leader blame persona thin white duke judgment controversy culminated shortly tour completed called victoria station incident london arrived open mercedes apparently gave nazi salute crowd captured film published nme claimed photographer simply caught mid wave contention backed young day think photographer takes motor driven film wave nazi salute end arm sweep need music paper issue stigma remained extent lines insulted scary monsters opening track game years later interpreted attempt bury incident legacy station station milestone transition late 1970s said album far music goes low siblings direct follow title track opined low continuation described enormously influential post punk wrote low album stylus declared anticipated approach copied orphaned abandoned style years release considered low great damn good albums disconnected state recording listened piece work entirely different person elaborated music biographer described station station masterpiece invention critics argue finest record year called great records time album ranked rolling_stone_magazine list greatest albums time year later observer ranked album list greatest british albums track listing songs written david_bowie noted releases album released times original black white cover art album released live bonus tracks emi featured bit digitally remastered sound bonus tracks colour cover art emi japan replicated original black white artwork release album released emi presented album mini replica sleeve larger box deluxe edition released including mix album entire nassau cds july official website announced contents released september special edition digital download special edition features cds special sized packaging including page booklet digital download edition includes audio content bonus track transfer original stereo master mini replica sleeve recorded live new_york march cds recorded live new_york march deluxe edition deluxe edition features cds dvd box lined studio style acoustic foam reminiscent sleeve photo background includes page booklet poster replica material station station transfer station station master station station single edits track golden years stay word wing time station station previously unreleased version dvd station station original master bit stereo station station new harry mix bit surround sound mix station station new harry mix bit digital surround sound mix station station new harry mix bit stereo heavyweight original stereo master replica sleeve heavyweight sleeve page booklet including text rare photographs david_bowie stage replica example backstage pass fan club replica example fold poster personnel musicians david_bowie vocals guitar tenor alto saxophone guitar piano drums bass guitar backing vocals guitar david_bowie vocals guitar backing vocals guitar backing vocals backing vocals percussion production david_bowie producer producer photography charts certifications
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