Music : Station to Station: Remastered

Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0724352190607
Format: Enhanced
Label: EMI
Manufacturer: EMI
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: EMI
Release Date: September 20, 1999
Studio: EMI
Sales Rank: 2143
21906

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Disc 1:

1. Station To Station
2. Golden Years
3. Word On A Wing
4. TVC 15
5. Stay
6. Wild Is The Wind

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
An eerie dispatch from the furthest reaches of Bowie's cocaine paranoia, Station To Station has not become easier to listen to with the passing years. At this stage, Bowie was wrapped up in his peculiar--even by his standards--Thin White Duke period, which revolved largely around dressing like a fugitive war criminal and not blinking, at least not in public. Appropriate to such a detached, deranged persona, Bowie set about making what was effectively a soul record devoid of any soul whatsoever. He did it, as well. Station To Station spawned one lingering hit, in "Golden Years", but the album was littered with malevolent miracles. Bowie crooned like a replica Sinatra on "Word on A Wing" and "Wild is the Wind" and may have single-handedly invented the New Romantic movement with "TVC15". He sounds throughout on the verge of cackling dementedly and wandering off into the night; Station To Station is an absorbing postcard from somewhere you're kind of glad you haven't been. --Andrew Mueller




Rating: - Less is more.
Station To Station, as many reviewers have pointed out, is a fairly short album in terms of the number of songs that are recorded on it. However - the album still clocks in at a decent length. And song for song, it's a very strong line up. Bowie's vocals are great throughout - and each tune engages the listener accordingly (even the cover of Wild is the Wind - not many male artists could pull that off with so much repressed emotion).

STS is a great listen - and I for one would rather ... Read More

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Rating: - Good; but not quite great
The presence of TVC15 on this record is enough to deprive it of 5 stars. That song is quite simply a stinker in the Bowie canon and should be excised somehow from the original tapes of this otherwise excellent, if rather short, album.
The best tracks on the album are "Stay" and "Word on a Wing". Stay is a colder take on songs like "Right" or "Win" from Young Americans; superb opening guitar riffs introduce a pulsating bass line leading into the coolest ever Bowie vocal performance. Word on a ... Read More

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Rating: - In this age of grand illusion ...
Although Station to Station contains only six songs, they are the most memorable that Bowie ever recorded. The fast-paced title track Station to Station falls in a genre of journey songs - emphatically not the familiar rock road song - like Kraftwerk's 1977 track Europa Endloss on Trans Europa Express that creates the impression of a train ride with constantly changing scenery.

In the disco era, the French singer Patrick Juvet recorded a 14-minute long suite I Love America on his Got ... Read More

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Rating: - Very good, but feel a bit short-changed
Station To Station is definatley one of Bowie's greatest albums, however i always feel a bit disappointed by it's lack of tracks. Despite the fact that the opening track is over 10 minutes long, the whole album still only clocks in at under 40 mins. It's good then that all 6 songs are excellent, with my favourite being Stay. With a few more tracks on here this would probably have been my favourite Bowie album (the song It's Hard To Be A Saint n The City was originally recorded for the album but left ... Read More

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Rating: - Golden Years
Bowie wrote this album around the time that he was filming The Man Who Fell To Earth. As he wasn't asked to provide the soundtrack to the film he released an extra album that he maybe wasn't planning to. This isn't to say that this is in any way a throwaway piece of work, indeed, although there are only six songs they are of a high standard.

It kicks off with the title track which begins with the sound of a train rattling down the track (it also sounds a bit like the static between radio ... Read More

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