10 Times Rock Bands Drastically Changed Their Sound

5. Station to Station - David Bowie

Ever since his first album, David Bowie was never meant to stay in one genre for too terribly long. Hell, most creative people would consider themselves lucky to have done so much as a fraction of what Bowie was able to cover in his lifetime. Even when striking glam rock gold with Ziggy Stardust, our favorite Starman knew that it was time to change.

Written while cast in the movie the Man Who Fell To Earth, Station to Station is one of the most transitory records in Bowie's discography. Ditching the traditional glam rock and soul sounds he had on Diamond Dogs and Young Americans, almost every track on here is pulling from the more experimental side of new wave, be it the production of Brian Eno or the kraut rock vibes coming from the title track and Golden Years.

Though Bowie claims to have been desensitized on drugs during the making of the album, the result proved to be the beginning of Bowie's next chapter, eventually moving to Berlin to go even more experimental on albums like Heroes and Low. Even outside of his own career, Station to Station became the launchpad for even more art rock to follow, with Talking Heads following not too far behind. Much like any other chameleon, Bowie had finally found the time to morph into something even more adventurous.