10 Most Underrated David Bowie Albums
1. The Man Who Sold The World
No artist really rises to the top in one shining moment. Despite the cliche of anyone being able to rise to prominence in the rock world, the real stars have to put in the right amount of road hours if they want to be heard of for a long time. While it would be convenient to say that David Bowie was forever a star after Space Oddity, there was one more pit stop to be made in The Man Who the Sold the World.
Granted, there's probably a handful of people who know this album more for Nirvana's acoustic cover version of the title track. Though the grunge icons' do pay him justice, the actual songs behind this track are some of the most hard edged of Bowie's career. Venturing away from the folk rock of his early days, this album is much harder than anyone expected, complete with guitar tones that could have turned up on an early Black Sabbath album.
At the same time, this is also some of Bowie's most revealing albums from a lyrical perspective, as he deals with feelings of self-worth and internal emotional struggles across its runtime. While Ziggy Stardust made Bowie the true rock chameleon, this was one of the first signs that he was able to inhabit any genre he wanted to suit his own artistic whim.