10 Perfect Albums That Artists Don't Want To Talk About

When you talk about every major shift in rock music, you have to put David Bowie in almost every category. From the minute he stepped onto the stage, the Starman was always looking to move into any genre that he saw fit, creating new characters along the way like the rock and roll martian Ziggy Stardust or the man in search of new lands Major Tom. The late '70s was the era of kraut rock, and Station to Station made for one of his darkest personas yet.

Rechristening himself as The Thin White Duke, much of this album was a lot darker than anything Bowie had done before, becoming much more clinical with electronic instruments and making songs that went in different directions, from the 10 minute epic of a title track to the delicate sounds of his croon on Wild is the Wind. This was also around the time that Bowie was getting more controversial in the headlines, talking about how Hitler was one of the first rock stars and becoming preoccupied with the occult.

Chances are Bowie didn't need to talk about this record though, since he can't remember any of it. Living off of a diet of milk, peppers, and cocaine, Bowie has said that he has absolutely no memory of doing any of these sessions, being too blitzed out of his mind to remember even tracking any of the songs. Though this made for a bit of an uneasy start to what would become his Berlin period, Bowie could still make one of the best albums of his career even when at half capacity.