2016 was, as Chuck Prophet puts it, “A Bad Year for Rock n Roll.”

And any album that begins with “Changes” and ends with “The Bewlay Brothers” is a masterpiece. 

Yep. Anybody who has read “I’m with the Band” by Pamela Des Barres would tell you the same thing

It was considered a job perk of rock stardom at the time.
And, whether anyone likes it or not, these girls were actively pursuing this kind of action.  They weren’t trafficked kids on Epstein Island.

And peoples favorite change as they get older too. I loved the Outside album when it came out, but I always thought the track “Strangers When We Meet” felt tacked on to the end. I was 25 when Outside came out and now I’m about the age Bowie was when he put out that version of “Strangers When We Meet”. Now the lyrics…

you’re going to be a very busy man pointing out which 70s musicians were statutory rapists. Literally all of them. Glen Frey and Don Henley just had to play a free concert to get out of it. Maybe next you should go after which 50s country artists were alcoholics who beat their wives.

It’s a great track, and an absolute standout on Black Tie, White Noise

Not remotely surprised to see Ziggy at #1. It’s a great album, but I don’t think it’s his best.

I never gave David Live a second thought, but after Bowie died I listened through all his albums, and I was very taken with some of the arrangements on it. It’s interesting to hear the old rock songs played by a band with a bit more funk. Aladdin Sane is a big highlight. The version of All the Young Dudes is the…

Not an album, I know (I’m embarrassingly poorly knowledgeable about them) but I’ve enjoyed so many of his songs but I think I’m quite uncommon in having this one as my favourite.

I agree about Earthling and Heathen and Pin Ups, and also think The Next Day is very underrated and should have a spot on the list as well.

No “Heathen” is a no go for me! It’s the highlight after his terrible late 80's material and his perfectly fine, but not groundbreaking, 90's. I’d remove the live, cover, and compilation entries from any top 20 list. Personally, I’ve always found “Black Tie, White Noise” to be middling at best. “Earthling” should be…

Was very shocked that Earthling and The Next Day were not on this list, but Pin Ups and David Live were. 

I will not stand for this slight against Diamond Dogs. You’ve got the glam rock edge mixed with his early plastic soul, what’s not to love?

David Live is a piece of shit. It barely even belongs on a list of David Bowie albums, never mind the top 20.

So Heathen doesn’t make the list (despite acknowledging the critical hosannahs), but there’s room for David Live and Bowie at the Beeb.

My personal preference would be Hunky Dory at 1.  So many of my favourite songs on the same album - Kooks and Queen Bitch are hard to beat.

Saying “trauma is something our body does to us” is just so ... perfectly yuppie bougie progressive.

Gosh, I just want to have a pretty pagan ceremony in the woods...and spend my money on food versus all of the other hoopla...unfortunately my family tends towards Christian conservative so I wouldn't have many people to invite without offending them. 

I know the people featured in this story are mostly religious but I find American women in general, even the most progressive, stick to these traditions as well, for reasons I’ve never understood but that are probably tied into keeping up appearances, doing what’s expected, and also the consumerism and capitalism…