Anyhow, here's what I've listened to thus far (in order that I've listened to) and a sort of review:
"Best of": This was a good way to get into Bowie. It pretty much has the "essentials" as far as a cursory glimpse over his career and change in sound. It also has "Under Pressure" and "Dancing in the Streets" with Jagger!
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"Young Americans": The title song is by far and away the star here... particularly in its longer form. This album took me a couple of listens to get into, and I'm still not too enamoured with "Fame", but this album is what tipped me from a casual listening to Bowie to obsession, since it was... different. It's interesting to have an artist that continually changes his sound.
"The Next Day": This album continues the trend of having to listen to a couple times before gaining an appreciation. For a couple of months, this was my work soundtrack but I have not played it much outside of a work environment.
"Let's Dance": I read somewhere that Sarge Null considers this the least appreciated (and good) Bowie work. I can see why, it essentially launched Bowie into super stardom and was followed by what I understand to be frivilous money-making albums... as a result, it may be that some give this a pass because it's "mainstream"... but it is really quite brilliant and has grown on me greatly. It also use to have my favorite Bowie song, "Modern Love"... which is no longer my favorite, but that's a later story.
"Scary Monsters": Bowie reminds me a lot of Syd Barret in this album, particularly in the title song.
"The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust etc": It's good. I'm not obsessed with it though. Particularly since shortly after I got this I went ahead and got:
"Station to Station": Which is my favorite Bowie album and song at the moment... from the first listen to now. I know it is from a dark time of Bowie's life...but I find it to be lots of fun.
"Low": The First of the Berlin trilogy, as smug critic bastards like to say. It's a pretty good album, but I'm not sure if the individual parts can stand on their own... they seem to work the best together.
I imagine next I'll check out "Heroes", but that's not guaranteed.