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068: David Bowie - Station to Station (1976)

Discord and Rhyme: An Album Podcast

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David Bowie's Last Show of the Tour

The first album Bowie made after being from space for two years was an album of 60s covers called Pin-Ups, but hardly anybody likes that album and I always forget it exists. The first album of original material Bowie recorded in the post-Ziggy Stardust world was 1974's dystopian concept album Diamond Dogs. It was originally meant to be based entirely on George Orwell's 1984 until the Orwell estate said no. "I'm going to take an in-media res approach here and focus on the albums that led up to this one," he says. 'This particular show will remain with us the longest, because not only is it the last show of the tour, but it's

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