, featuring "Changes" and "Life on Mars?", the blueprint for the 20th-century pop icon was officially set. The Golden Years and Plastic Soul (1972–1976)
Bowie called it "plastic soul." Channel NEO calls it a cultural reset. Recorded in Philadelphia with Luther Vandross and David Sanborn, this album strips away the rock guitar for rhythm and brass. "Fame" (co-written with John Lennon) is a funk masterpiece of paranoia. "Win" and "Right" are gospel-infused grooves that most R&B artists of the era couldn't touch. Listen on NEO for the separation of the backing vocals—you will hear the birth of 1980s dance-pop. DAVID BOWIE - STUDIO DISCOGRAPHY -CHANNEL NEO-
Bowie kills off the 1970s here. It is the last album of his imperial phase. "Ashes to Ashes" revisits Major Tom, but this time he's a junkie trapped in a pierrot costume. Robert Fripp returns with searing, angular guitar on "Fashion" and "It's No Game (Part 1)"—where Bowie screams in Japanese. Channel NEO’s producers consider this the best sounding Bowie record. The clarity, the aggression, the horror. It is the perfect bridge between art-rock and the 1980s. , featuring "Changes" and "Life on Mars
After a detour with the rock band Tin Machine, Bowie’s solo career entered a "Neoclassicist" phase. Retrospectives shine a light on the industrial grit of , the lush melancholy of "Fame" (co-written with John Lennon) is a funk