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DAVID BOWIE Released His Cocaine Album ‘STATION TO STATION’ 50 Years Ago Today

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23 January 2026

The thin white duke DAVID BOWIE (1947 – 2016) released his 10th LP
STATION TO STATION on 23 January 1976, today 50 years ago.

It peaked at #5 in the UK, and #3 in the USA.

During the sessions, Bowie was suffering from various drug addictions, most
prominently cocaine, and subsequently stated that he recalled almost nothing
of the production.

Bowie in 1987: “I was so blocked, so stoned. It’s quite a casualty case, isn’t it.
I’m amazed I came out of that period, honest. When I see that now I cannot
believe I survived it. I was so close to really throwing myself away physically,
completely.”

Rolling Stone wrote in retrospect: “An album that was both musically
accessible and lyrically elliptical, a transition between the plastic soul of
Young Americans and the chilly electronic hum of the Berlin trilogy that
followed.”

The cover art featured a still from the film
The Man Who Fell To Earth, in which Bowie
had the main role.

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DAVID BOWIE – Not Charting Single ‘HOLY HOLY’ Came Out 55 Years Ago Today

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15 January 2026

DAVID BOWIE released a single, titled HOLY HOLY
on 15 January 1971, today 55 years ago.

A great glam groover that
didn’t chart. God knows why.

A different version of the song was recorded in
the same year for The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust
And The Spiders From Mars LP, but was dropped from
the album before the release. God knows why.

Holy Bowie.

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DAVID BOWIE Released His Final Album ‘BLACKSTAR’ This Day 9 Years Ago On His 69th Birthday

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8 January 2026

The late genius released his 26th and final album BLACKSTAR, stylised as ★,
on 8 January 2016, today, 10 years ago, on his 69th birthday. Two days later,
David Bowie passed away due to cancer.

The LP was recorded secretly in New York City with his longtime
co-producer Tony Visconti, and a group of local jazz musicians.

The artwork for Blackstar was designed by Jonathan Barnbrook, who
was also the artist who came up with the covers of other Bowie LPs.
Heathen (2002), Reality (2003) and The Next Day (2013). The cover’s
star image is credited to NASA in the CD booklet.

The record topped the charts in almost every country worldwide.

Pitchfork wrote (on Jan 7th, 2016): “Blackstar has David Bowie embracing his status
as a no-fucks icon, clutching onto remnants from the past as exploratory jazz and the
echos of various mad men soundtrack his freefall. This tortured immortality is no gimmick: Bowie will live on long after the man has died. For now, though, he’s making the most of his latest reawakening, adding to the myth while the myth is his to hold.” Full review here

Still goosebumps when listening to this stunning opus.

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New MOJO Issue With Cover Star DAVID BOWIE And 2026 Preview

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19 December 2025

DAVID BOWIE presented his The Thin White Duke persona
with the release of his 10th LP STATION TO STATION.

The masterly opus turns 50 next year, on January 23rd. MOJO will go back there and
delve into the recording of the album, and the evolution of the Thin White Duke, with
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Also in this new issue: Chrissie Hynde tells it like it is; the triumph and tragedy of Beach
Boy Dennis Wilson; Squeeze interview. Curved Air; Dry Cleaning; The Isley Brothers; The Triffids; Arctic Monkeys; Beverly Glenn-Copeland; 1966 on 45; Heartbreak Hotel at 70; and an essential 2026 preview.

This month’s FREE CD named ‘Up The Junction’, includes Squeeze and other purveyors
of unmistakably British, street-smart pop and rock, such as Madness, The Soft Boys,
Billy Bragg, Nick Lowe, Vic Godard, Wreckless Eric and more.

You can buy a copy and have it sent to your home. Info HERE.

DAVID BOWIE – The Late Virtuoso Released Hit Single ‘GOLDEN YEARS’ Today 50 Years Ago

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21 November 2025

The late musical virtuoso DAVID BOWIE released his hit single
GOLDEN YEARS today 50 years ago, on 21 November 1975.

It was the lead single of his 10th LP Station To Station.

It reached #8 in the UK and #10 in the US

The song utilises elements of several 1950s doo-wop tracks in its arrangement. Lyrically, the narrator offers a companion hope of entering a limousine and being isolated from the outside world. In other words, he assures his companion that she will always be protected by him and promises her a brighter future.

“I’ll stick with you, baby, for a thousand years
Nothing’s gonna touch you in these golden years
Golden years Golden years, gold, wah-wah-wah
Come, b-b-b-baby”

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DAVID BOWIE Released The Title Track Of His Final Album ‘BLACKSTAR’ Today 10 Years Ago

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19 November 2025

Late musical genius DAVID BOWIE released his 25th and final album Blackstar, on
8 January 2016, on his 69th birthday. Two days later, he passed away due to cancer.

At the time of recording, Bowie was already very ill. The LP was recorded secretly in New York City with his longtime co-producer Tony Visconti and a group of local jazz musicians.

The title track, stylised as ★ was released on 19 November 2015, today 10 years ago.

An elliptical, multi-faceted, and cryptic masterpiece. At 9:58, it was his second-longest recording, behind the ‘Station To Station’ song.

It lasted originally more than 11 minutes long, but after Bowie and Visconti learned that iTunes would not allow tracks for individual sale which lasted longer than 10 minutes.

Visconti: “That was total bullshit, but David was adamant it be the single, and he didn’t want both an album version and a single version, since that gets confusing.

“I can’t answer why (I’m a blackstar)
Just go with me (I’m not a filmstar)
I’ma take you home (I’m a blackstar)
Take your passport and shoes (I’m not a popstar)
And your sedatives, boo (I’m a blackstar)
You’re a flash in the pan (I’m not a marvel star)
I’m the Great I Am (I’m a blackstar)”

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DAVID BOWIE – 3rd Album ‘THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD’ Released In The US 55 Years Ago Today

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4 November 2025


The American LP’s front cover

55 years ago today – on 4 November 1970 – the late genial starman
DAVID BOWIE released his third album THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD
in the US. Six months later, in April 1971, it came out in his home country.

The LP’s artwork – featuring a cowboy in front of a mental asylum – designed by a Bowie friend, an underground comics artist called Michael J. Weller wasn’t really a Bowie-style image. At first Bowie thought it was a ‘horrible‘ idea but later in 1999 he stated that he “actually thought the cartoon cover was really cool”.

Six months later the UK front cover artwork featured the iconic image we all know
with Bowie on a chaise longue in a cream and blue satin ‘man’s dress‘, an early indication
of his interest in exploiting his androgynous appearance.

Despite laudatory criticisms, the album wasn’t a big commercial success at first
but went on selling more copies over the years as Bowie became a superstar.

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The American LP’s back sleeve

MOJO Magazine Presents 260-Page DAVID BOWIE Special

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4 October 2025

“DAVID BOWIE’s contribution to music and culture was, and continues to be, immeasurable, a fact brought into sharp focus by his untimely death almost
10 years ago in 2016.

From his 1970s glam rock personas Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane, through a stint making bleak electronic music in Berlin with Brian Eno, and on to international superstardom with 1983’s Let’s Dance album and beyond, Bowie was always an innovator, influencer, style icon, and courageous and brilliant one-off.

Featuring 260 pages of in-depth features and exclusive interviews, and illustrated with dozens of iconic and rare images, CHANGES 1947-2016 brings together MOJO’s finest writing on the artist into one sumptuous, single-volume Super Deluxe Edition.

Within its heavy card covers, Bowie’s story is unfolded with unrivalled knowledge
and passion, from his early childhood in Brixton to his emotional last LP Blackstar,
and all points in between. Meanwhile, we also guide you through the singer’s key
albums and collaborators, and his 100 greatest songs.

DAVID BOWIE – Fascinating 20th Album ‘1. OUTSIDE’ Was Released Today 30 Years Ago

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25 September 2025

DAVID BOWIE released his 20th LP, named OUTSIDE ((stylised as ‘1.Outside’ and
subtitled ‘The Nathan Adler Diaries: A Hyper-cycle’) on 25 September 1995, today
30 years ago. It generated mixed criticism.

One of his best in my Bowie book. He mixed several styles and genres to a challenging
and fascinating entirety, even though its total length was 74 minutes. A long, arousing, multi-faceted journey, totally worth the ride. Listening to this record is an event. Once again he showed his musical
chameleon expertise.

It was produced by his Berlin-era buddy Brian Eno.
It went to No. 8 in the UK, and to #21 in the US.

The Guardian (British newspaper wrote: “An excellent David Bowie album,
a genuine creative rebirth. Threatening and murky. His gift for the charismatically
disturbing seems to have reasserted itself.”

The Los Angeles Times said: “Overall, Bowie experiments in genres
that, by 1995, were being made more successfully by other artists.”

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