Artist research

David Bowie: David Bowie is arguably one of the most famous Glam rockers who ever lived. Crafting his style out of the weird and wonderful. He transcended decades by constantly changing his style and never being coherent. Every generation for the past few decades has a certain style in which they identified with Bowie. Bowie's dark and morbid albums The Next Day and Blackstar are two albums that made me love Bowie's music.

The Rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars is perhaps Bowie's signature album.The character of Ziggy Stardust put David Bowie in the mainstream all over the World. Songs like Moonage Daydream and Suffragette City stick out with the heavy instrumentals. Starman and Ziggy Stardust have a feel good feeling whereas Rock and Roll Suicide is really melancholy in its tone. 

Ziggy Stardust from The Rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.






Heroes  is Bowie's 12th studio album and is the second in the Berlin Trilogy. Himself and Brian Eno made the album. It was recorded in a studio not too far away from the Berlin wall. Overall the album is still quite ambient yet still ultimately uplifting. The iconic song in the track Heroes is considered Bowie's most famous song.

Heroes

Blackstar is David Bowies last studio album. Writing and recording his songs whilst battling with liver cancer. This album is a melancholic and poignant one. The album came out on his birthday two days before his death. The lyrics in his songs are even more hard hitting as Bowie knew he was going to die. In the Blackstar music video you see a dead astronaut symbolising the death of Major Tom. And in the lyrics of Lazarus it goes through Bowies life and how he is looking down from heaven. 

Blackstar

Pink Floyd: Pink Floyd is a British psychedelic rock band who came about during the 1960's. There albums are usually strange and surreal. A lot of their songs don't even have lyrics and are just ambient. When they use lyrics they are usually philosophical or surreal.

The Dark Side of the moon is the bands most iconic album. The cover is instantly recognisable even if you've never listened to the album. It is a hard album to get into as it is a mix of ambient sounds and unusual lyrics. Some songs don't even have lyrics as some just have faint background noise along  with instrumentals. Even though it is Floyds most recognisable album it isn't a great way to jump into their music.

 Time from The Dark Side of the moon

Wish you were here is perhaps the bands most commercially accessible album. Recorded at London's Abbey road studio. It deals with themes of alienation, critiquing the music industry and the songs Shine on you crazy diamond was a tribute to Syd Barrett. When first released it received mixed reviews and now is considered their magnum opus. 

Wish you were here

The Wall  is a psychedelic concept album. A concept album is essentially an album making a continuous story. It tells the story of Pink who was modeled after band member Roger Waters and former band member Syd Barrett. It tells the story of Pinks life as he grows up after his father dies during World War Two, living with an over protective mother and nasty school teachers. And as he eventually isolates himself from society by building a metaphorical wall. The albums lyrics are philosophical and starnge. It is Pink Floyd's most lyrical album with songs like Another Brick In The Wall Part II and Comfortably Numb.

Comfortably Numb from The Wall

Pixies: Pixies are an American alternative rock band that formed in 1986. Elements that go into their music are psychedelia, noise pop, hard rock, surf pop and surf rock. The instruments and vocals are usually very strange. The lyrics can deal with themes such as surrealism, extraterrestrials, incest, biblical violence and more. 

Bossanova is the third studio album from the band and the albums sound which was inspired by surf rock and space rock, and fits into punk rock and alternative rock. The lyrical focus is on outer Space, aliens and Unidentified flying objects. Velouria was the most successful song of the album.

Velouria from Bossanova

Surfer Rosa was the Pixies first full length album released in 1988. The sound of the album is experimental. The album was produced by Steve Albini who is known for emphasising drums gives the album a distinctive drum sound, which passes over to an other Steve Albini produced album Nirvana's In Utero. Surfer Rosa is usually put on the best albums of all time. The most popular song on the album is the song Where is my mind? 

Where is my Mind from Surfer Rosa

Dolittle is the second studio album from the Pixies released in 1989. It deals with dark offbeat themes from surrealism, torture, death and biblical violence. All of this contrasts with the albums clean production values. Along with Surfer Rosa it is considered one of the best rock albums ever. The most famous song from the album is Here comes your man.

Here comes your man from Doolittle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Heroes%22_(David_Bowie_album)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wish_You_Were_Here_(Pink_Floyd_album)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixies

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bossanova_(Pixies_album)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfer_Rosa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doolittle_(album)