“Such is the stuff from where dreams are woven”
As the headline suggests, Station To Station (the album that introduced the world to The Thin White Duke), is thirty nine today.
Considered a classic among fans and critics alike, the record was unusual for a Bowie album in that it contained just six tracks, even though it still clocked in at a little over thirty eight minutes.
Four of those six songs were released as commercial A-sides by RCA, with Golden Years being the pre-album hit. The song scored Bowie yet another top ten just in time for the Christmas UK chart in 1975, where it remained right up to the release of the album in January 1976.
Here’s the tracklisting:
1. Station To Station (10:08)
2. Golden Years (4:03)
3. Word On A Wing (6:00)
4. TVC15 (5:29)
5. Stay (6:08)
6. Wild Is The Wind (5:58)
Top right in our montage is how the withdrawn colour version of the sleeve would have looked had it hit the racks. Top left is the two-colour version (red and black ink on a white sleeve) which is the version actually released.
The stark appearance of the final sleeve was more in keeping with the monochromatic look of the 1976 Station To Station tour, or the Isolar tour as it’s since become known.
If you’ve not listened to the album in a while, remind yourself of its majesty here.