David Bowie:

Lodger: (1979)

Bowie is one of the great Rock'n'Roll changelings, and usually everyone has their favorite Bowie incarnation. Mine was the Berlin period, and Lodger was the last of this period. In fact of the three albums he made during this period, Lodger feels like the one he gave the least damn about having a hit on. Which is possibly why I love this album. The closest this record gets is DJ. Check out Red Money.

Le Grande Storia del Rock: (1981)

This Italian collection of songs from Bowie first album, and B-Sides highlights the period of the Bowie story where he was trying, sometime desperately to fit in with European psychedelic scene, a la Syd Barrett era Floyd. I'm sure there are some of these songs the artist wishes weren't out there. 

Let's Dance:(1983)

Well, he had a few hits on this album, didn't he? However, for the record, I prefer the Iggy Pop Version of China Girl, but I understand why Bowie wanted to cut his on version of the collaboration, and in fairness, his version was bigger. I own this album because of my love of Steve Ray Vaughan's playing, and his involvement with this album. His guitar solo on Let's Dance adds a wonderful juxtaposition the slicker sound of the Bowie/Nile Rodgers production. Overall, this is a pretty classic album.

Tin Machine:(1989)

Bowie has made some interesting side trips in his career, and this is one of those. In fact it yielded two albums. It starts out as Bowie fronting an 80's style hard rock band, complete with thin shreddery guitars, but then it's starts morphing into a true bowie weird album. I Can't Read is a key track on this one.