Top 15 David Bowie Songs

In the wake of the hullabaloo following David Bowie's death, I have three of his albums on high rotation: 1972's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars; and, from 1976 and 1977 (a period in which he famously subsided on cocaine, red peppers and milk), Station to Station and Low.
While ...Ziggy Stardust is deservedly hailed as the Thin White Duke's quintessential classic, the latter two are surely his most influential and experimental. Station to Station is a bloated, brilliant beast, all coke-dusted urgency with moments of divine tenderness (see "Word on a Wing"); Low, the first of the so-called 'Berlin Trilogy', a kaleidoscope of colour and texture, its tunes evaporating just as they warm up, its latter half all Eno-conjured ambience and no vocal – and yet it works. Nostril-clogged he may have been, but the man was in control: the two albums blend soul, art-rock, funk, electronica and avant-pop to incomparable affect.
Here are, ahem, Bowie's 15 best songs. It's a list that would have had much more of a 'normal' – or 'greatest hits' – feel three months ago; now it's energised with tracks from the aforementioned albums. While I feel a little guilty that it took his death to truly appreciate these sublime works, I'm glad that I did get around to them: they've shaped and soundtracked 2016's first quarter.
Naturally, some bona fide belters miss the cut, including "The Man Who Sold the World", "Five Years", "Queen Bitch", "Golden Years", "TVC15", "Sound and Vision", "What in the World", "Young Americans", "Rebel Rebel", "Let's Dance" and his epic sign-off, "Blackstar".
Finally, a word on "Under Pressure". As a duet with Freddie Mercury that appeared on Queen's 1982 album Hot Space, it doesn't qualify. Top five, comfortably, if it did. The tune's true quality, and the sheer genius of its collaborators, is best captured on this vocal-only track. Lots of talent-less dross have tainted popular music over the years; Bowie and Mercury are shining examples of the other end of the spectrum.

 1.  Word On A Wing Station to Station
 2.  Space Oddity Space Oddity
 3.  Life On Mars? Hunky Dory
 4.  Quicksand Hunky Dory [also capably covered by End of Fashion]
 5.  Starman The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust...
 6.  Suffragette City The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust...
 7.  Station to Station Station to Station
 8.  "Heroes" "Heroes" 
 9.  Always Crashing in the Same Car Low
10. Ashes to Ashes Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
11. Changes Hunky Dory
12. Breaking Glass Low 
13. Ziggy Stardust The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust...
14. Moonage Daydream The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust...
15. Modern Love Let's Dance