RECORDING WEEK 2025: Nobody would deny that David Bowie was one of music’s most influential pioneers. Yet, while a commonly-held misconception would dub Bowie as pop’s trend-aware ‘chameleon’, some of his most essential work paid little heed to the prevailing musical landscape.
Arguably his finest moment on record (it’s certainly jostling for the top-spot), 1977’s magnificent Heroes genuinely sounded unlike anything before or since, but soon became widely regarded a creative high.
