20 DAVID BOWIE Loving The Alien (1983 – 1988) PARLOPHONE

Bowie’s 2018 captured highlights from across three decades. April gave us Welcome To The Blackout from 1978’s storied Isolar II tour; in November, his legendary set from Glastonbury in 2000 was finally released after years in limbo. But this ‘80s box set – covering Bowie’s “difficult” superstar years – offered many joys. Not least, a “new” version of Never Let Me Down that repositioned the album as, if not exactly a lost classic, then certainly worthy of reassessment.