Hunky Dory is a kaleidoscopic array of pop styles, tied together only by Bowie's sense of vision: a sweeping, cinematic mélange of high and low art, ambiguous sexuality, kitsch, and class.
Bowie's first classic, an album of Nico-style cafe ballads about queen bitches falling in love with pretty things.
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Recommended by the lovely @Jc9ers!
I have to admit something. I have never heard a full Bowie project... except his debut. I know, why even listen to that? I don't know. I heard a lot of bad things about it and I'm a sucker for horrible albums, so I listened to it. It's just as bad as people say it is. Don't go near it, unless you're prepared to suffer. JC's recommendation came at a right time as this is a nice opportunity to hear an actually decent Bowie LP. I had high expectations ... read more
[David Bowie's discography ranking 4/27]
Where is Dory?
After little success of "The Man Who Sold the World", especcially in US, RCA pushed him to US to promote his record. He have written on this trip close to 30 songs inspired by American artist like Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan (for both of them, he dedicates songs), Iggy Pop and Lou Reed. In comparison to his previous hard rock record, this is much more softer record. Bowie has written most songs to be played on piano. Lyrically this is ... read more
So, there’s a lot to take in. I will say that I enjoy nearly every moment of the album. I remember when I got the first 5 tracks, I knew that it was going to be good. Now, I pretty much have high expectations with this album because I did enjoy a couple of the previous ones that I listened to including Heroes and The Rise and The Fall… However, there are particular tracks that I didn’t fall in love with. The first example is the song Quicksand. I didn’t have the best ... read more
A great record! Full of fun and enjoyable glam rock, and also has a few artsy tracks to slow the record down a bit in a very comfortable way!
1 | Changes 3:37 | 96 |
2 | Oh! You Pretty Things 3:12 | 93 |
3 | Eight Line Poem 2:55 | 81 |
4 | Life On Mars? 3:55 | 98 |
5 | Kooks 2:53 | 83 |
6 | Quicksand 5:06 | 91 |
7 | Fill Your Heart 3:10 | 81 |
8 | Andy Warhol 3:54 | 86 |
9 | Song for Bob Dylan 4:13 | 85 |
10 | Queen Bitch 3:20 | 89 |
11 | The Bewlay Brothers 5:29 | 89 |