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I still highly recommend Space Oddity. It might be a little jumbled, but it's still an excellent folk rock album that benefits from a lot of personality and songwriting flair.
2y
67
A haunting novelty record about a lost astronaut that had been released a week and a half before the moon landing.
8y
60
"Space Oddity" aside, Bowie possessed very little in the way of commercial songs, and the ensuing album emerged as a dense, even rambling, excursion through the folky strains that were the last glimmering of British psychedelia.
13y
🎤 🎤 🎤 ½
"The record is based a lot on the film 2001. It's a mixture of Salvador Dalí, 2001 and The Bee Gees. Really it's just a record which amuses people."
- David Bowie, 1967
Has anyone ever pondered on the sudden leap in quality from debut to sophomore? We all know his music began to look promising from this moment forth, but something clearly changed... so what significant thing transpired in the late 60's for this artistic growth to occur?
It wasn't ... read more
[David Bowie's discography ranking 2/27]
After his debut didn't blow him up, his label wanted him to do the same thing, but better. And this definitely worked out here. Intro track released 5 days before launch of Apollo 11 missions, blow him up. His originally second "Self Titled" record shows his grow as artist. David's singing and songwritting is much better here. On this project he is more creative with song ideas. Lyrical highlights are definitely "Space Oddity" (about ... read more
Ah, so this is how he got to the spiders on mars
This is MUCH better than the debut. I feel like there is more instrumentation, better production, and just overall more interesting songwriting. I still think he has better work, but this is not bad at all. The title track is glorious, and well respected fora. Good reason. Cygnet Committee is a really cool longer song even though it drags a bit. Memory of a Free Festival has a really cool section where it’s just Bowie with an organ, and ... read more
wow this pretty underrated in Bowie’s catalog, f0r reall
Yh, this album feels like the moment where the “real” Bowie slowly starts appearing. You can hear him experimenting with storytelling, folk, psychedelic sounds, weird atmosphere, and theatrical songwriting way more confidently than before.
The title track obviously carries huge legacy, but the album overall has this strange emotional and cosmic vibe that makes it stand out from typical late 60s folk rock ... read more
My introduction to David Bowie began with the amazing track "Space Oddity." So far, I really like everything - the album isn't perfect, but it's clear that the artist has his own vision, and many of the tracks sound very interesting for that time.
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Track List
| 1 | Space Oddity 5:16 | 97 |
| 2 | Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed 6:52 | 74 |
| 3 | Letter to Hermione 2:36 | 73 |
| 4 | Cygnet Committee 9:39 | 79 |
| 5 | Janine 3:25 | 67 |
| 6 | An Occasional Dream 3:00 | 67 |
| 7 | Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud 4:53 | 74 |
| 8 | God Knows I'm Good 3:22 | 65 |
| 9 | Memory of a Free Festival 7:10 | 78 |
Total Length: 46 minutes
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2mo
the ending to Cygnet Committee is one of the best ever for a Bowie track if we're being honest, feels a bit like rock and roll suicide
