DAVID BOWIE – Hunky Dory (Remastered) – LP – 180g Vinyl

LP 180g Black Vinyl

It seems hard to believe, given the career full of revolutionary and hugely influential stylistic shifts that followed, that this superb record was only David Bowies fourth. Yet Hunky Dory ranks alongside Ziggy Stardust, Low, and Scary Monsters as one of Bowies finest and most consistent albums. Ironically, it is one of the artists least rock-oriented efforts, bearing little relation to what came before or after in his discography.

Instead, Hunky Dory covers a wide range of styles from operatic pop (Life on Mars?) to low-key folk (Quicksand) to English music hall ditties (Kooks). There are standout tracks, most notably the glam-rock anthem oh, you pretty things! and the chugging, life-affirming Changes, which went on to become one of Bowies all-time signature songs. but Hunky Dory is solid from beginning to end, thanks to the fine musicians, Bowies excellent songwriting, and the artists now-mature sense of performance. These qualities fold such wild cards as the tongue-in-cheek celebrity send-up Andy Warhol, the psychedelic folk of The Bewlay Brothers, and exuberant jam of Queen Bitch, the albums only overt rocker, neatly into the deck, making for the first of Bowies truly indisputable masterpieces.

Tracklisting:

Side One
1. Changes (3.37)
2. Oh! You Pretty Things (3.12)
3. Eight Line Poem (2.56)
4. Life On Mars? (3.54)
5. Kooks (2.53)
6. Quicksand (5.07)

Side Two
1. Fill Your Heart (3.07)
2. Andy Warhol (3.57)
3. Song for Bob Dylan (4.12)
4. Queen Bitch (3.19)
5. The Bewlay Brothers (5.22)