David Bowie - Hunky Dory
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Free Music Review: Second to none
Hit: 5 Stars
This album really is second to none when it comes to David Bowie as a pop artist. I wouldn't really qualify some of these songs as "pop" but that's okay because I'm not a walking dictionary.
I fell in love with all of the songs on this album the moment I heard them. "Oh, You Pretty Things" is a song that I can play over and over again and never get bored of because it's really THAT good. Don't get me started on "Queen Bitch". I'd give you all a detailed description of how much I love each of the songs on this album, but I don't have the time, so I shant.
On an overall note, however, the messages behind the songs in this album are just so raw, it's hard to take in over the course of one listening. I'll find myself constantly going over the songs in my mind, discovering new things about them that I'd never noticed before. Of course, I think that was kind of the point.
Free Music Review: Brilliant
Hit: 5 Stars
After my daughter started watching " Life ON Mars" and asking about the music I decided that I needed to add this CD to my collection so that I could retire my worn LP from 30+ years ago.
A softer younger Bowie. Wonderful.
Free Music Review: Currently my favorite album of all time
Hit: 5 Stars
I listen to this album almost every day. I will burn out on it in a while and rotate to Ziggy Stardust. David Bowie is a genius. The program director of my university radio station and I discussed creating an all David Bowie station in the 80's. I only wish he hadn't replaced his English teeth with California chicklets. His teeth gave him his special handsome look. He looks great now but I miss his real teeth!Free Music Review: The voice steps out front
Hit: 5 Stars
With "Honky Dory," David Bowie let his voice come out front and center. Everyone knows the song "Changes," which is an excellent example of his vocal skills. Yet the rest of this album exhibits Bowies range of emotion as well as his song-writing skills. Mick Ronson takes a step back in this recording, the soaring soungs of his guitar having been premonitioned with the previous recording, "The Man Who Sold the World." Interestingly, Rick Wakeman steps forward on the piano, accenting Bowie's singing as well as his composition in a way that seems flawless. The songs are simple diddys in many ways, yet their charm is ingratiating. Bowie's story telling is taking shape here in a way that will explode with "Ziggy Stardust" and "Alladin Sane." We get a clear look at this with "Andy Warhol." The accoustic guitar on this title is exciting, enchanting, and even arousing. It's one of the few accoustic guitar songs than inspire dance. If you are retracing Bowie's history, this album will grow on you.Free Music Review: Great 2nd Album!
Hit: 4 Stars
Bowie's second official album is also the most varied, ranging from folk to rock and roll. "Changes" was the big single of the album and it placed well after he scored with "Space Oddity" the year before. Bowie brings in the folksy guitar work from the "Space Oddity" album with the sarcastically anthemic songs to two heroes of the period: "Andy Warhol" and "Song For Bob Dylan", neither being exactly complimentary. "Kooks" and "Fill Your Heart" are silly pop ditties that truly seem flowery and goofy. The most undated song here is "Life On Mars", a song Bowie opened his 2002 tour with and one that Barbra Streisand covered. Few songs surpass its odd lyrics and weird imagery (Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow?). "Bewlay Brothers" has some nice guitar work, but is an odd duck out in an already funky album. "Queen Bitch" is the one cut that foresaw Bowie's next move towards the "Ziggy Stardust" sound. The digitally remastered sound is fantastic and this should receive as much attention as "Ziggy Stardust" or "Aladdin Sane".
As far as Enhanced goes, it is well remastered, but you also just get an add when you place the CD in your computer - that's it.