Hunky Dory (2015

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Products labelled '*item fulfilled by Exertis on behalf of hmv' will be supplied to you directly by Exertis via their approved couriers. I cleaned the record, cleaned my needle, and still there was way to much static and noise to be acceptable. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Parlophone should be ashamed of themselves [again] for another milk of the Bowie teat, and done so disgustingly shoddily.

In 2013, NME ranked the album third in their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, behind the Beatles' Revolver and the Smiths' The Queen Is Dead. In 2004, Pitchfork ranked the album 80th on their list of the 100 Best Albums of the 1970s, one place above Ziggy Stardust. He concluded that he could not do the project without Ronson, [3] who was enthusiastic when Bowie contacted him for the first time in nine months. The song is described by Jon Savage of The Guardian as glam rock and by Joe Lynch of Billboard as proto-punk. As a co-producer Bowie took an active interest in the album's sound and arrangements, an about-face from his generally hands-off attitude during the Man Who Sold the World sessions.The original UK cover featured Bowie's name and the album title; in the US the title was instead printed on a sticker and placed onto the translucent wrapping.

Also, over 3,000 people claim to have this but I imagine it's people mixing up other orange label UK versions. As a result, 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. The resulting collaboration became Hunky Dory, the first of three consecutive boundary-busting albums for RCA.

Andy Warhol 8/10 - This song is about Andy Warhol, it isn't a too bad song, but i would say that this song can be a bit boring, cos the chorus is sang all the time.

Defries told RCA that they "had nothing since the fifties" but they could "own the seventies" if they hired Bowie. The song is a parody of singer Frank Sinatra's " My Way" [19] and uses the same chord sequence for its opening bars. I was never quite sure what real position Terry had in my life, whether Terry was a real person or whether I was actually referring to another part of me, and I think 'Bewlay Brothers' was really about that.With the exception of my little grump about the rear sleeve I have found nothing really wrong with it. He was surprised when he and the Spiders would think a vocal or guitar part needed re-recording but Bowie would say "No, wait, listen", and when everything was played simultaneously it would sound perfect. Parlophone’s decision to apply a glossy sheen to the album’s front jacket also makes it easier to appreciate the grain and hand-tinting of the Marlene Dietrich-inspired cover photo.

Though not my favourite of Bowie's, I do like this album but as its quite old and has already been heavily reviewed and raked over I feel there is little of constructive use I can add.I dislike bar codes very much, especially on records from the 60s and 70s as they look out of place and I think they always spoil the look of the thing. Bolder described recording with Bowie for the first time as a "nerve-wracking experience", saying: "When that red light came on in the studio it was, God, in at the deep end of what!