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The precursor to Bowie's masterpiece, The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, Hunky Dory points in many of the same musical directions as Ziggy, with Bowie camping it up outrageously through a mixture of cabaret piano, coquettish lyrics and soaring vocals. After the hard rock "The Man Who Sold The World", Mick Ronson's guitar is turned down in favour of plenty of piano and acoustic guitar, as Bowie proves his mettle as a masterful singer-songwriter. Not a dull note is struck on the whole album, which flits from opener "Changes" to the vampy "Oh! You Pretty Thing" to the heart-wrenching "Life On Mars" with a seemingly impeccable ear for a tune. Flirty, sexy and irresistibly seductive. --Amber Cowan
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
bowie at his best.,
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This review is from: Hunky Dory: Remastered (Audio CD)
Everyone`s said it..HunkyDory is accessible, tuneful, varied but people don`t mention the production which to me is unique giving it a vibe that virtually is lush 70s sound...Queen came from this album, Roxy Music would have sounded like this if they decded to have a heart...all the hippydippy hippies that came before this are both worshipped and lambasted on it...it goes from camp melodrama to Velvet dirt...New Romantics,Marc Almond.Pet Shop Boys,Prefab Sprout,Beautiful South Morrissey...most of English...yes,English rock of the eighties and nineties came from this one artist and particularly this one album. And remember that the very English combination of gay `camp` and rocking out came from this album and that virtually is the unique contribution Britian has made to world music. Er,why hasn`t he been knighted yet?
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bowie's best,
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This review is from: Hunky Dory: Remastered (Audio CD)
This classic album from 1971 is one of Bowie's very best albums. It was largely forgotten with the success of Ziggy Stardust, but unlike that later fantasy themed album, this album references some of Bowie's idols and contains as many classic tracks as Ziggy.
Take three out of the first four tracks: 'Changes', 'Oh! You Pretty Things' and 'Life on Mars'. Has there been a stronger start to album than that? There is brilliant song-writing both lyrically and musically on little known songs like 'Song for Bob Dylan'. Bowie describes Dylan as "with a voice like sand and glue" then later that he "put the fear in a whole lot more". Musically this is basically the Ziggy Stardust band but with the oddball extra of Rick Wakeman on Piano. This album was recorded a year or two before Rick Wakeman started his own successful career, and if you've been listening to this album as long as I have you can't imagine it without the Piano. Wakeman's Piano is most prominent on 'Fill your Heart" which is the only song Bowie didn't write. As with most Bowie albums this is a marvellously perverse mixture. Take 'Quicksand' for example, this has a wonderfully catchy chorus but the lyrics are all about getting closer to death - "knowledge comes with deaths release". The remaster is excellent and the album sounds as good as I've ever heard it. A must have for any serious rock music collection.
16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best album by anyone, anywhere, anytime,
By Moz "The Madhatter" (Birmingham England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hunky Dory: Remastered (Audio CD)
I bought Ziggy Stardust when it was released, took it round to my mate's to play and he'd already bought a copy, so I took mine back & swapped it for Hunky Dory. Did I get the better of that deal? This is the last of the great hippy albums, before everything went glam rock. It's thoughtful, introspective, brilliantly lyricised, truly romantic and beautiful in spades.
For me this is the best album ever, quite an accolade when you look at the contenders. It's populated by sensitively textured characters - spectral Bewlay brothers, scratchy\clawing Robert Zimmermans, cement fixed Andy Warhols and Clara puts her head between her paws (and more). Twice as good as Ziggy, Three times better than Diamond Dogs, Alladin Sane or Man Who Sold the World (or the oft overlooked Pin-ups)and ten times better than Heroes or Let's Dance or Young Americans. I know Bowie's chameleon, comedian, corinthian and caricature but this is an intimate facet rarely seen, before the fame kicked in, and is truly a flawless collection of fine vintage songs. Drink them in and enjoy
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