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Space Oddity [Enhanced] [Original recording reissued]

~ David Bowie
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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  • Audio CD (6 Sep 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Enhanced, Original recording reissued
  • Label: EMI
  • ASIN: B00001OH7M
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,753 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Listen  2. Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed (1999 Digital Remaster) 6:11£0.69
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Listen  5. Cygnet Committee (1999 Digital Remaster) 9:33£0.69
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Listen  7. An Occasional Dream (1999 Digital Remaster) 2:55£0.69
Listen  8. Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (1999 Digital Remaster) 4:47£0.69
Listen  9. God Knows I'm Good (1999 Digital Remaster) 3:16£0.69
Listen10. Memory Of A Free Festival (1999 Digital Remaster) 7:09£0.69

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This 1969 release features David Bowie's first hit single, "Space Oddity," and sets the tone for the spacey Ziggy Stardust to come. But other than the title track, Space Oddity isn't a glam-rock album. For that phase, one must move ahead to 1970's The Man Who Sold the World. These folk-based tracks largely present Bowie as a surrealist singer-songwriter. The uncharacteristically bitter and sarcastic "Letter to Hermione" is the most impassioned track here, presenting, as it does, the angry side of this master of cool. While still earlier recordings are noted for their Anthony Newley affectations, Space Oddity is where the Bowie myth begins to take shape. --Rob O'Connor


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SPACE ODDITY was the first record on which David Bowie looked and sounded like the Bowie whom the world has come to know. One glance at the spooky, androgynous face that adorns the record was enough to signal that the Anthony Newley-influenced, light-pop singer who sang the novelty number "The Laughing Gnome" a few years earlier was a thing of the past. Leaving behind the mannered, English music hall-isms of his initial recordings, Bowie roughened up the sound, creating a ragged, eclectic mix of folk and rock tinged with electronic sounds. The record yielded his first American hit, and began the singer's soon-to-be meteoric rise to international rock icon-hood.
The title track, a sci-fi mini-epic, is an enduring classic in which Bowie squeezes every bit of drama from both his dour low range and the soaring upper reaches of his voice. Even after decades of continued airplay, "Space Oddity" is surprising for its intricate arrangement, nifty guitar playing, and palpable sense of interplanetary estrangement. Other fine and lesser-known musical moments include the sublimely subdued "Letter to Hermione", and the sprawling and strange "Memory of a Free Festival".

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Hugely underrated, 17 Sep 2002
In my opinion this is David Bowie's most underrated album. A clear leap in class from his early recordings it contains moments of great beauty, sadness and intensity.

Although the title track is perhaps over familiar these days it's still an effective track - the central message of a space traveller choosing to abandon earth is actually pretty powerful and gets lost in the gentle melody of the song. And that's just it - these aren't the gentle harmless folk songs that they are so often described as. "Cygnet Committee" is right up there with not only Bowie's best work but the best work of any artist ever. A lyrical masterpiece and powerful story - it is no exageration to say that it out Dylan's Dylan! Similarly "The Wild Eyed boy from Freecloud" draws you in to the narritive and "In memory of a free festival" is a beautifully nostalgic and touching look back on the end of an era. "Letter to Hermione" is a rare beast - a song where Bowie bares his soul and it is all the more poignant and effective for it. If you don't believe me then it is worth comparing it to the rather listless "Janine" - possibly the only weak song on the album.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Bowie's most 'loved-up' album for sure, 30 Jul 2008
By C. J. Cunningham "Beatle Nut Bowie Nut" (Milton Keynes, Bucks UK) - See all my reviews
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Having been a fan of his music since I was eight years old (Starman on Top Of The Pops in 1972!) I have now decided the time is right to do a little review of all his albums on Amazon. As a naive and impressionable child, I had no concept of the chronology of Bowie's work, and didnt actually hear this album until the summer of '77, by which time he was light years beyond it, and about to release 'Heroes' Fooled by the RCA reissue sleeve (with a Ziggy era photo on the cover) and not having read the countless Bowie biographies I have read since, it was easy to assume that this album was recorded by the superstar Bowie, not the 1969 Bowie who had been trying for years for a hit single without success, and whose first album had bombed. Of course the title track here was a hit, but tended to be written off as a Novelty Hit - besides, as any other 1970s kid knows, the song Space Oddity is far more 'Summer of 75' (when it was reissued and gave Bowie his first Number 1 hit) than 'Summer Of 69' The album built around it was not even called 'Space Oddity' at first, merely 'David Bowie', errmm, as was his first album. It was renamed Space Oddity by RCA when they acquired the rights and reissued it in the wake of Bowie's success.

Reviews on Amazon are basically a chance to give your own personal view, so here goes..... the 12 year old Me absolutely adored this album. Songs written in sadness at the demise of Bowie's love affair with Hermione Farthingale (Letter To Hermione, An Occasional Dream) are beautiful, achy and dreamlike - they were the very soundtrack to my own first ever crush I had on a girl at school at the time! There is great storybook narrative and some superb string arrangements on 'Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud'. The epic 'Cygent Committee' blew me away at the time, but now is a bit of a guilty pleasure (although I still love the 'I WANT TO LIVVVV-AAAH' at the climax!) as is the Hey Jude like chant at the end of the somewhat twee but still enjoyable 'Memory Of A Free Festival'. There is a genuinely sad tale of a poor old lady being reduced to shop lifting and being pinched for nicking a tin of 'stewing steak' (excellent, Bowie, excellent) probably from Wavy Line or Super VG, called 'God Know's I'm Good' and the brilliant 'Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed' which prompted me (again back in 1977) to wander into he kitchen and ask my Mum what a 'phallus in pigtails' was!

By no means Bowie's best album, but still pretty wonderful nevertheless, this album is probably best described by a lyric from 'Free Festival' ie it is 'rugged and naive' Buy this, play it a few times, and then find yourself singing 'The Sun Machine Is Coming Down and We're Gonna Have A Party, Uh Huh Huh' the next time you feel particularly positive about life!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Beauty in the English World, 1 Nov 2001
By Paul S. Whiston "Diga" (Lunacuem) - See all my reviews
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This is still laden with the kind of narrative songs that came out of the deram era... it even includes a track Bowie recorded while at deram (space odditty) tho this isnt that version... it is just a beautiful picture of a man alienated from what we call England - Most noticable on such track Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud... one of my favourites from the album, and the sci-fi folk of Memory of A free Festival is a delight as it fades out ad finitum with the chant of "the sun machine is coming down and were gonna have a party" this album is really just beautiful... Cygnet Commitee is an epic sounding 9 minute slice of a more jaded hippie philosophy... Bowie knows the 60s are over and it'll never be as good again... until the next album!
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Future Star In Search of A Voice...
A fine album, if somewhat unfocussed, 'Space Oddity' seems like David Bowie finding a true songwriting voice. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars We scanned the skies with rainbow eyes...
A wonderful piece of work - with Bowie still finding his way and producing some superb folky, hippie, Dylanesque (is that a word) masterpieces. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Another great Bowie album
In my opinion Space oddity is a great Bowie album but not the best of his career as I think this goes to Ziggy stardust followed by Hunky dory. Read more
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This David Bowie album is a hugely underrated album with the smash hit Space Oddity, but also the fantastic track 'Letters to Hermione' which displayed an incredible lyrical... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Bowie says goodbye to 60s and hello world beyond
If you're wanting 'Ziggy' or 'Thin White Duke' don't go here. If you want Bowie at his early creative freeflow, then "Space Oddity" is a great pit-stop. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Don't let Major Tom put you off.
In my opinion the title track Space Oddity is the worst song Bowie has done. Discounting some of his 80's output (which I'm sure he's ashamed of). Read more
Published on 16 Jul 2000 by Christopher Morris

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