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Space Oddity/Hunky Dory/the Man Who Sold the World
 
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Space Oddity/Hunky Dory/the Man Who Sold the World [Box set]
~ David Bowie (Artist)
4.0 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)

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Product details
  • Audio CD (15 Sep 2003)
  • Number of Discs: 3
  • Format: Box set
  • Label: EMI
  • ASIN: B0000BVLU5
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 185,538 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1
1. Space Oddity
2. Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed
3. Don’t Sit Down
4. Letter To Hermione
5. Cygnet Committee
6. Janine
See all 10 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. Changes
2. Oh! You Pretty Things
3. Eight Line Poem
4. Life On Mars?
5. Kooks
6. Quicksand
See all 11 tracks on this disc
Disc: 3
1. The Width Of A Circle
2. All The Madmen
3. Black Country Rock
4. After All
5. Running Gun Blues
6. Saviour Machine
See all 9 tracks on this disc

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Before Ziggy played guitar...., 4 Nov 2003
By Mr. S. O'kane "snagii" (London, England) - See all my reviews
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Bowie's 2nd - 4th LPs in a neat box set for under 16 quid? Wo! Now there's value for money, folks! A near perfect introduction to the pre-Ziggy world of Bowie that, thankfully, doesn't stretch too far back to his scary Anthony Newley 1st LP phase (cf 'Laughing Gnome' et al).

'Space Oddity' has the classic hit of the same name (naturally) plus gorgeous tracks like 'Janine', 'Wide Eyed Boy From Free Cloud', a curious 1984-esque vision of the 'Cygnet Committee' and the far-out 'Memory of a Free Festival'. Admittedly its more Neil Young than Lou Reed but just like the old Crazy Horse himself it's still satisfyingly rockin' in a folky way.

TMWSTW is Bowie stepping into the glam ROCK ring and how! Old Ronno is on board and - along with 'Aladdin Sane' 3 years later - Bowie proves he can rock out full-metal stylee as well as anything the Zeps or the Sabs could muster. From the blistering opener 'The Width of A Circle' all the way to 'The Supermen' and encompassing brilliant Burroughsian-paranoid songs such as 'All The Madman' (perhaps Bowie's first proclamation of his sexuality?? Discuss) and the always magnificent title track, this is one heavy mother! Oh and Bowie's in a lovely frock on the cover.

'Hunky Dory' is the album that most non-Bowie fans rate as their 2nd favourite after Ziggy. Now, that's not slating it as it's a great album but he did produce other fantastic albums after Ziggy which ALWAYS get ignored (e.g. 'Aladdin Sane' & 'Station To Station' to name two). Anyway, here you can see Bowie the superstar was on well his way as finally he marries his rockier side to the proper singer-songwriter side. Classics are a plenty here: 'Changes', 'Life on Mars' (which almost became a Sinatra song), 'Queen Bitch' (another nod to his sexuality), 'Oh You Pretty Things' (Peter Noone has nothing on this version) and the wonderful flattering tribute to 'Andy Warhol'. A glorious timeless album.

Bowie may have messed up in the 1980s and released some poor albums which put off many casual fans who had one or two albums (including Ziggy). For those in this disposition all you need is this to remind you why people like me and gaggles of critics with good taste love the man. Or, alternatively, if want to see how Ziggy began 'making love to his ego' you can do no better than this nicely put together set. And PLEASE avoid anything from his Anthony Newley phase for goodness sake!!

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