Hunky Dory

It’s Bowie!

Actually enjoyed it. Changes is a little too cliche from its overuse in movies and stuff, but the album is fun, musical, and cohesive. Would listen again.

Big enjoy

Although Life on Mars is my favorite song on the album, I prefer my Bowie with guitar rather than piano. Give me the main acoustic riff from Andy Warhol or the electrics on Queen Bitch any day

Look out, you rock'n'rollers

This is the third Bowie album I’ve listened to so far, and I’m really loving his stuff. This album’s a near 5, but I just wish it wasn’t so front heavy and it kept the momentum going all the way through. Otherwise, it’s still a very solid album, and I’m excited to listen to more from him.

Brilliant. Under rated album of Bowie’s, especially by myself. Greatly enjoyed. 9/10

Bowie’s gets one step closer to making a masterpiece. Favs: Changes Oh! You Pretty Things Life On Mars Queen Bitch Least Favs: Kooks

Hieno levy 👌🏼

Fun glam rock/pop album that sees Bowie coming into his own. The first half is stellar with arguably his best song ever "Life on Mars". The 2nd half falls off a bit but there are still good tracks like "Queen Bitch". It really shows where he is headed after this album, like he's in labor with Ziggy Stardust.

Not my favourite Bowie album but very consistent and a classic. Andy Warhol is one of my favs

4.5 - Good Stuff. Plenty I knew. Some Vaudeville piano songs.

A great sample of classic rock, but a bit out there conceptually

An excellent, enjoyable album.

Changes is an all-time great. God, I love Bowie.

"So I turned myself to face me But I've never caught a glimpse..." Love how piano-forward this album is. *Eight-line poem

I may regret only giving this four stars. My mum's favourite Bowie album, and it is of course brilliant. No weak tracks - just on the whole it doesn't carry the same weight as The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, Station to Station, or some of his later stuff. This album is a little lighter and more whimsical in the lyrics, which I do like a lot. I enjoy every song, but at no point did I really go WOW, like I do with a lot of his other work. I think part of it may be due to the fact that most songs are sort of ballads. Who knows. Very good, but not his best.

I am not sure how overall these years I’ve criminally underrated David Bowie. This is an outstanding album. Definitely worth your time.

Not my favorite Bowie album but still beast.

Quite the experimental album but I guess that is what Bowie was all about.

So good I listened to it twice. It's "vintage Bowie" but it's got some super familiar classic tracks interspersed with some decent less known material that holds it all together rather well.

So excited to have a David Bowie album! The only song I knew beforehand was Changes. It’s the first song and it’s also the song I listened to on the way to my new job! :) It wasn’t my favorite David Bowie album, but I still liked it. It was a little slow and I needed faster tunes for the morning. Best Songs: Changes (duh) Oh! You Pretty Things Life on Mars? (Have you ever noticed David Bowie’s best songs are about space?) Worst Songs: Andy Warhol

Solid stuff

I still don't care for David Bowie but this earlier album was better than his later ones, IMO.

Very interesting and ahead of it's time I would say. Better than I expected fs.

Who knew Post Pop began in '71? With Ronson more background and Wakeman's piano to the fore this is a real mix of styles but as an album it still works, surprisingly. Life On Mars and Changes still sound fresh today.

Probably not my favourite Bowie album but it’s a pretty high bar considering all his work. The first half of this album is particularly strong.

Such great songwriting, not a lot to say here. Production is so sweet as well

Some of this is the best music Bowie ever made (Changes, Life On Mars), some of it is a teensy bit forgettable. Still a brilliant album, just not his absolute best.

I've always appreciated Bowie but never got into him, guess there's no time like the present. I like this album but not something that I'm super into. I guess I can appreciate David Bowie as an icon without actually loving his music; some of my favorite artists were heavily influenced by him. I would never turn off a Bowie song but not sure I would ever put one on. Great for what it is and I will have to try another album to see if it "sticks"

Not my vibe

Coming in between the bluesy rock of The Man who Sold the World and the magnificently overblown rock opera of Ziggy, Hunky Dory is a much more conventional pop album with a much tighter focus on songwriting rather than the showmanship that became a staple of Bowie's later music. Not for nothing did many of the songs on Hunky Dory become staple songs of Bowie's live concerts all the way till the end of his career, there's a raw emotion that radiates from every song and the short nature of the tracks (only three of the eleven on the album go past the four minute mark) means nothing ever lingers long enough to bore the listener. It's probably the most straightforward album Bowie ever wrote and the one that firmly established him as pop rock's vanguard for the rest of the 1970's.

First time hearing. Great album.

Oh! You Pretty Things might be one of his best tracks. Changes is a classic, as is Life on Mars

A lot of great songs. Not as consistently great as some of Bowie’s albums.

Changes was good

Good sounds like a good David Bowie music

Hunky Dory isn't among my favorite Bowie albums, but is an important album for Bowie as much as it is for the Art Pop genre. No historical ranting this time, Hunky Dory is what David Bowie gathered the good aspects of pop music of his time into a better than average pop album for its time. Still probably his worst album that appears on this list. Yay.

Me gusta

What a banger of an album. Life on mars has to be one of my all time fav Bowie tracks. This one is very close to being a 5 star but not quite there 4.3

Great album start to finish

Album 40/1001 With Hot Fuss still fresh in my head, I've just noticed how much of a rip-off Mr Brightside is of Queen Bitch. They call themselves The Killers? The Thieves, more like. 👨‍🎤 Favourite lyrics: THE BEWLAY BROTHERS "Lay me place and bake me pie I'm starving for me gravy" Favourite song: Life on Mars? 🔭🌌 Honourable mention: Changes 🔄🔁 Queen Bitch 👑🐩 Quicksand ⏳️⌛️ Oh! You Pretty Things 🙀😻 The Bewlay Brothers 👨‍🎤🙇‍♂️

one of his better ones.

Just had a Bowie album recently and loved it. Here's another.... love it as well. Maybe even more than the last. 4.5/5

Awesome album!

this album is all hunky dory

Every song on this record is pretty epic. David Bowie’s a magician who transforms music into emotional sorcery that cuts straight to the soul.

What a fantastic album, seeing Bowie shift to a more piano/rock style is a fun listen. This album has multiple incredible piano sections. And some other songs people don't like(Andy Warhol, which is a solid track) What is there to be said about Life on Mars that already hasn't been said?? Some amazing storytelling, perfectly completed by the music in a non didactic way, building into climax which is the best chorus on the album where the lyrics are working in the opposite direction of the verse. *Chefs kiss* Then you have Changes, Then Pretty Things, Quicksand, Andy Warhol and The Bewlay Brothers. Favorite track, Queen Bitch, straight punk rock in vein of The Modern Lovers Solid 4/5 stars those 41 minutes just roll by

Best: Life on Mars? Worst: Fill your heart Liked songs: 11/11, 100% Mid 4 After listening to Blackstar a few times this week, its really interesting to juxtapose it with the album Bowie became Bowie. Of course his sound and lyricism developed quite a bit in the 4 and a half decades separating the album, but it's clear that Bowie has always been an artist unafraid to blaze his own trail and remain fearlessly unique. It's just a fun album all around, with pretty solid lyrics and a really unique but infectious sound. Its one of those albums where I actually think the B-sides carry, and really make me appreciate the album, though of course the two singles everyone knows are amazing. A very fitting album to essentially start perhaps the greatest artist to ever have lived's career.

I really enjoyed this album. At the time, the artist was unusual, different, and exciting and producing music with a unique sound. I really liked the song, "Kooks". The song, "Life On Mars?" was the most familiar as that was the song most played on the radio. My least favorite song, "The Bewlay Brothers" as the song went on a little too long.

Solid Bowie album, happy with this one

Going well.

Bowie at times can feel complex, but this is one of those albums that helps define him, in my opinion. Layered, unique, confusing, but ultimately very entertaining! If one were to be introduced to Bowie, LIFE ON MARS? would be an apt selection. While side 1 obviously is much more acclaimed, for obvious reasons, I've grown to really appreciate how impressive side 2 is, especially THE BEWLAY BROTHERS

An album that makes you feel like the title suggests. One of the better Bowie albums imo and a great one to sing along to that gets stuck in your head in a good way

I've already listened to his album (24). Not Bowie's best, but Rick Wakeman steals the show. Changes + Life on Mars

So good

Quirky without losing depth.

Pretty solid

I never thought I would listen to a Bowie album that I would enjoy. I may actually even come back to this one

Outside of this challenge I've been running my own challenges for a number of years. One of those was finishing the Bowie discography. I came to the conclusion that I'm a fan of the idea of Bowie rather than the reality. His supposed ability to shift like a chameleon didn't ring true, and many of his albums felt indistinct. I couldn't love his vocals. I didn't like the glam stuff. He seemed like he had only two types of song. But, it's Bowie, I get his importance. Nothing against him, but the music does little for me. Having said that, this one includes my favourite Bowie song, one I'd loved before I ever heard the album (Quicksand). My personal take is three stars, but the Bowie importance bumps it to 4.

Historically my favourite Bowie album, and I imagine that will hold up as I get like seven more of them in my final 300-ish albums here. Queen Bitch probably rocks more than any of his other songs.

I liked it a lot

Life on Mars are all timer Bowie songs, a good chunk of the album doesn’t quite live up but it finishes strong.

David Bowie still is amazing. Cover 5/5 love the art

An all-timer within the discography of an all-timer, though not completely consistent in its quality (the best tracks are a cut above the rest, and Eight Line Poem basically just takes up space) it's still a rather wild joy from start to finish, it just took a little extra time for this wildness and inspiration to be honed and assembled into a more coherent masterpiece in Ziggy Stardust But there's no sense in skipping this one either, obviously

Life on Mars I knew and like. The rest is also nice but I’ll have to listen to it again. Second listen is also very cool and funky I like it

7.8

Probably my favorite Bowie album so far, I liked it for the most part. Enough melody and hooks, a little bit experimental, but not too far, it was pretty palatable. The hits are amazing as always.

4.5

Great album. I can see a lot of his influence in modern music. Really like Andy Warhol and Fill Your Heart. This album is added to a list of repeats now.

Schon David Bowie. Hat was zum anhören, aber schon grade eher Theater mäßig. Queen ist glaube auch so eine Richtung.

I've been meaning to listen to this one for a while. I enjoyed it but need another listen.

good

Changes is a great song! The whole album is a vibe.

Some hits but a bit inconsistent

This young Bowie guy’s showing lots of potential

One of Bowie’s best albums in my opinion. I like how it feels like a musical.

Finally a Bowie album I'm not going to give a 5 to. People see this as the beginning of Bowie's hot streak, and based on the high points on this album, I can sort of see why, but there's too many tracks here that I don't really feel anything about, which I can't say for the album that follows it. Sure, Life On Mars is one of the greatest songs of all time, but I feel people we just impressed that Bowie was finally putting 4-5 amazing tracks on an album, as opposed to just 1, maybe 2 at best. I am giving 4 Stars though. Changes, Oh You Pretty Things, Queen Bitch and the Belway Brothers all deserve the praise they receive.

Not unexpectedly, this is very good Bowie with Life on Mars leading the line for me. Go buy it.

Changes always makes me think of Shrek 2

3.8

This was great! I have a soft spot for life on mars in particular, but the album as a whole holds up well. It's catchy, varied, well written... You can tell he was writing from the piano for most of it, which I tend to like as a pianist. Songs just sound different when you write them from different instruments, even if those instruments aren't in the final recording at all. This wasn't quite masterpiece level for me, but a good time was had listening, and I'd definitely listen again.

It's tender and understated but also powerful. Bowie's undeniable talent comes through with a strength and softness like a velvet hammer.

A classic, albeit with a couple of weak ones which stop it being a 5

If Aladdin Sane was Bowie building on Ziggy by turning everything up to 11, this was him carefully exploring the ideas that would become it. Of his classic albums, it's the most playful, having an almost twee sound at times. But it's also one of the sparsest, being dominated by piano and acoustic guitar with some string flourishes. This formula usually succeeds; "Life On Mars" is a top five Bowie song, "Changes" and "Quicksand" are highlights, and his Dylan and Velvet Underground impersonations near the end hint at the range he'd display later in his career.. But a few tracks, like "Kooks" and "Fill Your Heart," feel a bit too light and airy. It all comes together into a transitional album that exhibits his best qualities without the variety or excitement he'd showcase later on.

This is probably what a lot people think of when they think of “David Bowie.” Go figure the two songs I don’t like on here are named after two people I don’t like.

I wasn’t raised with David Bowie so I hadn’t listened through any of his albums in entirety. I’m not unaware of the massive cultural impact he made and how devastating his death was for many. You Pretty Things was my fave on the album

Bowie obviously one of the goats but theres a few skips on this album. Maybe i’m just not cool enough. 4.7/5.0 Best Song: Life On Mars - jesus christ, this song is just unbelievably good, can only dream of ever writing something like this.

Class album, so many highlights. Changes, Oh! You Pretty Thing, Kooks and Queen Bitch are phenomenal songs. You could argue Life on Mars is one of the defining songs of the 70s. Crazy that this isnt even in my top 5 Bowie albums. Saying that, the bad songs on this album are pretty bad, Andy Warhol, Quicksand and the Bewlay Brothers are just not good songs, which knocks a bit off shine off the album. 4.2/5

Cool

Man, turns out I might be a bigger Bowie fan than I thought I was. Great song writing that’s still accessible but still very creative and unique with some of the switches, instruments, etc. Also some epic moments and builds. Seems like one of Bowies biggest talents. When do we get the labrynth soundtrack? 4.25

I’m not a giant Bowie fan - I do really enjoy much of his work but I’m no obsessive and my patience has its limits. Yet, every track here is seemingly engrained into my psyche - each song is so ridiculously familiar it’s like they’ve always been there. And the really odd thing about it, is I can listen to them again and again without (much) complaint. It was a pleasure listening to this - I didn’t skip a second and when it finished, I could have listened again. I didn’t though.

Off the cuff remark: by far my favourite Bowie album, but with references to Goebbels and making "way for the homo superior" I am uncomfortable with the Nazism dabbling he has had and seem evident here. Standout track: there are several but "Changes" is fabulous Revisit?: my most frequently listened to Bowie album.

Know what. I have, as a result of this challenge, come to dislike David Bowie and borderline hate Bob Dylan. And yet, despite both names coming up on this album (even as a tribute for one), I'd say it was a pretty enjoyable experience overall. It truly is hard to listen to this album and not recognize there's something great about it. It's still not quite my cup of tea and there wasn't anything I'd save to listen to later, but it's definitely still worth a listen.

Great album. I only knew Bowie from the labyrinth and a few key songs. This is a totally different side of Bowie I’m hearing. I enjoyed the whole album

Doing this 1000 album thing has really showed me how little music knowledge I have. I thought I knew David Bowie but it’s embarrassing to realise I haven’t yet listened to a full album by him. This was the best hit for me yet in this album list.

David Bowie is cool. This is good. Happy to listen to this any time.

Pretty pretty pretty good..

Somewhere in-between full musical theatricality and singer-songwriter earnestness. Also, "Oh! You Pretty Things" is one of my favorite Bowie song, and "Life on Mars?" one of my favorite songs EVER, so it's automatically a good album.

One of my favorites of Bowie. Its simple and good. Life on Mars, Queen Bitch, so many greats.

Not quite the parallel to The Bends or Revolver, a mastery of form by a mostly good, but not yet great band, if only because the glam rock pursuits Bowie went on doesn’t have an equal to OK Computer or Sgt Pepper's, etc. Anyhow, by far my favourite Bowie album, it’s just amazing to think of how this came out after his previous efforts, which were good, and then oh look, here’s a master.

Really enjoyed this - not quite ziggy levels of no skip but seriously good nonetheless

8/10

Brilliant Bowie album. First half is maybe stronger than the second in my opinion but Queen Bitch is a banger! It is a great Bowie album but I think that there is better...

Very good. Especially Queen Bitch - my favorite song by him.

Lovely piece of work from David

Bowie showing his versatility, if not his vocal power

This one was really good actually, liked it more than I thought I would. Turns out I kept putting off listening to it for no reason. Kooks would be a really good cheesy parent-child dance at a wedding. Best song: Life On Mars? Notable(s): Changes, Oh! You Pretty Things, Kooks, The Bewley Brothers

Great album

It does sound a bit like this album was crafted around Changes & Life on Mars - but still, it's Bowie, of course this was going to be a great listen. Even Bowie's off cuts are gold. Changes is such a great song and a timeless classic. Anyone born in the late 90's to mid-2000's probably listened to the Shrek 2 version before Bowie's original - which is hilarious. This thing definitely is front loaded. The latter half slows things down a lot. Good listen, probably wouldn't rush back to anything but the two hits on this thing, but definitely listenable and would not complain if I had to put this on again.

The world’s first closeted straight man in another record of sufficient quality to obfuscate historical acts that would irreparably tarnish the legacy of a lesser artist. Some of the B sides fucking stink.

Pretty decent all throughout, with a few standout songs (mostly the singles which are mostly famous).

I enjoyed this album I am only so so on David Bowie but this was a fun listen

35/1089 Changes is a perfect pop song, i’m still a bit biased towards the Shrek version though. Oh you pretty things is also v familiar and a classic. Life on Mars? is just too good, Jessica Lange’s rendition on American Horror Story will always stick with me but it’s really an iconic song and concept Fill Your Heart really isn’t clicking i just found it mostly irritating it’s a cool album and i prefer it over The Next Day which is the other Bowie project i’ve heard in full but i feel like Changes, Life on Mars and Oh You Pretty Things set a high standard that the rest of the album struggled to keep up with a little faves: Changes, Life on Mars?, The Bewlay Brothers least faves: Fill Your Heart, Eight Line Poem 4 stars 71/100

4.4

Super solid album. To me, this is typical, peak Bowie. It's weird in a way that only he could be. The songs are a bit theatrical, but keep you interested in the regard.

A classic Bowie album that really captures his artistic brilliance and spirit. I do prefer guitar driven Bowie over piano driven Bowie. This album has a bit of both but I do get a bit lost on a couple of these tracks (I find "Kooks" to be a bit creepy and unsettling and "Fill Your Heart" also a bit strange) but this album is redeemed by some fantastic songs in "Quicksand" "Changes" and my favourite - "Life on Mars." I think this is close to a full 5 stars if I was judging on creativity but on pure listening enjoyment I give it a 4.

I absolutely adore Bowie, but this is probably one of my least favourite Bowie albums on the list. That’s not to say I dislike Hunky Dory, it’s still a great album, but it feels more so like an attempt for Bowie to find his voice and the songwriting and production feel a bit inconsistent. Life on Mars?, Changes, Queen Bitch, and Oh! You Pretty Things are some of the best songs Bowie has ever written. Quicksand and Bewlay Brothers are also phenomenal deep cuts. The other songs on this album just don’t move me at all no matter how many times I listen to them.

Definitely an album. While I love it and see how every coffeeshop musician adores it, not my fav

7,54

classic bowie

A great Bowie album, although not a personal favorite for me. But also Bowie has like 5 albums that I think are among the best of all time so this not being one of my favorites from him doesn’t really mean much. Some all timers on here for sure and his first album that feels like he has found himself

Splendid und marvellous. Great album, great lyrics, and a bunch of Bowie and his infinite creativity. I love it

Not one of his best but still a solid album

The arrival of a genius. He leaves behind his folky earthy songs and looks towards the stars.

This reminds me or a lot of albums like the Beatles or Michael Jackson,, where there’s 1-2 great songs and the rest are more there for filler, not bad but not amazing. Easy 4 stars but doesn’t quite make it up to 5/5 for me

When it comes to Bowie’s glam rock era, this is easily one of my favorite albums. He strikes a great balance here, making music that’s accessible to a wide audience while still keeping his experimental edge intact. “Changes,” one of his most iconic tracks, is a song I still enjoy hearing to this day. One standout detail is that this album features Rick Wakeman on piano and keyboards. Not long after, Wakeman became more focused on his work with Yes, and his collaborations with Bowie tapered off. Still, the two stayed on good terms, which adds a nice touch to their story.

Elevated by 2 of Bowie’s greatest songs, however loses a lot of steam in the second half. Great vocals and interesting songwriting as to be expected. One thing I’ve grown to hate is acoustic guitar in classic rock albums that were clearly recorded through a single mic and not DI’d; that washboard effect where the picking comes through louder than the actual chords being played gets grating and it’s constant in the second half of this album - surprised to say as a guitar man that the piano has a much better sound in this album. Changes (10/10) Oh! You Pretty Thing (8/10) Eight Line Poem (7/10) Life on Mars? (10/10) Kooks (7/10) Quicksand (8/10) Fill Your Heart (7/10) Andy Warhol (7/10) Song for Bob Dylan (7/10) Queen Bitch (7/10) The Bewlay Brothers (6/10) 7.6/10

4 stars. Good Bowie album!

excited for more bowie

At least Bowie seemed to grow out of his offensive opinions (unlike Morrissey who grew into them), wasn’t obviously a plagiarist (unlike Paul Simon) and wrote better songs than Neil Young. But really? 3 Bowie albums is enough though if there were more than 1001 maybe I could tolerate it. Changes and the man who sold the world are truly great though. Life on Mars is wonderfully great. And maybe this album is one of the three. But there’s a bit of filler, unlike Ziggy. I’m giving this 3. Though out of the context of here it’s probably a 4.5. So ok a 4. But hold off on the Bowie.

love u bowie xx

Genre: Pop Rock A very solid, very well-produced and engineered (shoutout Beatles legend Ken Scott), and very enjoyable pop record. Bowie was hitting his stride in the early 70s, and was primed and ready to release some of the decades most influential pop and glam rock. This is an album that has some great pop classics (Changes), some great Bowie classics (Life on Mars?), and some really great deep cuts (Kooks, Andy Warhol). Really good stuff from Bowie, and it’s nowhere near his ultimate best. 4/5

je prépare le déménagement l'album a été un bon son de fond haha la meuf sur l'album ressemble grave à Zaho de Sagazan ça me fume

rather than reheating lou reed’s nachos, bowie was kinda preheating his nachos with this album…just kidding, not everything is about lou reed. except when it is. there’s a lot going on here, and the heavy theatricality makes it feel a little silly at points. this combined with how overplayed ‘changes’ and ‘life on mars?’ are leads to a certain difficulty in taking it seriously. BUT i did enjoy it. i actually really like the warhol song—that spanish guitar is so goddamn random but ultimately quite cool—although i can’t believe that bowie actually expected warhol to not completely hate it lol. i also like the bob dylan tribute. awwww it’s kind of cute that bowie wrote all these songs about his celebrity crushes… fav tracks: oh! you pretty things; queen bitch; andy warhol; song for bob dylan; the bewlay brothers; changes

there was a time in my life where this music felt like the most interesting and weird thing I'd ever heard so I will always care about it for that reason. however I did not feel that way this time. but it is a good album. Fav tracks: Queen Bitch, Changes

Super fun overall. Again an artist I know of more than I knew. I had a fun time listening to this (twice) but don't have much more to say

David visited me in a dream once. He said, “you pretentious twat, this is the most common dream about me that posers have.” I said, “don’t be mean, some of the music is transcendent and some is artsy garble.” He said, “just for that, I’m going to sing an eight-minute song about an electric penguin that’s danceable and completely inscrutable.” And I said, “David, please, make it just six minutes.” And he then made it eleven. I love him so much.

Bowie is a favourite. This album is a bit uneven, but with great highlights! Worth a place in the «collection»

Bowie seems a tad over-represented.on this list. That said, this one belongs on it, pretty near peak Bowie for me.

This is the last of the Bowie albums on my 1001 albums journey, in some ways, the generator has saved the best until last. I enjoyed this much more than the other Bowie albums we've had on the list.

8/10 Favourite: Life on Mars? Least Favourite: Eight Line Poem

Enjoyed this. Probably the best Bowie album I’ve had on the list so far. The album really flows well. “Life on Mars?” is a great song. 4/5 Will listen again

Junto a The Man Who Sold The World, uno de los primeros grandes discos de Bowie, que explotaría su talento en el siguiente disco. Aquí, a pesar de encontrar algunos de sus mejores temas, aún presenta los problemas de inconsistencia de su primera época. 4/5

One of my favorite of Bowie’s catalog - creative and playful in all the best ways. “Life on Mars?” Is one of the all time best rock tracks in my opinion, and “Bewlay Brothers” may be one of the most underrated. The whole album blends the rock and folk aspects of his songwriting with orchestral flair in places where it fits, and sparser arrangements where it helps to create a more intimate sound. Such an amazing chronicle of an artist seeming to find exactly who they are and what they have to bring to the world.

Definitely one of my favourite Bowie albums. An incredibly strong opening admittedly tails off a little bit in the second half, but that’s not to say there’s any duffers on here. It falls a little bit short of a five stars for me but it’s a really, really good album.

i listened to this album high as balls, and it was a wonderful experience. i forgot who i was and all of my problems. good listen. 3.7/5

This album has life on mars. 92/100

some fun bops

It’s very good, but not in its best shape. If his voice was produced just slightly better, the entire album would have been much much more pleasant. Music wise, very enjoyable as well.

After Changes as the opener I felt like the album quickly lulled. I assumed it was just early Bowie, and while I dug the notion of a fascination with Mars, I was like oh it’s early 70’s, Bowie hasn’t gotten weird yet, he’s still a contemporary musician carving his own path. Turns out that both 1. Space Oddity predated this by 2 years. The spaceman was here all along and 2. The album gets weird in the second half. It’s a 4 objectively, a 3 subjectively as I still wanted a bit more edge from the man to be known as Ziggy Stardust. The album feels nice and fleshed out by the end and it’s got a good balance to it, I wa shuts thrown by the early pacing after starting off with a banger of an opening.

Hot take: David Bowie is the most overrated artist of all time. I think a lot of this take comes from his explosion in pop culture after his death in 2016. I don't think he's bad, but people act like he's the most influential musician ever. Every album I've listened to of his has one or two standout songs, and the rest is pretty forgettable. This album is the same. "Changes" is a great song, and "Life on Mars?" is fun. Other than that, there's not much else going on. This is a 3.5 star album for me. I might round up due to it's brevity.

Always felt like David Bowie was just a little before our time and so I never really got into him. But this is a great album.

Not as earth-shattering as Ziggy or Low, but still pretty damn good.

Nice

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Very glad I got this as I wanted to listen to this for a while. I think that as quite a lot of these are a bit stripped down, it shows how amazing a songwriter he was, and also as a storyteller, and also just making really catchy choruses, like in pretty much every song on here. He just has such a diverse and interesting discography that you'll never like each song or album for entirely the same reasons. Not to much else to say, just really good, some parts remind me a bit of Elton John, which I'm not sure is good or bad. Favourite songs: changes, life on Mars, Oh! you pretty things, kooks, quicksand, song for Bob Dylan, Queen Bitch, The Bewlay Brothers. Overall around 8/10

Una obra maestra

I can’t call myself a Bowie fan, but I do like a lot of his music - usually earlier music. I thoroughly enjoyed this entire album.

Agréable écoute très bon album pour un grand artiste 🙏

Oooo David Bowie. Very good, songs sounded very well made

Wonderful! Bowie at his finest, with Changes and my favorite, Life on Mars!

Another classic on deck! Again, as with so much, I never really give Bowie a shot other than the hits and I'm excited to hear some album cuts. The top of the album puts us in 4 territory without breaking a sweat. Changes is a banger. O!YPT another great one. Life on Mars? is truly an amazing song, maybe an all-timer. Back half of the album is all very good, fun stuff. Bowie rocks, end of discussion.

--Changes...never thought this was his best but still great --Oh! You Pretty Things...weird and fun --Eight Line Poem...sounds like a more classical voice could deliver a nice cover. Don't like it much as is --Life on Mars?...perfect no notes --Kooks...kooky (hah) and fun --Quicksand...a little long but it justifies its length more than other "epic" songs --Fill Your Heart...twee bullshit but Bowie makes it work --Andy Warhol...strange and yet totally accessible. Pure Bowie --Song for Bob Dylan...this one has a lot of elements I like but it's missing something. Doesn't quite come together for me --Queen Bitch...banger --The Bewlay Brothers...doesn't immediately jump out as one of the better tracks but it may take multiple listens to truly appreciate

Det er en blanding af cabaret, folk, glam piano rock så det er lidt anderledes end hans senere og lidt mere poppet. åbenbart hans første album hvor han sådan virkelig gav den gas med et artistic vision. det er også en af hans mest critically acclaimed albums. Det er her hvor han arbejdede sammen med nogle af de første som også var med til ziggy stardust.

A Bowie classic heralding music to come

4/5

Classic Bowie!!!

In my top 10 albums ever and his best

Great album by a pioneer in rock music.

[3.75/5] Final impression: I think Bowie just doesn't mesh with me which is unfortunate because his voice and the instrumentals are killer. Something about it just doesn't generally hit for me, but when it hits it HITS. Listened to on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/album/6fQElzBNTiEMGdIeY0hy5l]. Changes - A good beat. Catchy. Second best track on here. Oh! You Pretty Things - Not that into this one, but the instrumentals are interesting in a good way. I do love a good story. Eight Line Poem - Fantastic vocals, I just don't really vibe with the track overall. Life on Mars? - Best track so far. Fun lyrics. Kooks - Don't know that I like this one. Kind of catchy though. Sounds like a song I should like, if I'm honest. The longer I let it stew, the more this one grows on me. Quicksand - Not that notable to me, but its fine. Fill Your Heart - His voice is crazy here. I don't hate it. The instrumentals here are kind of sick. Andy Warhol - Ok now we're talking. Digging the vibe of this one. The lyrics here are scratching the brain just right. The instrumentals are just fantastic. Song for Bob Dylan - I like this one alright. *Queen Bitch - This one hits. The Bewlay Brothers - I like this one. Overall notes: Some of the songs on here go kind of hard, but when they don't go hard they aren't notable to me at all. Special shout out to Changes, Life on Mars, Kooks, Andy Warhol, and Queen Bitch.

is there life on mars?

Wonderful album, I love the sound of a crisp acoustic guitar. Typical of Bowie, the singing is also great. A well rounded and enjoyable album, will definitely listen to it again. I found the Andy Warhol track quite fun.

It's not Ziggy Stardust but it's worth a 4 for the opening alone

First 4 were good

Pretty solid album.

Good Bowie, but a little 'screechy' for me right now

David Bowie's aura is off the charts

So good. Takes me back to my teens and discovering me!

Still haven’t heard a bad Bowie album and quite frankly, I don’t think I ever will.

The album received critical acclaim upon its release and continues to entertain listeners to this day. It was a marked shift from his previous, and while some of the tracks seem superfluous, the majority of them are excellent.

En un bar casi olvidado cercano a la costa Bowie brilla con la luz blanca y cristalina del mar. El aire decorado por el polvo llena los pulmones y copas de sus estrellas relegadas que cantan para que el amor cocine como siempre.

Genius.

We have Led Zeppelin at home

I wasn't always the most keen on the album format up until the last several years thanks to the ease of streaming, so when I was 14 I would just cherry pick the best songs from side 1 and say yep this is my favorite Bowie album I like hunky dory best. Well in giving it the full attention it deserves I can say it is definitely very sweet and has several of my favorite songs by the guy. yep this is not my favorite Bowie album

Vale muy bien!!! Ya estaba bastante familiarizada con el álbum, pero me gusta bastante lol. tiene SOBERANOS temazos y capta muy muy bien la vibra de Bowie. una de mis canciones favoritas está en este álbum. es como un álbum que escucharía mientras hago cosas en mi habitación

Este álbum tiene un significado especial para mí, porque es el mítico que ponían mis padres en el coche cuando era pequeña. Por eso escucharlo de nuevo me ha traído muchos recuerdos, sobre todo con "Changes" que es una de mis favoritas de este álbum. Que decir, David Bowie es un increible artista en general, una persona que admiro mucho. Y aparte de todo esto, el álbum me parece bastante bueno, por eso le doy un 8/10.

En lo personal, a mí me encanta David Bowie y este es uno de sus mejores albums sin duda, sin embargo, pienso que tiene alguna canción que no me llega tanto. Eso sí, changes y Life on mars son brutales. Tiene albums mejores, por eso le pongo 4 estrellas.

It’s just rock 👄💄

1. Changes - 10 Best track on the album by far. The intro is amazing and the highlight of Bowie's amazing vocals after the lead in is really nice. This is just all around one of Bowie's best songs. The constant introduction and ducking of the drum line works perfectly to bridge verse from chorus and highlights the consistent re-innovation of who Bowie was and his personas. The sax at the end is a brilliant way to end the song. 2. Oh! You Pretty Things - 10 Lovely start to the song with the way the piano is played. Vocals are amazing, lyrics are good, and the way the song eventually leads into the full instrumentals are just amazing. Another great track with an extremely catchy chorus. 3. Eight Line Poem - 7 Guitar sounds solid in this song but it's very light and feels like a bridge between the absolute powerful songs elsewhere on the album. Not much that is remarkable about it, but it is a decent enough track. 4. Life on Mars - 10 Absolute belter of a track. Instrumentally it's insanely fun with a really fun piano, drum, and guitar. Lyrically to me it's a bit strange (which I understand is part and parcel for David Bowie) but it's still a great track. The strings that come in at the end of the track are incredible. Overall, way more enjoyable than I remember the tune as being. 5. Kooks - 4 Very weak lyrically. Instrumentally it's not the strongest thing on the album either. All around it's not a bad song and the first verse is very nice but Bowie falls out of tempo at the end of the verse. It's an error repeated in the second verse as well. Overall, not particularly a great song. 6. Quicksand - 7 Really slow burner which Bowie does very well. Enjoyable track on the album. He repeats the Homo Sapiens theme in this song much like he did previously in the album. Tone changes work well here as bridges, much like Bowie does in a lot of his works. 7. Fill Your Heart - 5 Instrumentally I like this track a lot. Lyrically I do not. It's just all over the place and feels like a bombardment of ideas for what the track should have been. It doesn't ever seem to find it's purpose. 8. Andy Warhol - 8 The opening 45 of this track is the weakest part of the album so far but when the guitar finally comes in it sounds amazing. From there the track becomes really really enjoyable. Pace builds even further at the end to an all around enjoyable listen. 9. Song for Bob Dylan - 9 Excellent track. Guitar sounds amazing and the drums help emphasize the vocals when needed. Just a really all around enjoyable track. 10. Queen Bitch - 7 Complete change of tone. Guitar is much heavier than previously in the album. Lyrics in the chorus are a bit random like 90s Aerosmith were, but it's still a decent track to listen to and the verses are well put together. 11. The Bewlay Brothers - 8 Way quieter a track than anything else on the album but it builds to well into the chorus each and every time. The guitar is the real hero of the song but lyrically this is really enjoyable. Great way to end the album. Average Rating: 7.7 Adjusted to a 5-Point Scale: 3.9 out of 5 Rounded Up: 4 stars

Really good album

This is the album before Spiders From Mars. Maybe it's opening up with Changes but this album. Feels like an odd bridge from his first few albums to the Ziggy and beyond ones. Overall it's Bowie you really can't go wrong. It's a good album and I enjoy it every time I listen to it.

Classic Bowie.

This starts out like a love letter to The Beatles, but becomes more David Bowie(TM) over the course of the album. I'm not steeped enough in early 70's pop-rock to know if that was the dominant sound at the time, or if Bowie was particularly fixated on echoing the Liverpudlians. If I inherited a vinyl copy of this album it would probably get some spins, but I'm not sure I'd buy a copy. Likewise, if I had a copy of this (or, more likely, a greatest hits CD) when I was in my "classic rock phase" in high school, I think I would have really gotten into it. Maybe I need to dig into the catalog more.

Ooo

Is this my favorite Bowie? Maybe. I hate Andy Warhol, though.

Really liked it! Loads of Bowie classics

Wow…this is my sixth David Bowie album so far out of 192, and by far my favorite Bowie album. (I wonder how many are on this list?) Although I was previously familiar with only two of these songs, most of them are keepers, and I will be saving this one and listening to it again. This is a four star album for me…genuinely enjoyed it.

ts kinda fire will look more into david bowie

Stand out is obviously “Life on Mars” although “Changes” has a special place in my heart because it was in the Shrek 2 soundtrack lol. Really enjoyed this album and it was pretty cohesive but it had a few songs I probably wouldn’t return to so it’s got to be 4 stars. Loved the use of piano throughout too.

Loved this.

This was a pleasant listen and reminded me that Bowie had stayed true to his style for a very long time. This could have been an 80's or 90's album from him and I wouldnt' have been able to tell, though obviously everything being remastered on the version I listened to probably helped with the production. I think "Queen Bitch" and "Changes" are my favorites from this. Some of the more slow piano oriented songs didn't catch my attention as much. I've been more of a fan of what Bowie stood for (musical experimentation, queerness, etct) than his actual music but this is legitimately good stuff. It's for sure background for me, but I wouldn't turn it off.

Great album. Life on Mars is a nigh-perfect song.

There’s a lot of this album that felt very theatrical. I also felt like the overall quality of the album got better near the end.

Very creative.

Good, maybe the best Bowie I’ve heard. Changes is a little overrated, a bit untidy. Fave Tracks: Oh You Pretty Things, Life on Mars, Andy Warhol, Queen Bitch 4.3/5

- gefiel mir bisher mit am Besten von den ganzen Bowie Alben 3-4/5

This is my second Bowie album. The first was Aladdin Sane... this is so much better. Changes and Life on Mars are obviously classics and the rest of the songs are good as well. Strong album.

Almost slipped to a 3 but enough hits to clear the bar

Used to listen to this a lot when I was younger so very nostalgic. Some absolute top tier songs on it (changes, oh you pretty things, life on mars) but lacks consistency sometimes, especially when compared to ziggy stardust.

Fantastic

It’s 3 ½ stars really. Bowie’s not a strong enough lyricist to pull off the strummy singer-songwriter tunes. They make for a pretty weak midsection and boring finale. But the opening salvo is three indelible eternal hits, and the biographical tunes in the last third are quite good too. Bowie has a lot better coming, this period in his career seems like a long slow gestation period, and this is near the end of it.

Nice album by Bowie

What a strange man! There are some absolute bangers in here, it's nearly criminal to start an album with a song as good as changes

couple bangers here

classic

Pretty good. 7/10

Would be higher without the Andy Worhol shit. Amazing, amazing music Best Song: Changes Rating: 8/10 (Excellent) Stars: 4/5

Bowie was a weird guy. Leaning into the strange and theatrical, like he's not part of this world, he's just trying his best to understand it. Life On Mars? is the standout track for me, unsurprisingly. Such a great song. Never gets old. Changes is maybe a tad overrated, also doesn't help that I've heard it a thousand times. Oh You Pretty Things & Queen Bitch are pretty great also. To me, this album marks the point where Bowie showed a clear path to stardom.

Great tunes

Excellent front half, more like "Very good" back half. Though all the experimental songs there do eventually get goin'. Can hear echoes of later Bowie in the catchiness of the musings.

Un gros classique qui me délivre de ma torpeur de l'avant veille, comme quoi les dieux du générateur peuvent faire preuve de clémence. - Clément, je te reçois 5/5. Il semblerait y avoir un délai de huit jours entre le Québec et l'Europe, curieux... T'es un prof, alors! Ça explique les dissertations académiques à chaque albums, disons. Je suis aller lire ta critique de Viagr Aboys sur Mowno, Pour ma part, je ne suis qu'un petit bambin de 24 ans habitant dans la grande région de Montréal, gagnant sa croûte comme designer graphique et jouant de la basse pour déranger mes voisins. Dis-moi, est-ce qu'il y a un code secret pour apprécier Radiohead? Le générateur m'a fait passer tout leurs gros albums, et à part The Bends et Ok Computer, je vois pas la hype. Aussi, j'ai un problème personnel avec les Sonic Youth, qui ont intimidés mon journaliste musical préféré en '91 (https://youtu.be/pkQi-Gpatac?si=r_BF8DIAL27NA73v&t=344). Par contre, Pixies et Black Emperor, 👌. Bref, je me demandais, combien de temps par critiques tu te réserves à chaques jours? Aussi, quel est ton processus d'écoute des albums? Ok, à la prochaine!

Liked it.

Early Bowie isn’t my favorite - more of a Ziggy Stardust fan. But on Hunk Dory you can see his brilliance as a lyricist and songwriter. Changes is an all time classic. Also, on a more piano-driven album you can’t do any better than Rick Wakeman. 4⭐️

Jag trodde jag skulle sätta en trea på denna som med Heroes men sen satte jag på albumet och sjöng med till alla låtarna och var distraherad så... Det betyder nog att alla David Bowie album jag gillar BÄTTRE än detta får en femma automatiskt.

The man was a genius. The first few songs on this one are 5 star quality but then it gets a bit less interesting. I’m no fan of Bob Dylan so the tune in his style is a bit off a bummer for me. Queen Bitch sounds exactly like “ Take a Walk on the Wild Side” by the Velvet Underground. Turns out Bowie was first. Overall it’s still miles ahead of most.

So many iconic tunes on this album! And they’re all so different. Even some of the songs I’m less familiar with are amazing, like “quicksand”. That said, there are a few misses for me (songs that don’t reach the 5 star mark), like “Andy Warhol” and “Song for Bob Dylan”. I also hear some British prog reach creeping in, which I’m growing fatigue for at this stage in the project. Also, not worth nothing, but I sometimes have no idea what Brits are singing about.

Legendary Bowie album, much better than the first one I listened to on this list. 7.6/10

Very good classic Bowie

some really nice piano

A classic obviously.

Highlights: Queen Bitch, Changes, Fill Your Heart, Kooks, Life On Mars? In a nutshell: the man who stunned the world. Overall: 8/10

Przyjemne, nostalgiczne, wprowadza w dobry nastrój

8/10. Very good album, probably wouldn't have given it quite so high if it wasn't for 'Life On Mars?' that is an absolute tune. Had a nice epic feel to it as a lot of the highly proclaimed artists of that time do and worthy of a solid score.

Han är duktig, ok album. Men han är i te alltid min kopp te.

Great album! Several of the songs I've never listened to before were jams.

I was introduced to this album when i was 20. Life changing. Listening to it now, nearly 15 years later… if you can overcome how overplayed so many of these songs are… wow what an album. So fun to sing along and dance to, and very dark! Favorite song.. maybe quicksand. Queen Bitch maybe inspiration for Mr. Bright side??? I feel silly giving it anything less than five stars but I can’t reward a known sex pest with 5 :(

7/10 its a David Bowie, but not one of my favorites, so it gets four stars. 4-18-2025

Niin hyvä levy että piti pohtia viittä tähteä.

Life on Mars is one of my favorite tracks of all time. Changes is great, Song for Bob Dylan is great. But, the rest of the album is too all over the place for me to really want to put this whole thing on.

4.5

One of my favorite Bowie albums, not flawless, but some great tracks. Especially the Ken Scott tracks

Fav song - Life on Mars? Vibes - energetic, makes you move but also contemplate I like it 7/10

I own a few Bowie albums but haven't listened to his entire discography. This was the first time I'd listened to Hunky Dory in full. On first listen I liked it. On second listen I thought it was better so I think it could be a grower. Andy Warhol and Oh! You Pretty Things stood out amongst a couple of others. 7.5/10

3 felt harsh and 4 felt generous but by virtue of having at least 3 songs I would happily listen to again, i went for 4.

Great album, some absolute belters.

I've only started getting into David Bowie from doing this project. This is my fourth album from him on this list so far, and I was afraid that I had gotten one before he really started to go off the deep end and stared to make really cool music - but you can actually pinpoint the exact moment, it's around halfway through track four on this album. Started off too poppy - awesome by the end.

4/1001 I consider myself a fan of Bowie, and have heard most of these songs but I don’t think I’ve ever listened to this album as a whole before. It has strong Dylan and Beatles influence with a young Bowie stop finding his uniqueness. As I listened the Dylan influenced seemed to get stronger with each passing song and then a song dedicated to Bob Dylan shows up. All-in-all, this album is a standout from a year (‘71) that may have been the best year in music history (in the western world).

The stop and talk isn't my vibe. The Bewlay Brothers is my favorite on it.

Okay so this one doesn't have a ton of songs that I remember when I'm not actively listening to it but I enjoy it a lot when it's playing, you know? So I'm giving it a 4 but it's really a 3.5 maybe? I'll round up for this one.

Great album. Life on Mars, Changes, and Oh You Pretty Things are superb 1001 album worthy: yes - 63/117

nomol en bowie sind alli vo ihm do druf hey? changes super schön mega crazy chords irgendwie. aber au catchy. oh you pretty things au seeehr cool. tönt huuere guet ufgnoh. sehr crisp. eight line poem meega schön giti meeega schön. life in mars au uuuuhuere schöne song. passt alles zeme. er git aaaalles id vocals ine. slapback ufd drums isch au hard haha. BEATLES SCHLUSS. und denn no also sprach zarathustra trommle reference. geil. de rick wakeman wo nocher zu yes isch hets au seeehr druff. gad uf fill your hears seeehr cool. andy warhol mega normale afang hää? er redt immer vo silver screen irgendwie. find de song etz biitz weniger geil s piano fehlt chli. song for bob dylan irgendwie cute.

soo es legendärs cover. in letschter ziit sind d covers hammer chamges kenni glaub sogar!! banger bi oh you pretty things ischmer immerno changes nahgloffe aber isch au cool gsi! eight line poem hat nicht gelogen life on mars? isch schön, wenn au ener seicht dito für kooks, eifach no chli seichter quicksand findi recht speziell, s het chli öppis trurig/dramatischs, obwohls immerno sochli "reduziert" isch warhol funny! ah warhol kenntmer ja mega fest! anschinend hets de andy nöd so gern gha im gegesatz zu mier! poah jz auno eis für de bob dylan!! hii und daa ischsmer chli zu seicht gsi, doch s album het megaa spass gmacht und es isch megaa bowie

Voice like sand lol

Life on Mars is like the best song ever but there's a couple tracks that drag it down a bit

Well, is there life on Mars? 4/5

probably 3rd best db album

This guy makes some pretty good music, why didn’t anyone tell me? Favorite Song: Life on Mars?

Bowie starts cooking Rating: 8.0 Favorite Song: Life on Mars

9/10 One of if not my favorite Bowie album. Him being weird and being good at it. I loved this listen through. Only thing keeping it from 10 is the lack of cohesion and the dip in the back 3rd. Still love this one though. Favorite Song: Changes

7/10

Only losing a star because this is not Bowie's best album but it's certainly up there

One time when my daughters were toddlers I made them some shirts featuring their favorite music. One of them was a "David Bowie, Oh you pretty things!" shirt in a cute rainbow font. My wife posted a pic on social media and some twat insinuated that I was a band shirt bootlegger. It was that day that I decided that facebook will be downfall of western civilization. Anyway, this album is great.

David Bowie is really cool. Listening to his full discography it's pretty incredible how about every two years he could have a totally different sound that was still extremely popular. This is what I consider his first real album and I was mostly indifferent on it for a long time but listening again, it's really good.

It was really good I fuck with the vibes

There's just something fascinating on Bowie's style and also this album proves it. Almost every song sound somehow familiar throughout I haven't listened this album before. Sign of repetition or good song? This doesn't reach Bowie's highest level but such a great album.

I like this one, would listen again.

Creative songwriting that is more piano-based than guitar-based. Several tribute songs, and not really any weak tracks throughout. Standouts include catchy earworm "Changes", more modern-sounding "Life on Mars?", and "Queen Bitch".

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Life On Mars? is clearly the highlight here. A classic song with a handful of other decent tracks and some I don’t care for. Overall good album.

Bowie’s best era, in my opinion.

Bowie and Van Morrison are jazz musicians at heart; while Van is standards, Bowie is free form; and, while I didn’t know where Bowie was going with many of these songs, the album grew on me. A lot of tributes here, a lot of silliness and sarcasm (I think), and two great songs in “Changes” and “Life on Mars.”

Yeah this goes hard. Made my walk a lot more enjoyable for sure

cant go wrong w bowie fav is life on mars

Excellent album. So many hits.

tolles album - facettenreich, mitreissend, Bowie. ich mag es.

Andy warhole. Like holes. You said it wrong. What did i say earlier Literally top 5 songs if it didnt have this terrible intro

This is so clearly different from the earlier Bowie stuff, and much more the stuff I like. There's some hits on here, but especially the tracks about Warhol and Dylan I found to be less interesting. It's a very clear way to credit the inspirations, it just wasn't musically interesting to me. Standouts Changes Life On Mars? Quicksand 4/5

Well good morning, David Bowie! This will be my 8th David Bowie album to review, but my first album of his to review in almost a year. Before starting this project, I was mostly only familiar with Bowie's singles, and not any of his whole albums. I've had pretty mixed reactions to his work, but I'm excited to give this a listen! I wasn’t wowed by this album, but I thought it was really good. I thought the name Hunky Dory suited this album pretty well, because a lot of the piano arrangements gave this album a bit of ragtime/blues feel. “Changes” was a great leadoff track. The piano, guitar and saxophone playing were all fantastic, and I really love the lyrics and vocals too. “Oh! You Pretty Things” was great too. The piano playing was my favorite on the whole album, and I loved how the song built up in intensity about halfway through. The backing vocals were fantastic too, and this was a really fun song to groove to. My favorite song on the album was “Life on Mars?” The vocals were my favorite on the album, and the strings and piano playing are incredible as well. I love how the verse and chorus have differing intensities as well. For a song that’s not terribly long, “Life on Mars?” still manages to be sweeping and epic in its sound. “Fill Your Hear” was really good too. Like some of my other favorite songs on the album, it had some really jazzy piano playing and some nice, subtle strings as well. “Queen Bitch” was really great too, and I loved the guitar sound that was used. All the other songs on the album were fine, but they weren’t too remarkable to me. Overall, this was a solid album, but not my favorite Bowie offering that I’ve experienced so far.

Great album, a classic

Not my favorite Bowie, but Changes is a classic! This is a piano forward Bowie, less guitar - an amazing talent and creator.

Me gusta mucho bowie

Loved this album. I'd heard about half of it before but start to finish enjoyable.

Very good!

Very impressed by so many things on this recording, you can see why Bowie had such a successful long career. Ya I have heard Changes, Andy Worhal, oh you pretty thing, and Life on Mars many many times and always liked them. However there are so many other great guitar rifts (Eignt line Poem), and lyrics (Quicksand). Unfortunately a few duds held me back from a 5-star

Andy Warhol does sound like that can of Campbell soup. Was going to give a 3, but it picked up towards the end.

B+ Changes 5 Oh! You Pretty Things 5 Eight Line Poem 3 Life On Mars? 5 Kooks 4 Quicksand 4 Fill Your Heart 3 Andy Warhol 3 Song For Bob Dylan 3 Queen Bitch 4 The Bewlay Brothers 4 The first half of the album is some of Bowie's best, but the latter falls off a small bit, otherwise it'd be a 5.

Pleased to have a reason to listen to this. Third Bowie record to appear on this list for me and the best one I've had so far (the other two were his more recent ones). I definitely like Bowie selectively but this was overall solid

11/02/2025

I liked the acoustic tracks. Good variety of songs and it showcased Bowie’s voice well.

bavid dowie

Decent

算是 70s rock 的巡礼吧，有年代感 和 Beatles 区别在声乐。号称艺术摇滚？可能确实有点呢 哈哈哈

Best Bowie album I've had so far.

A classic, some phenomenal tunes. Mid 4s.

Peaceful and trippy

Yeah some good Bowie on this one, even got him writing a bit of Master of Puppets on this

Life on Mars!

I really liked this album.

Good album