buffyleigh
5
Again, I am surprised how I could miss basically the complete work of David Bowie. It's a great album that had been unknown by me until today.
This album is a total no-brainer to rate. Every single bit of this is great, even the less-known songs are amazing.
It’s amazing to think that David Bowie was still a relative outsider when this album came out and that it sold poorly on first release. There is a lot here that points the way to the directions that his music would take with complex cinematic arrangements on Life on Mars alongside pop classics and lyrics namechecking Warhol, Dylan and the Velvet Underground. My high point is Kooks, an utterly charming song dedicated to his new born son.