1001 Albums Summary

It deserves all the acclaim it has received over the decades. Sounds fresh and listenable today even though it was considered a remarkable departure from the jazz that came before it. Highly structured and yet open to interpretation and improvisation by these world class musicians.

Recording in a studio for the first time did not take the garage out of the rock! Even then it was possible to hear the beginning of what would come later with the expansion of musicians, instrumentation and genres.

After indulging the last vestiges of Ziggy on Diamond Dogs (gloriously on Rebel Rebel), Bowie embraced blue-eyed R&B and Soul. The opening and closing tracks are forever engraved in cultural memory.

A masterpiece of genre blending with extraordinary musicianship and vocals

Fingerpicked guitar, gentle, understated vocals with rich string arrangements and piano, an amazing accomplishment for this talented, if troubled, young man.