Space Oddity - David Bowie Reviews

Bowie's first recognised foray into the world of music came with Space Oddity; an album which is more of a traditional singer/songwriter record than a glam rock goliath; however it remains a classic album with enough style and swagger to still satisfy today's audience. Aside from Space Oddity which remains a timeless Bowie classic, ...  Read the complete review

David Bowie - Space Oddity (1969) Producer: Tony Visconti, Gus Dudgeon Space Oddity Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed (Don't Sit Down) Letter to Hermione Cygnet Committee Janine An Occasional Dream Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud God Knows I'm Good Memory of a Free ...  Read the complete review

David Bowie’s first successful album and the origin of glam rock in 1969. The demise of the hippies and the experimental tastes of music fans saw Bowie aiming for an achieving a completely new sound, mixing the electronic and the acoustic and driving his earlier folk-pop style to more rocking plains. The album’s themes are still ...  Read the complete review

The title track is in many ways a misleading example of the tone of this album, which is not nearly so rooted in outer space as so much of Bowie's subsequent work. This is for the main part a gentle folk-rock album, with the vaguely hippy pretensions you might expect from a guitar-based album made in 1969. Songs like 'Janine', 'God ...  Read the complete review