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Hunky Dory [Enhanced, Original recording reissued]

David BowieAudio CD
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  • Audio CD (September 28, 1999)
  • Original Release Date: 1971
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Enhanced, Original recording reissued
  • Label: Virgin Records Us
  • ASIN: B00001OH7O
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (143 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,997 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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The precursor to Bowie's masterpiece, The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, Hunky Dory points in many of the same musical directions as Ziggy, with Bowie camping it up outrageously through a mixture of cabaret piano, coquettish lyrics and soaring vocals. After the hard rock "The Man Who Sold The World", Mick Ronson's guitar is turned down in favour of plenty of piano and acoustic guitar, as Bowie proves his mettle as a masterful singer-songwriter. Not a dull note is struck on the whole album, which flits from opener "Changes" to the vampy "Oh! You Pretty Thing" to the heart-wrenching "Life On Mars" with a seemingly impeccable ear for a tune. Flirty, sexy and irresistibly seductive. --Amber Cowan

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The album is quite diverse in terms of both musical and lyrical content. Ziggy, the Last of the Space Cowboys  |  15 reviewers made a similar statement
The piano and guitar are both great. D Bourgie  |  15 reviewers made a similar statement
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53 of 53 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Bowie's Undisputed Masterpiece June 5, 2005
By howzat
Format:Audio CD
Hunky Dory (1971.), David Bowie's fourth studio album

David Bowie is arguably one of the greatest solo artists of all time and his unique alternative style (notice the omission of the word 'pop') is timeless and has deservedly won him loads of fans from generation to generation. Bowie has changed his style from album to album and has produced music in loads of different styles whilst still maintaining his distinctive sound. 'Hunky Dory', Bowie's fourth studio album, released in 1971 is one of the greatest chapters in his career and is definitely one of his most powerful releases.

'Hunky Dory' is the second album in what I would describe as Bowie's classic run of five albums from 'Man Who Sold the World' to 'Diamond Dogs' when he was at his very best. 'Hunky Dory' though is one of his most unique releases. Bowie was not yet into his famous Ziggy Stardust glam rock period but neither is this album as strongly guitar based as its predecessor 'Man Who Sold the World'. 'Hunky Dory' instead is much more acoustic based with lots of piano thrown in but most of all is an album of unbelievable songwriting - songs don't come much better than those on this album. The album is really well structured as well - each side of the original LP has happy/upbeat songs for the most part but finishes off with a darker, emotive and more powerful song ('Quicksand' and 'Bewlay Brothers'). Bowie's backing group are also excellent on this album. Rick Wakeman's jazzy piano playing is there practically throughout and really characterises the album. Mick Ronson plays some great guitar solos on the album especially in 'Life on Mars'. Bowie's accomplished and often overlooked saxophone playing is also top notch on this album.

David Bowie's album collection has undergone a number of remasters since CD's became commonplace about 20 years ago. Recently an enhanced CD version of 'Hunky Dory' was released. Obviously the sound quality is great but the version lacks any bonus tracks, which incidentally can be found on the 1991 remaster. The latter is the version I would recommend. It still has excellent sound quality and also has demo versions of 'Quicksand' and 'Bewlay Brothers' as well as an album outtake 'Bombers' and an alternative version of 'The Supermen' from 'The Man Who Sold the World' album.

Eventhough this masterpiece yielded a fair-share of singles, this album is not pop in my opinion but instead is a great serving of alternative, extremely listenable music. 'Changes', one of Bowie's well known songs starts the album. An excellent song, its got a classic chorus with loads of piano play. 'oh You Pretty Things' is a great follow up - brilliant for a sing along with another catchy chorus. It runs very cleverly into 'Eight Line Poem' which is a more reflective songs with somem rather bluesy guitar playing from Mick Ronson. 'Life On Mars?' is next up and this one truly one of Bowie's great songs. The lyrics are some of the best I've heard and Mick Ronson's closing solo is out of this world - listen out for the phone ringing at the end of the track! 'Kooks' is an upbeat acoustic track which Bowie wrote for his son, Zowy Bowie. Then we come to 'Quicksand', in my opinion the best track on the album. Its got an amazingly calming start before building into a powerful, heartfelt song - the chorus is really moving. A song about losing direction in life, this is one of Bowie's greatest songs.

What was side two of the LP kicks off with a happy sing along 'Fill Your Heart', a great track, although it is the weakest track on this great album - ironically Bowie didn't write this one! 'Andy Warhol' follows this; this strong acoustic jam is excellent. The goofing around in the studio at the start is a hillarious, where Bowie keeps correcting the sound engineer's pronunciation of 'Warhol'. 'Song For Bob Dylan' is a tribute to one of Bowie's great influences and is followed by 'Queen Bitch', the most rocking track on the album, Ronson's guitar work on this track is first rate. 'The Bewlay Brothers' is an unbelievably potent finish to the album. I'm amazed how many reviewers of this album overlook the greatness of this track. I've never heard a track like it. It's mostly acoustic based and is Bowie's telling story of his own brother's lifelong mental troubles. The warped sounding voice at the end of the album is really freaky and it makes your blood run cold but its a remarkable finish to an amazing album.

The 'Hunky Dory' album captures David Bowie on one of the high points of his career. I'm not sure if I'd call it his best album but its up there with his finest efforts and this album is sure to stand the test of time. I'd recommend this album to anyone who likes a unique alternative style of music or to any fan of David Bowie, although there isn't such such a thing as a Bowie fan who doesn't own this masterpiece!
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49 of 53 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars DIG IT December 9, 2004
Format:Audio CD
As I delved deeper and deeper into Bowie's back catalogue I found this excellent album. I have never been a big fan of the hit single "Changes", which is admittedly a great song, perhaps a little overplayed, but there is so much more here. "Life on Mars" is perhaps Bowie's best song ever ( and check out the Mick Rock directed video of this song if you get a chance - it is just stunning, a wonderful visual compliment to an incredible song.)"Andy Warhol" is gentle folk rocker with twisted lyrics and a hilarious spoken intro. "Queen Bitch" is a great glam rocker, its lyrics a pointed barb at those who try too hard to dress up but totally miss the point of doing it. ( " God, I could do better than that!!" Bowie sings ... great lyrics on this one!) Overall this one covers many bases, from folk to rock to string enhanced ballads. ( Rick Wakeman, soon to join British prog rockers Yes, plays piano on a few songs on this album, and Bowie's guitarist, the criminally under-rated and incredibly versatile Mick Ronson, had a hand in the string arrangements.) If all you know of Bowie is his 80's hits like "Let's Dance" this album might come as a bit of a shock to you. But it's a great place to start digging into David.
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This was where David Bowie's legend started to grow, and while the upbeat pop textures of HUNKY DORY would pale in comparison to the trashy glam rock of ZIGGY STARDUST, this album still rewrote the rules of pop music. "Changes" is quite possibly the most sophisticated pop song ever created, and even though it didn't make the top 40 in America, it's still one of Bowie's most memorable songs. And that's the way HUNKY DORY can be described: unapologetically pop. Songs like "Kooks", "Life On Mars", "Oh! You Pretty Things" are well-crafted jewels of keyboard-and-string-laden pop music that, in spite of the Bowie-ishness, are fine examples of what pop music should sound like. I guess before Bowie turned the amps up to 11 with ZIGGY STARDUST, he kept them low for HUNKY DORY. And that was a good idea, because can you imagine a song like "Changes" drenched in feedback? I don't think so. Even so, HUNKY DORY was basically the calm before the storm that was ZIGGY STARDUST.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Classic Stroke Of Genius!
After scoring an instant hit album with The Man Who Sold The World that have
proved to be a compelling and startling success, David Bowie had scored another
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Published 21 days ago by RH
5.0 out of 5 stars It Bowie.
This album, along with the Man Who Sold the World, is a great, creative time for Bowie. This is one of my favorites of his work.
Published 1 month ago by Scott Cochran
5.0 out of 5 stars Is there life on Mars?
Luckily, it was not a god awful small affair. I can now turn and face the strange, a couple of kooks.....you get the idea. A great cd, and a good shopping experience. Thank You
Published 2 months ago by Ron Hock
3.0 out of 5 stars Great Album, Horrible Sound
Im not going into the details about this album, we all know this is a masterpiece, but rather, im gonna dig my nails into the sound quality.

HORRIBLE. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Ruben
5.0 out of 5 stars Bowie sets the children free
Written in the voice of Rain, from my erotic novel, Rye: This is like orgasm-on-a-stick. Or maybe on a plate. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Sam Rosenthal
5.0 out of 5 stars Oldy and goody
I was inspired to go back and see what old vinyl LP's I used to have when Bowie released his latest. This is a brilliant classic example of Bowie's artistry. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Jon P
3.0 out of 5 stars The Female Dylan...
Oddly, I find 'Hunky Dory' a sore spot for me in Bowie's great canon of albums. It includes several of the best songs of his career. Read more
Published 6 months ago by rjnuzzi
5.0 out of 5 stars The twisted name on Garbo's eyes.
Where to begin...This grows on you over the years. It has its immediate appeal,too; but some of these songs are so personal that one blushes at the fact that you are allowed... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Jerry Dunham
5.0 out of 5 stars A "Must Have" Bowie, besides Ziggy of course!
I bought "Hunky Dory" along with "Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars". Two must haves for Bowie fans, especially "Ziggy". "Life on Mars" is a Bowie classic!
Published 7 months ago by hargo
3.0 out of 5 stars Music wonderful, "enhanced" CD not
I'm not giving this release three stars because of Bowie's music. I have Hunky Dory on vinyl and CD. Read more
Published 8 months ago by untergr33k
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THIS GUY IS A DISCO CROSSDRESSER! why is this pop junk listed under punk...
You are a damn idiot. THIS particular Bowie album was not punk, I agree. However your bashing of him has no place here. Ziggy Stardust is THE album more responsible for punk rock than any other record in history. Music historians agree. Bowie may not be everything...but he was ORIGINAL, and... Read more
Aug 11, 2006 by Ellen S. Lipham |  See all 16 posts
The sex pistols are real punk rock, why do people these days think pop...
What on earth made you think Bowie fans would be interested in a screed against pop-punk and emo? If you want to whine about this stuff, why not do it on a Good Charlotte CD, Green Day, Dashboard etc. People here probably don't care one way or the other...
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The 1999 LP or CD called "hours..." is NOT listed!!!!
Yes it is. It is number 15.
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