David Bowie, 1972/3.
Before he turned into aliens/pop stars/etc. Bowie was simply a superb songwriter.
Hunky Dory is a beautifully produced album (Visconti? Bowie), with the classic singles Life on Mars and Changes, which marked Bowie out as an auteur, and not just a space freak (Space Oddity) - interestingly, very much from the same record production stable as young Cat (Decca/Deram)...
The prime source of instrumental delight is hearing Rick Wakeman (soon to become keyboard player with Yes) do his sublime piano stuff over the 2 mentioned singles, and then more stuff on other tracks.
The other tracks hint of the diversity and eclecticism and also the darkness whose shadow would creep up relentlessly on further albums - Ziggy was round the corner, waiting in the wings, ready to pounce.
But for now, everything was pretty...er, hunky dory (where DOES that phrase come from?)!
9/10.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment