DAVID BOWIE - SPACE ODDITY - Vinyl Record - HHR00458 VG
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DAVID BOWIE - SPACE ODDITY - Vinyl Record - HHR00458 VG
This album is by David Bowie, the English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Bowie was acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his innovative work during the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, and his music and stagecraft had a significant impact on popular music. Bowie developed an interest in music from an early age. He studied art, music and design before embarking on a professional career as a musician in 1963. He released a string of unsuccessful singles with local bands before achieving his first top-five entry in the UK with the single Space Oddity. After a period of experimentation, he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with the flamboyant and androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust which won him widespread popularity. In 1975, Bowie's style shifted towards a sound he characterised as plastic soul initially alienating many of his UK fans but garnering his first major US crossover success with the number-one single Fame and the album Young Americans. During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at over 100 million records worldwide, made him one of the best-selling musicians of all time. As of 2022, Bowie was the best-selling vinyl artist of the 21st century.
Space Oddity (originally titled David Bowie) is Bowie’s second studio album, originally released in the United Kingdom on 14 November 1969. The album was recorded from June to October 1969 at Trident Studios in London. The album was a commercial failure due to a lack of promotion, despite receiving some positive reviews from music critics. RCA Records reissued the album under the title of Space Oddity following Bowie's commercial breakthrough with Ziggy Stardust in 1972, using a contemporary photo of Bowie as the artwork. The reissue charted in both the UK and the US. The album has received mixed reviews in later decades, with many finding a lack of cohesiveness. Bowie himself later stated that it lacked musical direction.
Track Listing
A1. Space Oddity
A2. Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed
A3. Letter to Hermione
A4. Cygnet Committee
B1. Janine
B2. An Occasional Dream
B3. Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud
B4. God Knows I’m Good
B5. Memory of a Free Festival
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