Name: Hunky Dory
Brand: David Bowie

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

RPLH218999A.1

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Colour

Colour details

Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Picture Disc, 2015 Remaster

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2022-06-21

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

190296726804

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1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

David Bowie

Genre US

60s & 70s

Label US

Parlophone

it seems hard to believe, given the career full of revolutionary and hugely influential stylistic shifts that followed, that this superb record was only david bowie's fourth. yet hunky dory ranks alongside ziggy stardust, low, and scary monsters as one of bowie's finest and most consistent albums. ironically, it is one of the artist's least rock-oriented efforts, bearing little relation to what came before or after in his discography. instead, hunky dory covers a wide range of styles from operatic pop ("life on mars?") to low-key folk ("quicksand") to english music hall ditties ("kooks"). there are standout tracks, most notably the glam-rock anthem "oh, you pretty things!" and the chugging, life-affirming "changes", which went on to become one of bowie's all-time signature songs. but hunky dory is solid from beginning to end, thanks to the fine musicians, bowie's excellent songwriting, and the artist's now-mature sense of performance. these qualities fold such wild cards as the tongue-in-cheek celebrity send-up "andy warhol", the psychedelic folk of "the bewlay brothers", and exuberant jam of "queen bitch", the album's only overt rocker, neatly into the deck, making for the first of bowie's truly indisputable masterpieces.

Hunky Dory

Music US