Audio CD review:
David Bowie - Space Oddity

David Bowie - Space Oddity

Band: David Bowie Title: Space Oddity Rating: Release Date: 28 September, 1999 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Space Oddity 2: Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed 3: (Don't Sit Down) 4: Letter To Hermione 5: Cygnet Committee 6: Janine 7: An Occasional Dream 8: Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud 9: God Knows I'm Good 10: Memory Of A Free Festival

Editoral Review But other than the title track, Space Oddity isn't a glam-rock album. This 1969 release features David Bowie's first hit single, "Space Oddity," and sets the tone for the spacey Ziggy Stardust to come. For that phase, one must move ahead to 1970's The Man Who Sold the World. These folk-based tracks largely present Bowie as a surrealist singer-songwriter. The uncharacteristically bitter and sarcastic "Letter to Hermione" is the most impassioned track here, presenting, as it does, the angry side of this master of cool. While still earlier recordings are noted for their Anthony Newley affectations, Space Oddity is where the Bowie myth begins to take shape. --Rob O'Connor .. You can see a complete list of all David Bowie discography, or go back to the David Bowie tabs