David Bowie Space Oddity Front
David Bowie Space Oddity Front
David Bowie Space Oddity Back

DAVID BOWIE - DAVID BOWIE (AKA SPACE ODDITY)

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SKU: VNL178
Tags: Pop, Rock Type: Vinyl

Description: David Bowie is the second studio album by English musician David Bowie, released under that title by Philips in the UK, and as Man of Words/Man of Music by Mercury in the US, in November 1969. It was reissued in 1972 by RCA Records as Space Oddity (the title of the opening track, which had reached No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart). Space Oddity was the name used for CD releases of the album in 1984, 1990 and 1999, but it reverted to the original, eponymous title for the 2009 and 2015 reissues.

Regarding its mix of folk, balladry and prog rock, NME editors Roy Carr and Charles Shaar Murray have said, "Some of it belonged in '67 and some of it in '72, but in 1969 it all seemed vastly incongruous. Basically, David Bowie can be viewed in retrospect as all that Bowie had been and a little of what he would become, all jumbled up and fighting for control..."

The album came about after Bowie had made the transition from a cabaret/avant-garde-inspired musician to a hippie/folk-based sound and as such the album is a major turning point from his 1967 debut.

Format: LP

Release Date: November 14, 1969

Label: Philips, Mercury  

Genre: Rock, Folk Rock

UPC: 0825646287390

Track Listing:

Side One

1. Space Oddity

2. Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed

3. Letter To Hermione

4. Cygnet Committee

Side Two

1. Janine

2. An Occasional Dream

3. The Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud

4. God Knows I'm Good

5. Memory Of A Free Festival

Total length: 45:13


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