Hunky Dory

Description

2015 remaster by Ray Staff at Air Studios.

The precursor to Bowies masterpiece, The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, Hunky Dory points in many of the same musical directions as Ziggy, with Bowie camping it up outrageously through a mixture of cabaret piano, coquettish lyrics and soaring vocals. After the hard rock The Man Who Sold The World, Mick Ronsons guitar is turned down in favour of plenty of piano and acoustic guitar, as Bowie proves his mettle as a masterful singer-songwriter. Not a dull note is struck on the whole album, which flits from opener Changes to the vampy Oh! You Pretty Thing to the heart-wrenching Life On Mars with a seemingly impeccable ear for a tune.