David Bowie - Space Oddity
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Artist: David BowieEdition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced, Original recording reissued
CD Release Date: 1999-09-28
Music Label: Virgin Records Us
Soundtracks:
- Space Oddity
- Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed
- (Don't Sit Down)
- Letter to Hermione
- Cygnet Committee
- Janine
- An Occasional Dream
- Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud
- God Knows I'm Good
- Memory of a Free Festival
Music reviews of Space Oddity
Music Review: why is this album not considered a classic?
Rating: 5 Stars
Space Oddity is probably my favorite David Bowie album. I guess for most people, this album only shows signs of what Bowie would soon become in the future- a creative, glammy songwriting genius.
For me however, it shows a really melodic and exciting side of Bowie that we've never really had again. It's mellow without the spooky edge, which is really exciting to me.
I love the entire second half of the album. Every single song on the second half reminds me of either the Nashville Skyline-era of Bob Dylan, or the classic period of the Moody Blues with all the pretty orchestrations and flutes. The songwriting is top notch as well. The lyrics are definitely some of Bowie's most interesting, and I'm curious what some of the songs are even about.
The first half is quite fascinating as well. We all know the mysterious title song, with its eerie countdown in the beginning, and the floating-in-outer space atmosphere. A classic.
"Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed" features a very sad vocal melody in the beginning, and a nice unexpected harmonica jam a few minutes later. It's a shame "Don't Sit Down" is so short, because that melody certainty had the potential to carry on for a few more minutes.
I don't understand how so many people think "Cygnet Committee" sounds like a Bob Dylan rip-off. To me, it sounds more like something from Van Morrison's Astral Weeks. I love the way the song continues to build into different themes and emotions. "Janine" is brilliant. It's a pop song that sounds like -and I'm honestly not joking- Italian country pop (if such a thing exists!) That guitar playing is really splendid on this track and reminds me of CCR or the Band. "Memory of a Free Festival" is bizarre in the quiet Midwest country fair-like build-up and the "Hey Jude" like chorus that keeps repeating over and over.
Overall, the vocal melodies on this album really grab me every time. A masterpiece that more people should consider purchasing and placing on the same level as other Bowie classics such as Hunky Dory and Aladdin Sane. Really solid songwriting overall.
Description of Space Oddity
This 1969 release features David Bowie's first hit single, "Space Oddity," and sets the tone for the spacey Ziggy Stardust to come. But other than the title track, Space Oddity isn't a glam-rock album. 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'ConnorCountry CDs
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