David Bowie Hunky Dory on RCA Victor Vinyl 1971
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A1 Changes 3:33 A2 Oh! You Pretty Things 3:12 A3 Eight Line Poem 2:53 A4 Life On Mars 3:48 A5 Kooks 2:49 A6 Quicksand 5:03 A7 Fill Your Heart 3:07 A8 Andy Warhol 3:53 B1 Song For Bob Dylan 4:12 B2 Queen Bitch 3:13 B3 The Bewlay Brothers 5:21 B4 Bombers (Previously Unreleased) 2:38 B5 The Supermen (Alternative Version) 2:41 B6 Quicksand (Demo Version) 4:43 B7 The Bewlay Brothers (Alternative Mix) 5:19
I guess the test of true song writing ability is when songs can sound as good today as when they were released 40 years ago (Hunky Dory was released in 1971). What can I say? One look at the track listing is enough to see how many classic Bowie songs are here - `Changes', `Oh! You pretty things', `Life on Mars?', `Kooks', `Andy Warhol', `Queen Bitch'. This is not to say the other songs aren't classics, but anyone who embraced Bowie whilst they were growing up will be as familiar with these tracks as the alphabet.
So what does `Hunky Dory' Remastered (released in 1999) give us that's new? To be honest, I'm not sure! I'm familiar with Bowie probably most on record and tape. That probably gives me an age of 100 or something. What's my point? Well, you obviously don't get the scratches and hiss of the aforementioned medium, but you still get the same songs. Classics. If that makes me a heathen then I'm guilty as charged.
`Hunky Dory' is a listening delight, remastered or otherwise. Stand out tracks? I'm going to pick out one amongst the many. This probably changes on a daily basis, but with a gun to my head I'd have to say `Queen Bitch'. It's got a killer riff, with a rock staccato feel that leaves you bouncing off the walls.
Personnel
David Bowie – vocals, guitar, alto and tenor saxophone, piano (in "Oh! You Pretty Things", "Eight Line Poem", and "The Bewlay Brothers")
Mick Ronson – guitar, vocals, Mellotron, arrangements
Rick Wakeman – piano
Trevor Bolder – bass guitar, trumpet
Mick Woodmansey – drums
Technical personnel
Ken Scott – producer, recording engineer, mixing engineer
David Bowie – producer
Dr. Toby Mountain – remastering engineer (for Rykodisc release)
Jonathan Wyner – assistant remastering engineer (for Rykodisc release)
Peter Mew – remastering engineer (for EMI release)
Nigel Reeve – assistant remastering engineer (for EMI release)
George Underwood – cover art
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