A mix of pretty good (Space Oddity, Letter to Hermione, An Occasional Dream), merely passable (Janine, Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud, Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed) and almost bad songs (Cygnet Committee, God Knows I'm Good, Memory of a Free Festival).
Starts out with a classic tune, but what follows is kind of messy and not always memorable.
I wouldn't even say that Bowie's singing is on point all the way through either. Even the debut album was more consistent in that department. The final track on the album, Memory of a Free Festival, has Bowie's voice sounding oddly thin and weak. He fares much better elsewhere on the album, but overall, this album feels like a messy follow up to a more carefully planned debut. Perhaps Bowie didn't quite know what he wanted to do yet.
A lot of the music also doesn't sound great. I feel like the guitar tones and drums don't always come through in a very flattering manner. Not a lot of the guitar playing is very interesting either.
I expect to like a lot of his later stuff much better.
2/5
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