MB Bowie Classics: "Hunky Dory"
 

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Getting to the good stuff now!

Nothing is unassailable. I've said that before, but only because I mean it.
Call it unassailable and I will immediately be tempted to assail it.
Looking at the Bowie Album Trajectory (BAT) so far, I'll probably like Hunky Dory, but it's the principle, damn it!

Very strong album.

Really developed his sound on this one. There were a couple moments on previous albums where you could hear a bit but this one I think he nailed it.

Songwriting massively improved as well.

Giving it a 5.

I don't like the artwork for it though.

Haven't you heard it??

Not yet. I'm more familiar with a bit of later era Bowie.

I think you will like it a lot.

No, I wouldn't even grade like that on a normal 10 scale. Normally, I just consider albums that I like a hell of a lot 10's.

And in this thread, I'm just grading on a scale where 1 is Bowie's worst material and 5 is his best.

If I had to grade these albums after what I like in music in general, there would probably be very few top scores, if any. I'm not a huge Bowie fan - at least not yet.

His first truly classic album. Damn right it's a 5.

Incredible discography.

I would say he had a minimum of four classic albums, and could understand arguing for up to eight. Nine if you count The Idiot.

Here's where it all begins to come together. Excellent songwriting but in a proper direction now, focussed, and some great work from Ronson. The Spiders From Mars have been formed. Now we start building the greatest hits - "Life on Mars?", "Oh! You Pretty Things", "Changes" - though there are a few tracks I'm not mad about - "Andy Warhol" (I know!) and "Fill Your Heart". But these aren't even low points on the album, cos it really doesn't have any. Even the slightly whimsical "Kooks" gets my vote. Definitely the start of something big, and it kind of only gets better from here (with the exception, for me, of Pin-Ups). A solid 5, easily.