Review #88: Hunky Dory, David Bowie
#88: Hunky Dory, David Bowie
Usually, I take these first few sentences to talk about the artist or album, but the things I have to say about David Bowie are slowly running out. So right now I want to take the time to talk about something else that I’ve been thinking about for a while now.
I have an “album spreadsheet” and I recently noticed something interesting. Here are links to the last several reviews I’ve written, along with what year they were released:
#88: 1971
That’s a five-year span (1967–1971). Three of the top ten were released within that five-year span. But seven of the top ten were released in the 60s or 70s.
I went further and looked at ALL the albums I’ve reviewed so far, putting them in chronological order. Guess what? Fifty-one of these top 88 albums were released between 1960 and 1979. Twenty-three of those were released between 1967–1971. (I’ve never written a paragraph with so many numbers in it.)
Interesting. No comment on that — yet. Let’s get into this David Bowie album.
FAVORITE SONGS:
“Changes” — This is my favorite David Bowie song, maybe because it’s the first one I encountered. Remember when Butterfly Boucher covered it for Shrek 2?
“Oh! You Pretty Things” — I love that David Bowie is such a goof.
“Life On Mars?” — But he’s also so lovely. Remember when Jessica Lange covered it for AHS: Freak Show?
“Kooks” — This makes me believe that DB was a blast to hang out with.
“Fill Your Heart” — Yeah yeah yeah! Yeah yeah yeah!
“Andy Warhol” — This sounds like it could be a Radiohead song.
“Queen Bitch” —Sounds like a Velvet Underground song.
“The Bewlay Brothers” — Fade-out ending is terrifying.
LEAST FAVORITE SONGS
“Quicksand” — Boring.
IS RS FULL OF IT?
I’m not going to punish my favorite David Bowie album for coming out in 1971.
