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Hunky Dory
Hunky Dory cover
Studio album by David Bowie
Released December 17, 1971 (1971-12-17)
Recorded Trident Studios, London
April 1971
Genre Art rock, Pop rock, Glam rock
Length 39:04
Label RCA
Producer Ken Scott, David Bowie
Professional reviews
David Bowie chronology
The Man Who Sold the World
(1970)		 Hunky Dory
(1971)		 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
(1972)
Singles from Hunky Dory
  1. "Changes"
    Released: January 7, 1972 (1972-01-07)

Hunky Dory is the fourth album by English singer-songwriter David Bowie, released by RCA Records in 1971. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Trident Studios was a British recording facility, located at 17 St London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Art rock is a term describing a subgenre of Rock music that tends to have "experimental or avant-garde influences" and emphasizes "novel sonic texture Pop rock is a hybrid of Pop music and Rock music that uses catchy pop style with light lyrics over top of guitar-based songs Glam rock (also known as glitter rock) is a sub-genre of Rock music that developed in the UK in the post- Hippie early 1970s which was "performed by In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Ken Scott (born April 20, 1947 in London) is an influential English Record producer and Recording engineer. David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Robert Christgau (born April 18 1942) is an American Essayist, Music journalist, and the self-declared "Dean of American Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. The Man Who Sold the World is an album by David Bowie. It was originally released on Mercury Records in November 1970 in the United States and in April " Changes " is a song by David Bowie, originally released on the album Hunky Dory in December 1971 and as a single in January 1972 Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The English people (from the adjective in Englisc) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to England who predominantly speak English David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. It was Bowie's first release through RCA, which would be his label for the next decade. Hunky Dory has been described by All Music Guide's Stephen Thomas Erlewine as having "a kaleidoscopic array of pop styles, tied together only by Bowie's sense of vision: a sweeping, cinematic mélange of high and low art, ambiguous sexuality, kitsch, and class". allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Stephen Thomas Erlewine (1973? is senior editor for Allmusic. [1]

Contents

Production

With the departure from Bowie's camp of Tony Visconti and his replacement on bass by Trevor Bolder, Hunky Dory was the first production featuring all the members of the band that would become known the following year as Ziggy Stardust's 'Spiders From Mars'. Anthony Visconti (born April 24, 1944) is an American Record producer and sometimes a Musician or Singer. Trevor Bolder (born 9 June 1950, Kingston upon Hull, England) is an English rock Bass guitarist Biography Also debuting with Bowie, in Visconti's place as producer, was another key member of the Ziggy phase, Ken Scott. Ken Scott (born April 20, 1947 in London) is an influential English Record producer and Recording engineer. The album's sleeve would bear the credit "Produced by Ken Scott (assisted by the actor)". The "actor" was Bowie himself, whose "pet conceit", in the words of NME critics Roy Carr and Charles Shaar Murray, was "to think of himself as an actor". The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music Magazine in the United Kingdom which has been Roy Carr is an English Music Journalist. He joined the New Musical Express (NME in the 1960s and has edited NME, Charles Shaar Murray (born 1951 is an English Music Journalist. [2]

Style and themes

Musical biographer David Buckley said of Hunky Dory, "Its almost easy-listening status and conventional musical sensibility has detracted from the fact that, lyrically, this record lays down the blueprint for Bowie's future career. "[3] The opening track, "Changes", focused on the compulsive nature of artistic reinvention ("Strange fascination, fascinating me / Changes are taking the pace I'm going through") and distancing oneself from the rock mainstream ("Look out, you rock 'n' rollers"). " Changes " is a song by David Bowie, originally released on the album Hunky Dory in December 1971 and as a single in January 1972 However, the composer also took time to pay tribute to his influences with the tracks "Song for Bob Dylan", "Andy Warhol" and the Velvet Underground inspired "Queen Bitch". " Song for Bob Dylan " is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 for the album Hunky Dory. " Andy Warhol " is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 for the album Hunky Dory. This article is about the band For their self-titled album see The Velvet Underground (album; for the book see The Velvet Underground (book " Queen Bitch " is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 for the album Hunky Dory.

Following the hard rock of Bowie's previous album The Man Who Sold the World, Hunky Dory saw the partial return of the fey pop singer of Space Oddity, with light fare such as "Kooks" (dedicated to his young son, known to the world as Zowie Bowie but legally named Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones) and the cover "Fill Your Heart" sitting alongside heavier material like the occult-tinged "Quicksand" and the semi-autobiographical "The Bewlay Brothers". The Man Who Sold the World is an album by David Bowie. It was originally released on Mercury Records in November 1970 in the United States and in April This article is about the song For the album which includes this song see Space Oddity (album. Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones (born 30 May 1971) also known as Zowie Bowie or Joey Bowie is a British film director best known as the son of popular " Fill Your Heart " is a song written by Biff Rose and Paul Williams in 1966 The word occult comes from the Latin word occultus (clandestine hidden secret referring to "knowledge of the hidden" " Quicksand " is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 for the album Hunky Dory. " The Bewlay Brothers " is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 for the album Hunky Dory. Between the two extremes was "Oh! You Pretty Things", whose pop tune hid lyrics, inspired by Nietzsche, predicting the imminent replacement of modern man by "the Homo Superior", and which has been cited as a direct precursor to "Starman" from Bowie's next album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. " Oh! You Pretty Things " is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 for the album Hunky Dory. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15 1844 August 25 1900 ( was a nineteenth-century German philosopher and classical philologist " Starman " is a single by David Bowie, released in April 1972 [4]

Release and aftermath

Bowie had been without a recording contract when he started work on the album at Trident Studios in April 1971. Trident Studios was a British recording facility, located at 17 St RCA Records in New York heard the tapes and signed him to a three-album deal on September 9, 1971 (1971-09-09), releasing Hunky Dory two months later. RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The City of New York Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. [3] Supported by the single "Changes", the album scored generally favourable reviews and sold reasonably well on its initial release, without being a major success. [2] Melody Maker called it "the most inventive piece of song-writing to have appeared on record in a considerable time", while NME described it as Bowie "at his brilliant best". Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly Music Newspaper The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music Magazine in the United Kingdom which has been [5] Stateside, Rolling Stone opined "Hunky Dory not only represents Bowie's most engaging album musically, but also finds him once more writing literally enough to let the listener examine his ideas comfortably, without having to withstand a barrage of seemingly impregnable verbiage before getting at an idea". Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published [6] However, it was only after the commercial breakthrough of Ziggy Stardust in mid-1972 that Hunky Dory became a hit, climbing to #3 in the UK charts. [7] In 1973, RCA released "Life on Mars?" as a single, which also made #3 in the UK. " Life on Mars? " is a song by David Bowie first released in 1971 on the album Hunky Dory. [8]

In 1998 Q magazine readers voted Hunky Dory the 43rd greatest album of all time, while in 2000 the same magazine placed it at number 16 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. Q is a Music Magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom, with a circulation of 130179 as of June 2007 In 2003, the album was ranked number 107 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published In the same year, the TV network VH1 placed it at number 47 and the Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums chart placed it at position 16. VH1 (known as VH-1 Video Hits One from 1985 to 1994 and VH1 Music First until 2003) is an American Cable television In 2004, it was ranked #80 on Pitchfork Media's Top 100 Albums of the 1970s. Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork, is a Chicago -based daily Internet publication devoted to music criticism and commentary In 2006, TIME magazine chose it as one of the 100 best albums of all time. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and [9]

Track listing

All songs written by David Bowie, except where noted. David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. [10]

  1. "Changes" – 3:37
  2. "Oh! You Pretty Things" – 3:12
  3. "Eight Line Poem" – 2:55
  4. "Life on Mars?" – 3:53
  5. "Kooks" – 2:53
  6. "Quicksand" – 5:08
  7. "Fill Your Heart" (Biff Rose, Paul Williams) – 3:07
  8. "Andy Warhol" – 3:56
  9. "Song for Bob Dylan" – 4:12
  10. "Queen Bitch" – 3:18
  11. "The Bewlay Brothers" – 5:22

Track listing note: On the original LP album release, side one was comprised of tracks 1-6; side two of tracks 7-11. " Changes " is a song by David Bowie, originally released on the album Hunky Dory in December 1971 and as a single in January 1972 " Oh! You Pretty Things " is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 for the album Hunky Dory. " Eight Line Poem " is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 for the album Hunky Dory. " Life on Mars? " is a song by David Bowie first released in 1971 on the album Hunky Dory. Kooks is a song written by David Bowie from 1971 on the album Hunky Dory. " Quicksand " is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 for the album Hunky Dory. " Fill Your Heart " is a song written by Biff Rose and Paul Williams in 1966 Paul "Biff" Rose is an American comedian and Singer-songwriter. Paul Hamilton Williams (born September 19 1940, in Omaha Nebraska, USA is an American Musician, composer, Songwriter " Andy Warhol " is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 for the album Hunky Dory. " Song for Bob Dylan " is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 for the album Hunky Dory. " Queen Bitch " is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 for the album Hunky Dory. " The Bewlay Brothers " is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 for the album Hunky Dory. Long play (LP record albums are 33⅓  Rpm vinyl Gramophone records (phonograph records generally either 10- or 12- Inches in diameter [10]

Bonus tracks (1990 Rykodisc)

  1. "Bombers" (previously unreleased track recorded in 1971) – 2:38
  2. "The Supermen" (alternate version recorded in 1971) – 2:41
  3. "Quicksand" (demo version recorded in 1971) – 4:43
  4. "The Bewlay Brothers" (alternate mix) – 5:19

Personnel

Charts

Album
Year Chart Position
1972 UK Albums Chart 3
1975 Billboard Pop Albums 93
Single
Year Single Chart Position
1972 "Changes" Billboard Pop Singles 66
1973 "Life on Mars?" UK Singles Chart 3
1975 "Changes" Billboard Pop Singles 41

Certifications

Organization Level Date
BPI – UK Gold January 25, 1982
BPI – UK Platinum January 25, 1982

Notes

  1. ^ All Music Guide review
  2. ^ a b Roy Carr & Charles Shaar Murray (1981). " Bombers " is a song written by David Bowie. It was recorded in 1970 and intended for the album Hunky Dory, but was replaced at the last minute " The Supermen " is a song written by David Bowie in 1970 and released as the closing track on the album The Man Who Sold the World. David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The saxophone (commonly referred to simply as sax) is a conical- bored transposing Musical instrument considered a member of the Woodwind The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers Mick Ronson (26 May 1946 &ndash 29 April 1993 was an English Guitarist, Composer, Multi-instrumentalist, Arranger and producer The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical polyphonic keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s Richard Christopher Wakeman (born 18 May 1949 in Perivale, London) is an English Keyboard player best known as the Trevor Bolder (born 9 June 1950, Kingston upon Hull, England) is an English rock Bass guitarist Biography The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the Mick 'Woody' Woodmansey (born c 1951 is an English rock Drummer from Driffield, Yorkshire, best known for his work with David A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Roy Carr is an English Music Journalist. He joined the New Musical Express (NME in the 1960s and has edited NME, Charles Shaar Murray (born 1951 is an English Music Journalist. Bowie: An Illustrated Record: pp. 7-11
  3. ^ a b David Buckley (1999). Strange Fascination - David Bowie: The Definitive Story: p. 112
  4. ^ Roy Carr & Charles Shaar Murray (1981). Op Cit: p. 44
  5. ^ Nicholas Pegg (2000). Nicholas Pegg is a British actor director and writer His acting work in the theatre includes productions for Nottingham Playhouse, Scottish Opera, The Complete David Bowie: pp. 265-272
  6. ^ John Mendelsohn (January 6, 1972). Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "Hunky Dory". Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published Rolling Stone.  
  7. ^ David Sheppard (2007). "Wishful Beginnings", MOJO 60 Years of Bowie: p. Mojo is a popular Music Magazine published by Bauer, monthly in the United Kingdom. 24
  8. ^ David Buckley (1999). Op Cit: p. 624
  9. ^ Josh Tyrangiel & Alan Light (November 13, 2006). Josh Tyrangiel is a journalist best known as the editor of TIME Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. "The All-TIME 100 Albums". TIME. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and Time, Inc. .  
  10. ^ a b David Bowie. Hunky Dory (RCA Records, 1971).


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