David Bowie / Hunky Dory
Artist David Bowie
Album Title: Hunky Dory
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Primary Genre Rock: Hard Rock
Format CD
Released 12/17/1971
Reissue Date 01/30/1990
Label Rykodisc
Catalog No RCD 10133
Bar Code No 0 14431-0133-2 4
Reissue Yes
Remastered Yes
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. Changes (3:37)
2. Oh! You Pretty Things (3:12)
3. Eight Line Poem (2:55)
4. Life on Mars? (3:54)
5. Kooks (2:53)
6. Quicksand (5:08)
7. Fill Your Heart (3:07)
8. Andy Warhol (3:56)
9. Song for Bob Dylan (4:12)
10. Queen Bitch (3:19)
11. The Bewlay Brothers (5:27)
12. Bombers (2:41)
13. The Supermen (2:43)
14. Quicksand (4:46)
15. The Bewlay Brothers (5:21)
Date Acquired 03/20/2009
Personal Rating
Acquired from Bluerude (Amazon)
Purchase Price 10.57

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Notes

Remastered reissue with bonus tracks.
Original released on LP in 1971.
Track 12 was previously unreleased.
First pressing of David Bowie's RYKO catalogue in USA. It was pressed by PDO.
No barcode on back cover of CD since this pressing has been exclusively released in longbox with barcode on it's back side.

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Analyzed: David Bowie / Hunky Dory
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR13       0.00 dB   -16.83 dB      3:37 01/15-Changes
DR12       0.00 dB   -17.02 dB      3:12 02/15-Oh! You Pretty Things
DR13      -3.91 dB   -22.89 dB      2:56 03/15-Eight Line Poem
DR12       0.00 dB   -14.02 dB      3:54 04/15-Life on Mars?
DR13      -0.02 dB   -16.89 dB      2:54 05/15-Kooks
DR12       0.00 dB   -16.31 dB      5:08 06/15-Quicksand
DR14      -2.39 dB   -19.36 dB      3:07 07/15-Fill Your Heart
DR13      -0.45 dB   -16.39 dB      3:57 08/15-Andy Warhol
DR13       0.00 dB   -15.59 dB      4:12 09/15-Song for Bob Dylan
DR12       0.00 dB   -13.81 dB      3:19 10/15-Queen Bitch
DR14       0.00 dB   -19.56 dB      5:27 11/15-The Bewlay Brothers
DR10      -0.32 dB   -12.32 dB      2:41 12/15-Bombers
DR13       0.00 dB   -16.49 dB      2:43 13/15-The Supermen (alternate version)
DR10      -3.39 dB   -14.70 dB      4:46 14/15-Quicksand (demo version)
DR13       0.00 dB   -16.29 dB      5:21 15/15-The Bewlay Brothers (alternate mix)
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Number of tracks:  15
Official DR value: DR12

Samplerate:        44100 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   16
Bitrate:           789 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review:

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
After the freakish hard rock of The Man Who Sold the World, David Bowie returned to singer/songwriter territory on Hunky Dory. Not only did the album boast more folky songs ("Song for Bob Dylan," "The Bewlay Brothers"), but he again flirted with Anthony Newley-esque dancehall music ("Kooks," "Fill Your Heart"), seemingly leaving heavy metal behind. As a result, Hunky Dory is 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. Mick Ronson's guitar is pushed to the back, leaving Rick Wakeman's cabaret piano to dominate the sound of the album. The subdued support accentuates the depth of Bowie's material, whether it's the revamped Tin Pan Alley of "Changes," the Neil Young homage "Quicksand," the soaring "Life on Mars?," the rolling, vaguely homosexual anthem "Oh! You Pretty Things," or the dark acoustic rocker "Andy Warhol." On the surface, such a wide range of styles and sounds would make an album incoherent, but Bowie's improved songwriting and determined sense of style instead made Hunky Dory a touchstone for reinterpreting pop's traditions into fresh, postmodern pop music.
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