release date: Nov. 1970
format: digital
[album rate: 3 / 5] [2,82]
producer: Tony Visconti
label: Mercury Records - nationality: England, UK
Track highlights: 2. "All the Madmen" - 3. "Black Country Rock" - 8. "The Man Who Sold the World" (4 / 5) - 9. "The Supermen"
3rd studio album by David Bowie and the first to feature guitarist Mick Ronson. The album marks a change towards heavy rock with a distinct glam rock influence. On the one hand it's more homogeneous than its predecessor but also less appealing - perhaps due to more hard rock influence but less hit-based compositions, except from the fine title track. At places, e.g. track #3, Bowie (and backing band) sounds much like a clone of Marc Bolan and Tyrannosaurus Rex. The album was reissued by RCA Records in '72 with a new cover, and that album reached number #24 on national albums chart list.
[ allmusic.com 4,5 / 5, Rolling Stone 3,5 / 5, Q Magazine 3 / 5 stars ]
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| 1971 alt. cover | 1972 RCA reissue |
