David Bowie (Space Oddity) (studio album) by David Bowie
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David Bowie (Space Oddity) is ranked 11th best out of 91 albums by David Bowie on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by David Bowie is The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars which is ranked number 9 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 51,765.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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70/100 ![]() | 11/24/2023 10:54 | DrTchock97 | ![]() | 76/100 |
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As I re-listened it after hearing later Bowie, I find it much better than by 1st listen.
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Entr茅 a este album con el miedo de que solo sea Space Oddity, pero no, hay por lo menos 3 o 4 canciones buenas, que no llegan al nivel de esa obra maestra, pero se sostienen muy bien por s铆 solas. Las canciones en cuesti贸n son Memory of A Free Festival, Cygnet Committee, y Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed.
Lo de Memory of A Free Festival me sorprendi贸 por completo. Me encanta c贸mo contribuye al concepto espacial iniciado con Space Oddity. Estamos ante el primer album conceptual de Bowie. Me hubiera gustado que lo nombrara Space Oddity, como es usualmente conocido, pero lo llam贸 David Bowie, al igual que su album debut, lo cual es un poco confuso. El album tiene varios temas promedio que no cumplen con la calidad de los mejores, pero que, en promedio, configuran un album decente y una significante mejora a lo que nos ofreci贸 Bowie en su primer disco. El siguiente que vino fue The Man Who Sold the World, ya empezando la racha de albums legendarios de la estrella, que uno puede argumentar que comenzaron con este disco.

One of that cases where an album has been "fagocitated" by its title track; frankly... even if not so eclectic, the whole album deserves to be listened.
Space Oddity is great but nothing else stands out for me.
Bowie's true first album creative and stylistically.
Best song(s): Space Oddity; Letter to Hermione; Cygnet Committee; God Knows I'm Good; Memory of a Free Festival
Underrated. Cygnet Committee is awesome. UASSD too
Mostly a one-song album, but what a song.
A superb album which has a leg strongly footed in the psychedelic scene. Beautiful musicianship, particularly strings, provide a magic backdrop for some of Bowie's best vocals in my view. An album which still sounds fresh even today (2020)
Good record.
Good album, though it dragged towards the end.
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