David Bowie (Space Oddity)
by David Bowie

Space Oddity and Letter to Hermione are lovely, there are a couple of other decent tracks too but then the two longest tracks (Memory of a free festival and Cygnet Committee) are not very good so that drags things down a bit.

I don't understand the criticism of this album, for me it's one of Bowie's greatest works. His first album that really worked, all the songs without exception are great. And although he hasn't reached his peak yet, there are many cool things in this work that he would reuse later.

As I re-listened it after hearing later Bowie, I find it much better than by 1st listen.

From LukasAntoine00s 02/13/2022 21:59 | #281268

79.44

Entré 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 sí solas. Las canciones en cuestión son Memory of A Free Festival, Cygnet Committee, y Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed.
Lo de Memory of A Free Festival me sorprendió por completo. Me encanta cómo 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 llamó 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 ofreció 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.

From IlMala 02/03/2022 15:35 | #280543

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)