Space Oddity Album

This 1969 release features david bowie s first hit single space oddity and sets the tone for the spacey ziggy stardust to come.

Space oddity album. Space oddity is a song written and recorded by english singer songwriter david bowie. It became one of bowie s signature songs and one of four of his songs to be included in the rock and roll hall of fame s 500 songs that shaped rock and roll. These folk based tracks largely present bowie as a surrealist singer songwriter. Space oddity was the name used for releases of the album in 1984 1990 and 1999 but it reverted to the original eponymous title for 2009 and 2015 reissues.

Inspired by stanley kubrick s film 2001. Originally released as david bowie in the uk and man of words man of music in the us david bowie s second album was reissued as space oddity in 1972. Recommendations reviews add review. My copy is mis labelled with perry como.

His first ever hit single the super topical space oddity had scored on the back of the moon landing that summer and so distinctive an air did it possess that for a moment its maker really did seem capable of soaring as high as major tom. The picture disc features the iconic ziggy stardust era artwork and comes with a replica of the poster which was part of the package at the time. When david bowie s second album appeared in late 1969 he was riding high. Space oddity lp album rca.

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Tonymerchison may 14 2017 report. For that phase one must move ahead to 1970 s the man who sold the world. A space odyssey with a title that plays on the film s title the song is abo. But other than the title track space oddity isn t a glam rock album.

It was known under the name of its lead single. The single reached number five on the uk singles chart after it was released five days before the apollo 11 moon mission. Bowie released four more singles and his debut album david bowie but the first success in the united kingdom was with the 1969 single space oddity.