Bowie's Notable Albums
The Man Who Sold the World was Bowie's first major hit album released in 1970. It was a heavier rock than anything he had ever produced before. It also had homosexual and science fictions aspect that made it unique (Bio).
Hunky Dory was his next album that allowed him to progress in his career. It was released in 1971 and each song on the album is much different than the previous song and there is no sequence to the songs. The album was much influenced by Bowie's dear friend, Andy Warhol. Some of Bowie's most famous song from the Hunky Dory album include; "Life on Mars?," "Changes," and Oh! You Pretty Things" (Lenig, 50-51)
As David Bowie's career was at an all time high, he wanted to keep the attention of his audience alive. Bowie regularly performed with the Spiders from Mars including band members Mick Ronson, Woody Woodmansey, and Trevor Bolder. He released the album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars in 1972.. Bowie's costume and make-up style on the album was outlandish, eccentric and the songs of the album portrayed a future-esque story, unlike his previous Hunky Dory album. The songs of the album also depicted Bowie's life. At this time, he introduced himself as the character "Ziggy Stardust." He quickly realized he character was catching on and the audience loved it, so Bowie removed himself from the Spiders from Mars to further carry the Ziggy character to fame (Lenig, 53-55).
The next few albums that Bowie produced were Aladdin Sane, Pin Ups, and Diamond Dogs. Aladdin Sane is unique because it captures Bowie's travels to cities across the United States. Each song describes what city Bowie was visiting and the experiences he had there. As Lenig discusses in his text, "Aladdin Sane is a much darker affair than Ziggy," he says, "the arrangements are grim, raunch guitar-esque, furious, and vengeful." Differing from his Ziggy Stardust album, each song on Aladdin Sane were all very different (Lenig, 59).
Bowie announced his retirement of live performance in 1973. But, he could not resist but living out his dreams a little longer and soon released a tribute album. His album, Pin Ups, was a widely-known 1960's tribute album. Every song on the album had special meaning to Mr. Bowie's life (Olding).
Lastly, the album Diamond Dogs was said to be Bowie's final goodbye to the Glam-Rock era. It was released in 1974 and was poetically inspired. Lenig states Diamond Dogs as being more "disconcerting, dissonant, and harsh" than Aladdin Sane and "Bowie seemed to be spiraling into a more doomed and gloomy worldview" (Lenig, 60).
Hunky Dory was his next album that allowed him to progress in his career. It was released in 1971 and each song on the album is much different than the previous song and there is no sequence to the songs. The album was much influenced by Bowie's dear friend, Andy Warhol. Some of Bowie's most famous song from the Hunky Dory album include; "Life on Mars?," "Changes," and Oh! You Pretty Things" (Lenig, 50-51)
As David Bowie's career was at an all time high, he wanted to keep the attention of his audience alive. Bowie regularly performed with the Spiders from Mars including band members Mick Ronson, Woody Woodmansey, and Trevor Bolder. He released the album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars in 1972.. Bowie's costume and make-up style on the album was outlandish, eccentric and the songs of the album portrayed a future-esque story, unlike his previous Hunky Dory album. The songs of the album also depicted Bowie's life. At this time, he introduced himself as the character "Ziggy Stardust." He quickly realized he character was catching on and the audience loved it, so Bowie removed himself from the Spiders from Mars to further carry the Ziggy character to fame (Lenig, 53-55).
The next few albums that Bowie produced were Aladdin Sane, Pin Ups, and Diamond Dogs. Aladdin Sane is unique because it captures Bowie's travels to cities across the United States. Each song describes what city Bowie was visiting and the experiences he had there. As Lenig discusses in his text, "Aladdin Sane is a much darker affair than Ziggy," he says, "the arrangements are grim, raunch guitar-esque, furious, and vengeful." Differing from his Ziggy Stardust album, each song on Aladdin Sane were all very different (Lenig, 59).
Bowie announced his retirement of live performance in 1973. But, he could not resist but living out his dreams a little longer and soon released a tribute album. His album, Pin Ups, was a widely-known 1960's tribute album. Every song on the album had special meaning to Mr. Bowie's life (Olding).
Lastly, the album Diamond Dogs was said to be Bowie's final goodbye to the Glam-Rock era. It was released in 1974 and was poetically inspired. Lenig states Diamond Dogs as being more "disconcerting, dissonant, and harsh" than Aladdin Sane and "Bowie seemed to be spiraling into a more doomed and gloomy worldview" (Lenig, 60).