Fun and Inspiration

One small step for mankind, but a giant leap for David Bowie after "Space Oddity". This album notes you how much fun the musicians had in the studio at work. Bowie has evolved in every way: vocally, compositionally and as an arranger. The formal structure of songs like "Changes" and "Oh! You Pretty Things" is dramatically at its finest, the transitions are mastered with ease. The melodies are catchy, but nevertheless significantly and often wonderfully matched to the text. The album does well, that Bowie has built next to the acoustic guitar and other instruments, especially the piano in a prominent place. The use of strings and brass is well dosed. Also vocally able to set a course Bowie. So a thoroughly enjoyable pop album was born. The first four pieces ("Changes", "Oh! You Pretty Things", "Eight Line Poem", "Life On Mars?") Are hammers that just blow a. The relatively restrained middle section ("Kooks", "Fill Your Heart", "Andy Warhol", "Song For Bob Dylan") is convincing. At the end of Bowie is with the two different masterpieces "Queen Bitch" (a witty song about the jealousy of a homosexual who must watch as his friend is being towed by a prostitute) and the atmospherically dense "The Bewlay Brothers" again marks for pop music and for himself. "Hunky Dory" is still a fresh album that knows how to convince with its rousing enthusiasm. (This is an Amazon.com at the university-student review.)