Gloomy and visionary ...

"The Man Who Sold The World" is a unique album. David Bowie is gloomy and visionary, each song includes a separate world, the lyrics are a true source of inspiration for story writers. The melodies are varied and catchy. The arrangements are imaginative and sophisticated. And last but not least Bowie can ausreizen its brilliant voice right here.
The range of styles ranging from hard rock, heavy bluesy titles and almost trancelike ballads. Beautifully is the catchy title song.
That this album is still less popular than "Ziggy Stardust" and "Heroes", maybe is because producer Toni Visconti here could not operate optimally in that the disc did not include a hit and appeared two years before the big break. It was first released in 1970 as a successor to the folk-heavy debut album "Space Oddity" (1969). Bowie's longtime companion, the guitar legend Mick Ronson, is here for the first time on the field again.
For me it is still the studio album by David Bowie.