45th Anniversary remastered reissue on red vinyl - It was Bowie, his most ambitious student, who revolutionized '70s music and style by uncovering the discomfort and despair of urban life that hippie idealism denied. His third consecutive UK chart-topper and U.S. Top 5 breakthrough, 1974’s Diamond Dogs—Bowie’s first record of original material since killing off the Ziggy Stardust character that made him an instant superstar back home—remains rooted in his still-reigning glam scene that knocked most utopian '60s rockers off the UK charts with glistening shards of pansexuality, sci-fi fantasy, and bespangled spectacle. His bleakest album until recent swansong Blackstar, Diamond Dogs is a bummer, a bad trip, "No Fun"—a sustained work of decadence and dread that transforms corrosion into celebration. Whereas Ziggy features its titular messiah, Diamond Dogs has jackals that live on corpses the way Bowie fed off rotting urban culture and reckless rock'n'roll.
A1 | Future Legend | 1:00 |
A2 | Diamond Dogs | 5:50 |
A3 | Sweet Thing | 3:29 |
A4 | Candidate | 2:39 |
A5 | Sweet Thing (Reprise) | 2:32 |
A6 | Rebel Rebel | 4:21 |
B1 | Rock 'N Roll With Me | 3:54 |
B2 | We Are The Dead | 4:48 |
B3 | 1984 | 3:24 |
B4 | Big Brother | 3:25 |
B5 | Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family | 1:48 |