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Diamond Dogs (30th Anniversary Remastered)

David Bowie

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Album Review

David Bowie fired the Spiders From Mars shortly after the release of Pin Ups, but he didn't completely leave the Ziggy Stardust persona behind. Diamond Dogs suffers precisely because of this — he doesn't know how to move forward. Originally conceived as a concept album based on George Orwell's 1984, Diamond Dogs evolved into another one of Bowie's paranoid future nightmares. Throughout the album, there are hints that he's tired with the Ziggy formula, particularly in the disco underpinning of "Candidate" and his cut-and-paste lyrics. However, it's not enough to make Diamond Dogs a step forward, and without Mick Ronson to lead the band, the rockers are too stiff to make an impact. Ironically, the one exception is one of Bowie's very best songs — the tight, sexy "Rebel Rebel." The song doesn't have much to do with the theme, and the ones he does throw in to further the story usually fall flat. Diamond Dogs isn't a total waste, with "1984," "Candidate," and "Diamond Dogs" all offering some sort of pleasure, but it is the first record since Space Oddity where Bowie's reach exceeds his grasp.

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For all intents & purposes

This is one of the greatest albums of all time

The Rebellious Creator

Bowie always seemed to challenge his listeners, his audience, and himself with every work, commerciality never seemingly a concern, usually to scattershot success album to album. But it was that artistic effort to continually attempt to define an ever-changing, protean personality that made his work so interesting,so in flux, and so unlike most of the hacks working the rock mines of that era. For such artistic steadfastness and integrity, his work is to be applauded. And on singular divine occasions, the melding of a truly unique artist's vision and commercial success did jump the tracks to resonate beautifully as a fully formed breathing beauty for all to behold and a top of the pops hit that was manna for the masses. "Rebel, Rebel" was one such creation. And in those very early days of careful, covert sexual authenticity, I do remember "Rebel" charging through the airwaves like a beautiful glistening stallion as a call to arms to all our brothers and sisters to follow their hearts to their true calling, their true selfs, their true identities. With an intoxicating beat, and it's rock n' roll heat, "Rebel" worked on all levels- an anthemic, passionate plea for authentic, sexual identity inside a perfectly formed rocker that brought the entire house down! Mr. Bowie, the "artiste", the consummate musician, the poet, the creator, the showman and the entertainer, had done it again!

This was my Bowie introduction

I was a freshman or sophomore in high school when this came out and one of the people working on the student newspaper was a Bowie freak. In my 4 years of high school - this was the only album ever reviewed. This review, my buying this album, plus Bowie on The Midnight Special, turned me into a Bowie fan for life. The concept behind this album is loosely based on George Orwell's "1984", but Orwell's widow would not allow Bowie to completely appropriate the novel into this album. This was a period when thinks looked bleak compared to the 1960s when almost anything seemed possible and this album reflects this mood - cities in ruin, slimy politicians, etc. Even though some aspects of this album are dated, there are other aspects of this album are timeless. The 30th anniversary version comes with a Bruce Springsteen cover that is totally out of place with the theme of Diamond Dogs, but then, "this ain't Rock 'n Roll, this is genocide".

Biography

Born: January 8, 1947 in Brixton, London, England

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

The cliché about David Bowie says he's a musical chameleon, adapting himself according to fashion and trends. While such a criticism is too glib, there's no denying that Bowie demonstrated remarkable skill for perceiving musical trends at his peak in the '70s. After spending several years in the late '60s as a mod and as an all-around music-hall entertainer, Bowie reinvented himself as a hippie singer/songwriter. Prior to his breakthrough in 1972, he recorded a proto-metal record and a pop/rock album,...
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