Diamond Dogs (Remastered) David Bowie

• 1 Future Legend 01:00
• 2 Diamond Dogs 06:04
• 3 Sweet Thing 03:39
• 4 Candidate 02:41
• 5 Sweet Thing 02:33
• 6 Rebel Rebel 04:35
• 7 Rock 'N' Roll With Me 04:03
• 8 We Are The Dead 05:02
• 9 1984 03:27
• 10 Big Brother 03:23
• 11 Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family 02:06
• Total Runtime 38:33

Info zu Diamond Dogs (Remastered)

After George Orwell's widow refused Bowie the right to use 1984 as the title of his forthcoming album, he instead used the novel as a conceptual blueprint for what became „Diamond Dogs“. Accompanied only by keyboardist Mike Garson, bassist Herbie Flowers, and drummers Aynsley Dunbar and Tony Newman, Bowie played guitar, sax, Moog, and Mellotron, in addition to his contributions as vocalist, composer, arranger, and producer of the album. With the Orwellian themes as a loose backdrop, „Diamond Dogs“ has much of the apocalyptic sense of future shock that informed „Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars“.

While the album doesn't have the musical punch or the songwriting strengths of ZIGGY, its gems make it more than worthwhile. The lush strings and dominant wah-wah guitar of '1984' seem like a nod to Isaac Hayes, while Bowie's howls and snarling sax on the title track make it instantly memorable. The glam rock classic 'Rebel Rebel,' with its edgy guitar riff and strutting 4/4 beat, is the disc's highlight, and one of Bowie's all-time great songs. Amidst the imagery of a gray, totalitarian future, Bowie injected some optimism by including the nostalgic 'Rock 'N' Roll With Me,' a good time, rootsy number that presaged his next transformation into the blue-eyed soul singer of „Young American“.

'...all apocalyptic doom and nightmare vision...fueled by cocaine psychosis, Watergate and the three-day week. This slice of literary concept rock has improved with age...' (Q)

David Bowie, vocals, guitars, saxes, Moog synthesizer, Mellotron
Mike Garson, keyboards
Herbie Flowers, bass
Tony Newman, drums
Aynsley Dunbar, drums
Alan Parker, guitar on '1984'
Earl Slick, guitar on 'Rock 'n' Roll with Me'

Recorded January - February 1974 at Olympic Studios and Island Studios, London; Ludolph Studios, Nederhorst den Berg
Engineered by Tony Visconti, Keith Harwood
Produced by David Bowie

Digitally remastered

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