Love Songs - Doris Day

Advantages: The songs, the playing
Disadvantages: Nothing major

...Bolder and Mick Woodmansey featured on guitar, bass and drums, but the sound was more folk rock and ballad than standard rock and roll. They veered off into that direction for Ziggy, but Hunky Dory was a quite unique collection of songs, with Ken Scott producing. Aside from the quirky pop of Fill Your Heart by Biff Rose and Paul Williams, all the tracks were written by Bowie, and he combined outstanding pop with some wonderful rock music, although it was generally the former which were the more successful. The Man Who Sold The World was obscure and riff heavy, but had been disappointing and now Bowie opted for a lighter, more accessible feel, which was certainly more appealing. It certainly achieved chart success, peaking at number 3 in September 1972 and enjoying 69 weeks in the UK Top 50. Strangely it could only scrape a minor showing... Read review

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Advantages: Life On Mar / Queen Bitch
Disadvantages: cant think of any really

...I brought this album mainly as i love the Song from it 'Queen Bitch' although i would have got it anyway. But it has a few good tracks on it and im am pleased with it. The best Tracks being Queen Bitch,and Life on Mars. But i feel it was a worthwhile purchase.Have to say i dont like the cover art much though but of course it does not affect the quality of the album which i feel is a good qaulity. But the inside of the sleeve is nice with all the lyrics which i feel is great to have with all albums. And it also contains good picture inside.... Read review

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Advantages: Wonderful, classic Bowie album
Disadvantages: Song for Bob Dylan

...of the scale to the other, while Bowie proves that he really can play the saxophone. Slightly loopy it may be, but I think it's an exhilarating joy of a song and I love it. 8. Andy Warhol (3.56) The mood stays upbeat as the final notes of Fill Your Heart fade over the opening dialogue of Andy Warhol, in which Bowie corrects producer Ken Scott's pronunciation of "Warhol" before dissolving in laughter. Surprisingly, that laughter doesn't irritate me after listening to the song many times. This was the first song I heard from Hunky Dory and I found the tune played by Bowie's acoustic guitar stayed in my head for days afterwards. I wondered for a long time how the unusually full guitar sound with its flamenco flavour could have been created before concluding that either there are two guitars or an extra track was overlaid in the studio; I still don... Read review

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