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Best of Bowie
: :Though one of rock's most influential figures, David Bowie's accomplishments are pocked by some distinct ironies. His willful efforts at being a musical and visual chameleon spurred triumphs in genres as diverse as folk, glam, new wave, and electronica. Given the dizzying range and success of his '70s incarnations--from Ziggy to the Thin White Duke to the gaunt, goth-cypher of Low and Heroes--he seemed the artist most well-equipped to weather the changing tides of taste and trend, yet saw his career essentially shrink to cult status after scoring his biggest triumphs ...
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The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust
: essential recording:After flirting with heavy guitar rock ('The Man Who Sold the World') and lighter pop ('Hunky Dory'), Bowie found middle ground on Ziggy Stardust. The creation of the Ziggy Stardust persona would live on well after Bowie shed the alien skin, marking the first rock concept album by a sexually ambiguous, artistically bent musician who confounded critics at every turn. A blend of dramatic strings, swaggering saxophones, jagged guitars, and theatrical arrangements, the album's darker rock numbers like 'It Ain't Easy,' 'Moonage Daydream,' 'Ziggy Stardust,' and the irresistible 'Suffragette ...
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Peter and the Wolf / Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Carnival of the Animals
from: RCA
: essential recording:After flirting with heavy guitar rock ('The Man Who Sold the World') and lighter pop ('Hunky Dory'), Bowie found middle ground on Ziggy Stardust. The creation of the Ziggy Stardust persona would live on well after Bowie shed the alien skin, marking the first rock concept album by a sexually ambiguous, artistically bent musician who confounded critics at every turn. A blend of dramatic strings, swaggering saxophones, jagged guitars, and theatrical arrangements, the album's darker rock numbers like 'It Ain't Easy,' 'Moonage Daydream,' 'Ziggy Stardust,' and the irresistible 'Suffragette ...
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Live in Santa Monica '72
:Album Description:In 1972, David Bowie set out on his first US tour. He'd recently introduced the world to his Ziggy Stardust persona with his top 5 album 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars' and had completed a hugely successful UK tour. The Santa Monica concert, David's first live US radio broadcast, was aired live on KMET in L.A. Over the last 36 years this historic recording has only been occasionally available as a bootleg. For many, ownership of this concert was regarded as a true ...
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Hunky Dory
:Album Description:Manufactured in Japan. CD sits within an exact replica of the original vinyl packaging including the inside sleeve. Packaging includes the Japanese spine sleeve. : The precursor to Bowie's masterpiece, The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, Hunky Dory points in many of the same musical directions as Ziggy, with Bowie camping it up outrageously through a mixture of cabaret piano, coquettish lyrics and soaring vocals. After the hard rock 'The Man Who Sold The World', Mick Ronson's guitar is turned down in favour of ...
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Best of David Bowie
: :Though one of rock's most influential figures, David Bowie's accomplishments are pocked by some distinct ironies. His willful efforts at being a musical and visual chameleon spurred triumphs in genres as diverse as folk, glam, new wave, and electronica. Given the dizzying range and success of his '70s incarnations--from Ziggy to the Thin White Duke to the gaunt, goth-cypher of Low and Heroes--he seemed the artist most well-equipped to weather the changing tides of taste and trend, yet saw his career essentially shrink to cult status after scoring his biggest triumphs ...
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Space Oddity
: :This 1969 release features David Bowie's first hit single, 'Space Oddity,' and sets the tone for the spacey Ziggy Stardust to come. But other than the title track, Space Oddity isn't a glam-rock album. For that phase, one must move ahead to 1970's The Man Who Sold the World. These folk-based tracks largely present Bowie as a surrealist singer-songwriter. The uncharacteristically bitter and sarcastic 'Letter to Hermione' is the most impassioned track here, presenting, as it does, the angry side of this master of cool. While still earlier recordings are noted ...
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Labyrinth: From The Original Soundtrack Of The Jim Henson Film
: :This 1969 release features David Bowie's first hit single, 'Space Oddity,' and sets the tone for the spacey Ziggy Stardust to come. But other than the title track, Space Oddity isn't a glam-rock album. For that phase, one must move ahead to 1970's The Man Who Sold the World. These folk-based tracks largely present Bowie as a surrealist singer-songwriter. The uncharacteristically bitter and sarcastic 'Letter to Hermione' is the most impassioned track here, presenting, as it does, the angry side of this master of cool. While still earlier recordings are noted ...
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Music from a Farther Room
:Album Description:For anyone who has attended Josh Groban's phenomenal live show, you will have undoubtedly had the pleasure of seeing and hearing his lead violinist, Lucia Micarelli. Lucia came to Josh's tour after appearing with the Trans- Siberian Orchestra playing arenas across the U.S. in 2003. With the close of the second leg of Josh's tour, Lucia is recording her debut album in New York and London with producer Paul Schwartz. Musical selections will range from the works of composers Ravel and Ennio Morricone to David Bowie. :Josh Groban fans who ...
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Heroes
:Album Description:Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2007. essential recording:One of Bowie's more stellar moments working with Brian Eno, Heroes again sees the artist moving into barely chartered waters (at that point, 1977), creating moving, emotive rock and putting it right up against some very detached and futuristic synthesized sounds. The collection opens with a ferocious rocker, courtesy of Robert Fripp's taut, snarling guitars ('Beauty and the Beast'), and then slides into the roar of 'Joe the Lion' without missing a beat. ...
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