The first great album by Bowie from start to finish, although it still doesn't quite reach the heights of "Hunky Dory" and onwards. Some truly wonderful tracks and a band that was already very tight, although only partly made up of the Spiders from Mars that would come later. Essential work in the arrangements of the album and in the composition of the tracks by the great Mick Ronson and the producer and bassist Tony Visconti; Ronson's guitar in particular is, for me, the cherry on top of the first great Bowie, a sound that I personally love, recognizable after half a second, after half a note. A great album which would be followed by further advancements, and that’s saying something, isn’t it?
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