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March 10th, 2014 | by
NickDavid Bowie received the Special Award for Originality for Space Oddity at the Ivor Novello Awards, 10th May...
Bowie On Film
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February 28th, 2014 | by
NickRecorded in secret over two years, with an upfront single (Where Are We Now?) issued to an unsuspecting public on David Bowie’s 66th birthday, The Next Day was streamed in its entirety on iTunes for several days before its...
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February 28th, 2014 | by
NickAnother Bowie/Visconti co-production, Reality was well-received critically and was a commercial success. It contains new Bowie compositions with the notable exceptions being covers of George Harrison’s Try Some, Buy Some and...
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February 28th, 2014 | by
NickHeathen marks the return of Tony Visconti as co-producer with Bowie (who had not collaborated with David since Scary Monsters in 1980). Despite work on it having started pre-9/11, production took in that date and, while no songs...
Albumography
February 28th, 2014 | by
NickThis album, Bowie’s 21st and his last on EMI, also has the honour of being the first by a recognised artist to be available in its entirety to download over the internet (in this case, a fortnight prior to its physical...
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February 28th, 2014 | by
NickHis twentieth album – and first to be recorded completely digitally – saw Bowie embracing drum and bass – reflecting the trends of the time – and producing himself. Once again entering the studio with no...
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February 28th, 2014 | by
NickThis album saw Bowie reunited with Brian Eno in another concept piece, this time based on the diary of Nathan Adler from an earlier collaboration of theirs. They entered the studio with no material whatsoever, wanting a...
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February 28th, 2014 | by
NickInspired by Bowie’s wedding to Iman Abdulmajid – and containing songs he wrote specifically for the occasion – Black Tie White Noise featured Ziggy guitarist and friend, Mick Ronson. Critically regarded as a return to form,...
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February 28th, 2014 | by
NickA return to a rockier Bowie, this album was another huge commercial success, though not so enthusiastically-received by the critics. It formed the basis of the colossal, theatrical Glass Spider Tour, which prompted a similar...