Diamond Dogs

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Diamond Dogs · After Pin Ups, David Bowie was not sure where his career was heading. He had disbanded the Spiders from Mars and parted company with the producer Ken Scott. He had several plans: a musical based on Ziggy Stardust, an adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell and an apocalyptic city story after William S. Burroughs. Orwell's widow refused the rights, and the musical never happened. What remained was recorded in London and the Netherlands in early 1974.

Bowie produced the record himself and, in the absence of Mick Ronson, also played lead guitar. Tony Visconti returned for the string arrangements and the mix. The sound is raw and slightly clumsy, and it was his last glam rock album. Rebel Rebel was released ahead of it as a single. Critics missed coherence, but the record went to number one in the United Kingdom.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Future Legend1:00Apple Music ↗
2. 2Diamond Dogs6:04Apple Music ↗
3. 3Sweet Thing3:39Apple Music ↗
4. 4Candidate2:41Apple Music ↗
5. 5Sweet Thing (Reprise)2:33Apple Music ↗
6. 6Rebel Rebel4:35Apple Music ↗
7. 7Rock 'n' Roll with Me4:03Apple Music ↗
8. 8We Are the Dead5:02Apple Music ↗
9. 919843:27Apple Music ↗
10. 10Big Brother3:23Apple Music ↗
11. 11Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family2:06Apple Music ↗

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