'She's seen it ten times or more'
Hunky Dory was Bowie's last album as an aspirant, just before he found fame with Ziggy Stardust. It's a fascinating work on many levels that display lyrical depth, vivid imagery, wit and great musical variety, from the music hall pop of Changes through the sixties pop of Oh You Pretty Things to the cinematic lyricism of Life On Mars, a soaring masterpiece. Another of my favorites is Fill Your Heart, a quirky number with his somersaulting voice over lively piano and cheeky sax. Elements of the folkie singer/songwriter are evident on numbers like Song For Bob Dylan while The Supermen reminds me of his later science fiction work like Diamond Dogs. Bowie also salutes Lou Reed and Andy Warhol here, in fact the whole album makes references to his musical influences. Hunky Dory is a bridge between his earlier music hall style and the glamrock that was to follow, and this was just the right mixture of catchy tunes & brilliant lyrics to ensure a timeless classic.

'Oh boy look at those cavemen go'
Hunky Dory was Bowie's last album as an aspirant, just before he found fame with Ziggy Stardust. It's a fascinating work on many levels that display lyrical depth, vivid imagery, wit and great musical variety, from the music hall pop of Changes through the sixties pop of Oh You Pretty Things to the cinematic lyricism of Life On Mars, a soaring masterpiece. Another of my favorites is Fill Your Heart, a quirky number with his somersaulting voice over lively piano and cheeky sax. Elements of the folkie singer/songwriter are evident on numbers like Song For Bob Dylan while The Supermen reminds me of his later science fiction work like Diamond Dogs. Bowie also salutes Lou Reed and Andy Warhol here, in fact the whole album makes references to his musical influences. Hunky Dory is a bridge between his earlier music hall style and the glamrock that was to follow, and this was just the right mixture of catchy tunes & brilliant lyrics to ensure a timeless classic.

Bowie was always Bowie
Even in his early days, Bowie changes his sound radically from album to album. Departing from heavier sound of his prevoius two prog classic ablums ( Space Odddity and The Man Who Sold The World), Bowie explores a more accostic sound of guitar and paino with "Hunky Dory" This album contains not only the classic hit "Changes" ( Which combines teen angst with beatiful meoldies), but contains tracks ( such as "Oh you pretty things" and "Andy Warhole" that would lay the foundation for alternitive and indi music, which reminds of future bands, such as "Radiohead" and "Beck".

Yes, this is the Japan- mini LP- Obi strip version
Hi,
If you are looking for the Japanese version of this Album, the one with the black "art neveau" style obi strip; YES, this is it. Japan- mini LP- Obi strip version /catalog number: TOCP-70143 / EMI Japan.
I clarify this because; Amazon misplaced the image on another Hunky Dory album (label/ Virgin Records Us), and because the catalog number isn't shown on the product detail (as usual), some people looking for this specific album may be confused (as I was).

PD. Great album and excellent sound...but if you are looking for this -Japanese limited edition- you already know that.

Great!!!
A Five Star album from a Five Star musician..
Kooks is wonderful and imaginative...
like the Beatles