David Bowie (album)

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David Bowie
Studio album by David Bowie

Publication
(s)

June 1, 1967

admission

November 11, 1966-25. February 1967

Label (s) Deram Records

Format (s)

LP

Genre (s)

Pop / Folk Rock / Music Hall

Title (number)

14th

running time

37 min 7 s

production

Mike Vernon

Studio (s)

Decca Studios, London

chronology
- David Bowie David Bowie (Space Oddity)
(1969)

David Bowie is the debut album by David Bowie . It was released on June 1, 1967 on Deram Records . The music cannot be compared with the music that later made him famous, but alternates between folk rock , pop music and music hall .

Emergence

The album was written by Bowie himself and recorded with Mike Vernon from November 1966 to February 1967 at Decca Studios in London . Before its release in June 1967, two singles were released, Rubber Band / London Boys in December 1966 and The Laughing Gnome / The Gospel According to Tony Day in April 1967.

reception

Roy Carr and Charles Shaar Murray from the NME wrote: "a listener strictly accustomed to David Bowie in his assorted '70s guises would probably find this debut album either shocking or else simply quaint". Allmusic .com awarded 2.5 out of 5 stars. Dave Thompson wrote: "... though this material has been repackaged with such mind-numbing frequency as to seem all but irrelevant today, David Bowie still remains a remarkable piece of work."

Track list

All titles are written by David Bowie.

  1. Uncle Arthur - 2:07
  2. Sell ​​Me a Coat - 2:58
  3. Rubber Band - 2:17
  4. Love You Till Tuesday - 3:09 am
  5. There Is a Happy Land - 3:11
  6. We Are Hungry Men - 2:58
  7. When I Live My Dream - 3:22
  8. Little Bombardier - 3:24
  9. Silly Boy Blue - 3:48
  10. Come and Buy My Toys - 2:07
  11. Join the Gang - 2:17 am
  12. She's Got Medals - 2:23
  13. Maid of Bond Street - 1:43
  14. Please Mr. Gravedigger - 2:35

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roy Carr & Charles Shaar Murray: Bowie: An Illustrated Record , 1981, pp. 21-25
  2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/david-bowie-mw0000198656