Hunky Dory

2/5

Bowie Schmowie. I'm getting a bit sick of him. He takes up too much real estate around here.

Bit strange for me but some good ones - might go for a second listen

Ja. Manches gefällt. Anderes ist eher so naja.

I like Bowie, for the most part, but how many goddamned Bowie albums do we need? There are lots of really great bands that haven’t popped up yet, but this is my 4th or 5th Bowie. I’m adjusting my view of Bowie from “I like Bowie” to “Bowie has some good stuff” This album was fine. I’ve never heard the full Changes song, just the chorus in movie trailers and such. It’s not that great. I don’t know. Maybe I’m just a bit burned out on Bowie, but this does not feel like one of the greats.

Not my cup of tea at all, but not actively bad. I've never heard a Bowie song that made me feel much one way or the other. It's odd because the music is definitely unusual, but somehow still boring despite not sounding like anybody else I've heard

David Bowie moaning and whining again. Oh joy.

Not bad, seemed like a lot of variety, which surprised me.

I like David Bowie for the most part and I know how lauded this album is, but honestly aside from the singles, nothing much stands out here.

Just not into David Bowie's music. I can accept his influence and legacy but do not enjoy listening. 2/5

It’s alright i suppose. Not blowing my socks off.

some interesting parts but not enough

Started out hot, almost 5 stars from the first two songs and slowly devolved into unlistenable. Made me angry how bad it got

Changes Life on Mars

First (first time listening to whole album). 2x (listened twice through). Changes is an all-time favorite single, but the rest of the album didn't appeal to me all that much.

Some good

I mean he’s alright. He just is weird especially by having songs titled about other artists. He should have listed them in the lyrics or something else. That is very minor though. I don’t know what else to say besides repeating he’s weird

still not a fan of his voice; however, the piano on this one was really nice

I can never decide if I really like Bowie. Sometimes his voice really works well and other times it drives me crazy. Sometimes the songs sound cool while other times no real melody or form. Sometimes the lyrics are deep and meaningful and poetic and other times just stupid. At least by having Rick Wakeman play piano there was some great keyboard work. I don’t hate David Bowie’s music…..but I don’t REALLY like it either. Coin toss.

Standard Bowie album that starts out with a timeless classic and dwindles down over the rest of the album.

I'm still not clever enough to really understand what Bowie's trying to do here. Some nice individual tunes, but as an album it's not for me really.

Overrated af

i didn't really listen intently, album didn't grab my attention super well

Hatte ich mir irgendwann mal angehört und hat mir nicht so gefallen

Just not my thing. Idk, I wanted to like it, but I feel kinda let down. Bummer.

not ashamed to admit, but i didnt really like this Significant 36/113 Liked 17/113 Added 4/113 NNN

Marginally better than his other albums on here but still shit.

Some decent songs. Not sure the whole album is that great.

Bleh!

Not my cup of tea but I can see how people love his music so much.

Just can't seem to get into Bowie. I don't find the songs enjoyable to listed to.

sorry, kind of lame - definitely not as good as low

Oh boy! Queen Bitch is one of my favorite Bowie songs! Let’s go. Changes - a good way for me to hate a pop song is to name it Changes. I’ve never liked this song. Fuck this song 0/5. Oh! You Pretty Things! - what the fuck David Bowie I thought you were a genius. Jesus 0/5 Eight Line Poem - album should have started here. It could have saved me 50 years of Changes and whatever the fuck was before this. Still only half a song. 1/5 Life On Mars - true classic. I got so much pent up aggression because of the first two songs I can’t actually appreciate this one. This album sure seems disjointed. 4/5 but it would be 2/5 if I listen to it in context of this album. Just weird placement. Kooks - punching other people’s dads! That’s worth a point. I get it now. This is show tunes Bowie. Sorry show tunes are a hard sell for me. There’s something here I like though. 2/5 Quicksand - this is a fine song. It’s much more the Bowie I’m looking for. He’s peeking out here. Give him a 2/5 Fill Your Heart - show tunes Bowie. this gives me nothing 1/5 Andy Warhol - this is a good one. Oddly doesn’t feel like a song about Andy Warhol. It’s feels a bit westerny. Alt country? Of course Bowie’s trying his hardest to be weird but he can’t help making it a jangly pop song. 2/5 Song for Bob Dylan - boy does this sound like a Bruce Springsteen song. If he just sings it with a husky voice it would be a dead ringer for 70s Bruce. Kind of proves Bowie’s genius. One of his throw-away songs is a whole man’s career. Not bad song. 2/5 Queen Bitch - here it is! This sits better in the album than Life on Mars. One of the best songs ever. Even on this terrible album. 5/5 The Bewlay Brothers - I had no idea that this song didn’t end with Queen Bitch. This one I’ve heard before, I just didn’t know it was here. Has an epic chorus. It’s a strong conclusion, to a lackluster album. I enjoy him the weirder he gets. 4/5 And that’s a wrap. How depressing this listen was. I had such high hopes. But guess what, the good songs are good and are also the ones you’ve heard bazillion times. The bad songs are soooo bad. You can feel this terrible Bowie transform into the awesome Bowie as you progress through the album. That’s a feat. But it’s really just those three songs and a lot of terribleness. I mean I would rate this album higher if it was just those three songs. 2/5 Plus what’s with all the Nazi references?

Kuuntelin jopa kahdesti putkeen, koska parin ekan biisin jälkeen keskittyminen herpaantui täysin, ja niin kävi toisellakin kerralla. Eli: tasapaksu. Sinänsä laadukas ja on biiseissä eroja, mutta ne eivät hittejä (jotka ovat a-puolella) lukuun ottamatta erotu.

It had a few oldy but goodies. Not as good as i thought it would be.

Was ok

Bowie again!!!! It's better than the last one on here. However only really like the 2 tracks that I already knew. Don't really understand all the hype around him.

Not my style at all and most tracks didn't stick out to me so much

I don’t know how somebody writes a brilliant song like “Changes”, and then comes up with the rest of the stuff that’s on this album. Although “Queen Bitch” was pretty rocking and sort of amusing.

Just not my thing

Not my jam, but I appreciate what it is and recognized some songs.

I've always found Bowie pretentious and disingenuous

Not Bowie’s best, but a few songs were quite entertaining

Uneven both in quality and in style. There were some good moments (mostly on Oh! You Pretty Things, Song for Bob Dylan, and Bewlay Brothers), but I often found myself wincing (during pretty much every other song). Was expecting to like this more than I did. Kind of crazy that Metallica used the Andy Warhol riff in Master of Puppets though. Favorite Track: Bewlay Brothers 4/10

A few hits but a lack luster album

Love all the piano on this album...although some of it seems too theatrical... like the ending of old movies.

Isn't this supposed to be his first breakthrough? Considered by many as his best? Why does this suck then?

Ok-ish but not my cup of tea.

Too whimsical

While I've tried so many times to try and get into Bowie's fascinating style and incredibly high production-value, I just unfortunately don't enjoy most of the music once I get into it. As much as it pains to say, for me this album peaks with the very first song and it was all down hill from there. Despite how much I *want* to like it, it just didn't click with me.

Good start but falls off quickly for me. And I do like Bowie and he has been influential, 100%, but this album just isn’t it

meh

Not sure why I didn't really like this. It just rubbed me off the wrong way.

ok álbum, não fede nem cheira, não lembro de nada.

Hits and misses. Overall, just fine. Top songs: oh you pretty things, life on mars Bottom songs: changes, kooks

i'm torn on this album. i know some random songs of david bowie, sometimes big hits and sometimes not, and a fair amount about him and his music. but i'm not the biggest fan. as such, the album wasn't amazing to me, but i can still appreciate bowie's creation and c-c-c-changes (i couldn't not). "life on mars?" in particular shows bowie's evolution toward ziggy stardust; it's a soaring epic with intense lyrics. in fact, it sounds like it belongs on that album more than hunky dory! 2.5

Meh

Couple of good songs, rest is meh

Listening now. I always thought (and still do) that the production is poor

Still don't understand what the big fuss is about Bowie. Some good verses and choruses but never in the same song. Half the tracks are directionless and despite there being plenty that should make it interesting, it largely isn't.

Caught between the Bowie extremes of quirky, threadbare ballads and all-out pop-rock stardom. There are some excellent tracks on here ('Changes' and 'Queen Bitch' to name a few), but the entire product never really gels into a full LP.

Saved Prior: Changes Off Rip: Oh! You Pretty Things, Queen Bitch Cutting Edge: None Overall Notes: It has become increasingly clear with every Bowie album I'm exposed to that I'm a normie Bowie listener who does not particularly care for the deeper album cuts. There are good songs in here that I would listen to independently but as a full album experience I'll pass.

couple good songs

false

:/ is it bad to just not dig it? :/ It’s ok, but not exactly my cup of tea

Bowie, geweldige persoonlijkheid, maar muzikaal vind ik er altijd maar bar weinig aan. Eigenlijk ook maar een irritante stem.

Album qui m’a laissé d’une indifférence. Évidement, j’étais déçu que ce soit cet album la de Bowie, malgré que c’est pas fini ! Je l’évite, rien de particulier Je lévite ch-ch-changes

some songs are ok

C'était très soft, je pense que Bowie peut faire mieux. Mais j'ai quand même bien aimé ch ch ch changeeeeeees

Meh

Not really a bowie guy

no

I just really don’t like Bowie, I don’t like his voice, I don’t think he did anything particularly groundbreaking with his sound given the eras he was in. The hype has always baffled me.

Very sentimental

I always thought Bowie was hit or miss, but this is just bland.

#7 Please no more 60s and 70s...

Snored through it.

A banger pianist and soulful instrumentation were not enough to rescue the inscrutable lyrics, disjointed experiments, and aloof vocals of an album unwilling to explore its own thoughts on any of its topics from changes to freedom, love and film. I can tell there is a story here. I wish I knew what it was.

Not impressed

schifo

Cantante mediocre y sobrevalorado por vestir raro. Musicalmente me resulta molesto. Realmente no es más que una nota a pie de página de cualquier canción del Sgt. Pepper. La producción es realmente lamentable.

Boring

Very boring

1 star for changes

Classic shite

1. changez - 1.5 2. pretty - 1 3. poem - 1 4. marz - 1.5 5. kookz - 1 6. zand - 1.5 7. heart - 1 8. andy - 1 9. dylan - 1 10. bitch - 1 11. brotherz - 1

I did not vibe with this album.

i refuse to listen to bowie

unmemorable

Not a fan

This put me in a bad mood. I don’t see the attraction to DB.

Don’t like it

Not a fan of this album

rated 1 child predators out of 5

euuhhhh 1/5

Скучно

bowie sucks

🥲

I want to like Bowie but I just don't. This did nothing for me.

My mum's favourite album. A true classic.

Okay