Album Details
Title: The Man Who Sold the World Artist: David Bowie Release Date: 1970 Re-Released On: 0/0/1990 Label: EMI, Toshiba EMI, Virgin Duration: 53:18 Album Type(s): lyrics/libretto, Enhanced CD-ROM UPCs: 094638232728, 4988006849785, 724352190102, 0094638232728, 0724352190157, 4988006831803, 724352190157, 009463823272, 643346026411 Genre: Rock Styles: Hard Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Glam Rock, Pop/Rock, Proto-Punk, Album Rock Moods: Brooding, Clinical, Eccentric, Eerie, Stylish, Bravado, Cerebral, Complex, Detached, Dramatic, Elegant, Enigmatic, Exciting, Literate, Lush, Nocturnal, Playful, Provocative, Quirky, Rebellious, Sophisticated, Swaggering, Tense/Anxious, Theatrical, Urgent, Wry, Campy, Hypnotic, Intense, Ironic, Sexy, Yearning, Outrageous, Austere, Elaborate, Refined/Mannered Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 12 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1 |
Track Listings
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The Width of a Circle
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All the Madmen
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Black Country Rock
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After All
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Running Gun Blues
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Saviour Machine
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She Shook Me Cold
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The Man Who Sold the World
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The Supermen
Additional Releases
| Year | Type | Label | Catalog # | | 2008 | CD | Toshiba EMI | 53529 | | 2007 | CD | EMI | 3823272 | | 2007 | CD | EMI | 70142 | | 2007 | CD | Toshiba EMI | 70142 | | 1999 | CD | Virgin | 21901 | | 1999 | CD | Virgin | 21901 |
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Album Review
Even though it contained no hits, The Man Who Sold the World, for most intents and purposes, is the beginning of David Bowie's classic period. Working with guitarist Mick Ronson and producer Tony Visconti for the first time, Bowie developed a tight, twisted heavy guitar rock that appears simple on the surface but sounds more gnarled upon each listen. The mix is off-center, with the fuzz-bass dominating the compressed, razor-thin guitars and Bowie's strangled, affected voice. The sound of The Man Who Sold the World is odd, but the music is bizarre itself, with Bowie's bizarre, paranoid futuristic tales melded to Ronson's riffing and the band's relentless attack. Musically, there isn't much innovation on The Man Who Sold the World -- it is almost all hard blues-rock or psychedelic folk-rock -- but there's an unsettling edge to the band's performance, which makes the record one of Bowie's best albums. [Rykodisc's 1990 CD reissue includes four bonus tracks, including the previously unreleased "Lightning Frightening," and the single "Holy Holy," and both sides of the 1971 "Arnold Corns" single, "Moonage Daydream" and "Hang On to Yourself," which are early and inferior versions of songs that would later appear on Ziggy Stardust.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Credits
| Name | Credits | | Brian Ward | Photography | | David Bowie | Saxophone, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Main Performer, Composer | | Freddi Buretti | Vocals | | Herbie Flowers | Producer, Bass | | John Cambridge | Drums | | Keef | Clothing/Wardrobe, Cover Design | | Ken Scott | Engineer | | Kevin Cann | Design | | Mark Carr Prichard | Guitar | | Mick "Woody" Woodmansey | Drums, Percussion | | Mick Rock | Photography | | Mick Ronson | Guitar, Vocals | | Nigel Reeve | Remastering | | Peter Mew | Remastering | | Ralph Mace | Moog Synthesizer, Synthesizer | | Robin McBride | Executive Producer | | Tim Renwick | Guitar | | Tony Visconti | Guitar (Bass), Remixing, Guitar, Bass (Electric), Producer, Bass, Piano | | Trevor Bolder | Bass | | Wit Hamburg | Cover Design |
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