David Bowie - London Boy

Title: London Boy Artist: David Bowie Release Date: 3/20/2001 Re-Released On: 6/27/2005 Label: Universal Distribution, Polygram Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 4988005396402, 731455170627 Genre: Rock Styles: Singer/Songwriter, British Invasion, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Mod 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: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Space Oddity [Original Version]
2. Did You Ever Have a Dream
3. There Is a Happy Land
4. Rubber Band
5. Let Me Sleep Beside You
6. Maid of Bond Street
7. We Are Hungry Men
8. When I Live My Dream
9. Karma Man
10. The Laughing Gnome
11. She's Got Medals
12. Little Bombardier
13. Please Mr. Gravedigger
14. The Gospel According to Tony Day
15. Sell Me a Coat
16. Join the Gang
17. Love You Till Tuesday
18. The London Boys

Year Type Label Catalog # 2005 CD Universal Distribution 9912 2001 CD Polygram 51706

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Yet another repackaging of David Bowie's late-'60s sides for English Decca's Deram label, presenting him as a kind of psychedelic-era pop/rock singer. The material is attractive in a somewhat derivative pop/rock vein -- curiously, Deram also had Cat Stevens signed at the time, as a pop/rock singer/songwriter, and Bowie's work here is remarkably similar to Stevens' music of the same era, at its best quirkily melodic with clever lyrical twists, such as "Let Me Sleep Beside You," and at its worst predictable soft rock. The songs are drawn from singles such as "Rubber Band" (think of an attempt at psychedelic Noël Coward) and "The Laughing Gnome," and LP sides like "Join the Gang." Some of it is too precious for words, but the best of it has endured across the decades, including "Sell Me a Coat," "Love You Till Tuesday," "London Boys," and the original version of "Space Oddity." ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

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