THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD
| David BowieTHE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD
The Man Who Sold the World is the third studio album by English rock artist David Bowie. It was originally released in the United States by Mercury Records on 4 November 1970,[1] and then in April 1971 in the United Kingdom. He recorded the album with producer Tony Visconti at Trident Studios in London and Advision Studios in central London. The album's hard rock style was a departure from the largely acoustic music of Bowie's previous self-titled album. Author David Buckley has described that record as "the first Bowie album proper." NME critics Roy Carr and Charles Shaar Murray have said of The Man Who Sold the World, "this is where the story really starts" - WIKIPEIDA
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AV/MUSIC
2016 - The Man Who Sold The World is an immersive album, a record best experienced in sequence.
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ALL MUSIC
Even though it contained no hits, The Man Who Sold the World, for most intents and purposes, was the beginning of David Bowie's classic period.
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RollingStone
1971 - is uniformly excellent.
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Only Solitaire
This is Bowie at the crossroads - not knowing which way to turn.
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Adrian Denning
the bulk of this album is indeed very solid.
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Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews
This, the first appearance of what became the Spiders From Mars band, is very much a British 60s acid rock record - and it's a huge improvement.
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John McFerrin Music Rreviews
This is often regarded as the first "real" David Bowie album, and maybe there's some truth to that, but I don't think it's that great. My understanding is that, for various reasons, Bowie had a relatively small amount to do with the music on this album that bears his name; the songs are all based on elements he came up with, sure, but new guitarist Mick Ronson and producer Tony Visconti ended up fleshing out the majority of the ideas he threw out.
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Don Ignacio
The Man Who Sold the World is a boring and confusing attempt to combine pop with heavy metal.
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Mark Prindle
Unfortunately, a whole heck of a lot of this stuff is either instantly forgettable or really lame.
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sputnik music
A strange, mad celebration…
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