DAVID BOWIE LP MAN OF WORDS MAN OF MUSIC 1969 US 1ST PRES SR 61246 Space Oddity
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Description
Commonly known as Space Oddity this is his second album. It featured Herbie Flowers, Rick Wakeman, Terry Cox and the band Junior's Eyes.
For its U.S release, Mercury retitled the album to Man of Words/Man of Music and used different artwork.
This 1969 first US pressing is an essential part of a Bowie fan's collection. vinyl conservatively graded as excellent.
"Space Oddity" has appeared on numerous best-of lists. In a 2000 list compiling the 100 greatest rock songs, VH1 placed it at number 60. In 2012, Consequence of Sound included it in their list of the 100 greatest top songs of all time, ranking it number 43. In lists ranking the greatest songs of the 1960s, NME ranked "Space Oddity" at number 20, Pitchfork at number 48, Paste at number three and Treble at number two. In 2021, Rolling Stone placed "Space Oddity" at number 189 in their list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The Guardian similarly ranked it the 27th-greatest British number-one single in 1997 while NME ranked it number 26 in their 2012 list of the greatest number-one singles in history.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame included "Space Oddity" in their list of "The 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll". The song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2018.
Space Oddity is transcendent and timeless.
In almost every way imaginable, Bowie was about as futuristic as it got. Not only did he master the art of creative innovation decades earlier than most other musical legends did, but he also knew how to use scientific and technological advancements to his advantage, creating art that felt like it somehow held the secrets to the universe.
The success of ‘Space Oddity’ might have hinged on one of the biggest cultural moments in history, but it also reinstated the power of great art and its ability to achieve the seemingly impossible. Aside from being a great song, it set the standard for cultural resonance, establishing Bowie as a genius mastermind who somehow effortlessly existed above and beyond anybody else.
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