David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (1974) [Full Album]

Diamond Dogs is the eighth studio album by the English musician David Bowie, released on 24 May 1974 through RCA Records. Bowie produced the album and recorded it in early 1974 in London and the Netherlands, following the disbanding of his backing band the Spiders from Mars and the departure of producer Ken Scott. Bowie played lead guitar on the record in the absence of Mick Ronson. Diamond Dogs featured the return of Tony Visconti, who had not worked with Bowie for four years; the two would collaborate for the rest of the decade. Musically, it was Bowie's final album in the glam rock genre, though some songs were influenced by funk and soul music, which Bowie embraced on his next album, Young Americans (1975).

Conceived during a period of uncertainty over where his career was headed, Diamond Dogs is the result of multiple projects Bowie envisioned at the time: a scrapped musical based on Ziggy Stardust (1972); an adaptation of George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949); and an urban apocalyptic scenario based on the writings of William S. Burroughs. The title track introduces a new persona named Halloween Jack. Belgian artist Guy Peellaert painted the controversial cover artwork depicting Bowie as a half-man, half-dog hybrid, based on photos taken by photographer Terry O'Neill.

Tracklist:
Side one
Future Legend 0:00
Diamond Dogs 1:00
Sweet Thing 7:05
Candidate 10:45
Sweet Thing (Reprise)
Rebel Rebel 15:58

Side two
Rock 'n' Roll with Me 20:29
We Are the Dead
1984
Big Brother
Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family

Personnel
Adapted from the Diamond Dogs liner notes and biographer Nicholas Pegg.
David Bowie – lead and background vocals, guitars, saxophones, Moog synthesiser, Mellotron
Mike Garson – keyboards
Herbie Flowers – bass guitar
Tony Newman – drums
Aynsley Dunbar – drums
Alan Parker – guitar ("1984"), additional guitar ("Rebel Rebel")

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