David Bowie was already four years and four albums into his career when he issued Hunky Dory, the first record to help secure his legend. He had been inching closer to this moment with each release, ...

David Bowie’s classic, Hunky Dory was released 54 years ago this week. It represents the moment that Bowie – a previously wannabe popstar with potential, but little else – finally proved his worth and ...

Barely a year after he'd released The Man Who Sold The World, and only six months before he would release his seminal album - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, David Bowie ...

First came the Beatles, then the Stones — but by 1971 , the British invasion was already starting to fade and David Bowie was at a crossroads. His first three albums were commercial flops, and he was ...

“‘Hunky Dory’ gave me a fabulous groundswell,” Bowie once said. “I guess it provided me, for the first time in my life, with an actual audience. I mean, people actually coming up to me and saying, ...

David Bowie's 'Hunky Dory' album has been named the best record. The 'Starman' hitmaker - who tragically passed away in January last year aged 69 after his battle with cancer - has had his 1971 LP ...

David Bowie exploded on the scene in 1972 and it caught the world off guard. Although "Hunky Dory" is a very good record it also is dominated by an acoustic sound. It's less straight forward rock than ...

“The first album I ever bought was ‘Hunky Dory,’” said the actress and author, “and all those songs, every single one, is amazing.” By Dina Gachman Naomi Watts remembers being told that by the time ...