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David Bowie - Space Oddity

NME.COM feature on David Bowie - Space Oddity album including album review, artwork, tracks, listen now, tour dates, discography and more.

Release date: 21 August 2006

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David Bowie - The Next Day

David Bowie - The Next Day

Rather than reinventing Bowie, it absorbs his past and moves it on, hungry for more

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David Bowie - 'Where Are We Now?'

David Bowie - 'Where Are We Now?'

Downbeat lead track from 'The Next Day', his first album in 10 years

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David Bowie

Live Santa Monica ’72

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David Bowie's bass player Trevor Bolder dies aged 62

David Bowie's bass player Trevor Bolder dies aged 62

Bolder also played with Uriah Heep and Wishbone Ash

Astronaut records David Bowie 'Space Oddity' video from International Space Station - video

Astronaut records David Bowie 'Space Oddity' video from International Space Station - video

Chris Hadfield floats in zero gravity as he performs Bowie classic

David Bowie's 'The Next Day' video criticised by Catholic church

David Bowie's 'The Next Day' video criticised by Catholic church

Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey calls video 'juvenile'

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David Bowie - Space Oddity: Wikipedia Album Entry

Originally released in November 1969 as "David Bowie" in the UK (confusingly, considering his '67 debut was also named eponymously) and "Man of Words/Man of Music" in the US, it was later renamed Space Oddity upon its reissue following post-Ziggy success in '72.

Produced by Tony Visconti, it features contributions from Herbie Flowers, Rick Wakeman and Terry Cox (The Pentangle), among others.

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David Bowie - Space Oddity Lyrics

David Bowie - An Occasional Dream Lyrics

I recall how we lived
On the corner of a bed
And we'd speak of a Swedish room
Of Hessian and wood

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David Bowie - The Cygnet Committee Lyrics

I bless you sadly, madly as I tie my shoes
I love you badly, just in time, at times, I guess
Because of you I need to rest
Because it's you that sets the test

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David Bowie - Janine Lyrics

My love, Janine
I'm helpless for your smile like a Polish wanderer
I travel ever onwards to your land
And were it not just for the jewels, I'd close your hand

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David Bowie - Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed Lyrics

Spy, spy, pretty girl
I see you see me through your window
Don't turn your nose up
Well, you can if you need to

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David Bowie - God Knows I'm Good Lyrics

I was walking through the counters of a national concern
And a cash machine was spitting by my shoulder
And I saw the multitude of faces, honest, rich and clean
As the merchandise exchanged and money roared

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David Bowie - Letter to Hermoine Lyrics

Do do do dah

Do do do dah dah da da da

Do do do dah dah

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David Bowie - The Memory of a Free Festival Lyrics

The sun machine is coming down
And we're gonna have a party
The sun machine is coming down
And we're gonna have a party

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