David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World (1970)

This was the first album to use the backing band

who would become the "Spiders from Mars".

All songs were written by Bowie but the music

was largely arranged by Ronson and Visconti.

Mick Ronson flexed his guitar hero muscle and

made this album the heaviest of Bowie's career.

Heavy rock riffs and screaming solos combined

with Bowie's lyrics about insanity, war, sex and

religion make this a fantastic classic rock listen.

There are at least 3 different covers for this but

I have used the one I grew up with.

...... a fact that no one really cares about is:

this is one of the 1st albums I ever brought and

the music it contained made me search out other

heavy guitar music, so for me, I can say it

changed my musical life!

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