My First Album

Besides some Spanish groups most of you won’t know—Radio Futura—David Bowie’s Hunky Dory was the first album I ever remember getting. I’ve been listening to music through my telescopic nipple antennas since then.

I was 17. About to finish high school, drop the girlfriend who later became my first wife—yeah, first: There are more—and I couldn’t stop listening to one song: Changes.

So I got Hunky Dory and discovered one of the most amazing albums I’ve ever listened to. From top to bottom, it’s weird and wonderful and perfect.

1. Changes

2. Oh! You Pretty Things

3. Eight Line Poem

4. Life On Mars

5. Kooks

6. Quicksand

7. Fill Your Heart

8. Andy Warhol

9. Song For Bob Dylan

10. Queen Bitch

11. The Bewlay Brothers

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