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David Bowie: The Man Who Sold the World (Mercury)

Review by Colman Andrews, Phonograph Record, March 1971

THE MAN Who Sold the World is a vaguely-sophomoric, vaguely-mystical, thoroughly logical extension of the Music Hall tradition in British pop music. This is a ...

David Bowie: Changesonebowie

Review by Mick Farren, NME, 5 June 1976

I GUESS that one of the main functions of any greatest hits album is to explain to anyone who isn't a hard core fan exactly ...

David Bowie: Reality

Review by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 12 September 2003

LIKE ALL PROPER Dave albums, Bowie's 26th has at its core a concept, around which 11 songs uneasily cluster to articulate the master's daft vision. ...

David Bowie: Earls Court, London

Live Review by David Hancock, Evening News, 30 June 1978

Boxing Bowie's the champion of rock ...

David Bowie: Lodger

Review by Chris Roberts, Uncut, January 2008

The Dame's sonic sketchpad — restless, inventive and thrillingly experimental. ...

David Bowie: Lodger

Review by Jon Savage, Melody Maker, 26 May 1979

ANOTHER YEAR, another record. Like Burroughs, David Jones, rootless, looks for unconventional commitment: Burroughs found it in junk, control-systems and predatory homosexuality; Jones found it ...

David Bowie: City Hall, Newcastle

Live Review by Phil Sutcliffe, Sounds, 24 June 1978

EVERYBODY I spoke to was complaining. A front row of seats had been sold then removed to fit the stage extension in. The roadies thought ...

David Bowie in the USA

Report by Nick Kent, NME, 21 April 1973

THE MAN from the customs – a surly-looking Negro – eyed me suspiciously for a full ten minutes, and checked and rechecked my baggage and ...

David Bowie: The Astoria, London

Live Review by Chris Roberts, Uncut, February 2000

The live shows you really shouldn't have missed ...

David Bowie: Music Hall, Aberdeen

Live Review by Ray Fox-Cumming, Disc, 26 May 1973

OUTSIDE ABERDEEN Music Hall last Wednesday a whole crowd of dour little Scottish guys stood touting programmes and posters, looking acutely self-conscious with Aladdin Sane ...

David Bowie: How I alienated David Bowie!

Comment by John Mendelsohn, Rock's Backpages, May 2002

IN THE AUTUMN of 2000, I had gone from being a very well paid Web designer to being an out-of-work former Web designer. ...

David Bowie: Ringing The Changes

Interview by Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 13 March 1976

"I'M JUST DOING this tour for the money. I never earned any money before, but this time I'm going to make some. I think I ...

David Bowie: Earthling

Review and Interview by Andy Gill, MOJO, March 1997

Is jungle exploration the right career move for a 50-year-old pop star who plans to float himself on the Stock Market this year? ...

David Bowie: Hammersmith Odeon, London

Live Review by Ian MacDonald, NME, 14 July 1973

THERE ARE crowds of kids outside the hall, waiting for Stardust to limousine into view. And for them this is all three times as real, ...

David Bowie: Stage

Review by Jon Savage, Sounds, 30 September 1978

SO: THE next stage. The ending of one, the beginning of another? But of course, all the world's a stage. Aaaaaaah... ...

David Bowie: Low

Review by Charles Shaar Murray, NME, 22 January 1977

AND YOU'RE profile to profile with The Man Who Fell To Bits. Against an incandescent orange background, the cover of David Bowie's new album reprises ...

David Bowie: Low

Review by Ian MacDonald, NME, 22 January 1977

YOU'RE JUST a little girl with grey eyes and you never leave your room. ...

David Bowie: Life On Earth

Interview by Ken Scrudato, SOMA, July 2003

"You know how I know it's the end of the world, Lenny? Because everything's been done. Every kinda music, every government, every hairstyle. How we ...

David Bowie in The Man Who Fell To Earth

Film/DVD/TV Review by Lita Eliscu, Phonograph Record, August 1976

THIS FILM stars David Bowie — a logical choice — as a space visitor who comes to Earth in an attempt to find a way ...

David Bowie: The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (RCA)

Review by Dave Marsh, Creem, September 1972

DAVID BOWIE may become a star this year, or he may not. This may or may not make a difference in your life. But, for ...