- Audio CD (Jun 15 2004)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Format: Import
- Label: Virgin/EMI
- ASIN: B0001RVUW4
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Future Legend | |||
| 2. Diamond Dogs | |||
| 3. Sweet Thing | |||
| 4. Candidate | |||
| 5. Sweet Thing (reprise) | |||
| 6. Rebel Rebel | |||
| 7. Rock 'n' Roll With Me | |||
| 8. We Are The Dead | |||
| 9. 1984 | |||
| 10. Big Brother | |||
See all 11 tracks on this disc
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. 1984/Dodo | |||
| 2. Rebel Rebel (U.S. Single Version) | |||
| 3. Dodo | |||
| 4. Growin' Up | |||
| 5. Alternative Candidate (demo for proposed '1984' musical) | |||
| 6. Diamond Dogs (K-Tel "Best Of" Edit) | |||
| 7. Candidate (Intimacy mix) | |||
| 8. Rebel Rebel (2003) | |||
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Collector's Editions Are Getting Better,
By Martin A Hogan "Marty From SF" (San Francisco, CA. (Hercules)) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Diamond Dogs (Audio CD)
This marketing idea is great, but finally we have a double re-issue where the gatefold is not as much a flimsy fall-apart box, like "Ziggy Stardust" and "Aladdin Sane". But, there is a ton of good information in the booklet with classic photos. The sound is not remastered any better than the last issue of "Diamond Dogs and that goes for the 2nd CD as well. I'm not sure why a silly song like, "Dodo" is here twice or why the K-Tel version of "Diamond Dogs" is included other than to fill up a disc. The "Rebel Rebel" (US Single) is a nice version if you don't have it already and the 2003 version is fantastic! If you saw Bowie on the last tour, this is what he sang! But still, this is a collector's edition and does not offer much unless you are a true die-hard fan like me. The truth is I can't wait until Bowie releases his next "Live" album next year.
5.0 out of 5 stars
30 Years? Am I really that old?,
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This review is from: Diamond Dogs (Audio CD)
I listened to this album over and over and saw Bowie several times in Philly around this era. I always said to people that this was the album that would make your parents certian you were "on drugs." My biggest diasappointment was that people mostly knew Rebel, Rebel, which I thought was just about the least excellent song.If you've never heard it and you can still take it -- GET IT! It's still an excellent album (without the drugs).
5.0 out of 5 stars
And, in the death.....,
By Tim Brough "author and music buff" (Springfield, PA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Diamond Dogs (Audio CD)
Those four words lead off the album that scared the tar outta me as a 14 year old. Even more than my well worn Black Sabbath albums. Sabbath was scary, but a lot of that came from the fact that they were so darn heavy and demonic. But on "Diamond Dogs," David Bowie just made everything musically bone rattling, insane and unsettling. Visualizing Hunger City and the hordes of jeweled and fur clad "peoploids" on the prowl was akin to something out of a George Romero movie. I was too young to understand what a rock and roll musical would sound like, all I knew was "We Are The Dead" and "Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family" captured my attention like no other save for Alice Cooper.No other album or artist has done that for me since. Megadeth? Slayer? Mindless poseurs all after the theatrics of "Sweet Thing/Candidate." Of course I couldn't know it at the time, but Bowie was beginning to bridge the gap between the Ziggy character (in retrospect, it seems like this was the album where Ziggy is at last buried forever) and the soon to emerge Philly Soul monger of "Young Americans." The croon Bowie lays into "When You Rock and Roll With me" and the "Shaft/Superfly" licks in "1984" are the most obvious forays in that direction. But still, is this really 30 years old? Jeepers, it sounds like it was recorded last week. "Diamond Dogs" is now enriched by the excellent packaging, including Bowie's comments about his state of mind during the creation of the "1984" stage musical concept to several of the contributing players' thoughts, and a host of pictures and other graphics from the period. The bonus disc is a treat as well. I'd actually forgotten the single mix of "Rebel Rebel," and my ensuing disappointment when I bought the album and the background vocals were gone! But why quarrel with what has to be one of the ten best guitar riffs ever composed? Additional kudos must be given to the fact that this is a two CD set. While a single disc with bonus tracks could have easily been released (and has), "Diamond Dogs'" original 40 minutes stands at its best without additional clutter tacked on the end like some hideous footnote from an obsessive Bowie acolyte insisting that a masterpiece has to be amended. MORE artists/albums need to be treated with this kind of respect - Thanks EMI!
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