Space Oddity (album)

Space Oddity
Album by David Bowie
Released	1969
Genre	Classic Rock
Length	45 min 13 sec
Record label	Mercury Records
Producer	Tony Visconti and Gus Dudgeon
Professional reviews
AMG Review	3.5 stars out of 5	link
David Bowie Chronology
David Bowie (1967)	Space Oddity (1969)	The Man Who Sold The World (1970)

Space Oddity is an album by rock musician David Bowie, released 1969.

It was originally released as David Bowie (in the UK) and Man of Words / Man of Music (in the USA), before it was rereleased in 1972 under the title Space Oddity.

Track listing

All songs written by David Bowie.

1. "Space Oddity" - (5:14)
2. "Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed" - (6:10)
3. "Don't Sit Down" - (0:39)
4. "Letter To Hermione" - (2:30)
5. "Cygnet Committee" - (9:30)
6. "Janine" - (3:19)
7. "An Occasional Dream" - (2:56)
8. "Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud" - (4:47)
9. "God Knows I'm Good" - (3:16)
10. "Memory Of A Free Festival" - (7:07)

"Don't Sit Down" was deleted from the album when it was rereleased as Space Oddity.

Rerelease

In 1999, Space Oddity was rereleased in a limited form on CD. It had an engorged track listing including a restored "Don't Sit Down" as well as "Conversation Piece" and a demo version of "Memory of a Free Festival" in two parts.

Production credits

• Producer
  • Tony Visconti, except "Space Oddity" produced by Gus Dudgeon

• Musicians
  • David Bowie: vocals, guitar, stylophone
  • Rick Wakeman: keyboards
  • Terry Cox: drums
  • Tim Renwick: guitar
  • Keith Christmas: guitar
  • Mick Wayne: guitar
  • Tony Visconti: bass, flute, recorder
  • Herbie Flowers: bass
  • Benny Marshall and Friends: harmonica
  • Paul Buckmaster: cello