David Bowie - Diamond Dogs

Diamond Dogs is Bowie's eighth studio album released in 1974 by RCA Records.

The writing of the album was influenced by Bowie not being able to secure the rights for a theatrical production of George Orwell’s 1984 and by the work of William S. Burroughs, whom Bowie had appeared with in a two-way interview feature for Rolling Stone titled: BEAT GODFATHER MEETS GLITTER MAINMAN.

The songs on the album created an urban apocalyptic scenario with Bowie appearing on the cover as a controversial half-man, half-dog hybrid painted by the Belgian artist Guy Peellaert, who used photographs as reference taken for the project by the world-renowned photographer Terry O’Neill. Since its release, tracks from DIAMOND DOGS have been covered by artists such as Beck, Tina Turner, Duran Duran, Def Leppard, Joan As Police Woman, Dead Or Alive, The Struts and many others.

Tracklisting:

A1 Future Legend
A2 Diamond Dogs
A3 Sweet Thing
A4 Candidate
A5 Sweet Thing (Reprise)
A6 Rebel Rebel
B1 Rock 'N Roll With Me
B2 We Are The Dead
B3 1984
B4 Big Brother
B5 Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family