Thursday, September 25, 2014

David Bowie: Pinups (1973)


It's funny that Wikipedia refers to this LP as Pin Ups, rather than Pinups. The entry also says this: "also referred to as PinUps." It certainly looks like one word on my copy, though I did see a cassette once where pin and ups were clearly different words. Anyway, this is an album of cover versions, containing some of Bowie's favourite tunes from 1964-1967. He covers the Kinks, Pink Floyd, The Who, Them, the Yardbirds, etc. It still seems a strange thing to do for a man who has such a singular voice. I like the record, but not as much as some of his other records.

PS. That's Twiggy on the cover, by the way.

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