Bowie-Diamond Dogs (1974)


 

Artist: Bowie

Title: Diamond Dogs

Label: RCA/Mainman

Format: 8-Track

Catalog Number: CPS1-0576

Year of Release: 1974

Country and Year of Edition: US 1974

Sell Price: $24.99

Sell Date: 12/27/25

Condition: VG+/VG+ with RCA slipcover, tested great start to finish

Discogs Last Sold: 10/27/25 VG/not graded $8.00

Low: $4.69

Median: $7.49

Average: $9.42

High: $24.99

Current low price: $5.00 VG/no cover

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 13

Have/Want: 153/268

Where Sold: Clearwater, MN

Time It Took To Sell:  2 years

Where and When Bought: ebay lot

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A-

Sad To See It Go: No

David Bowie revented himself as Bowie for Diamond Dogs.  The album is a bit harder rocking and instead of leading a band, he IS the band for the most part, playing guitar on most of the album.  The big hit here is "Rebel Rebel" and "1984" I remember hearing on the radio (at least WBCN) sometimes.  Maybe "Diamond Dogs" got some airplay also.  

My favorites of the record  in addition to the title track are "Big Brother" and "Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family."  These are tracks ruined by 8-track resequencing as well as the digital realm.  The 8-track fades out "Big Brother" abruptly then fades back in for it's segueway in "Chant..."  Streamworld doesn't do too much better putting a space between the two songs.  Overall, this is among the very best of Bowie's catalog, 

Dystopian music for dystopian time.

FOR FURTHER REVIEW:

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1972)

Young Americans (1975)

Station To Station (1976)

Iggy Pop-Blah Blah Blah (1986)

The Wedding Present-Hit Parade 2 (1992)

Queen-Greatest Hits (1981)

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