A whole host of classic albums are celebrating the big 5-0 in 2021. 1971 – what a year! Though the birthday celebrations might need to be smaller than usual, you should still give these stone cold classics a blast at full volume – if only to get you through Lockdown 3.0.
David Bowie, ’Hunky Dory’
“Ooh, look out, you rock’n’rollers,” David Bowie playfully baited on ‘Changes’, the opening song from his transformative record ‘Hunky Dory’. It’s a warning that proved prophetic; this is the album that kickstarted the musician’s long standing fascination with artistic reinvention, and saw Bowie turning into the chameleon-like icon that he’s remembered as today. Not only that, but it’s an art-pop masterpiece host to some of his most beloved classics, see: ‘Changes’, ‘Oh! You Pretty Things’, ‘Life on Mars?’ and ‘Kooks’.
Who it influenced: Every keen eared glam rocker trying to break the…