01/06/1967 | Happy Release Day 1967 | David Bowie Decca #DavidBowie #DECCA #DECCArecords @davidbowie @deccarecords BBC: „No matter how many substandard albums David Bowie has released in the latter part of his career, his eponymous 1967 debut album has always been perceived as the slightest long-player in his catalogue“ „David Bowie is hardly an essential listen but historically interesting as unmistakably the entrée of someone with a future. This chance of reacquaintance enables us to acknowledge that it deserves a marginally higher place in the pecking order. „ Consequence of Sound: „…the album was a first pass at appreciation for music hall…“ Allmusic: „…songs like "Love You Till Tuesday" and "Maid of Bond Street" have a catchy irresistibility to them all the same, and though this material has been repackaged with such mind-numbing frequency as to seem all but irrelevant today, David Bowie still remains a remarkable piece of work.“ Ultimate Classic Rock: „This inauspicious debut, chock-a-block with cutesy-poo baroque pop, seems to borrow the whimsy of the Small Faces and the Kinks, but forgets the wit and energy.“ The Guardian: „Furthermore, he was already able to do things others could not. Caught up in the 60s' heady whirl, most pop stars were disinclined to write about the era's darker side. „ Rolling Stone: „He mixes the English music hall of the Beatles' "Penny Lane" with the psychedelic whimsy of early Pink Floyd, but even in this cabaret setting, Bowie shows his knack for mixing singalong tunes with offbeat subject matter“ https://www.instagram.com/p/CeQnowbsEel/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=