I purchased Metrobolist by David Bowie, the 50th Anniversary Mix by Tony Visconti (Parlophone METROBOLIST6, 2020), from Jack’s Record Shoppe (Red Bank, NJ) this past weekend). I have owned the 1972 US reissue of The Man Who Sold The World (RCA LSP-4816) since the mid-70’s (front cover below). I am in the process of supplementing my well-played Bowie vinyl collection with remastered, clean versions of each album, and scored on this opportunity for Metrobolist over the weekend.
One of David Bowie’s most underrated albums although very tightly composed track-to-track. Metrobolist is glam rock and theatre with more hard rock than any other Bowie release. Many of the songs are lyrically and musically haunting such as Running Gun Blues and After All, while offering great musical hooks as in the title song The Man Who Sold the World and Saviour Machine. The album theme is dystopian while including some humorous lyrics such as in She Shook Me Cold. For we seasoned Bowie aficionados you may remember his 1979 Saturday Night Live appearance performing the song The Man Who Sold the World.
Metrobolist is a great listen, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
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