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The Man Who Sold the World is an album by David Bowie. It was originally released on Mercury Records in November 1970 in the United States and in April 1971 in the UK. As Bowie was preoccupied with his new wife Angie at the time of its recording, much of the music was arranged by guitarist Mick Ronson and bassist/producer Tony Visconti, lending the album a distinct heavy metal edge that stands it apart from Bowie's previous album, Space Oddity
. On Bowie's part, the album provided some interesting musical detours, such as the title track's use of Latin sounds to hold the melody.

The cover of the first release of this album, on which Bowie is seen reclining in a dress, was an early indication of his interest in exploiting his androgynous appearance. The original US issue had a different, cartoon-like cover (featuring the Cane Hill mental asylum ), while the 1972 reissue by RCA had a black-and-white picture of Ziggy Stardust used as the cover instead of either of the originals.

The title track provided an unlikely hit for Scottish pop singer Lulu and would be covered by many bands over the years, including Nirvana. The title track was most recently featured on the reality show Rock Star: INXS, performed by Jordis Unga.

Track listing

All songs written by David Bowie

Side 1

# "The Width of a Circle" - 8:05 # "All the Madmen" - 5:38 # "Black Country Rock" - 3:32 # "After All" - 3:51

Side 2

# "Running Gun Blues" - 3:11 # "Saviour Machine" - 4:25 # "She Shook Me Cold" - 4:13 # "The Man Who Sold the World" - 3:55 # "The Supermen" - 3:38

Rerelease

In 1990, The Man Who Sold the World was reissued on CD for the first time. It had an extended tracklisting including Lightning Frightening
, a 1972 rerecording of "Holy Holy" (Bowie vetoed inclusion of the original 1970 recording which, as a result of this decision, is available only on the bootleg album Changesthreeandahalf) and early versions of "Moonage Daydream" and "Hang Onto Yourself" released originally under the name Arnold Corns by Bowie in 1971.

In 1999 the album was reissued again, without the bonus tracks but with digitally remastered sound.

Rerelease bonus tracks

# "Lightning Frightening" (Previously unreleased) - 3:38 # "Holy Holy" (1972 rerecording) - 2:20 # "Moonage Daydream" (1971 Arnold Corns version) - 3:52 # "Hang Onto Yourself" (1971 Arnold Corns version) - 2:51

Production credits

Musicians:
* David Bowie: Vocals, Guitar
* Mick Ronson: Guitar
* Tony Visconti: Bass
* Mick Woodmansey: Drums
* Ralph Mace: Synthesizer

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