Hunky Dory is the fourth studio album by English musician David Bowie,
released on 17 December 1971 by RCA Records. It was co-produced by
Bowie and Ken Scott and featured the Spiders from Mars backing band and
Rick Wakeman (pictured) on piano. The songs are melodic and piano-based,
with lyrics reflecting themes of artistic reinvention and occult
philosophies. It also contains three tributes to American artists. The
cover artwork was inspired by actresses of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Despite positive reviews, the album initially failed to chart, becoming
a commercial success following Bowie's breakthrough with The Rise and
Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars in 1972.
Retrospectively, Hunky Dory has been acclaimed as one of Bowie's best
works and features on several lists of the greatest albums of all time.
Within the context of his career, it is considered to be the album where
Bowie definitively discovered his voice and style.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunky_Dory>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1583:
Cologne War: Forces under Ernest of Bavaria defeated Gebhard
Truchsess von Waldburg's troops at the siege of Godesberg.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Godesberg>
1918:
About 1,000 demonstrators marched on Government House in
Darwin, Australia, where they burned an effigy of Administrator John
Gilruth and demanded his resignation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_rebellion>
1951:
The Civil Rights Congress presented a document to the United
Nations Genocide Convention charging the United States government with
genocide against African Americans.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Charge_Genocide>
2009:
The livestock transporter MV Danny F II capsized and sank in
bad weather off the coast of Lebanon, resulting in 43 human and more
than 28,000 sheep and cattle deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Danny_F_II>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
nithing:
1. (archaic) A coward, a dastard; a wretch.
2. (archaic) A wicked person; also, one who has acted immorally or
unlawfully.
3. (archaic) Cowardly, dastardly.
4. (archaic) Notoriously evil or wicked; infamous.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nithing>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Nothing is so fatal to the progress of the human mind as to
suppose that our views of science are ultimate; that there are no
mysteries in nature; that our triumphs are complete, and that there are
no new worlds to conquer.
--Humphry Davy
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Humphry_Davy>