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Diamond Dogs
by David Bowie
The 508th greatest album of all time
Diamond Dogs (1974) is a David Bowie album that blends glam rock and classic rock with a darker, theatrical tone, featuring raw, guitar-driven arrangements alongside moments of horn-tinged soul and funk that point toward his later stylistic shifts. The record has a loose conceptual thread of urban decay and dystopian imagery, and includes sprawling sequences such as the Sweet Thing suite and the anthemic single Rebel Rebel, marking a move away from his Ziggy Stardust stage persona toward a more fragmented, cinematic sound.
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