    hunky dory is the fourth album by english singer-songwriter david bowie, recorded in the summer of 1971 and released by rca records that december.kevin cann (2010). any day now â david bowie: the london years: 1947â1974: pp. 219â25, 231 it was his first release through rca, which would be his label for the next decade. hunky dory has been described by allmusic's stephen thomas erlewine as having "a kaleidoscopic array of pop styles, tied together only by bowie's sense of vision: a sweeping, cinematic mÃ©lange of high and low art, ambiguous sexuality, kitsch, and class". the album has received critical acclaim since its release, and is regarded as one of the artist's best works. time chose it as part of their "100 best albums of all time" list in january 2010, with journalist josh tyrangiel praising bowie's "earthbound ambition to be a boho poet with prodigal style". the style of the album cover was influenced by a marlene dietrich photo book that bowie took with him to the photo shoot. ==production== with new bass player trevor bolder replacing tony visconti, hunky dory was the first production featuring all the members of the band that would become known the following year as ziggy stardust's spiders from mars. also debuting with bowie, in visconti's place as producer, was another key member of the ziggy phase, ken scott. the album's sleeve would bear the credit "produced by ken scott (assisted by the actor)". the "actor" was bowie himself, whose "pet conceit", in the words of nme crit
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