Album: Hunky Dory
Producer(s): David Bowie & Ken Scott
Artist: David Bowie
Year/Date: 1971
Genre(s): Rock Music, Glam Rock, Pop Music, Am Rock, Folk Music, Pop Music, Pop Rock, Folk Rock [5]
Why was it revolutionary?
David Bowie's Forth and most critically acclaimed album at the time released a new style of Bowie the world was not use too featuring singles like Changes and Life on Mars? it was set to revolutionise the music world. Bowie's sense of vision is clearly portrayed in this album showing his prodigal style this album, this album mainly revolutionised music through its way of blending all of its different genres into one album and making it sound unique. This album made David Bowie one of the 70's most influential musician, coming off the back of the 1969's number 5 chart single Space oddity, and with The Man Who Sold The World not being able to live up to its success Bowie needed a new style to prove his story about Major Tom was not a one hit wonder, he needed to try something new, so after claiming to be gay and drawing in the publicity he released Hunky Dory with the starting track of the album ' Changes ' cements the idea of this album being his transition into the proper appearance of 'Camp David', However with family the family inspired song 'Krooks', which was a song to his newborn son Duncan James, this proved to be one of David Bowie's more human and grounded album, which managed to inspire a generation of musicians and also emerged the new style of David Bowie.[1]
How was it created?
Hunky Dory was created with a RCA Victor label and produced by David Bowie and Ken Scott and Art Direction by Terry Pastor and George Underwood in the Trident Studio, London, England.
Album: Abbey road
Producer(s): George Martin
Artist: The Beatles
Year/Date: 1969
Genre(s): Rock [4]
Why was it revolutionary?
Abbey Road was a revolutionary album in the world of music as it made the Beatles and also cemented their classic style of rock in history via songs like 'something' and 'come together'.
How was it created?
In some tracks of Abbey Road, Ringo use to use tea towels and other objects to dampen the sound of the snare drum this became a sonic staple for the band[2] On twist and shout there is also an echo effect of the main vocals also for the entire album the vocals only come out of the right side of the stereo and the bass and the reverb/echo of the vocals on the left of stereo.
Album: Dookie
Producer(s): Rob Cavallo, Green Day
Artist: Green day
Year/Date: 1994
Genre(s): Punk Rock, Pop Rock, Alternative Rock [3]
Why was it revolutionary?
Dookie was revolutionary as it was Green Days first big album and set the stage for their future by showing their full punk rock side in their single 'Basket Case'
How was it created?
Green day use a lot power chords in their pieces, which they are often criticised for, as it makes a lot of their songs sound similar. Billy Joe's picking style he often attack the strings when playing the guitar and which gives the very brutal sounding guitar to most greenday songs.
References:
[3]Wikipedia. 2016. Dookie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [ONLINE] Available at:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dookie. [Accessed 06 October 2016].
[4] Wikipedia. 2016. Abbey Road - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [ONLINE] Available at:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Road. [Accessed 06 October 2016].
[5] Wikipedia. 2016. Hunky Dory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [ONLINE] Available at:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunky_Dory. [Accessed 06 October 2016].
Producer(s): David Bowie & Ken Scott
Artist: David Bowie
Year/Date: 1971
Genre(s): Rock Music, Glam Rock, Pop Music, Am Rock, Folk Music, Pop Music, Pop Rock, Folk Rock [5]
Why was it revolutionary?
David Bowie's Forth and most critically acclaimed album at the time released a new style of Bowie the world was not use too featuring singles like Changes and Life on Mars? it was set to revolutionise the music world. Bowie's sense of vision is clearly portrayed in this album showing his prodigal style this album, this album mainly revolutionised music through its way of blending all of its different genres into one album and making it sound unique. This album made David Bowie one of the 70's most influential musician, coming off the back of the 1969's number 5 chart single Space oddity, and with The Man Who Sold The World not being able to live up to its success Bowie needed a new style to prove his story about Major Tom was not a one hit wonder, he needed to try something new, so after claiming to be gay and drawing in the publicity he released Hunky Dory with the starting track of the album ' Changes ' cements the idea of this album being his transition into the proper appearance of 'Camp David', However with family the family inspired song 'Krooks', which was a song to his newborn son Duncan James, this proved to be one of David Bowie's more human and grounded album, which managed to inspire a generation of musicians and also emerged the new style of David Bowie.[1]
How was it created?
Hunky Dory was created with a RCA Victor label and produced by David Bowie and Ken Scott and Art Direction by Terry Pastor and George Underwood in the Trident Studio, London, England.
Album: Abbey road
Producer(s): George Martin
Artist: The Beatles
Year/Date: 1969
Genre(s): Rock [4]
Why was it revolutionary?
Abbey Road was a revolutionary album in the world of music as it made the Beatles and also cemented their classic style of rock in history via songs like 'something' and 'come together'.
How was it created?
In some tracks of Abbey Road, Ringo use to use tea towels and other objects to dampen the sound of the snare drum this became a sonic staple for the band[2] On twist and shout there is also an echo effect of the main vocals also for the entire album the vocals only come out of the right side of the stereo and the bass and the reverb/echo of the vocals on the left of stereo.
Album: Dookie
Producer(s): Rob Cavallo, Green Day
Artist: Green day
Year/Date: 1994
Genre(s): Punk Rock, Pop Rock, Alternative Rock [3]
Why was it revolutionary?
Dookie was revolutionary as it was Green Days first big album and set the stage for their future by showing their full punk rock side in their single 'Basket Case'
How was it created?
Green day use a lot power chords in their pieces, which they are often criticised for, as it makes a lot of their songs sound similar. Billy Joe's picking style he often attack the strings when playing the guitar and which gives the very brutal sounding guitar to most greenday songs.
References:
[1]Robert Dimery, 2013. 1001: Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Edition. Cassell Illustrated.
[2]Ian Vargo. 2016. 5 Production Secrets of The Beatles. [ONLINE] Available at:https://theproaudiofiles.com/beatles-production-techniques/. [Accessed 03 October 2016].
[4] Wikipedia. 2016. Abbey Road - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [ONLINE] Available at:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Road. [Accessed 06 October 2016].
[5] Wikipedia. 2016. Hunky Dory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [ONLINE] Available at:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunky_Dory. [Accessed 06 October 2016].
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