Diamond Dogs  by David Bowie

Diamond Dogs of 1974, David Bowie's eighth studio album, would be the last of the artist's glam rock period. Here Bowie brings to life the desire he had developed a while ago, that is, to write a themed album inspired by his own album, Ziggy Stardust, combined with George Orwell's book "1984" and the writings of American "Beat Generation" author, William S. Burroughs.

This album musically moves between glam rock and art rock. However, its first single and one of the biggest hits in Bowie's entire musical journey, Rebel Rebel, is considered one of the first punk songs recorded in Britain. The production of Diamond Dogs exclusively belongs to David Bowie, while there is a first collaboration with Tony Visconti after four years, who deals with the strings heard on the album. The, if nothing else, impressive yet simultaneously nightmarish cover of the record is the work of Belgian artist Guy Peellaert, who also created the cover for the Rolling Stones' It's Only Rock 'n Roll.

The No.1 in Britain and No.5 in the U.S. make it one of David Bowie's most commercially successful albums. In both of these countries, it went gold due to its sales.