David Bowie
The Artist, the Albums, the Music
Philippe Margotin author Claire Alejo translator Hulton Archive illustrator Getty Images Entertainment illustrator Cheryl Robson editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Aurora Metro Publications
Publishing:10th Dec '25
£19.99
This title is due to be published on 10th December, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
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This colour book explores the exceptional life and work of David Bowie. Album by album, we delve into his musical universe: glam rock, soul/funk, avant-garde rock, culminating in timeless works like The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, Diamond Dogs, Station To Station, Heroes, Black Star. The best biography on Bowie by far.
Revisit the entire career of the incredible multi-talented artist, David Bowie.
Singer, songwriter, producer, actor, painter… David Bowie is the most fascinating artist the world has known, a creator who placed his art above all else. For around fifty years, he continuously reinvented himself, questioned himself, experimented, enriching rock music with various other genres, from soul to electronic music, through to experimental jazz.
This book is an immersion into the exceptional life and work of David Bowie, featuring the various characters he embodied, such as Ziggy Stardust, Halloween Jack, The Thin White Duke. From London to New York, from Los Angeles to Montreux, album by album, we delve into his musical universe: glam rock, soul/funk, avant-garde rock, industrial rock, culminating in timeless works like The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, Aladdin Sane, Diamond Dogs, Station To Station, Heroes, Black Star. With songs that have also entered into history: The Man Who Sold The World, Changes, Rock’n’Roll Suicide, The Jean Genie, Rebel Rebel, Word On A Wing, and even Lazarus.
David Bowie was a remarkable showman: the world tours on which we shine the spotlight testify to this. Likewise, he was an actor with natural charm, capable of embodying characters that were very different from each other, the extra-terrestrial Thomas Jerome Newton in The Man Who Fell to Earth, Jareth the Goblin King in Labyrinth, Major Jack Celliers in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, or Andy Warhol in Basquiat. A true chameleon artist, which this captivating full colour book abundantly illustrates by showcasing famous images along side rare, or previously unpublished photographs.
"Comprehensive biography of Bowie from Ziggy to the Black Star - all the albums are covered as well as the background to his life and work, his endless experimentation, his acting, writing and reinvention of himself in various guises.
Fascinating colour photos throughout, many of which had not been published before so were a surprise to me.
Perfect gift for Bowie fans." -- 5 stars, Goodreads reviewer
of previous books:
“In Pop Rock Icons, Philippe Margotin unashamedly celebrates the rock star as an otherworldly figure. As a music biographer of such esteemed artists as Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, Margotin is well equipped to dissect the cultural impact of the major players in the music industry but this isn’t a critical examination of the period as much as a celebration through image. As writer and bandleader Dave Sinclair points out in his foreword: ‘Margotin has assembled a magical parade of photographs which captures the spirit of a time when fashion, culture and the arts were driven by the British musicians of the 1960s and 1970s… a hugely fascinating book. One in which all music fans can find something to lose themselves in.” – Craig Campbell, Louder Than War magazine
“a very tastefully designed volume with a wide scope that embraces rhythm and blues, pure pop, guitar heroes, ‘prog’, heavy metal, glam and pub rock… It’s a tremendously eclectic gallery of off-duty movers and shakers” – Russell Newmark, The Beat Magazine
"There’s all sorts of spinoff trivia in these wonderfully well-illustrated pages, from the fact that Humble Pie copped the sound of “Paperback Writer” to the circumstances surrounding John Lennon’s “Ballad of John & Yoko” and the eventual tensions that tore the band apart. There are a few modest missteps—it’s not particularly useful to know that George Harrison’s song “Piggies” was “a social critique light-years away from the Eastern philosophy of which he had become a fervent devotee”—but, for the most part, this is rock-solid stuff. Essential for Beatles fans and a pleasure to read." -- Kirkus Reviews
ISBN: 9781913641245
Dimensions: 244mm x 168mm x 25mm
Weight: unknown