Diamond Dogs (1974)

For a city you can hear The spoken opener, “Future Legend,” drops you into the ruined world of Hunger City. Then “Sweet Thing,” “Candidate,” and “Sweet Thing (Reprise)” make a continuous stretch of music that grows rougher as it goes. Bowie drew on his abandoned plans for an Orwell adaptation, so there’s a good deal to hear around the familiar riff of “Rebel Rebel.”