i'm an enormous david bowie fan. in one form or another, i have every single one of his albums from the 1969-1980 era (almost everything after that is dross). i adore every one of bowie's, 'transformations,' but the one hhe portrays on, 'diamond dogs,' is perhaps his most intriguing.  gone is the glam of ziggy stardust, but this album is before his thin white duke period, so the two styles of music collide successfully on this wonderful album.