The Man Who Sold the World

The Man Who Sold the World is the third studio album by English rock singer-songwriter David Bowie. It was originally released in the United States by Mercury Records on 4 November 1970, and then in April 1971 in the United Kingdom. He recorded the album with producer Tony Visconti at Trident Studios in London and Advision Studios in central London.

The album's hard rock style was a departure from the largely acoustic music of Bowie's previous self-titled album. Author David Buckley has described that record as "the first Bowie album proper." NME critics Roy Carr and Charles Shaar Murray have said of The Man Who Sold the World, "this is where the story really starts".

Track listing
All tracks are written by David Bowie.
 * Sides one and two were combined as tracks 1–9 on CD reissues