Hosts Aaron, Andrew and John peer into a hole in the tent (ground) where no one goes to unravel the mystery of why David Bowie's Toy album, slated to be released in 2001, was ultimately abandoned for 20 years. They look at what inspired Bowie to record the album, the band he recruited to play on it as well as critical reviews of the album when it was officially released posthumously in 2021.

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Bowie audio in the podcast is not owned by Battlecries + Champagne and is, rather, the work of David Bowie. Music is used under the fair dealing provision in Canadian copyright law to the best of our understanding. We encourage listeners interested in hearing the full versions of tracks to purchase them at their local record stores, through online digital music stores or heck, provide the Bowie Estate with some streaming revenue!

Research for the show was culled from:

Buckley, David. Strange Fascination: David Bowie: The Definitive Biography (Virgin Books, 2001).

Cann, Kevin. David Bowie: Any Day Now: The London Years 1947-1974 (Adelita, 2010).

Larman, Alexander. Lazarus: The Second Coming Of David Bowie (Pegasus Books, 2026).

O'Leary, Chris. Rebel Rebel (Zero Books, 2015).

O'Leary, Chris. Ashes to Ashes (Repeater Books, 2018).

Pegg, Nicholas. The Complete David Bowie (Titan Books, 2016).

Plati, Mark. On The Production Of Toy. Brilliant Adventure book. 2021.

Slick, Earl with Jeff Slate. Guitar: Life and Music with David Bowie, John Lennon and Rock and Roll's Greatest Heroes (Penguin, 2024).

Soligny, Jérôme. David Bowie: Rainbowman 1967-1980 (Monoray, 2023).

Soligny, Jérôme. David Bowie: Rainbowman 1983-2016 (Gallimard, 2020).

Thompson, Dave. Hallo Spaceboy: The Rebirth of David Bowie (ECW Press, 2006).

Trynka, Paul. David Bowie: Starman (Little, Brown and Company, 2011).

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