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{{short description|1974 studio album by David Bowie}}
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{{Infobox album
| name       = Diamond Dogs
| type       = [[Studio album]]
| artist     = [[David Bowie]]
| cover      = Diamond_dogs.jpg
| alt        = A painting of a red-haired man laying down like a dog. Two grotesque models appear behind him.
| released   = 24 May 1974
| recorded   = January–February 1974
| studio     = 
*[[Trident Studios|Trident]], London, UK
*[[Olympic Studios|Olympic]], London, UK
*Ludolph, [[Nederhorst den Berg]], Netherlands
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Glam rock]]|[[art rock]]|[[proto-punk]]|[[Soul music|soul]]}}
| length     = {{duration|m=38|s=25}}
| label      = [[RCA Records|RCA]]
| producer   = David Bowie
| prev_title = [[Pin Ups]]
| prev_year  = 1973
| next_title = [[David Live]]
| next_year  = 1974
| misc       = 
{{Singles
 | name        = Diamond Dogs
 | type        = [[Studio album]]
 | single1     = [[Rebel Rebel]]
 | single1date = 15 February 1974
 | single2     = [[Diamond Dogs (song)|Diamond Dogs]]
 | single2date = 14 June 1974
 | single3     = [[1984 (song)|1984]]
 | single3date = July 1974 (US and Japan only)
}}
}}
'''''Diamond Dogs''''' is the eighth studio album by the English musician [[David Bowie]], released on 24&nbsp;May 1974 through [[RCA Records]]. Bowie produced the album and recorded it in early 1974 in London and the Netherlands, following the disbanding of his backing band [[the Spiders from Mars]] and the departure of the producer [[Ken Scott]]. Bowie played lead guitar on the record in the absence of [[Mick Ronson]]. ''Diamond Dogs'' featured the return of [[Tony Visconti]], who had not worked with Bowie for four years; the two would collaborate for the rest of the decade. Musically, it was Bowie's final album in the [[glam rock]] genre, though some songs were influenced by [[funk]] and [[soul music]], which Bowie embraced on his next album, ''[[Young Americans]]'' (1975).

Conceived during a period of uncertainty over where his career was headed, ''Diamond Dogs'' is the result of multiple projects Bowie envisaged at the time: a scrapped musical based on ''[[The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars|Ziggy Stardust]]'' (1972); an adaptation of [[George Orwell]]'s novel ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' (1949); and an urban [[Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction|apocalyptic]] scenario based on the writings of [[William S. Burroughs]]. The [[Diamond Dogs (song)|title track]] introduces a new persona named Halloween Jack. The Belgian artist [[Guy Peellaert]] painted the controversial [[Cover art|cover artwork]] depicting Bowie as a half-man, half-dog hybrid, based on photos taken by the photographer [[Terry O'Neill (photographer)|Terry O'Neill]].

Preceded by the [[lead single]] "[[Rebel Rebel]]", ''Diamond Dogs'' was a commercial success, peaking at number one in the UK and number five in the US. It has received mixed reviews since its release, many criticising its lack of cohesion; Bowie's biographers consider it one of his best works and, in 2013, ''[[NME]]'' ranked it one of the greatest albums of all time. Bowie supported the album on the [[Diamond Dogs Tour]], which featured elaborate and expensive set-pieces. Retrospectively, ''Diamond Dogs'' has been cited as an influence on the [[Punk rock|punk]] revolution in the years following its release. It has been reissued several times and was remastered in 2016 for the ''[[Who Can I Be Now? (1974–1976)]]'' box set.