The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars David Bowie

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  • Release Date: 09/28/1999
  • Original Release: 1972
  • Sales Rank: 8,820
  • Label: VIRGIN RECORDS US
  • UPC: 724352190003

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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

1LISTENFive Years 4:43
2LISTENSoul Love 3:33
3LISTENMoonage Daydream 4:39
4LISTENStarman 4:13
5LISTENIt Ain't Easy 2:57
6LISTENLady Stardust 3:21
7LISTENStar 2:46
8LISTENHang on to Yourself 2:38
9LISTENZiggy Stardust 3:13
10LISTENSuffragette City 3:25
11LISTENRock & Roll Suicide 2:58

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Borrowing heavily from Marc Bolan's glam rock and the future shock of A Clockwork Orange, David Bowie reached back to the heavy rock of The Man Who Sold the World for The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars. Constructed as a loose concept album about an androgynous alien rock star named Ziggy Stardust, the story falls apart quickly, yet Bowie's fractured, paranoid lyrics are evocative of a decadent, decaying future, and the music echoes an apocalyptic, nuclear dread. Fleshing out the off-kilter metallic mix with fatter guitars, genuine pop songs, string sections, keyboards, and a cinematic flourish, Ziggy Stardust is a glitzy array of riffs, hooks, melodrama, and style and the logical culmination of glam. Mick Ronson plays with a maverick flair that invigorates rockers like "Suffragette City," "Moonage Daydream," and "Hang Onto Yourself," while "Lady Stardust," "Five Years," and "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" have a grand sense of staged drama previously unheard of in rock & roll. And that self-conscious sense of theater is part of the reason why Ziggy Stardust sounds so foreign. Bowie succeeds not in spite of his pretensions but because of them, and Ziggy Stardust -- familiar in structure, but alien in performance -- is the first time his vision and execution met in such a grand, sweeping fashion. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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David Bowies greatest albumby JohnQ

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July 31, 2009: This one is among the best albums ever made, but, the RYKODISC version has 5 great bonus tracks that are not on this CD. Its worth looking for that CD over this one.

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March 17, 2008: It cannot be said of too many albums, especially from the 70s, that they still hold up. Bowie's Ziggy Stardust proves to be one of the rare exceptions. It still sounds fresh today thirty six years after its release. Bowie seems to have found a way to combine his strengths as both a performer and a songwriter, traits exhibited to varying degrees on his first three albums, to create his masterpiece. This is a true classic that best sums up the glam rock era. Not a single wasted note is to be found here. This is an album which belongs in every collection! If you can find it, the Rykodisc version of this CD is worth tracking down as it contains five bonus tracks not included on subsequent reissues: The original recording of "John, I'm Only Dancing," "Velvet Goldmine," a rare B-side, "Sweet Head," and two demos: "Ziggy Stardust" & "Lady Stardust."


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