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

David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
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Based on 7 reviews
1972 Ratings: #1 / 141
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1972 Rank: #1All Time: #16
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CRITIC REVIEWS

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Pitchfork

The record that made Bowie the star he'd been acting like for a while, although its reputation isn't quite the same as its reality.

100
AllMusic

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.

100
SPIN
Androgynous space rockers rule our decaying planet with feverish power chords and wham-bam vamping.
100
Rolling Stone

Ziggy Stardust remains the most famous of all glam records, turning up Ronson's boogie guitar for a concept album about an androgynous rock star from outer space.

100
Slant Magazine

In giving in to his own imagination and creating his own world, Bowie changed ours immeasurably, and for that many a pop fan should be eternally grateful.

100
Uncut

Redefined not just how pop could sound, but how it could think.

100
Q Magazine

Bowie's one true complete masterwork ... arguably changed more people's lives in one fell swoop than any before or since.

Craigold
100

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scott96k
95

Five Fucking Years

KIDWITHGUNs
95

๐ŸŽค ๐ŸŽค ๐ŸŽค ๐ŸŽค ½

"I became Ziggy Stardust. David Bowie went totally out the window. Everybody was convincing me that I was a messiah... I got hopelessly lost in the fantasy."

- David Bowie, 1976

At this point in his career, Bowie has proved himself to be a veteran within the glam rock genre. Before this album's release, he already had a catalog that could hold up just as well to the likes of his contemporaries. T. Rex, Sweet and Slade are included.

Before the birth of ... read more

JoshKr
100

Now I know what art is

hndex
100

This is why i love bowie, man

briskum
93

starman in the sky yeah alr

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Track List

1Five Years
4:43
97
2Soul Love
3:34
92
3Moonage Daydream
4:40
97
4Starman
4:14
98
5It Ain't Easy
2:57
88
6Lady Stardust
3:21
93
7Star
2:47
90
8Hang On To Yourself
2:39
89
9Ziggy Stardust
3:13
95
10Suffragette City
3:26
93
11Rock 'N' Roll Suicide
2:58
97
Total Length: 38 minutes

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Added on: February 3, 2013