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.
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.
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.
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"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 an absolute veteran within the glam rock genre, even before his guest truly excellent artistic statement he still had a catalog that could hold up just as well to the likes of his contemporaries, T. Rex, Sweet and Slade are ... read more
1 | Five Years 4:43 | 96 |
2 | Soul Love 3:34 | 92 |
3 | Moonage Daydream 4:40 | 96 |
4 | Starman 4:14 | 98 |
5 | It Ain't Easy 2:57 | 88 |
6 | Lady Stardust 3:21 | 93 |
7 | Star 2:47 | 89 |
8 | Hang On To Yourself 2:39 | 89 |
9 | Ziggy Stardust 3:13 | 95 |
10 | Suffragette City 3:26 | 93 |
11 | Rock 'N' Roll Suicide 2:58 | 96 |
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