David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
After flirting with heavy guitar rock ("The Man Who Sold the World") and lighter pop ("Hunky Dory"), Bowie found middle ground on Ziggy Stardust. The creation of the Ziggy Stardust persona would live on well after Bowie shed the alien skin, marking the first rock concept album by a sexually ambiguous, artistically bent musician who confounded critics at every turn. A blend of dramatic strings, swaggering saxophones, jagged guitars, and theatrical arrangements, the album's darker rock numbers like "It Ain't Easy," "Moonage Daydream," "Ziggy Stardust," and the irresistible "Suffragette City," still serve as solid excursions into the future (then and now) of rock. The buoyant "Hang on to Yourself" and the dreamy "Star" offer hints of optimism in Ziggy's bleak world. The dramatic "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" and the image-heavy "Star Man" ("he'd like to come and meet us but thinks he'd blow our minds!") no doubt provided plenty of stage-worthy moments when Ziggy toured in the '70s, but years later they still thrill. Bowie blew our minds! --Lorry Fleming
- RCA - BOPIC 3 (UK) LP
- RCA Victor - LSP-4702 (Canada) LP
- RCA Victor - LSP-4702 (Australia) LP
- RCA Victor - SF8287 (UK) LP
- EMI Electrola - 064-79 4400 1 (Germany) LP
- RCA Victor - LSP-4702 (Germany) LP
- Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab - MFSL 1-064 (US) LP
- RCA International - INTS 5063 (UK) LP
- RCA BV Holland - NL-13843 (Netherlands) LP
- RCA Victor - AYL1-3843 LP
- RCA Victor - LSP-4702 (US) LP
- RCA - NL 83843 (Netherlands) LP
- RCA Victor - AFL1-4702 (US) LP
- RCA Victor - 443051 (France) LP
- RCA - AYL1-3843 LP
- RCA Victor - NL-14702 (Netherlands) LP
- RCA Victor - LSP-4702 (Germany) LP
- RCA - CL 13843 (Germany) LP
- Not On Label - SF 8287-P (UK) LP
- Rykodisc - RALP 0134-2 (US) LP
- EMI - 64 7944001 (Italy) LP
- RCA - YL 13843 (Italy) LP
- RCA Victor - LSP i4702 LP
Images from Vinyl Releases of The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
Tracks
- A1) Five Years
- A2) Soul Love
- A3) Moonage Daydream
- A4) Starman
- A5) It Ain't Easy
- B1) Lady Stardust
- B2) Star
- B3) Hang On To Yourself
- B4) Ziggy Stardust
- B5) Suffragette City
- B6) Rock 'N' Roll Suicide
Track listing above is from
RCA - BOPIC 3 (UK) LP
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The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars by David Bowie


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