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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0724352190003 Format: Enhanced, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered Label: Virgin Records Us Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us MPN: 21900 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Virgin Records Us Release Date: September 28, 1999 Studio: Virgin Records Us Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential recording: 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 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Waiting in the skyI listen to "Starman", then I listen to it again, then I get addicted to that song, then I can't stop listening to it. I will listen to it 10 or 15 times in a row. "Starman" is indeed waiting in the sky, I believe. Rating: - Ziggy Stardust: The Glam Rocker Who Fell to Earth.With his 1972 concept album, David Bowie transformed himself from the otherworldly pop singer of "Space Oddity" and The Man Who Sold the World, to the glam rocker Ziggy Stardust, a sexually-promiscuous Martian with flaming red hair, passionate about drugs, peace, and love. (According to Bowie, the inspiration for Ziggy was British Playboy Vince Taylor and Marc Bolan's T.Rex.) Backed by his three-piece "Spiders from Mars" (Mick Ronson on guitar, Trevor Bolder on bass, and Mick Woodmansey on drums), ... Read More Rating: - an album that [nearly] defies description......This is an amazing album, by David Bowie, released during the height of the Glam Rock Years (from 1969-1973). This marked a period during Bowie's recording career where he experimented with sexually ambiguous posturing (complete with sparkly jumpsuit ensembles and make-up to match), along with a distinctive and "other worldly" style of singing. Every song on this album, from "Five Years" through to "Rock n' Roll Suicide" takes the listener on an odyssey through the world of Bowie's alter ego--the ... Read More Rating:  - Forget the Whacko Quasi-Sexual StuffI remember when this came out I hated it. My one buddy who owned his own car from whom I always got a ride, told me to shut up, listen to what he wanted to play in his car, or walk. So I listened to this a lot and eventually grasped the value of this music. The guitarwork was seemingly unique and suited to the spaced out nature of the songs and I loved the concept. If you simply look at this CD as a well recorded grouping of songs with a theme which brings them together, it is a good listen. I am still ... Read More Rating: - strong and sentual from beginning to endIt's definately been said about Bowie before, and I'm sure not going to be the last one to say it: but the man's a genius. That genius is fully recognized in the powerful sci-fi scenes and emotions captured in his lyrics. Even as he changes beat, tempo, and the overall feel of the songs from "Five Years" to "It Ain't Easy" to "Hang on to Yourself" to even the song that started it all "Ziggy Stardust" it's just so easy to get lost in the feel of the music. One of the first Bowie CDs I've purchased, ... Read More |
