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

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

Year Released: 1972

Label: RCA

Year Bought: 2005 (although listened to mum's vinyl a lot before this)

I got into Bowie when I was in my mid-teens, loving Hunky Dory in particular.

I remember being reluctant to listen to Ziggy Stardust in case it wasn't as good. Of course I was wrong. It's probably better.

From the opening drums of Five Years to the closing cacophony of Rock 'n' Roll Suicide, Bowie takes us on a journey through his fantastical imagination, smeared with glitter and garish eyeshadow.

Mick Ronson is an absolute starman on this album. That solo at the end of Moonage Daydream is one for the ages.

There's not a bad song on it. There's not even an average song on it. It's just all fantastic. Starman was only added at the last minute as he needed a single. So just chucks out one of the best singles of the 70s.

This is an album still in my regular rotation, but every time I come back to it, it still has that energy and freshness from when I first heard it.

10/10

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