So here we are in 1972 for David Bowie album no’ 5: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (and I thought MWSTW had a some what cumbersome title!).
Stuff of note: Incase you weren’t sure , this is the album where he puts on make up and pretends to be from space. What the betting that Dave’oh was so off his box one day that he thought Marc Bolan was the saviour of mankind, only to realized upon sobering up that he had a crackin’ idea for a concept album. In doing so he finally scored a hit on the album charts (no 5 in the UK no less), got on Top of The Pops and had a single in the UK top 10 (‘Starman’). Oh and his last 3 albums were re-issued and charted as well. Let’s hear it for perseverance!
The good bits
All of it, there’s not a bad track. I first got this a year ago and was blown away. From opening track ‘Five years’ to uber album closer ‘Rock n Roll Suicide’ it’s quality all the way. None of those dodgy rhymes that plagued some of the previous albums and every single tune is a winner. The lyrics to ‘Lady Stardust’ are like a career blue print for all the bands that have meant the most to me. And did I mention ‘Moonage Day Dream’ yet?
The bad bits.
None. Not any.
I didn’t rate ‘Hang on to yourself’ when I first heard it. But it’s so good on the ‘Ziggy’ live album that I grown to enjoy the album version to.
How many good tracks? 11 out of 11. 7 of which are amazing.
How many bad songs? 0
Bowie-o-meter: I give it 95 Ziggys
(because only God gets 100, though I’m not sure why he’d want them)
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