The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust | 
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| Artist: David Bowie
Label: Virgin Records Us
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  197 reviews
Sales Rank: 834
Format: Enhanced, Original Recording Reissued, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.7 x 0.4
MPN: 21900
UPC: 724352190003
EAN: 0724352190003
ASIN: B00001OH7P
Release Date: September 28, 1999
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Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Brand new - Factory sealed - We ship via first class mail from Florida
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| Tracks:
| • | Five Years | | • | Soul Love | | • | Moonage Daydream | | • | Starman | | • | It Ain't Easy | | • | Lady Stardust | | • | Star | | • | Hang On To Yourself | | • | Ziggy Stardust | | • | Suffragette City | | • | Rock 'N' Roll Suicide |
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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
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 Waiting in the sky August 23, 2008
I 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.
Ziggy Stardust: The Glam Rocker Who Fell to Earth. June 11, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
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), the intensely spectacular Ziggy Stardust made 1970s' rock history with the "wham, bam, thank you ma'am" of "Suffragette City," and Bowie classics "Ziggy Stardust," "Moonage Daydream," and "Hang on to Yourself." Ziggy Stardust is the definitive glam rock album. Album tracks include:
1. Five Years (1999 Digital Remaster) 4:42
2. Soul Love (1999 Digital Remaster) 3:33
3. Moonage Daydream (1999 Digital Remaster) 4:37
4. Starman (1999 Digital Remaster) 4:13
5. It Ain't Easy (1999 Digital Remaster) 2:57
6. Lady Stardust (1999 Digital Remaster) 3:20
7. Star (1999 Digital Remaster) 2:46
8. Hang On To Yourself (1999 Digital Remaster) 2:36
9. Ziggy Stardust (1999 Digital Remaster) 3:12
10. Suffragette City (1999 Digital Remaster) 3:23
11. Rock 'N' Roll Suicide (1999 Digital Remaster) 2:58
G. Merritt
an album that [nearly] defies description...... April 5, 2008
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
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 flamboyant Ziggy Stardust. This album is in a sense an allegorical rock opera journey.
Stardust has been described as "a Martian who comes to Earth to liberate humanity from banality." [a quote lifted from Wikipedia] This includes dabbling with drugs and sex, which ultimately destroy him. This is indicative in the songs that Stardust croons in a half tortured/half punk style, along with lyrics rich with innuendo alluding to space travel, sex, drugs, and liberation on all plains. The melodies have a very triumphant "anthem" quality to them (complete with amazing guitar work) and are as compelling today as they were in 1972. This is truly one of David Bowie's masterpieces (in my opinion and the opinion of others).
 Forget the Whacko Quasi-Sexual Stuff March 27, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I 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 not a diehard Bowie fan and never will be. I have never liked his deliberate chameleonisms and the fact that so much of his talent is contrived showmanship instead of musicianship. Certainly, I feel that Ziggy was his best and is still great to listen to. I have always just forgotten about the crappy bi-sexual nonsense and got off on the rockin tracks for what they are.
strong and sentual from beginning to end March 18, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It'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, and one of the best buys I've ever made.
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