David Bowie: The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (Japanese Pressing) CD Track Listing
David Bowie
The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (Japanese Pressing) (1972)
The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (Japanese Pressing)\n\nOriginally Released 1972\nRCA CD Edition Released 1986 ???\nRyko CD Edition Released 1990\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Borrowing heavily from Marc Bolan's glam-rock and the future-shock of A Clockwork Orange, David Bowie reached back to the heavy rock of The Man Who Sold the World for The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Constructed as a loose concept album about an adrogynous alien rock star named Ziggy Stardust, the story falls apart quickly, yet Bowie's fractured, paraniod lyrics were evocative of a decadent, decaying future and the music echoed an apocalyptic, nuclear dread. Fleshing out the off-kilter metallic mix with fatter guitars, genuine pop songs, string sections, keyboards and a cinematic flourish, Ziggy Stardust is a glitzy array of riffs, hooks, melodrama and style that was the logical culmination of glam. Mick Ronson plays with a maverick flair that invigorates rockers like "Suffragette City," "Moonage Daydream," and "Hang onto Yourself," andwhile "Lady Stardust," "Five Years" and "Rock and Roll Suicide" have a grand sense of staged drama previously unheard of in rock & roll. And that self-conscious sense of theater is part of the reason why Ziggy Stardust sounds so foreign. Bowie succeeds not in spite of his pretentions, but because of them, and Ziggy Stardust -- familiar in structure, but alien in performance -- is the first time his vision and execution met in such a grand, sweeping fashion. -- Stephen Thomas Erlewine\n\nCD Connection Review\nPersonnel: David Bowie (vocals, guitar, saxophone, piano); Mick Ronson (vocals, guitar, piano); Trevor Bolder (bass); Mick Woodmansey (drums).\n\nPrincipally recorded at Trident Studios, London, England. \nOriginally released on RCA.\nAll songs written by David Bowie except "It Ain't East" (Ron Davies).\nTracks 12-16 did not appear on the original release of THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS.\n\nEvery track on ZIGGY STARDUST & THE SPIDERS FROM MARS sounds like it was pulled from the rock 'n' roll bible. The album created a mythology that reached beyond the Chuck Berry folklorisms of the everyday rocker to create a new type of rock star. With ZIGGY, Bowie created a viable alter-ego to descend onto the planet and wreak havoc on rock's fertile soil. In doing so, he created the most original rock creation since the music's inception 20 years before. \n\nMusically, the album was as inspired as Ziggy's persona. Mick Ronson's snarling guitar evoked the triumphant power of the late '60s guitar heroes, but added a flash so dynamic fans knew why the Spiders were labelled "glitter rockers." As an album, ZIGGY STARDUST told the story of rock through the eyes of Ziggy, an alien--with a narrative that was equally sensational and intimate. \n\nAny doubts as to Bowie's intentions to take over rock were displaced on a closer listen to "Star." At the end of the song Bowie (as Ziggy) whispers, "just watch me now," and his determination is eerily obvious. Combining skills as a mime artist and top-rate vocal dramatist, Bowie created Ziggy, the bisexual space man, who sang "songs of darkness and disgrace." The planet was dying, something made evident on the first track, "Five Years," and the only way to survive was to "Hang On To Yourself." \n\nIn the end, "they had to break up the band," according to the tale told in ZIGGY STARDUST, but the inevitably tragic strains of this "Rock 'N' Roll Suicide" had left their mark on the dying planet. They are still being felt today. \n\nEditorial reviews \nRolling Stone Magazine (07/20/1972) ...David Bowie has pulled off his complex task with consummate style, with some great rock & roll...with all the wit and passion required to give it sufficient dimension and with a deep sense of humanity that regularly emerges from behind the star facade...I'd give it at least a 99.\n\nUncut (08/01/2002) 5 out of 5 - ...redefined not just how pop could sound, but how it could think...\n\nQ Magazine (01/01/2003) Included in Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Albums Ever\n\nNME (09/18/1993) Ranked # 7 in NME's list of the 'Greatest Albums Of The '70s' - ...A gloriously manufactured, futuristic rock opera which heads toward its inevitably tragic finale on Mick Ronson's mighty power chords...\n\nNME (10/02/1993) Ranked #40 in NME's list of the 'Greatest Albums Of All Time.'\n\nQ (05/01/1997) 5 Stars (out of 5) - ...Bowie's one true complete masterwork....arguably changed more people's lives in one fell swoop than any before or since.
This rock cd contains 11 tracks and runs 38min 35sec.
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- David Bowie - Five Years (04:43)
- David Bowie - Soul Love (03:33)
- David Bowie - Moonage Daydream (04:39)
- David Bowie - Starman (04:13)
- David Bowie - It Ain't Easy (02:57)
- David Bowie - Lady Stardust (03:21)
- David Bowie - Star (02:47)
- David Bowie - Hang On To Yourself (02:39)
- David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust (03:14)
- David Bowie - Suffragette City (03:24)
- David Bowie - Rock 'N' Roll Suicide (02:58)
