David Bowie / The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
Artist David Bowie
Album Title: The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
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Primary Genre Rock: Classic Rock
Format CD
Released 06/06/1972
Reissue Date 00/00/1990
Label Rykodisc
Catalog No RCD 10134
Bar Code No 0 14431 01342 3
Reissue Yes
Remastered Yes
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. Five Years (4:43)
2. Soul Love (3:33)
3. Moonage Daydream (4:39)
4. Starman (4:13)
5. It Ain't Easy (2:57)
6. Lady Stardust (3:21)
7. Star (2:47)
8. Hang On To Yourself (2:39)
9. Ziggy Stardust (3:14)
10. Suffragette City (3:24)
11. Rock 'N' Roll Suicide (2:58)
12. John, I'm Only Dancing (Previously Unreleased Mix) (2:43)
13. Velvet Goldmine (Single B-side) (3:09)
14. Sweet Head (Previously Unreleased Track) (4:14)
15. Ziggy Stardust (Previously Unreleased Original Demo) (2:35)
16. Lady Stardust (Previously Unreleased Original Demo) (3:35)
Date Acquired 01/01/1986
Personal Rating
Acquired from Down In The Valley
Purchase Price 12.00

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Notes

To be played at maximum volume.
1990 re-issue with 5 bonus tracks:
12 - John I'm Only Dancing (Previously unreleased mix)
13 - Velvet Goldmine (Single B-Side)
14 - Sweet Head (Previously unreleased track)
15 - Ziggy Stardust (Previously unreleased original demo)
16 - Lady Stardust (Previously unreleased original demo).
Originally released on LP in 1972.
Album production at Trident Studios London
All songs Jones Music America (ASCAP)/Chrysalis Songs (BMI)/Fleur Music (BMI) except "Sweet Head" Jones Music America (ASCAP)/MainMan Ltd. (ASCAP) and "It Ain't Easy" Irving Music, Inc. (BMI)
Title on Spine: DAVID BOWIE Ziggy Stardust

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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR10       0.00 dB   -13.94 dB      4:42 01-Five Years
DR12       0.00 dB   -15.94 dB      3:34 02-Soul Love
DR12       0.00 dB   -14.16 dB      4:37 03-Moonage Daydream
DR12       0.00 dB   -14.52 dB      4:16 04-Starman
DR12       0.00 dB   -17.07 dB      3:00 05-It Ain't Easy
DR14       0.00 dB   -16.74 dB      3:21 06-Lady Stardust
DR12       0.00 dB   -13.46 dB      2:47 07-Star
DR12       0.00 dB   -13.75 dB      2:39 08-Hang on to Yourself
DR13       0.00 dB   -15.20 dB      3:13 09-Ziggy Stardust
DR13       0.00 dB   -14.14 dB      3:26 10-Suffragette City
DR11       0.00 dB   -15.99 dB      3:02 11-Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
DR11       0.00 dB   -13.35 dB      2:46 12-John, I'm Only Dancing
DR11       0.00 dB   -12.42 dB      3:13 13-Velvet Goldmine
DR11       0.00 dB   -13.13 dB      4:17 14-Sweet Head
DR11      -0.42 dB   -16.14 dB      3:40 15-Ziggy Stardust (demo)
DR9       -3.34 dB   -15.18 dB      3:34 16-Lady Stardust (demo)
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Number of tracks:  16
Official DR value: DR12

Samplerate:        44100 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   16
Bitrate:           736 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review:

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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 and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Constructed as a loose concept album about an androgynous alien rock star named Ziggy Stardust, the story falls apart quickly, yet Bowie's fractured, paranoid lyrics are evocative of a decadent, decaying future, and the music echoes 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 and the logical culmination of glam. Mick Ronson plays with a maverick flair that invigorates rockers like "Suffragette City," "Moonage Daydream," and "Hang Onto Yourself," while "Lady Stardust," "Five Years," and "Rock 'n' 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 pretensions 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.
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