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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (often shortened to Ziggy Stardust) is the fifth studio album by the English musician David Bowie, released on 16 June 1972 in the United Kingdom through RCA Records.
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars is a concept album, documenting one of the most elaborate self-mythologizing schemes in rock music, as David Bowie creates...
Apr 4, 2019 · The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars is a 1972 rock album by David Bowie. The eleven songs on the album together tell the story of Ziggy Stardust, a messenger who tells of saviour aliens coming to an Earth that has five years left before all life on it must come to an end.
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David Bowie: vocals, guitar, saxophone, recorder Mick Ronson: guitar, piano, Mellotron, ARP synthesizer, vocals Trevor Bolder: bass guitar Mick ‘Woody’ Woodmansey: drums, percussion Rick Wakeman: harpsichord Dana Gillespie: backing vocals Unknown: orchestral musicians
David Bowie’s fifth album was his first to be promoted as a concept album. He had previously toyed with loose thematic links, such as the meditations on madness in The Man Who Sold The World, or the pen portraits on the second half of Hunky Dory, but The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Marswas perhaps his most focused offering ...
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Richard Cromelin praises Bowie's theatricality, vocal acumen and command of rock & roll on his most thematically ambitious album. He describes the album as a series of concise vignettes that explore the rise and fall of a rock & roll star.
Jun 16, 2016 · A deep dive into the making of 1972 masterpiece 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars' By Alan Light. June 16, 2016. How David Bowie invented Ziggy Stardust, the...
