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Ziggy Stardust
By Chris
April 18, 2004
Rating: 9.0

Released in 1972, David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust is one of my favorite classic rock albums. David Bowie played guitar and saxophones. Also in his band, Mick Ronson, who played guitar and piano. Trevor Bolder played bass, and Mick Woodmansey played drums.

The album opens with the powerful "Five Years", I love the drum beat that opens it. "Soul Love" comes next, which is ok, but not the best on the album. "Moonage Daydream" comes after, one of my favorites on the album with excellent strings to fill it towards the end of the song. "Starman" is track 4, also one of my favorite songs. After that, "It Ain't Easy" comes on, it is the worst song on the album. "Lady Stardust" has an excellent piano and vocals on it. "Star" is ok, but it doesn't seem to impress me. "Hang Onto Yourself" is a faced paced song, which is pretty good. Then the famous "Ziggy Stardust" is next, obviously very good. "Suffragette City" is after that, another fast paced song. To close the album is "Rock n' Roll Suicide", which fit nicely for the ending. So, in my book, this album is definitely towards the top of my list, and is also the best Bowie album.

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LOW
by Tim
July 2, 2009
Rating: 9.5

This list-topping album could be really lame, unless you allow its strangeness to sort of wash over you. "Speed Of Life" is one of the finest, really a "where's Bowie?" kind of moment, and the shortness of the proceeding songs works. "Always Crashing" and "Be My Wife" (personally, the jewel in the crown) act as a climax, so we can enjoy the blue-hued sounds of the "B" side instrumentals. The record is only eclipsed by the album to follow later that year. Honestly, there are some better live albums, but the one released for the supporting tour really grooves. What do you get when you cross an Englishman, an Englishman, three black dudes... suffice to say it's an oft-imitated aesthetic captured on side A.


LOW
by josh
July 18, 2002
Rating: 10.0

Pretty much all of David Bowie's albums have something that could conceivably be a hit, except this one, and its the best. He moved to Berlin to deal with his drug addiction, and teamed up with Brian Eno for three albums (Heroes and Lodger are the other two). The first side is full of synthy rockers that get the job done with minimal lyrics, while the second side is a bunch of ambient instrumentals. Its probably his most emotional in its numbness, and its almost like a concept album in its focus on isolation. 'Breaking Glass' and 'Always Crashing in the Same Car' are my favorites, but they're all amazing. Highly reccomended.

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