1. Five Years 2. Soul Love 3. Moonage Daydream 4. Starman 5. It Ain t Easy 6. Lady Stardust 7. Star 8. Hang on to Yourself 9. Ziggy Stardust 10. Suffragette City 11. Rock & Roll Suicide

Of all David Bowie s many distinctive personae, none have done more to lodge this most ingenious of British artists in the world s consciousness than his 1972 amalgam of the alien visitor and Christ-like rock star: Ziggy Stardust. Cheap glamour, spacemen and ambiguous sexuality surface throughout the loosely conceptualised collection that is The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars. If its premise sounds faintly ludicrous, then inspired and dramatic songs such as Starman and Five Years dispel all doubts about Bowie s genius, and the theatrically tragic Rock n Roll Suicide brings the album and it s fictional protagonist to a close. As a cultural and musical signpost, Ziggy Stardust points simultaneously backwards to early rock & roll and forward to the simpler, tougher inclinations of late 1970 s punk and New Wave rock. As one of the defining rock albums of the 20th century, its influence is immeasurable. --James Littlewood

#One of Bowie s finest efforts (2004-06-16) The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (1972. ) David Bowie s fifth album. By the time 1972 came into being, David Bowie had already experimented with more musical sounds than most artists end up experimenting with in their entire careers! His 1967 self-titled debut featured oldies-style pop reminiscent of Donovan, 1969 s Space Oddity featured somewhat of a folksy-rock sound, 1970 s The Man Who Sold The World experimented with a harder rock sound in many places, and 1971 s Hunky Dory experimented with the popular pop sty...

#Glam Classic (2004-06-15) The early 1970 s: hippie fashion was dying, heavy metal was beginning, and the British glam rock craze was at its peak. This weird mix of pop and hard rock was all the rage at this time. And nobody did it better than David Bowie. Bowie s mix of piano, heavy guitars, and saxophones made a perfect mix. And on this album, he probably hit his peak. This is a concept album about an alien rock star who wins the hearts of all who hear his voice. Some of then tracks are really weird like the opener, Five Years, which is about the destruction of the Earth or som...

#A Rock and Roll Classic (2004-05-04) I m not a huge Bowie fan, but any fan of early 70 s rock should have this. Suffraget City is worth the price of admission alone, and the album is solid throughout. An easy addition to the ",essential", list. The CD version sounds great, too.

#Fantastic (2004-05-02) Words can not describe how good this CD is a real rock classic, not one bad track as far as I can see. This is one of bowies best records and it includes many famus hits you cant live without. No body will be disepointed with this fantastic CD. BUY IT NOW.

#Okay and hellbent water falls (2004-04-08) Dearest sigh, With the release of Ziggy, Mr. Bowie bent a lot reality. There simply are not the correct words to describe the undulation of realities that occured after Ziggy. Pulses and gamma, grandma and santa. These words might work, but then again they are just words. Salvation is from the latin: salvos = to make whole again.

1. Introduction - David Bowie, B. Mitchell Reed 2. Hang on to Yourself 3. Ziggy Stardust 4. Changes 5. Supermen 6. Life on Mars? 7. Five Years 8. Space Oddity 9. Andy Warhol 10. My Death 11. Width of a Circle 12. Queen Bitch 13. Moonage Daydream 14. John, I m Only Dancing 15. Waiting for the Man 16. Jean Genie 17. Suffragette City 18. Rock N Roll Suicide

1. Speed of Life 2. Breaking Glass 3. What in the World 4. Sound and Vision 5. Always Crashing in the Same Car 6. Be My Wife 7. New Career in a New Town 8. Warszawa 9. Art Decade 10. Weeping Wall 11. Subterraneans

The first part of a loosely affiliated trilogy (Heroes and Lodger were to follow), Low is in part a synthesis of 1970 s disco, funk and New Wave as well as a brave foray in to wordless electronic ambience. The opening salvo of songs and up-tempo instrumentals contains the single Sound and Vision, which shudders under the archness of Bowie deadpan vocals. Elsewhere, Bowie inhabits the brilliantly starchy European funk of Breaking Glass and Always Crashing in the Same Car. That Bowie found a like mind in the eternally innovative Brian Eno is no surprise, the success of the four instrumental pieces that close Low can be attributed in no small way to the production contributions of the ex- Roxy Music keyboard player turned ambient pioneer. Bowie and Eno s experiments in a Berlin recording studio would have a massive influence on the music of subsequent decades. For this reason alone, Low is an essential David Bowie album. --James Littlewood

#A mystery (2005-11-02) I just don t understand why people see this album as a masterpiece. I think that Heroes and Scary Monsters are a lot better and much more soulful.

#Bowie s best album (2004-07-18) David Bowie s Low is far from both his ",folk", work of the early 70s and his ",soul", work of the mid 70s. At its higher moments, Low mixes Bowie s knack for songwriting with Eno s amazing instrumentation (",What in the World,", ",Sound and Vision,", ",Be My Wife",), but the best moments of the album are Bowie and Eno s collaborative ambient songs on the album s second half. Low is my favorite Bowie album. It still sounds like the future more than 2 decades after its release. Most people remember Bowie for Z...

#Yes, it took >25 years for me to admit it, but yes, 5 Stars (2004-06-04) I bought it when it came out. A piece of vinyl, that week s purchase. Played it to my friends, we weren t so sure, we weren t saying No , but we weren t saying Yes either. Slide the timer forward to now. I can look back and realise it s one of those albums which has been in my brain for all that time. Hovering in the background. Understated , but always there in the subconscious. How do I know? I just picked it up again afer a long hiatus and found out, for the first time, what I had always suspected ~...

#Ahead of its time (2004-04-09) ",Low", is one of my favorite experimental albums. It was released in 1977 and it sounds like it was released in 1980. Peter Gabriel s ",melting face", album is obviously influenced by the type of experimentation here. This just shows that Bowie and Eno were brilliant in making experimental music together. Bowie was doing post -punk new wave on ",Low", before anyone else. His rampant experimentation and sound scapes are amazing. I like how the album uses the first lyrical songs as a general introduction to the sound scapes, w...

#Unreal (2004-02-28) I have to be honest - this album is unreal. It s beautiful that for once I understand why Bowie is highly regarded in the music industry. This is one of those albums that I m at a loss for words. And there s very few albums that can really do that to me so that must be something

1. Jean Genie 2. Space Oddity 3. Starman 4. Ziggy Stardust 5. John, I m Only Dancing 6. Rebel Rebel 7. Let s Spend the Night Together 8. Suffragette City 9. Oh! You Pretty Things 10. Velvet Goldmine 11. Drive-In Saturday 12. Diamond Dogs 13. Changes 14. Sorrow 15. Prettiest Star 16. Life on Mars? 17. Aladdin Sane 18. Man Who Sold the World 19. Rock n Roll Suicide 20. All the Young Dudes

#Mr Bowie Goes Platinum (2006-08-04) Three CDs, almost career-spanning, ( 90s -> is missing) loaded with hits. A great way to get introduced to David Bowie and his music. For casual fans, this is perfection. For us who crave more, this is a nice start for an addiction that never ends. My highligts include:Space Oddity, Starman, Let s Spend The Night Together (a wonderful Stones-cover), Changes, Life On Mars and The Man Who Sold The World, Heroes, Ashes To Ashes, Under Pressure (w/ Queen), This Is Not America, Absolute Beginners. . among others. The first disc is probably my favourite ...

1. Life on Mars? 2. Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing (Reprise) 3. Bewlay Brothers 4. Lady Grinning Soul 5. Win 6. Some Are 7. Teenage Wildlife 8. Repetition 9. Fantastic Voyage 10. Loving the Alien 11. Time Will Crawl [MM Remix] 12. Introduction by B. Mitchel Reed from KMET/Hang on to Yourself [Live]