Aladdin Sane (30th Anniversary Edition) [Remastered] - David Bowie

Advantages: Fantastic Album - a Timeles Classic
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...This is one of Bowies most timeless masterpieces. Watch That Man is a rock piano driven classic. Next the title track is a hypnotic Ballad which describes Bowies new creation and explores the darker side of Bowie personality and the madness held within. Drive In Saturday is a fantastic rock song. Panic in Detroit stands out with Mick Ronsons screaming guitar work making this a classic. Cracked Actor is one of Bowies most inventive songs about fame and acting and was a precursor to the excellent track Fame off of Young Americans. Time is a strange song based on one of Bowies experiments. The Prettiest Star and Lady Grinning Soul are great ballads but feel somehow out of place on this album. Lest Spend The Night Together is Bowies tribute to the Stones. Finally Jean Genie is one of Bowies most recognised works a fusion of rock blues... Read review

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Advantages: Extra tracks - A Must for Collectors
Disadvantages: Can't think of any

...Whilst I realise that these early Bowie album re-issues are mainly playing on the enthusiast's aim for completeness, this is one of the better, in my opinion. I am, admittedly, a big fan of the Duke, and as such am interested in the Arnold Corns versions on the second disc (especially as I hadn't really heard of them until the Bowie at the Beeb BBC sessions release). My main reason for this purchase (as I already owned the single CD version) was the track Velvet Goldmine, of which I hadn't got a copy. The demo versions of Lady and Ziggy Stardust are interesting but John, I'm Only Dancing and The Supermen seem to be simply fillers. To a certain extent this is true of Round and Round and Holy Holy, but I'm not sure they are otherwise in CD format, so I can see the appeal. It is a good presentation - I do really like book style without... Read review

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Advantages: Strong material
Disadvantages: Bit American at times

...... That album, with its doom laden, end of the world preoccupations that were to form the basis of much of Bowie's work for the next decade or so, catapulted Bowie into the BIG LEAGUE, the ephemeral world of the world's favourite star... And so it was that Bowie, he of the shaven eyebrows, double slash blue and red flash make up, spiky orange mullet and Japanese influenced clothes, emerged like some asexual butterfly, flaunting his beauty and androgyny in the centre of the gatefold sleeve of 1973's thrilling Aladdin Sane album, with the mysteriously airbrushed and genderless nether regions ... this was a self consciously and self importantly different creation, all form with no substance, lashing together THE IMAGE, standard rock backing and supposedly DEEP lyrics in a shocking mish mash of popular and outlaw culture, far too knowing and lascivious... Read review

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