Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars, The (30th Anniversary Edition) - David Bowie

...my parents certainly bill ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars’ as Bowie at his most creative and I have to agree with them. Although this album has wavered from its concept a lot less than the Beatles did in 1967, it would be unfair to justify Bowie’s efforts as anything short of daring. I love this album and in spite of the fact that some of the lyrics make the record a little dated, it somehow manages to work to the point ...

MizzMolko 28.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars, The (30th Anniversary Edition) - David Bowie

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 ...
...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 the cheap plastic cases (and Bowie's releases do tend be in this style now). I wouldn't suggest this to ...

maskedfan 29.06.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars, The (30th Anniversary Edition) - David Bowie