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1. Five Years	Listen
2. Soul Love	Listen
3. Moonage Daydream	Listen
4. Starman	Listen
5. It Ain't Easy	Listen
6. Lady Stardust	Listen
7. Star	Listen
8. Hang On To Yourself	Listen
9. Ziggy Stardust	Listen
10. Suffragette City	Listen
11. Rock 'n' Roll Suicide	Listen

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Every track on ZIGGY STARDUST & THE SPIDERS FROM MARS sounds like it was pulled from the rock 'n' roll bible. The albumcreated a mythology that reached beyond the Chuck Berry folklorisms of the everyday rocker to create a new type of rockstar. With ZIGGY, Bowie created a viable alter-ego to descend onto the planet and wreak havoc on rock's fertile soil. In doing so, he created the most original rock creation sincethe music's inception 20 years before.
Musically, the album was as inspired as Ziggy's persona. Mick Ronson's snarling guitar evoked the triumphant power of the late '60s guitar heroes, but added a flash so dynamic fans knew why the Spiders were labelled "glitter rockers". As an album, ZIGGY STARDUST told the story of rock through the eyes of Ziggy, an alien--with a narrative that was equally sensational and intimate.
Any doubts as to Bowie's intentions to take over rock were displaced on a closer listen to "Star". At the end of the song Bowie (as Ziggy) whispers, "just watch me now", and his determination is eerily obvious. Combining skills as a mime artist and top-rate vocal dramatist, Bowie created Ziggy, the bisexual space man, who sang "songs of darkness anddisgrace". The planet was dying, something made evident on the first track "Five Years", and the only way to survive was to "Hang On To Yourself".
In the end, "they had to break up the band", according to the tale told in ZIGGY STARDUST, but the inevitably tragic strains of this "Rock 'N' Roll Suicide" had left their mark on the dying planet. They are still being felt today.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   6 of 6 people found the following review helpful: Hang On To Yourself!, 25 May 2007 By  Martin A Hogan "Marty From SF" (San Francisco, CA.) - See all my reviews       From the slow beat of "Five Years" to the lamentable closing, "Rock & Roll Suicide", "Ziggy Stardust" has held its own in Rock history. Add the element of SACD (surround sound) and the album takes on a new life. From the acoustical clapping of "Soul Love" to the hard driving guitars of "Suffragette City", this new mix finally and clearly separates all the instruments without isolating them. It is a full band experience as if you were in the studio. The acoustic guitars sound so crisp and clean and Mick Ronson's guitar work sounds like new. I can't over-emphasize how great this version sounds, especially after marveling over "Dark Side Of The Moon" and "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road". Hang on to yourself!  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   6 of 6 people found the following review helpful: OK SACD version, 12 Oct 2006 By  J. Alan "JohnA" (London) - See all my reviews    Middle-of-the-road surround production, they've remixed it as best as they could, giving it a wider soundstage and some rear-speaker action. Not earth-shattering, but not bad either.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   12 of 15 people found the following review helpful: Brilliant just Brilliant, 28 Mar 2004 By  N. D. Price "Muck" (Cardiff, UK) - See all my reviews    Bought this the day it came out in 72 as I adored Hunky Dory and to be quite honest I wasn't that impressed at the time and as I was the only person who had a decent stereo and EVERYBODY but EVERYBODY wanted to hear it so I was quite sick of it after a few weeks. I never even bought it on CD. Was I surprised when I bought this! Yes it is surround and does it it sound sweet. Treat yourself you will NOT be disappointed. By the way check out Electric Warrior by T.Rex. Again not a favourite of mine but Bowie's old mate/producer has done a magnificent surround mix. You would never think T.Rex was hifi would you?!!  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you?