Minor and less appreciated album by the Duke, it doesn't hold up against later masterpieces like "Never Let Me Down"... Well, what can I say about Ziggy, which is his second masterpiece, a fully inspired Bowie with a perfectly tight band, the Martian arachnids, and is it just a matter of details that I slightly prefer "Hunky Dory" and "Aladdin Sane" from his early '70s period? That the character/artist/alter-ego was a stroke of genius? Come on, why do I even say it... A symbol of "Glam," etc. Songs of collective imagination (super famous "Starman") and simply beautiful songs ("Moonage Daydream," "Lady Stardust," "Ziggy Stardust," "Rock'n Roll Suicide," etc.)
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