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Ziggy Stardust wrote the blueprint for David Bowie's hard-rocking glam, and Aladdin Sane essentially follows the pattern, for both better and worse. A lighter affair than Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane is actually a stranger album than its predecessor, buoyed by bizarre lounge-jazz flourishes from pianist Mick Garson and a handful of winding, vaguely experimental songs. Bowie abandons his futuristic obsessions to concentrate on the detached cool of New York and London hipsters, as on the compressed rockers "Watch That Man," "Cracked Actor," and "The Jean Genie." Bowie follows the hard stuff with the jazzy, dissonant sprawls of "Lady Grinning Soul," "Aladdin Sane," and "Time," all of which manage to be both campy and avant-garde simultaneously, while the sweepingly cinematic "Drive-In Saturday" is a soaring fusion of sci-fi doo wop and melodramatic teenage glam. He lets his paranoia slip through in the clenched rhythms of "Panic in Detroit," as well as on his oddly clueless cover of "Let's Spend the Night Together." For all the pleasures on Aladdin Sane, there's no distinctive sound or theme to make the album cohesive; it's Bowie riding the wake of Ziggy Stardust, which means there's a wealth of classic material here, but not enough focus to make the album itself a classic.
Product Details
Release Date: | 09/25/2015 |
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Label: | Rhino / Parlophone |
UPC: | 0825646283392 |
catalogNumber: | 219022 |
Rank: | 347 |
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Album Credits
Performance Credits
David Bowie Primary Artist,Guitar,Harmonica,Saxophone,Vocals,Moog SynthesizerMike Garson Piano
Linda Lewis Background Vocals
Mick Ronson Guitar,Piano,Vocals
Trevor Bolder Bass
Ken Fordham Flute,Saxophone
Juanita "Honey" Franklin Background Vocals
G A MacCormack Percussion,Background Vocals
Brian Wilshaw Flute,Tenor Saxophone
Mick "Woody" Woodmansey Drums
Technical Credits
David Bowie Arranger,Composer,ProducerMick Jagger Composer
Mick Ronson Arranger
Ken Scott Producer,Engineer
Keith Richards Composer
Sukita Inside Photo
Celia Philo Cover Design
Aisha Cohen Associate Project Coordinator
Mike Moran Engineer
Brian Duffy Cover Design
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