From JanglesWhile in Tokyo last week I had the chance to stop by the Tower Records in Shibuya. What. A. Treat. I was short on time so my thirty minutes in heaven felt like a kid in the candy store on a fresh sugar high. I was fortunate to stumble across an immaculate used copy of Ziggy Stardust and realized there was a massive hole in my collection where David Bowie should be. So, along with Talking Heads' Remain In Light and The Crusaders' Those Southern Knights, this one made the trip back home and is waiting for a spin on the turntable. Kanpai!
- Five Years opens the album with Earth's imminent end — does framing the whole story inside an apocalypse change how you read Ziggy's rise and fall?No answers yet
- Mick Ronson is all over this record — does his presence make this feel more like a band album than a Bowie solo statement?No answers yet
- Bowie performed as Ziggy live for over a year before retiring the character — does the persona feel like a costume or something more genuinely inhabited on the record?No answers yet
- Rock 'n' Roll Suicide closes with Bowie reaching outward to the listener — does that moment feel earned, or is it a manipulation by a character we've watched self-destruct?No answers yet
- The 2012 remaster brings added clarity and presence to the mix — does the polish serve this album, or does it work against the rawness the songs need?No answers yet
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