Aladdin Sane [ENHANCED] [LIMITED EDITION]

David Bowie

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 16, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 1973
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced, Limited Edition
• Label: Virgin Records Us
• ASIN: B000KCHWD6
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #167,231 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Manufactured in Japan. CD sits within an exact replica of the original vinyl packaging including the inside sleeve. Packaging includes the Japanese spine sleeve.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars " The Death of Ziggy Stardust ", January 11, 2009

By	Ricky In (KY) - See all my reviews

If stelliar musicianship is your thing, then look no further. It is all here. Mick Ronson & the Spiders From Mars with Mike Larson on all keyboards, make this one of Bowie's best lps. There is only ten songs on here, but this is a case of quality over quantity. Also features " Jene Genie ".

4.0 out of 5 stars Cabaret & Rock, August 16, 2008

By	Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

This stylistically varied follow-up to Ziggy Stardust has only 4 rock tracks: Watch That Man, The Prettiest Star, Cracked Actor and The Jean Genie, four classic numbers of which the latter was a prelude to punk with its short, sharp riffs and inherent aggression.

Songs like Time, Aladdin Sane and Lady Grinning Soul are like futuristic torch songs, mostly bleak views of the future with slow arrangements over lounge piano arrangements. His cover of Let's Spend The Night Together is superfast, dispassionate and throwaway, not an exceptional addition to his body of work but rather a tribute to 1960s pop like his Pin Ups album.

Although there Aladdin Sane contains some great songs, overall it is not one that invites repeated listening to the average rock music fan apart from the aforementioned songs like The Jean Genie and The Prettiest Star. It's a work of interesting experimentation in both the lyrics and the music and quite valuable on that level, but perhaps too stylistically weird. That's why so few tracks from Aladdin Sane ever make it onto Bowie compilation albums.

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4.0 out of 5 stars 'He's outrageous, he screams and he bawls', August 15, 2008

By	Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Aladdin Sane (Audio CD)

This weird follow-up to Ziggy Stardust isn't really a rock album, with the exception of Watch That Man, The Prettiest Star, Cracked Actor and The Jean Genie, four classic rock numbers of which the latter was a prelude to punk with its short, sharp riffs and inherent aggression. Songs like Time, Aladdin Sane and Lady Grinning Soul are like futuristic torch songs, mostly bleak views of the future with slow arrangements over lounge piano arrangements. His cover of Let's Spend The Night Together is superfast, dispassionate and throwaway, not an exceptional addition to his body of work but rather a tribute to 1960s pop like his Pin Ups album. Although there Aladdin Sane contains some great songs, overall it is not one that invites repeated listening to the average rock music fan apart from the aforementioned songs like The Jean Genie and The Prettiest Star. It's a work of interesting experimentation in both the lyrics and the music and quite valuable on that level, but perhaps too stylistically weird. That's why so few tracks from Aladdin Sane ever make it onto Bowie compilation albums.