David Bowie: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (RCA)
Jon Tiven, Phonograph Record, July 1972
DAVID BOWIE, Englands Answer-To-Alice-Cooper-But-Hes-For-Real, has finally made an album with positive commercial potential and consistent strength. Ziggy Stardust is the Aftermath of the Seventies, where every track is a hit and no fillers; whats more Bowie is with his band and rocking at the seams of his kelly green jump-suit all the way down to his screwed down hairdo.
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