Aladdin Sane (Enhanced, Original Recording Reissued)

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studio album
First released:
Apr 13 1973

Overview Edit

Aladdin Sane is an album by David Bowie, released by RCA Records in 1973 (see 1973 in music). The follow-up to his breakthrough The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, it was the first album Bowie wrote and released as a bona fide pop star. While many critics agree that it contains some of his best material, opinion as to its overall quality has often been divided. NME editors Roy Carr and Charles Shaar Murray called the album "oddly unsatisfying, considerably less than the sum of the parts" while Bowie encyclopedist Nicholas Pegg describes it as "one of the most urgent, compelling and essential" of his releases. The Rolling Stone review by Ben Gerson pronounced it "less manic than The Man Who Sold The World, and less intimate than Hunky Dory, with none of its attacks of self-doubt." It was one of six Bowie entries in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time (at #277) and ranked #77 on Pitchfork Media's Top 100 Albums of the 1970s.

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This particular version Edit

Version description:
Enhanced, Original Recording Reissued
Record label:
Catalog number:
21902
Release dates:
  • 1973 in United States
  • Apr 13 1973 in United Kingdom
  • 1990 in United Kingdom
  • 2003 in United Kingdom

Genres

Rock, Alternative Rock, Glam Rock, Progressive Rock, Proto Punk, Classic Rock, Album-Oriented Rock (AOR), Psychedelic, Hard Rock. Vote on Genres

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5 stars Best of Bowie's glam rock years
His earlier albums, Hunky Dory and the Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust, inexplicably receive more acclaimed, but Aladdin Sane is the peak of David Bowie's heavily influential glam rock phase. With a fantastic back-up band, a keen knowledge of many pop structures (doo-wop, jazz, blues and rock all play integral parts in the album) and a sleek, sexy sound, the androgynous, charismatic, make-up clad singer struts through the glam rock's world of raucous partying ("Watch That Man" "Drive-In Saturday…
Written by P. Nicholas Keppler "rorscach12"
3 stars Good but not his greatest.
This gets actually 3.5 stars. Alladin Sane. An Album that many Bowie fans argue about wether it's good , bad, his worst or his best. This album doesn't have any unique premise about it. It's in the same direction as Ziggy Stardust. The LP has good arrangements, the blocket is nice and the front cover is excellent. some of the songs including the title track are great but somethings are missing. this album has a bit of Rolling Stones feel to it and sometimes difficult in listen. It has a bit a mi…
Written by Madame O´Brien

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Credits Edit

  1. arranger

  2. engineer

    1. Ken Scott [mix]
    2. Mick Ronson [mix]
  3. performer

    1. David Bowie [vocals and instrument]
    2. Ken Fordham [instrument]
    3. Mick Ronson [vocals and instrument]
    4. Mick Woodmansey [instrument]
    5. Mike Garson [instrument]
    6. Trevor Bolder [instrument]
  1. producer

Other versions Edit

Aladdin Sane 10 tracks format: 1 x CD
catalog number: 21902
release dates: Sep 28 1999
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Aladdin Sane 10 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Virgin Records US
catalog number: 21902
release dates: Sep 28 1999
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Aladdin Sane 20 tracks 30th Anniversary Edition
format: 1 x CD, 1 x unknown format
record label: RCA RECORDS JAPAN UPC 7863548522
release dates: Jun 24 2003
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record label: Ryko
catalog number: RCD 10135
release dates: 1990
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