What's the best track on Ziggy Stardust

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david appreciates your support

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Did I miss the part where people talked about not voting for "Starman?" Like one guy says he didn't because other people would. Personally think it's kind of a corny song, melodically speaking.

Rock n roll suicide should have been the clear winner here.

the Lady was kinda robbed.

yeah that would have been my second choice. best opening verse for sure.

when i was first getting into music like 30 years ago, it seemed like this was the canonical david bowie album, the one that showed up on all the lists etc. now it feels like there isn't really a canonical best bowie album, like everyone has their personal favorites. am i wrong? or is this still generally considered the big bowie album/the one you tell people to start with/etc?

it's a fun album but if personally i'm in a bowie mood it's rarely the one i put on

That's about right. Ziggy was more readily available in the late '80s, I guess?

I recognize it as an objectively spectacular, great album - but subjectively, there are loads of Bowie albums which speak to me way more & I'm much more prone to want to listen to.

OTM. Aladdin Sane = best glam-era Bowie for me, but Ziggy makes/made sense as the consensus classic. Would have voted "Soul Love" here...

back when it was important to define bowie as a rock musician first and foremost, it made sense that this was the consensus pick

^^^ this

Low, Heroes, Lodger were reissued in 1983 but were out of print iirc by the time Ziggy started appearing in Rolling Stone lists.