Aladdin Sane - David Bowie

David Bowie - Aladdin Sane (1973) Producer: Ken Scott, David Bowie Watch That Man Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?) Drive-In Saturday Panic in Detroit Cracked Actor Time The Prettiest Star Let's Spend the Night Together The Jean Genie Lady Grinning Soul Aladdin Sane is the sixth studio album by David Bowie and was released in 1973. What one has to remember is that Aladdin Sane is the first record that David Bowie had written and released as a superstar (in case you are ignorant to all pop culture, his previous album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, was a runaway ...  Read the complete review

A haunting, beautiful album, rich in ghostly piano, grinding guitar and all manner of curiosities. “Watch That Man” seems to be song in the style of the Rolling Stones: blues piano, rawkess guitar and harmonising backing vocals, it rocks along nicely with ample opportunities for singing into your hair brush and strumming along on your air guitar. One to put on when you feeling a bit sucked of energy. “Aladdin Sane” slinks from a completely different place: ethereal vocals and piano tremble from the speakers before whisking you off to the realms where mere mortals fear to tread, one of the highpoints of his career. The piano prompts me to stillness ...  Read the complete review

It's hard to believe that one of David Bowie's most famous albums was criticised at the time of its release for being rushed. When Aladdin Sane (full title Aladdin Sane 1913-1938-197?) came out in April 1973 Bowie was in the middle of a tour of the United States. Critics claimed that the vocals and harmonica on Watch That Man and Cracked Actor had been "buried" in the mix. However producer Ken Scott defended the mix of Watch That Man and claims that RCA rejected a remix of the song with the vocals turned up. Despite its criticisms Watch That Man gets the album off to a great start. Its got a Rolling Stone feel to it and the mix is far from ...  Read the complete review

The Seventies... a very peculiar time in the world's musical history... a period which was probably kicked off by Marc Bolan and his itsy bitsy glitzy boy from Freecloud persona, graduating from his hippy dippy underground roots and the original Tyrannosaurus Rex duo to the electric rock, tinsel and glitter of T Rex and being the subject of every little teenage girl's adolescent fantasy... But it was not Bolan who became the God of Glam Rock, the first tight as a gnat's ass bum to sit on the throne of hedonistic excess in platform heels, but someone else who followed a similar path to the centre of the universe... born plain old David Jones and ...  Read the complete review

This is a great album even though it only contains six tracks. This album is based around Bowies Thin White Duke persona. The title track is excellent displaying great guitar solos and sound effects although the lyrics are difficult to comprehend. Golden years is a fantastic single displaying Bowies vocal prowess, this song starts out with a blues beat but soars into a great uplifting song. TVC15 sound like something Spandau Ballet could have written and is the weakest song. Word On A Wing features some great Jazz Piano playing. Stay is a great Jive beat number and onther uplifting song. The real show stealer is Wild Is The Wind, a Johnny Mathis song that Bowie crafted ...  Read the complete review