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(Often shortened to Ziggy Stardust) is the fifth studio album by English musician David Bowie. It is a concept album telling the story of a fictional rock star named Ziggy Stardust. It peaked at No. 5 in the United Kingdom and No. 5 in the United States on the Billboard Music Charts.

The album tells the story of Bowie's alter ego Ziggy Stardust, a rock star who acts as a messenger for extraterrestrial beings. Bowie created Ziggy Stardust while in New York City promoting Hunky Dory and performed as him on a tour of the United Kingdom, Japan and North America. The album, and the character of Ziggy Stardust, was known for its glam rock influences and themes of sexual exploration and social commentary. These factors, coupled with the ambiguity surrounding Bowie's sexuality and fuelled by a ground-breaking performance of "Starman" on Top of the Pops, led to the album being met with controversy and since hailed as a seminal work.

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars has been consistently considered one of the greatest albums of all time, with Rolling Stone magazine ranking it the 35th greatest ever. It was ranked the 20th greatest album ever in a 1997 British survey, the 24th greatest of all time by Q magazine and one of the 100 greatest releases ever by Time magazine. A concert film of the same name, directed by D. A. Pennebaker, was recorded in 1973 and released a decade later in 1983.

Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars Lp

Studio album by David Bowie

Released

16 June 1972[1]

Recorded

9 July 1971; November 1971; 12–18 January 1972; 4 February 1972]

Studio

Trident Studios, London

Genre

• Glam rock
• art rock

Length

38:37

Label

RCA Records

Producer

• David Bowie
• Ken Scott

Tracks

All songs written and composed by David Bowie, except where noted. 

Side one

No.

Title

Length

1.

"Five Years"  

4:44

2.

"Soul Love"  

3:33

3.

"Moonage Daydream"  

4:35

4.

"Starman"  

4:13

5.

"It Ain't Easy" (Ron Davies)

3:00

Side two

No.

Title

Length

6.

"Lady Stardust"  

3:20

7.

"Star"  

2:50

8.

"Hang On to Yourself"  

2:40

9.

"Ziggy Stardust"  

3:13

10.

"Suffragette City"  

3:25

11.

"Rock 'n' Roll Suicide"  

3:00

Personnel

• David Bowie – vocals, acoustic guitar, saxophone, piano, arrangements
• Mick Ronson – electric guitar, backing vocals, keyboards, piano
• Trevor Bolder – bass, trumpet
• Mick Woodmansey – drums

Additional personnel

• Dana Gillespie – backing vocals on "It Ain't Easy"
• Rick Wakeman – harpsichord on "It Ain't Easy"