This is seen as one of the best albums of all time, one of Bowie´s best and I personally love it. This is the record which really set the idea of pursuing a career in music back when I first listened to it as a younger kid, plus it reminds me of my high school days and the situations and people I encountered there. With that said, it´s still far from Bowie´s best IMO. The 1976-1980 era, composed by Station to Station (my favorite record of all time), Low, Heroes, Lodger and Scary Monsters is Bowie´s greatest period. Depending on the day, I might even dare to say that Station, Low and Scary Monsters are the best albums ever created. Anyways, back to Ziggy.
The album presents some classic poprock songs, like Starman, Moonage Daydream, Ziggy Stardust and Suffragette City. There are some deep-cut Bowie classics like Five Years, Hang On to Yourself and one of my favorite Bowie songs, Rock n´Roll Suicide. A true masterpiece that song.
Some of the most notable aspects of the album are the narrative and Mick Ronson´s guitar work, which is simply out of this world. He deserved way more recognition than the one he got, truly a one of a kind musician. On the narrative, the story of Ziggy Stardust reflects the early 70s very well, and has become an almost cliché-ish trope when telling a story of stardom and excess.
All in all, it is undeniably a phenomenal piece of rock music, but overrated to a certain degree,
9/10
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