David Bowie Aladdin Sane Poll. Pick Your Favourites & Discuss.

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by Bobby Morrow, Apr 11, 2018.

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  1. Pavol Stromcek

    Pavol Stromcek Senior Member

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    Aladdin Sane is my favorite of Bowie's "Ziggy" phase. The four song run on side one of "Aladdin Sane" through "Cracked Actor" is absolutely stunning. And the rest of the album is quite good too, except for that pointless cover of "Let's Spend the Night Together."

    When looking at Bowie's career as a whole, my favorite albums of his will always be Low, "Heroes," and Scary Monsters, but Aladdin Sane is definitely a high point.
     
  2. Bobby Morrow

    Bobby Morrow Senior Member Thread Starter

    It’s a great album. Especially when you consider how fast Bowie was churning them out back then...
     
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  3. Paul Rymer

    Paul Rymer Forum Resident

    As a whole it is a great album but, the title track and "Drive-In Saturday" excepted there are better live versions on official releases e.g. "Panic In Detroit" live b-side/Bowie Rare
     
  4. tmwlng

    tmwlng Forum Resident

    Location:
    Denmark
    Watch That Man
    Drive-In Saturday
    The Jean Genie
    Lady Grinning Soul

    I like the album but it is not my favorite and not one I listen to often. I enjoy all songs on certain levels, but do not feel particularly attracted to Time, Cracked Actor and the title track. It's been a while so my opinion may be subject to change. Lady Grinning Soul and Drive-In Saturday: Beautiful songs, some of my favorite Bowie songs. Brilliant compositions. I love dystopic doo wop.
     
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  5. dead of night

    dead of night Senior Member

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    Lady Grinning Soul has a line that stands out: "She will be your living end." That may be ominous.
     
  6. Andy Smith

    Andy Smith .....Like a good pinch of snuff......

    Without doubt the best free gift I’ve ever received. A girl in my class at school had tired of it - or it was not what she’d expected. I’d already bought Ziggy and mentioned I was picking up A.S as soon I could afford it. She gave me her copy. It remains to this day my favourite Bowie album. Never bettered in my opinion. Gillian Hardcastle, wherever you are, I salute you!
     
  7. Bobby Morrow

    Bobby Morrow Senior Member Thread Starter

    My next door neighbour gave me her copy of Donny Osmond’s Too Young album for some reason or another...

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    I actually really liked it, but it’s possible you got the better deal.
     
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  8. Tristero

    Tristero In possession of the future tense

    Location:
    MI
    This is my favorite Bowie album from his early glam period. The band sounds confident and tight and the addition of Mike Garson on piano brings a new dimension to their sound. The production is full and forceful, more so than Ziggy. I love the whole spaced out, decadent vibe of the thing. The material lags a bit on the second, most notably with the baffling Stones cover, but it rallies to a powerful conclusion with "Jean Genie" and the stunning "Lady Grinning Soul".
     
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  9. Andy Smith

    Andy Smith .....Like a good pinch of snuff......

    Should have given it back Bob. Didn't they like you.....?
     
  10. footprintsinthesand

    footprintsinthesand Reasons to be cheerful part 1

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    That's a lovely understatement, or was it Donny's iconic cover art that made you hesitate ?
     
  11. Bobby Morrow

    Bobby Morrow Senior Member Thread Starter

    I can’t really defend myself. I loved the Osmonds in 1973. Had I had the cash, I’d have definitely bought one of their albums instead of Aladdin Sane! My next door neighbour (Jill) gave me that Donny LP because she knew I was too poor to get it myself. And possibly because she was going off young Mr Osmond at that point.
     
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  12. bob60

    bob60 Forum Resident

    Location:
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    I love this album.
    Ziggy Stardust completely bypassed me on release, mostly due to the fact that I was totally wrapped up in T.Rex up until about 1974. Of course I knew and loved the Bowie singles but I could hardly afford to buy albums. One Christmas I received PinUps and Sparks Propaganda as presents, and then backtracked to Alladin Sane.
    I think for people my age, albums were so expensive that you only had a few of them and played them constantly, so of course you became hugely attached to the songs.
     
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  13. Jet Age Eric

    Jet Age Eric Forum Resident

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    MAN, I love this record. Ostensibly in a four-way tie for fave Bowie record (Blackstar may yet get there), but maybe it's first among equals? I dunno ... -E
     
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  14. mooseman

    mooseman Forum Resident

    Watch That Man, Cracked Actor, Panic in Detroit. excellent rockers..big fat Gibson sound. :righton:
     
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  15. yarbles

    yarbles Too sick to pray

    Got this for my 12th birthday in 1973. I tend to think of it as my first 'serious' album; by then, I already owned 3 Alice. 2 Slade and 2 T Rex albums, but in retrospect that was all fluff really, and Aladdin was my coming of age. I got a few others on the same day: Mott, Love It To Death, School Days (Pretties & Easy Action repackaged) and (deep breath) The Sweet's Biggest Hits :biglaugh:...obviously Mott was a fairly legit rock album, but I still had them down as a glam band at that point, so Aladdin was my first proper foray into grown-up music...barely knew what 'wanking' was back then, pretty sure I hadn't yet tried it, LOL.
     
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  16. richard a

    richard a Forum Resident

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    I really don’t get the dislike of Lets Spend The Night Together.
    It’s terrific fun, full of whizz bang flash and pizzazz, wonderful whizzy synths, Ronno on overdrive and Bowie having an absolute ball. Infectiously enjoyable.
    The only thing wrong is that there’s a painfully long gap before The Jean Genie...
     
  17. Echoes Myron

    Echoes Myron Forum Resident

    Location:
    USA
    I always thought there was something of an homage to Bowie's "Drive In Saturday" in the Misfits song "Driving on a Saturday Night" - I know, totally different theme but in addition to the song title the doo-wop-ish sound has something in common.
     
  18. Andy Smith

    Andy Smith .....Like a good pinch of snuff......

    What he said. Great cover.
     
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  19. rednoise

    rednoise Senior Member

    Location:
    Boston
    I agree! "Let's Spend the Night Together" is wild, it's crazy, it's over-the-top, it's hilarious, and it rocks like nobody's business. The Spiders from Mars are a well-oiled machine that's firing on all cylinders. I love it - it's an exhilarating rock 'n roll rush and a highlight of the album for me.
     
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  20. Hermes

    Hermes Past Master

    Location:
    Denmark
    Even in Denmark they loved Donny-boy, especially the female sex. Almost all the girls in my school class (we were ten yo).
     
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  21. LeBon Bush

    LeBon Bush Hound of Love

    Location:
    Austria
    I love the whole album - front to back! But, man, that opening... SHAKY THREW A PARTY THAT LASTED ALL NIGHT, EVERYBODY DRANK A LOT OF SOMETHING NICE... sheer awesomeness and clearly the peak of Bowie's glam phase :love::cheers:
     
  22. bob60

    bob60 Forum Resident

    Location:
    London UK
    I suppose it I was too early to be Shakin Stevens? :winkgrin:
     
  23. Bobby Morrow

    Bobby Morrow Senior Member Thread Starter

    It would have done wonders for Shaky’s street cred to get a name check on a Bowie album.:)
     
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  24. bob60

    bob60 Forum Resident

    Location:
    London UK
    Well Shaky was a bit of a goer in his day so don't underestimate his ability to party..
    One of my favourite ever pop stories is Shaky's nickname for champagne was rock n roll mouthwash. Absolute classic...
     
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  25. Bobby Morrow

    Bobby Morrow Senior Member Thread Starter

    Every song got a good amount of votes here. Even the Stones cover did respectably. Aladdin Sane was a great album that did an admirable job following up two even better albums. 1973 was a good time to be David Bowie.
     
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