David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
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Artist: David BowieEdition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced, Original recording reissued
CD Release Date: 1999-09-28
Music Label: Virgin Records Us
Soundtracks:
- 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
Free Music Notes for Aladdin Sane
Free Music Review: A sleazy, decadent classic
Hit: 4 Stars
Bowie really loved the Rolling Stones, huh? Take that how you see fit. But seriously folks, you wanna know whose influence I hear all over this record? The Rolling Stones'! They're all over Diamond Dogs, too, which is why I consider this and the next album to be a subset of Bowie's glam phase - the Stones phase. Seriously, the guitar riffs, the horns, the backup vocals, the sleazy lyrics... that's all Stones! I mean, the Exile on Main Street influence on the memorable rockers "Watch That Man", "Cracked Actor" (with a harmonica, too!), and the Bo Diddley-influenced "Panic in Detroit" are about as obvious as it gets. You wouldn't believe this, but the massive retro doo-wop hit "Drive in Saturday" makes me think Stones, for two reasons: Guitar tone, and sax solo. He even covers a Stones it, "Let's Spend the Night Together", done in a space-rock version that actually does make it sound perverse and decadent. Total overhaul of the nonthreatening (other than the lyrics - for the time, anyway) piano-pop original! Well, there's not much Stones influence on the punning title track, with a mock-lounge opening section that quickly devolves into free-jazz piano and sax solos, but that song rules! Go on, just try getting the chorus out of your head! "Time" isn't Stonesy either, but it does have a fantastic semi-cabaret piano part, as well as an intense, biting vocal. I kinda get tired of the coda after a while, though. Now, I do not enjoy "The Prettiest Start" at all. That's one instance of me agreeing with the common criticism of glam-rock being pure stylistic camp. "Lady Grinning Soul" suffers the same fate. But I gotta admit, this is one of Bowie's most consistent and enjoyable albums. I don't see why this is seen as such a big letdown after Ziggy Stardust - to me, it's just as good as that album, and in some places better. It certainly has more jump out of your seat rock `n' roll energy. The big radio hits were "The Jean Genie", an unforgettable blues swagger that takes some cues from Mick Jagger; "Drive-in Saturday", with one of the weirdest themes ever to be found on a Top 5 hit (in this case, a society watching porn to learn how to reproduce); and "Panic in Detroit".
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The second most important moment in Bowie's glam period, Aladdin Sane is full of smart, cutting-edge songs that hold up decades later as classic moments in rock. Standout tracks include "Panic in Detroit," with Mick Ronson's screaming guitars and Mick Woodmansey's urgent drumming; "Watch that Man," a piano-driven, rollicking number perfect for the Bowie strut; the lascivious and sweaty "Cracked Actor"; the punky "Jean Genie"; and a perfectly raucous cover of "Let's Spend the Night Together." "Time" hearkens back to the theatrics of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust, while "Drive in Saturday," "The Prettiest Star," and "Lady Grinning Soul" serve as precursors to Bowie's "plastic soul" sounds that came later in the '70s. Aladdin Sane is even more impressive when considering that the same year this album was made, Bowie was also working with artists like Iggy Pop and Lou Reed, producing some of their most heralded works (the Stooges' Raw Power and Reed's Transformer). --Lorry FlemingAlternative Rock Music CDs
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