All songs were written by Bowie except "Let's Spend The Night Together" written by (saxophone and flutes), Juanita "Honey" Franklin, Linda Lewis and G. ![]() Participation of Mike Garson (piano and synthesizers), Ken Fordham (saxophone and flutes), Brian "Bux" Wilshaw The line up on "Aladdin Sane" is David Bowie (vocals, guitar, harmonica and saxophone), Mick Ronson (vocals, guitarĪnd piano), Trevor Bolder (bass guitar) and Mick "Woody" Woodmansey (drums). The others are: "The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars", "Hunky Dory", "Low" and "Station However, it was one of the five Bowie's entries in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. That it contains some of his best musical material, the general opinion about its overall quality, has often been a bitĭivided. It was also the first David Bowie's album that he wrote and released as a real rock star. It was the follow up studioĪlbum to his breakthrough previous studio album "The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars". "Aladdin Sane" is the sixth studio album of David Bowie and that was released in 1973. One of the best if not the best album of Ivan A great deal of effort is felt in every component of this work. It can a fairy tale like I need you to help, or a ballad like Narrow in the Road, or sometimesĮven a detailed documentary, though full of cry and tragedy, like Kramatorsk. By its free flow of an artist's thought and impetuous andĬontinuous change of surrealistic images this collection looks like a third season of Shivering Truth by VernonĬhapman expressed in the language of music, though more diverse in its moods and genres.Įvery theme is like a story. Personal and subjective of course) like in cartoons. Using only the power of the sound Ivan literally paints a dynamic series of pictures (always very All the themes are inventive, expressive, and Real plot twists, suspense moments, climaxes, and endings, happy or not. I would say thisĪlbum is a new stage in the artistic development of Ivan and his peers because any theme in this work IS a movie with Once I said many of melodies created by this talented team can act as a perfect soundtrack to a movie. ![]() Overall for a debut album, this showcases some fine American prog rock. Also of you own the 2009 CD remaster, you will mix is even louder which makes it sound a little dirtier. Technically, the quality of the recording isn't clean and crisp which is much expected from debut albums. My favorite track has to be Lady of The Lake with it's keyboards and guitars working together to create an upbeat prog rock epic. Perhaps the biggest takeaway is the typical sprinkling of some AOR moments (think Kansas and Styx) which really is quite a turn off for die hard prog-rockers. ![]() If you subtract all the comparisons to Yes, you hear a creative band whose crafty guitarists, decent bass, complex drumming, and wondrous keyboards create a unique sound. Secondly, from a perspective, American progressive rock was a very niche genre in the states with only a handful of bands producing progressive music. Harmonically, the lead singer (formerly of REO Speedwagon) has a Jon Anderson edge, but the guitar work, and very prominent keyboard work is not really of Yes. It's quite easy for people to give this band a rough listen and dismiss it as an "American Yes Clone".
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