David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

Label: RCA
Year: 1972
Genre: Glam Rock, Art Rock
Recommending Person: Jeff Sherry

This is just a fantastic piece of rock music. The glam rock era is one I've rarely investigated even though it was influence for the influential bands of my generation. 

Ziggy Stardust is a persona that David Bowie created to tell his rock opera of bi-sexual rock star who was used as the communicator for extra-terrestrial beings. You know that old ditty.

Even though I lacked the ability of being alive during the release of this album, I imagine that the questionable sexuality of David Bowie himself led to confusion and intrigue into the album. However, the album was not a stunt and is easily his most celebrated work. 

The actual story kind of falls apart. That's okay because this has album contains "Suffragette City", "Ziggy Stardust", "Rock 'n Roll Suicide", and "Starman"! It's great, but David Bowie's best song is still "Changes".