The album after the excellent Ziggy Stardust, and Bowie is too much of a shape-shifter to stick to quite the same formula. So Aladdin Sane has some of the same superbly written tracks, but adds some bizarre jazzy piano flourishes, particularly on the title track, which could otherwise have been a classic.
Bowie is never anything but theatrical, particularly on the album's masterpiece "Time," which forgoes most of the bizarreness of some of the previous tracks but keeps the strangely off kilter atmosphere of most of the album.
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"but adds some bizarre jazzy piano flourishes, particularly on the title track, which could otherwise have been a classic."
ReplyDeleteAre you mad?? Mike Garson's piano playing is brilliant!
Panic in Detroit is the best track on AS though. The only track that doesn't do it for me is the Stones cover Let's Spend the Night Together...the original is too good.