Stardust and the Spiders from Mars "Changes" (Bowie) from the album Hunky Dory "Space Oddity" (Bowie) from the album Space Oddity "My Death" (Jacques Brel, Mort Shuman) from the Brel album La Valse à Mille Temps, originally written by Brel as "La Mort" and translated into English by Shuman and Eric Blau "Cracked Actor" (Bowie) from the album Aladdin Sane "Time" (Bowie) from the album Aladdin Sane "The Width of a Circle" (Bowie) from the album The Man Who Sold the World Band introduction – Spoken word "Let's Spend the Night Together" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) from the Bowie album Aladdin Sane, originally performed by The Rolling Stones "Suffragette City" (Bowie) from the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars "White Light/White Heat" (Lou Reed) from The Velvet Underground album White Light/White Heat Farewell Speech – Spoken word "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" (Bowie) from the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars End Credits – Incorporating Pomp and Circumstance by Edward Elgar Cast David Bowie – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica Mick Ronson – lead guitar, vocals Trevor Bolder – bass guitar Mick 'Woody' Woodmansey – percussion and drums Angela Bowie (appears in some scenes, but does not perform) Ringo Starr (appears in some scenes, but does not perform) Additional musicians: Ken Fordham – saxophone and flute Brian Wilshaw – saxophone and flute Geoffrey MacCormack – backing vocals, percussion John Hutchinson – guitar Mike Garson – piano, organ, Mellotron Sound recording (original film, soundtrack album and DVD) mixed by Tony Visconti. Reception The film has frequently been criticized for its technical defects, including its dark, grainy quality, sloppy framing of shots, and poor audio. At least one reviewer who made these criticisms wrote later that these defects were significantly improved for the 2003 DVD release. Bowie's performance in the film, especially during the first part of the show, has also been criticized as being stiff and lacking in enthusiasm, perhaps due to his loss of interest in his Ziggy persona. Critical reaction to Pennebaker's inclusion of audience footage and audio has been mixed. Some have observed that it underscores the sense of intimacy between Bowie and his fans (for example, in the audio interaction between artist and audience members during the song "My Death"), defines a new performance space that includes the audience, and creates a cultural time capsule