Title: The Height of Glam
Product review: Many hardcore Bowie fans rank the Aladdin Sane album just under his first "glam rock" record, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Not so. Aladdin Sane was, indeed, Bowie's most refined effort up to that point, taking the simple rock'n'roll sound of Ziggy Stardust and moving it light years ahead, mixing excellent guitar sounds with saxaphone and Mike Garson's piano work (to say nothing of Bowie's phenomenal lyrics). Aladdin Sane is, indeed, more sophisticated than was Ziggy and it still sounds fresh and cutting-edge today. Songs like "Panic in Detroit," "Drive-In Saturday," and "The Jean Genie," sounding variously smooth and genteel, yet somehow vibrant and energetic, easily put the works of thousands upon thousands of today's "alternative" artists to shame. Anyone who passes this album up in favor of Ziggy Stardust or, indeed, many other albums is missing something beautiful.
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