There is absolutely no excuse--NONE---why this album shouldn't be in every serious music addict's collection. In the early 70's Bowie leapt up and throttled the world's collective sensibility with this raw, crunchy, witty, and utterly weird record. There really isn't anything quite like it, and it's all of a piece: listen to it once, and you'll have to listen to THOSE songs in THAT order. You are compelled. David Bowie is a very funny writer: no one nails a pose down so bitingly, least of all his own. Ziggy really sang* Screwed-up eyes and screwed-down hairdoo*Jiving us that we were voodoo*The kids were just crass*he was the nazz*With God-given ass*He took it all too far*But boy, could he play guitar... To counteract the shallowing effect of Glam, he threw you into a separate world, the stigmata of which was the dire, humanity-on-the-edge panic of Five Years. Once he had you by the short hairs, screaming, "I Believe!", he sailed you off through tune after tune, each building on the Major Tom premise of "separateness". Maybe it was all part of the subtext of being gay, but at any rate it was brilliant. A lot of people felt that way; the kids WERE just crass. The tunes that came out of this work stand out still. Sufferagette City, Soul Love, Starman. Soul Love even has some pretty snazzy poetry: Stone Love, She kneels before the grave Her grave son Who gave his life to sing The Slogan That hovers between the headstone And her eyes... Bowie never pretended to be deep. There's no R.E.M. political posturing, just good old-fashioned rock-and-roll posing. There's a difference, he knew it, and in a way, he helped invent it. Long may he live.

While some might say that this album is not a classic or timeless, I couldn't disagree more... at 52, whenever I pop this CD in, it takes me right back to my concert-going days of youth... wearing glitter and sequins and watching Bowie at his best! While my days of glitter (and sequins to some extent) are over, my enjoyment of this album NEVER ends!
I still FREAK-OUT to a Moon Age Daydream and Suffragette City still makes me yell... "Wham, Bam, Thank You M'aam!" I still consider this album Bowie's best overall from the first track to the last.

This was the cd that started me on the road to Bowie-obsession. With Bowie's gorgeous voice, skilled guitar playing, and amazing lyrics, I kept my CD player on repeat play for months. A must-buy for Bowie virgins and fans alike.

Ziggy Stardust is truly one of the best albums I've ever heard. I love his storytelling and the way the music feels. The first four songs are enough to rock anybody. Oh yeah, my girlfriend also digs Bowie. After listening a few times, she sings along to Starman, and she clamors to borrow the album. This is great.

A fabulously entertaining cacophany of sound and fury approximating to the greatest album ever. The album rocks from start to finish, as Bowie is at his most masterful in terms of songwriting and gloriously explosive music. In short, there's nothing I enjoy more thouroughly than putting Ziggy into the CD player, turning the volume all the way up, dressing myself in audacious, form fitting and revealing clothing, and singing along with all of the revolutionary harmonies that Bowie has concocted.