[mylife]

Of course, music is wildly subjective and individual opinions must be respected, but if you don’t think Ziggy Stardust is one of the greatest albums ever, then in the words of Chris Morris, “You’re wrong, and you’re a grotesquely ugly freak.” Aside from the start-to-finish brilliance of the record, it’s chameleonic creative intent has had a lasting influence on music that’s hard to ignore.

The very fact that the record initially only peaked at five in the UK is dementing enough, but over in the States, this seismic masterpiece climbed to 75 in the Billboard charts upon release and not a single place above, yet another blot on US foreign policy record. The only explanation is that something so otherworldly takes a little while to adapt too.

[SamAdams76]

So much good music out there. I am familiar with all the albums on this list and can name hundreds more that are also iconic - at least in my mind.

I still like to discover music from the past. Right now, I'm going down a Bob Wills rabbit-hole. I used to think that was stupid hillbilly music but it's actually quite brilliant.

Bob Wills - South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way)

[Mr. Blond]

Bowie was certainly not afraid or deterred by failure. I did a full play-through of his entire discography after he died, the man’s got one of the most impressive “greatest hits” collections ever. But man, there’s a lot of stinkers.

[tsomer]

...if you don’t think Ziggy Stardust is one of the greatest albums ever, then in the words of Chris Morris, “You’re wrong, and you’re a grotesquely ugly freak.”

Better than anything else he did. I think it was Mick Ronson's influence that made the difference.

Have you ever watched this staged guitar battle between Trevor Boulder and Mick from the Ziggy tour?

Width of a Circle

(about 4 minutes in) Why didn't everybody do something like that?