№ 22 of 100
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie (1972), № 22 in The Lead-In’s 100 greatest albums. Bowie's first album where the persona was the point. Every reinvention any pop star has done since, Madonna, Gaga, Bowie himself, is the Ziggy template.
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