David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust … (40th Anniversary Edition) – review

(EMI)David Bowie's loose concept of a "wild mutation" of a rock'n'roll star – androgynous, otherworldly, excessive in all areas and ultimately doomed – remains one of rock's high-water marks. Where much rock and pop in 1972 craved authenticity, Bowie's fantasy Ziggy Stardust character far transcended the relative mundanity of some of its inspirations – space-obsessed 1960s singer the Legendary Stardust Cowboy, disturbed rocker Vince Taylor and a tailor's named Ziggy's – with fantastic ...

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