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On 14th April, 2023, one week before its Golden Jubilee, ALADDIN SANE will be issued as a limited edition 50th anniversary half-speed mastered LP and a picture disc LP pressed from the same master. British album certifications – David Bowie – Aladdin Sane". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 3 January 2019.David Bowie launched to stardom in early July 1972 through the release of his fifth studio album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars and his performance of " Starman" on BBC's Top of the Pops. [2] [3] He promoted the record through the Ziggy Stardust Tour in the United Kingdom and the United States, writing new songs on the road that would appear on his next album. [4] [5]

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David Bowie: Aladdin Sane". Blender. No.48. June 2006. Archived from the original on 24 June 2007 . Retrieved 14 July 2016.Pennanen, Timo (2021). "David Bowie". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. pp.36–37. The album was preceded by two singles‘The Jean Genie’and‘Drive-In Saturday’,peaking in the U.K. singles chart at numbers 2 and 3 respectively,and was the first time he topped the U.K. album charts. It also markedBowie’sdebut on the U.S. charts reaching the top 20 album chart there, where an edited version of‘Time’was released as a single.

Kot, Greg (10 June 1990). "Bowie's Many Faces Are Profiled On Compact Disc". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016 . Retrieved 11 November 2020. Upon release, the cover was polarising. According to Cann, some were offended and bewildered at Bowie's appearance, while others found it daring. [28] Henry Edwards of The New York Times initially described the image as "the most cunning representation to date of this angel‐faced, 25‐year‐old, English composer‐performer as a disembodied spirit of the Space Age". [60] In retrospect, Cann argues that a cover like Aladdin Sane 's can be a risky move for artists whose success is relatively recent. [28] Release [ edit ]Offiziellecharts.de – David Bowie – Aladdin Sane" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 21 April 2023. Sheffield, Rob (1995). "David Bowie". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp.55–57. ISBN 978-0-679-75574-6. a b Sheffield, Rob (13 April 2016). "How America Inspired David Bowie to Kill Ziggy Stardust With 'Aladdin Sane' ". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 14 May 2020 . Retrieved 14 May 2020.