Every David Bowie Album Ranked Worst To Best (By Guitar Power)
1. The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars (1972)
The definitive moment in Bowie’s career where image, concept and music coalesced into a piece of work that remains as timeless as it is redolent of the era in which it was released.
Mick Ronson’s Les Paul erupts over every track, forever crystallising his role as Bowie’s greatest ever foil, musically and visually. Every track is an epic career-defining statement.
The album that cemented Bowie’s arrival as a global superstar and the one forever after that would be the standard by which his subsequent work would be judged.