Five Years Box – Album 7: Aladdin Sane

 

“Passionate bright young things…”

 

Just a fortnight to go until the worldwide release of the David Bowie (Five Years 1969 – 1973) box set on September 25th.

For the rest of this week we’re focusing on the penultimate studio album in the box, Aladdin Sane.

Preceded by The Jean Genie and Drive-In Saturday singles (both narrowly missing the top spot: #2 and #3 respectively), Aladdin Sane was released in April 1973.

The clamour for anything bearing David Bowie’s name at this point, ensured that the album entered the UK album chart at #1 on the strength of pre-orders alone.

Listen to this classic Bowie album here on Spotify.

 

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