David Bowie ----- The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars
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50 years ago today (16 June 1972), David Bowie released his groundbreaking fifth studio album “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars”.
Retrospectively, Ziggy Stardust is considered one of Bowie's best works and has appeared on numerous lists of the greatest albums of all time. Bowie had ideas for a musical based on the album, although this project never came to fruition; ideas were later used for Diamond Dogs (1974). Ziggy Stardust has been reissued several times and was remastered in 2012 for its 40th anniversary. In 2017, it was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry, being deemed "culturally, historically, or artistically significant" by the Library of Congress.