Título: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Seção: Recording and production
Background: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (often shortened to Ziggy Stardust) is the fifth studio album by English musician David Bowie, released on 16 June 1972 in the United Kingdom. It was produced by Bowie and Ken Scott and features contributions from the Spiders from Mars, Bowie's backing band - Mick Ronson, Trevor Bolder and Mick Woodmansey. The album was recorded in Trident Studios, London, like his previous album, Hunky Dory. Most of the album was recorded in November 1971 with further sessions in January and early February 1972.

Conteúdo: Bowie started working on his fourth album, Hunky Dory on 8 June 1971 at Trident Studios, London. RCA Records in New York heard the tapes and signed him to a three-album deal on 9 September. Hunky Dory was released on 17 December to positive reviews and moderate commercial success. Hunky Dory and Ziggy Stardust were almost recorded back-to-back, but much of the material for Ziggy Stardust was recorded before Hunky Dory was released. His backing band realised that most of the songs on Hunky Dory were not suitable live material, so they needed a follow-up that could be toured behind.  Ziggy Stardust's sessions also took place at Trident, using a 16-track 3M M56 tape recorder. The sessions started on 8 November 1971, with the bulk of the album recorded that month, and concluded on 4 February 1972. Bowie had recorded early versions of the songs "Moonage Daydream" and "Hang On to Yourself" in February 1971, for the Arnold Corns side project, and had taped demos of "Ziggy Stardust" and "Lady Stardust" around that time. The November 1971 sessions produced the final versions of those four songs, along with "Rock 'n' Roll Star" (later shortened to "Star"), "Soul Love", and "Five Years", as well as some unreleased tracks. In 2012, co-producer Ken Scott said that "95 percent of the vocals on the four albums I did with him as producer, they were first takes."  Also recorded during the November sessions were five more songs: two covers, Chuck Berry's "Around and Around" (re-titled "Round a

user: When did they start recording?

assistant: Bowie started working on his fourth album, Hunky Dory on 8 June 1971

user: What happened after this album?

assistant: New York heard the tapes and signed him to a three-album deal on 9 September.

user: What was the name of the next album?

assistant: Ziggy Stardust

user: What was interesting about Ziggy Stardust?

assistant: Ziggy Stardust was recorded before Hunky Dory was released. His backing band realised that most of the songs on Hunky Dory were not suitable live material,

user: When was the Ziggy Stardust album made?

assistant: The sessions started on 8 November 1971,

user: What songs did he make?

assistant: songs "Moonage Daydream" and "Hang On to Yourself

user: Did he release any more music?

assistant: "Suffragette City" and "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide".

user: Did he continue recording more music?

assistant: "It Ain't Easy", recorded on 9 July 1971

user: Did he ever receive criticism?

assistant: Dennis Katz had complained that the album did not contain a single, so

user: How did Bowie respond to this?

assistant: Bowie wrote "Starman", the last song to be written, which was completed on 4 February 1972.

user: What were the last things to occur to him?

assistant: The Ron Davies cover "It Ain't Easy", recorded on 9 July 1971 during the Hunky Dory sessions, closed the first side of the album.