Blog: PopMatters

Up next for the Counterbalance series is No. 16 on Acclaimed Music's Big List -David Bowie's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars . Press your space face close to mine! Klinger: I gotta be honest with you, Mendelsohn. For years, I operated under the assumption that the only Bowie you really needed were the Changesonebowie and Changestwobowie compilations. Bowie just seemed like one of those artists for whom the hits told the story. That's not a dig, either; I was inclined to lump CCR and Sly in there, too. But [...]