"Aladdin Sane" is the sixth studio album by English musician David Bowie, released on 13 April 1973 by RCA Records. The follow-up to his breakthrough "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" (1972), was the first album he wrote and released from a position of stardom.

It was produced by Bowie and Ken Scott and features contributions from Bowie's backing band the Spiders from Mars (comprising Mick Ronson, Trevor Bolder and Mick Woodmansey) as well as pianist Mike Garson, two saxophonists and three backing vocalists.

"Aladdin Sane" was released by RCA on 13 April 1973. With a purported 100,000 copies ordered in advance, the LP debuted at the top of the UK charts, where it remained for five weeks. In the US, where Bowie already had three albums on the charts, Aladdin Sane peaked at No. 17.

The title is a pun on "A Lad Insane", which at one point was expected to be the title. When writing the album during the tour, it was under the working title Love Aladdin Vein, which Bowie said at the time felt right, but decided to change it partly due to its drug connotations.

The cover artwork features a shirtless Bowie with red hair and a red-and-blue lightning bolt splitting his face in two while a teardrop runs down his collarbone. It was shot in January 1973 by Brian Duffy in his north London studio.

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