Rock 'n' Roll Suicide / Quicksand
by David Bowie
- Type: Single
- Released: April 1974
- Label: RCA
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 8:01
- Community rating: 4.15/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Operating as the dramatic, sweeping finale to the 'Ziggy Stardust' narrative, this track was belatedly issued as a single to capitalize on enduring public fascination. The escalating, acoustic-to-orchestral arrangement perfectly mirrors the exhaustion and tragic demise of the artist's most legendary extraterrestrial persona.
Genres
Descriptors: ballad, alienation, theatrical, melodic, string arrangements
Tracklist
- Rock 'N' Roll Suicide (2:58)
- Quicksand (5:03)
Credits
- David Bowie - primary artist, written-by