Album Notes

Aladdin Sane was recorded for Diamonds, a collection of Bowie covers, which we started working on, but then shelved after 3 tracks due to other demands. We love early Bowie, and decided to focus on tracks from 1969-1979--for one thing, that's when Spider and I really came of age as musicians and partners, and additionally, we felt that now, 30 years later, would be a good time for a renaissance of sorts of Bowie's music," remarked Michael. As to the decision to focus on lesser-known tracks, Spider added, "Tracks like 'Changes', 'Golden Years', 'Young Americans' are not just perfect, they're sacred in our eyes...they can't be improved upon, so we decided to work with tracks that today's audience are less likely to be familiar with--we really didn't want folks to dismiss the project as 'Here we go, another Bowie covers compilation'."