Breakout from the David Bowie 'Five Years: 1969-1973' box set. Now available on 1LP 180g Audiophile vinyl. Aladdin Sane is the sixth album by David Bowie. The follow-up to his break through The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, it was the first album he wrote and released as a bona fide rock star.