David Bowie - Diamond Dogs - 1974 Vinyl Record EX - RCA David Bowie fired the spiders from mars shortly after the release of Pin Ups he didn't completely leave the Ziggy Stardust persona behind. Diamond Dogs suffers precisely because of this -- he doesn't know how to move forward. Originally conceived as a concept album based on George Orwell's 1984Diamond Dogs evolved into another one of Bowie's paranoid future nightmares. Throughout the album, there are hints that he's tired with the Ziggy formula, particularly in the disco underpinning of "Candidate" and his cut-and-paste lyrics..The Album does contain the fan fav - Rebel Rebel