the rise and fall of ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars (also known as ziggy stardust) is a concept album by british musician david bowie, published in 1972. the album reached 5th place in british charts and 75th in american billboard charts. a film of the same name was directed by donn allan pennibaker in 1973. the album ranks 35th place in the "rolling stone" list of 500 greatest albums of all time.