Talk:Aladdin Sane

Inclusion of peripheral information of only marginal relevance to the subject of this article.
An editor using two IP addresses has been edit warring to include in the article "British glam rock performer Marcus Reeves cited the musical as an influence on his debut album". (There is no doubt that it is the same editor: both geolocation and editing history say so.) This information may be of importance to Marcus Reeves, and if so then it is reasonable to include it in the article about him. However, unless as good reason can be given why this is of special importance to a knowledge of Aladdin Sane, then it should not be included here. JamesBWatson (talk) 08:16, 12 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I agree. Aside from this tidbit being of marginal utility anyway, an entire section makes no sense unless more information on the album's influence on other artists/works can be found in reliable sources. Right now it looks like trivia. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:27, 12 October 2013 (UTC)

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Best selling album of 1973?
Per theofficialcharts.com that has been here for idek how many years: This same source is used at Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player. You citing a wiki page doesn't mean anything because you can't self-reference WP. Yes, Music Week is reliable. But the fact is, I've never heard of bestsellingalbums.org and I'm going to need verification that it's reliable before trusting it. Also your edit at List of best-selling albums of the 1970s in the United Kingdom was reverted because you provided no source. Continue the discussion here. – zmbro (talk) (cont) 21:59, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
 * "Elton John had the biggest selling album of the year with Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player which spent six weeks at the top in February and March and he ended the year with Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. David Bowie hit the top for five weeks in May and June with the second best seller of the year Aladdin Sane, and yet another five weeks in November and December with the cover versions album Pin Ups."


 * Don't you understand that that 2007 article was based on saying which was the best-selling album of each year in the number of weeks it was at number 1? which makes 0 SENSE, Bowie's spent 27 weeks in the top 10, Elton's 11, it's obvious that Bowie's sold more, at least in that year and in the UK, so seriously, I'm going to tell you ask please, be attentive to something else, let me do my job, I am dedicated to correcting data, and you don't let me do it, I don't know why it bothers you so much, seriously, you are trying to impose what you think is o It's not right, and you have no right to do that! 85.251.23.136 (talk) 22:26, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
 * First off, you're the one imposing and changing things without consensus and to fit your own ideology. You have not used one reliable source to support your claim. You are simply disobeying WP's rules through no discussion and edit warring until you get what you want. It only "bothers me so much" because of that. If you used a reliable source we wouldn't have this issue, but you can't seem to understand that. – zmbro (talk) (cont) 17:38, 18 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Bestsellingalbums.org is unreliable per WP:NOTRSMUSIC, so it is unacceptable to use. Therefore, you need to find an actual reliable one. – zmbro (talk) (cont) 12:00, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
 * See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Albums – zmbro (talk) (cont) 17:38, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
 * According to 1973 in British music: The list of the top fifty best-selling albums of 1973 were published in Record Mirror at the end of the year, and later reproduced in the first edition of the BPI Year Book in 1976. I'm mostly unavailable today but if you could investigate the Record Mirror archives to see if what this is saying is true we could do something about it. – zmbro (talk) (cont) 12:08, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
 * You yourself removed sources without citing a reason why, which is now reverted. – zmbro (talk) (cont) 17:25, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Long story short: your argument that WP cited it as the best-selling album when you yourself changed it is completely invalid. – zmbro (talk) (cont) 17:28, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

Most Expensive Album Cover
I really feel like this claim needs a citation. I find it hard to believe that this cover would actually be that expensive but I don't know any of the work that went into it. 128.252.210.2 (talk) 18:23, 18 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Er, it does have a citation, see the section Title and artwork... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 18:37, 18 July 2024 (UTC)