David Bowie shifted on his third album, The Man Who Sold the World, from the "acoustic/folk rock" of 1969's self-titled album towards "hard rock/blues rock"...with dark lyrics. Guitarist Mick Ronson and drummer Mick Woodmansey made their first appearance on a Bowie record. They became Ziggy Stardust's backing band, Spiders from Mars. In a 2013 readers' poll for Rolling Stone, The Man Who Sold the World was voted Bowie's tenth greatest album.
