Watch That Man (track)
by David Bowie
Year: 1973
From the album Aladdin Sane (track #1)
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Watch That Man appears on the following album(s) by David Bowie:
- Aladdin Sane (track #1) (this album) (1973)
- Ziggy Stardust The Motion Picture (track #3) (1983)
- David Live (track #11) (1974)
- Five Years (1969-1973) (track #70) (compilation) (2015)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 02/02/2026 12:02 | kinginsomniac12 | 6,106 | 100/100 |
| ! | 12/31/2025 08:35 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,579 | 71/100 |
| ! | 12/10/2025 09:09 | plasmicmist | 7,586 | 91/100 |
| ! | 12/04/2025 03:07 |  LukasAntoine00s | 5,272 | 80/100 |
| ! | 12/03/2025 22:52 |  DommeDamian | 77,237 | 51/100 |
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Watch the Man has a Great guitar intro from Ronson. A very decent garage “rocker” to kick off the album. I’ve read reference to both the New York Dolls and the Rolling Stones in relation to this track and I get both references.
I think that it’s a very decent track (Edited)
Sounds like an outtake from the Stones - Goats Head Soup. Ok but nothing special. The production is messy which works for the Stones but not Bowie.
It might not be one of his absolute best, but this song is among Bowie's only songs that I find myself wanting to listen to whenever I hear his name. Something about that riff is simply irresistible, it makes me just want to jam out whenever I hear it.
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