“Originally released on 13th April 1973 Aladdin Sane will mark its 50th anniversary this year and to celebrate we will be releasing a Half Speed Master version of this iconic album.” The album was preceded by two singles ‘The Jean Genie’ and ‘Drive-In Saturday’, peaking in the U.K. singles chart at numbers 2 and 3 respectively, and was the first time he topped the U.K. album charts. It also marked his debut on the U.S. charts reaching the top 20 album chart there, where an edited version of ‘Time’ was released as a single.