Rock 'n' Roll Star!

The box set chronicles the time period from David Bowie recording The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars to a BBC performance from late 1972 that features songs from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars to Hunky Dory.{{Cite web |last=Gallucci |first=Michael GallucciMichael |date=2024-03-21 |title=David Bowie 'Rock 'n' Roll Star!' Box Explores Ziggy Stardust Era |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/david-bowie-rock-n-roll-star-box/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |language=en}} A lot of the album's tracks had already been bootlegged or officially released on official and unofficial Bowie compilations.{{cite web |last1=Aswad |first1=Jem |title=David Bowie's 'Ziggy Stardust: Rock and Roll Star' |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/david-bowie-ziggy-stardust-rock-and-roll-star-boxed-set-album-review-1236037091/ |website=Variety |date=14 June 2024 |access-date=9 March 2025}}

The Blu-ray disc includes the 2003 5.1 mix.{{cite web |last1=Sinclair |first1=Paul |title=David Bowie / Rock 'n' Roll Star! |url=https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/david-bowie-rock-n-roll-star/ |website=Super Deluxe Edition |date=21 March 2024 |access-date=9 March 2025}} It also includes reproductions of David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust era notebooks.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-21 |title=David Bowie box set Rock 'N' Roll Star! chronicles Ziggy Stardust-era across six discs |url=https://consequence.net/2024/03/david-bowie-rock-n-roll-star-box-set/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Consequence |language=en}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 84/100{{cite web |title=Rock 'n' Roll Star! [Box Set] by David Bowie |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/rock-n-roll-star!-box-set/david-bowie |website=metacritic.com |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=4 July 2025}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|title=Rock 'n' Roll Star! – David Bowie|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rock-n-roll-star%21-mw0004257799|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=8 March 2025|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614141927/https://www.allmusic.com/album/rock-n-roll-star!-mw0004257799|archive-date=June 14, 2024}}

| rev2 = Classic Rock

| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last1=Needs |first1=Kris |title=David Bowie: Rock 'N' Roll Star album review |url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/david-bowie-rock-n-roll-star |website=Classic Rock |date=14 June 2024 |access-date=9 March 2025}}

| rev3 = Mojo

| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last1=Paytress |first1=Mark |title=David Bowie Rock 'N' Roll Star Review |url=https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/new-music/david-bowie-rock-n-roll-star-review/ |website=Mojo |date=14 June 2024 |access-date=9 March 2025}}

| rev4 = Record Collector

| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}

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The box set has been viewed favorably by various music magazines and websites such as Rolling Stone.{{Cite magazine |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=2024-06-14 |title=David Bowie's 'Rock 'n' Roll Star!' Box Set Chronicles the Rise of Ziggy Stardust |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/david-bowie-ziggy-stardust-rock-n-roll-star-box-set-review-1235039698/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614135047/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/david-bowie-ziggy-stardust-rock-n-roll-star-box-set-review-1235039698/ |archive-date=June 14, 2024 |access-date=2025-03-09 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}} Record Collector states that it "underscores just what a remarkable thing Bowie achieved: this is the mortal man behind the extraterrestrial dressing, and it’s no less compelling for that."{{cite web |last1=Draper |first1=Jason |title=Rock'n'Roll Star! – David Bowie |url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/rocknroll-star |website=Record Collector |access-date=9 March 2025}} Goldmine Magazine critic Dave Thompson states in his review summary of the box set that is an "immaculately packaged five CDs-plus-Blu ray box that reaches back to early 1971 in search of the demos and doodles that would become Ziggy Stardust."{{cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Dave |title=Looking back, Bowie's 'Rock'n'Roll Star!' is one of the best box set releases in years |url=https://www.goldminemag.com/reviews/looking-back-bowie-rocknroll-star-one-of-the-best-box-set-releases-in-years |website=Goldmine |date=4 October 2024 |access-date=9 March 2025}} The staff of Rock Cellar Magazine gave it a positive review.{{cite web |title=Out Now: 'Rock 'n' Roll Star!' 5-CD/Blu-ray Collection Exploring the 'Ziggy Stardust' Era of David Bowie |url=https://rockcellarmagazine.com/david-bowie-rock-n-roll-star-box-set-ziggy-stardust-era-listen-buy/ |website=Rock Cellar Magazine |date=14 June 2024 |access-date=9 March 2025}}

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