Let's Dance [Remaster] by David Bowie

Pros: After too long away, Bowie finally got huge in mainstream music.
Cons: He hasn't had a real HIT since.

In 1983, the unthinkable happened. After a 3 year absence, David Bowie returned to the studio and released, of all things, a POP record. AND earned 3 radio hits in the process, introduced an entire new generation to his music, and proved--one more time- ...

Pros: What there is is largely wonderful, Intriguing poetry, Decent vocals/instrumentals
Cons: SHORT! Some dense lyrics

My March Artist Of The Month came to my desk in a pile of c.d.s from my fiance with a single caveat: rate any of them less than four stars and I'm leaving you! Fortunately, when I reviewed the Bowie "Labyrinth" soundtrack (at: ...

Pros: The Thin White Duke returns for one more roll in the hayloft of love.
Cons: Some say sell-out. That's what they say.

Out of David Bowie's entire discography, this is one of the hardest albums to review. It was simultaneously the peak of his commercial success and the beginning of his downfall, the point at which he turned his back on innovation to become a white ...

Pros: Sullen, sneering and generally moody, Bowie in finest mode
Cons: The last best work to come from this artist

Throughout music history, I doubt there will ever be another artist to will produce the same amount of albums as David ‘dye my hair orange and call me Ziggy’ Bowie. The controversial and predominately dance album, ‘Let’s Dance,’ was his staggering ...

Pros: The singles and the cover version
Cons: Shoddy soul/dance music completely inseparable from any of the other eighties new-wave/disco acts

It was over two years ago that I discovered David Jones, quickly fell under his spell and embraced his quite remarkable canon over a series of months. Since then, I have lost about five friends, all of whom labelled him overrated, have been accused of ...

Pros: The songs basically, especially the stunning title track.
Cons: Nothing can live up to the height that title track after it.

The career of David Bowie is an intriguing and sometimes frustrating enigma. Here is a talented musician, capable of producing classic, well-known songs such as “Space Oddity”, “Starman”, “Changes”, “Heroes”, “Ashes to Ashes” and so on. And yet here also...

Pros: Upbeat, well played
Cons: More thought went into the videos

Ask yourself: if you had worked like mad for nearly two decades in showbiz, and found yourself critically respected but largely broke, would you do something almost guaranteed to be popular and money-making? That was the question which David found...