Never had he sold more records, had bigger hits, his influence was everywhere, and yet, the music he made often fell a little flat, especially after his commercial high-water mark of 's Let's Dance.
There are two tracks from 's Tonight , and two from its sequel Never Let Me Down, while there are four apiece from Let's Dance and Scary Monsters -- a skewed ratio that is nevertheless an accurate barometer of the worth of the albums. For some Bowie fans, this may be all they need from that decade although they'd be well-advised not to ignore the truly masterful Scary Monsters , and use that as a supplement to this excellent disc.
AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully. Blues Classical Country. Electronic Folk International. Jazz Latin New Age. Aggressive Bittersweet Druggy. Energetic Happy Hypnotic. It was featured in the movie Clueless. During the Closing Ceremony of the London Olympics , "Fashion" was used during a tribute to the British fashion industry in a parade that featured a number of top models from the UK.
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:David Bowie singles. Sign In Don't have an account? Start a Wiki. Pitchfork Media. Let's Dance , Scary Monsters And Super Creeps , Non-album single, ; later found on Hot Space the following year. Bowie, Jim Osterburg a. Iggy Pop. Kurt Weill , Bertolt Brecht. The '80s were a curious time for David Bowie. Never had he sold more records, had bigger hits, his influence was everywhere, and yet, the music he made often fell a little flat, especially after his commercial high-water mark of 's Let's Dance.
There are two tracks from 's Tonight , and two from its sequel Never Let Me Down , while there are four apiece from Let's Dance and Scary Monsters -- a skewed ratio that is nevertheless an accurate barometer of the worth of the albums. For some Bowie fans, this may be all they need from that decade although they'd be well-advised not to ignore the truly masterful Scary Monsters , and use that as a supplement to this excellent disc.
AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully. Blues Classical Country. Electronic Folk International. Jazz Latin New Age. Aggressive Bittersweet Druggy. Jump They Say Hailed as a return to peak form on release, Black Tie White Noise was nothing of the sort, but its first single was authentically fantastic. Fantastic Voyage The album Lodger opened with that rarest of things in the Bowie canon, a protest song.
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