Lightning McQueen's Fast-Tracks - David Bowie

Advantages: Very durable. Simple to use.
Disadvantages: Not much.

...This is one of Mattel's motorised Shake and Go toys from the Pixar CGI film "Cars" which are released under the Fisher Price banner. The film is incredibly popular with children of all ages and the merchandise is still selling well years after the film was released in the cinema. This toy in particular is Lightning McQueen, the main character from the film. He is a racing car who gets lost on the way to a race and ends up in the sleepy town of Radiator Springs. The toy has a reasonably good likeness to the character from the film with all the stickers faithfully reproduced. However, like the other toys in this line, the design is stylised, presumably to accommodate the mechanism inside. When you shake the car from side to side an engine start-up noise is heard. As you continue shaking a revving sound is heard. The more you shake... Read review

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Advantages: all the hits and classics
Disadvantages: stops at 1987 and some excellent album tracks are missing

...Three Cds of the best of Bowie from 1969 through to 1987. Astonishingly good value for money and a very good overview of the period. Of course fans will debate whether of not these songs truly are the Best, but as an introduction for the newcomer, or as a handy round up of the singles for the fan (and many of the single edits are different from the album versions) you can't really go wrong with this set. The pacaking is minimal, and the slightly odd non chronological order doesn't work for me, but the individual tracks are all good and showcase the sheer breadth of talent that Bowie has. From the stright ahead rock of "The Jean Genie" to the shimmering funk of "Golden Years" to the European iciness of "Sound And Vision" to the glorious dance pop of "Let's Dance" and so much more, this is probably the best introduction to David Bowie... Read review

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Advantages: A huge improvement on previous Bowie efforts, possibly his best since 'Let's Dance'
Disadvantages: Dodgy covers

...Anybody with even the most rudimentary grasp of the history of pop music will be aware of one simple fact: David Bowie was better then than he is now. Simply put, Bowie's career can be carved into two neat sections: the Good Bowie (everything up to, and including 'Scary Monsters') and Bad Bowie ('Tonight' onward), with 'Let's Dance forming the bridge between the two, depending on your view on that particular album. After some pioneering work in the 1970's and turn of the 80's, Bowie suddenly found himself in a cultural wasteland of his own creation, gone from being feted as one of the prime architects of what passes for 'alternative' music to inhabiting the same space in the minds of the nation as the likes of middle-of-the-road monsters Phil Collins and Elton John. Try listening to a Bowie album after 'Let's Dance'. It's painful... Read review

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