Tonight - David Bowie > Reviews

Advantages: God Only Knows
Disadvantages: I Keep Forgetting

I just have to take issue with the only other review of this record. Yes it not Bowie's best, but I believe there are some good tracks on here. Loving The Alien is one. It is much longer on the album than on the single, about 7 mins, and the video which goes with it is great ( which helps), and the video for Blue Jean is even better. It's more of a short film really. There's Bowie dressed up as Screaming Lord Byron who is a rock star, who nicks ... Read review

Advantages: The cover artwork is excellent
Disadvantages: The music is rubbish

Bowie does an about face from his triumphant "Let's Dance", returning with his worst album yet, quite possibly one of the worst rock records ever made. For some reason a lot of the songs David and Iggy Pop wrote or co-wrote for the latters 1977 album find their way onto here. Why? Opening track Loving The Alien is solid, Bowie fare, but after that it is downhill all the way. ALERT ALERT ALERT ****1977 Iggy Pop Castoff Number 1 Ahead***** yep, ... Read review