Originally Posted by MicShazam

I've "cheated" and listened to a couple albums ahead of schedule, so I already have my reaction to this one penned.
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This album is Bowie showing how inept he is at singing soul numbers and the whole mess is completely unconvincing from top to bottom.
Overblown arrangements that drag on for ages, weak lead vocals that are consistently outsung by the backing singers, phoney baloney emoting and more insincere pastiche than I could possibly ever tolerate on one album.

He apparently calls this approach "plastic soul". It's only too fitting.

Play to your strengths, Bowie. This album is almost downright awful.

1/5

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(Rated on a scale relative to only Bowie's own discography, where 1 means the worst he's done and 5 means the best he's done.)
David Bowie: 1/5
Space Oddity: 2/5
The Man Who Sold The World 4/5
Hunky Dory 3/5
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust 3/5
Aladdin Sane 3/5
PinUps 2/5
Diamond Dogs 2/5
Young Americans 1/5
Station to Station
Low
Heroes
Lodger
Scary Monsters
Let's Dance
Tonight
Never Let Me Down
Black Tie White Noise
1. Outside
Earthling
Hours
Heathen
Reality
The Next Day
Blackstar