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Trollheart · 05-21-2018, 05:16 PM

I'm gonna agree with the basis consensus here: this just doesn't sound like Bowie, and after the Holy Quadrology of Hunky/Ziggy/Aladdin/Diamond, it's something of a let down. Bookended by two great songs, yes, but the rest is pretty low-grade fare and it really sounds like he was trying to force a change on himself that he really didn't want and wasn't capable of achieving. Kind of a poor effort, and it really didn't lead to much in the way of a change of musical direction, as he went totally a different way after this. Voting 3, only for "Fame" and title track. And yeah, screw yet another cover when he had just released an album of covers.

Edit: Okay, "Can You Hear Me" is a really nice song too. But the album's pretty short on tracks too. Good or bad thing? Dunno, but it's bad value if you were stuck with buying vinyl back then.

05-21-2018, 05:16 PM	#6 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	I'm gonna agree with the basis consensus here: this just doesn't sound like Bowie, and after the Holy Quadrology of Hunky/Ziggy/Aladdin/Diamond, it's something of a let down. Bookended by two great songs, yes, but the rest is pretty low-grade fare and it really sounds like he was trying to force a change on himself that he really didn't want and wasn't capable of achieving. Kind of a poor effort, and it really didn't lead to much in the way of a change of musical direction, as he went totally a different way after this. Voting 3, only for "Fame" and title track. And yeah, screw yet another cover when he had just released an album of covers. Edit: Okay, "Can You Hear Me" is a really nice song too. But the album's pretty short on tracks too. Good or bad thing? Dunno, but it's bad value if you were stuck with buying vinyl back then. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018 Last edited by Trollheart; 05-21-2018 at 05:25 PM.