Originally Posted by Holerbot6000

I have to respectfully disagree about Let's Dance. It wasn't that Bowie was making dance music again, it was that he was making bad, bloated, bland 80's AOR dance music that was the issue. If Let's Dance had been another Young Americans, that would have been okay. In fact, when Bowie finally started coming around in the early 90's, his first album after Tin Machine was Black Tie White Noise, which was a dance album and a pretty darn good one. At least he sounded like he cared again.

I know I'm in the minority because I think most of Bowie's 80's albums were hugely successful, but as a serious fan, I felt they were bereft of any meaningful content. DB was just as entitled to chase a buck as anyone else, but after that steady progression of amazing 70's records, it was a stone bummer to witness. To be fair though, I think he was pretty burned out by that point. The fact that he came back so much stronger in the 90's is a testament to that. Like he finally got his second wind or something.