Oh for god's sake! Kicks off with the sublime "Loving the Alien", which even at seven minutes and change is not too long. Then dives into reggae territory. Bowie has done reggae before, and he's done it much better than this. Plus it's an Iggy song. And not the only one. The ghost of Iggy walks these halls Tonight. Next another cover, a version of "God Only Knows" where he sounds like Neil Hannon (remember the Divine Comedy album you all hated?) and from there it just kind of continues nosediving with cover after cover until we reach "Blue Jean", the only other good track here. Even the title, as others have said, with the help of Ike's former biatch, can't lift this album up out of the mire of mediocrity it's stuck in.
Apparently Bowie said he made this album "to keep his hand in". Well, sorry, but when people are paying for your material that smacks of a very jaded and cynical attitude to the fans: **** it, they'll buy anything. Terrible, and an album he was rightly apologetic about later on in his career. A low 2, and only because of LTA and BJ. Shut up.
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