describes it as "a shoddily constructed work" that lacked innovation, while Thompson attributes the album's failure to it being "brutally out of sync" with the contemporary music of the time. In a 2016 retrospective ranking all of Bowie's 26 studio albums from worst to best, Bryan Wawzenek of Ultimate Classic Rock placed Never Let Me Down last, stating "There is no greater let-down in Bowie's catalog than the nadir of what he later called his 'Phil Collins years'," noting "bad idea after bad idea". The writers of Consequence of Sound ranked the album number 21 (out of 28, including the two Tin Machine records) in their 2018 list, arguing that both it and Tonight are due for reevaluations, as "Bowie's weaker efforts are still better than most". Reissues "Too Dizzy" was deleted from subsequent reissues of Never Let Me Down at Bowie's request, reportedly because it was his least favourite track on the album. Regarding its deletion, Pegg writes: "Its removal from Never Let Me Down has rendered it a latter-day collector's item, but few will feel impelled to hunt it down." Virgin Records (CDVUS 98) re-released the album in the UK on CD with three bonus tracks. EMI released the second reissue in 1999 featuring 24-bit digitally remastered sound but no bonus tracks, and also without "Too Dizzy". A 2007 Japanese re-release of the album, based on the EMI 1999 re-issue, included "Too Dizzy" on the track listing although the song itself doesn't appear on the CD. In 2009, the album was reissued in SHM-CD format, carrying the same track listing as the 2007 one. In 2018, the album was remastered by Parlophone and released on CD, LP, and digitally as part of the Loving the Alien (1983–1988) box set; a standalone release of the album on all three aforementioned formats was issued in February of the following year. Track listing This was the first Bowie album to have different length songs on the vinyl release than on the cassette and CD, with almost all the songs appearing on the latter having a longer running time than on the former. LP edition CD edition Personnel Adapted from the Never Let Me Down liner notes. David Bowie – lead and background vocals; guitar; keyboards; Mellotron; Moog synthesiser; harmonica; tambourine Carlos Alomar – guitar; guitar synthesiser; tambourine; backing vocals Erdal Kızılçay – keyboards; drums; bass guitar; trumpet; violins; backing vocals Peter