Title: BOWIE LETS HIMSELF DOWN
Product review: This is probably Bowie's worst album, where he hit, for me at least, creative rock bottom. The 80s and image of success had absolutely, nearly ruined Bowie as a serious artist. This album doesn't help whatsoever. I recall the Day in Day out Video with Bowie singing on rollerblades and poofed up hair. The songwriting is vapid, and Bowie's sensibilities had shifted so much, I'm sure many of his original fans couldn't really relate to this. Apart from the naff Glass Spider Tour, which I watched in Pontiac, Michigan way back when - and which is available on video - about the only good things out of this album were the cover of Iggy Pop's "Bang Bang" - a great live addition for Bowie's repertoire and "Zeroes" - an underrated song that never got much airplay. Bowie can, I believe, churn out commercial songs at will - but I'm not convinced his heart was in this one.
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