Title: Terrific
Product review: I remember the review header from Rolling Stone magazine was (to paraphrase) : " A F@#$ed-up album by a F$#@ed-up person ". I liked it so much, I must have played it on a daily basis back then. What was yet another change in Bowie's act is in this album he plays ALL the instruments, with the exception of drums. Not being a world class guitarist can be the downfall of a musical work, but not here. The "cheapness" of the sound adds to the decadent nature of the album; after all, this is NOT a happy-go-lucky singalong. My feeling at the time was that this was Bowie's version of the broadway musical "Cabaret" - with Bowie singing about the world going down the toilet while giving us a sly wink.
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