Title: Better than the next album, though that's not saying much...
Product review: When I first borrowed this album on vinyl, it got off to a pretty promising start. "Loving the Alien" is more "Bowie" than a good deal of the stuff on Let's Dance (though that album is still a good pop album). "Blue Jean" is the only other decent song on this album; the rest, unfortunately, is incredibly bland. It IS better than Never Let Me Down, the album that followed it, but that's not saying much....if you do want to buy it, get it used for a decent price (under $10). If you're not too keen on `80s Bowie and don't want to buy the entire album, find a US copy of the Rykodisk Singles set (it's not in print anymore)--it includes "Blue Jean," the special single version of "Loving the Alien," and some other singles-only songs that are well worth getting (plus, of course, tons of `70s singles, though they sound tinny compared to the more recent Virgin/BMI remasters).
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