I was inspired to check this album out because I heard that it was the biggest influence on the sound and style of Nine Inch Nails' classic album "The Downward Spiral", and I expected it to be extremely awesome. But instead, it was a let down for me. I mean, there were some good songs on it, such as Sound and Vision (the album's only single), but the rest of it didn't really meet my expectations. Plus there were too many instrumentals on it! To be honest though, I'm not really a hardcore Bowie fan, so I'm not really sure how often instrumentals show up on his albums, but (I guess in the eyes of just a casual fan) when you compare it to another of his LPs, such as his classic "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars", it's really lacking. I'm sorry, but I just can't recommend it. I'm hoping to check out "Scary Monsters" in the future, which from what I understand also had an influence on NIN, and I hope that won't disappoint me like this one did.