Let’s Dance by David Bowie

The early 80s were a busy time for Bowie. After Scary Monsters, he’d spent a lot of time on acting and other artistic pursuits. He was also deeply affected by the murder of his friend John Lennon, cancelling a planned tour. When he came back to music in 1983, he was looking for another change of direction and picked Nile Rodgers as producer. Unfortunately he didn’t tell Tony Visconti, who found out about it from a third party, which led to the two men falling out for nearly twenty years.

This is Bowie’s biggest selling album and it propelled him into the mainstream as one of the biggest rockstars in the world, with some of his biggest hit singles. Going back to it now shows some problems - the production is that bright, brassy, radio friendly 80s style that doesn’t really suit David’s voice. Apart from the hits, the other songs are not that memorable. Oh, and I’m only giving China Girl (which manages to be both racist and sexist) a pass because he was doing it to help out his old friend Iggy who had got himself into financial trouble and needed the royalties.

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