Review of David Bowie Never Let Me Down

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The track "Too Dizzy" got removed by Bowie on later pressings.

I like very much Bang Bang and Shining Star (sounds a bit like Prince). And the few you cited on Side 1 are good. He was clearly aiming to get American AM radio play....and he succeeded, but not as much as hoped for. Day-in, Day-out rose to about #20 on Billboard, Never Let Me Down got to about #26...not great...but no other subsequent singles made into into the US Top 40 for the rest of his career. Re: his acting...Yeh, not his strong point, but there were a couple of small independent films in the late 90's which were a vast improvment over his early acting in mid-70's.

Time will crawl is a good tune on that lp, I saw Bowie on that tour with Peter Frampton, glass spider worked better on stage than the lp, awesome show. I just bought a red and a blue copy of Tin Machine at the SF Warfield , check it out, I was at that show, I’m lucky I got to see David many times many different style eras.

I agree with your overall analysis, although I quite like Bang Bang, in the context of the album, not his entire catalogue. The 80s afflicted quite a few long standing artists, such as the Stones. Perhaps it was something in the air (no pun intended and anyway that was from the 90s). I felt the album was very much just something to promote while on tour, although it became the focus of the tour. Maybe he didn't have a lot to say at this moment. I caught the tour too, at Wembley stadium. I still have the program tucked away. It's a very spartan affair compared to what get's printed today.

Agree. This is not his worse album but it is the weakest of his 80’s output. Time will Crawl and Never Let Me Down are very good tunes. Side 1 is stronger than Side 2 definitely. And the Glass Spider Tour was the only time I saw him live. I thought it was a great show.