What Are You Listening To?

[Tiggi]

Some more Bowie, from 1995.

This is an album I've bought twice. On release I didn't like it, and returned it, then some years later thought I'd try again, and now love it.

Dystopean cyber-punk psycho-drama (pretentious, moi ?? I know this sounds wanky, but it sums the album up quite well in my head), about an "art-crime" investigator and the advent of "art-murder".

One of Dave's more conceptish albums, and this is territory he's explored before (except the "art-murder" bit) on Diamond Dogs. The music is very different to DD, though, with this one favouring collaboration with Eno, and thudding electronic beats.

Stunning album when played loud...


AllMusic 3/5 stars.