I've never sat and listened to a David Bowie album, so I was kind of excited about this one. The album is a 1976 release and definitely has a 70's feel to it, but it's an interesting album. It has the popular song Golden Years and an interesting version of the jazz standard Wild is the Wind that caught my ear. It's an odd mix of sounds and leaves me curious to hear more Bowie.
For me the album just isn't consistent enough in sound to really hold up. The mixture of styles is interesting, but I feel it fails to capture my attention fully as the sounds change too much and so the songs seem completely disconnected. Also beside Golden Years there really isn't any song that captures the ear with a strong melody or can get by with a strong sound or captive lyrics.
