"This ain't rock 'n' roll, this is GENOCIDE"
Sometimes, Allmusic gets it totally wrong. The critic concluded that this LP "is the first record since Space Oddity where Bowie's reach exceeds his grasp." [source] Huh. This is the LP that contains Sweet Thing, Rebel Rebel, Candidate, Diamond Dogs, 1984, etc. Speaking of 1984, there is, indeed a Nineteen Eighty-Four theme here. Maybe my love of that book is one reason why I think the Allmusic review is way off base. It also reminds me of Outside, truly one of Bowie's best records. This is a great LP, not Bowie's greatest, but really fine.
Oddly, he was billed on the record as simply Bowie, in an Eno-esque way. I wonder why.
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