Picked this album up for a mere six bucks today, and being a fan of David Bowie it felt almost obligatory to do so. There's a few big name songs on this album - "Modern Love", "China Girl" "Let's Dance", albeit the original "long" versions. I can understand why they appeared on both radio and the hits albums in shorter form - it's not because they were necessarily too long, but because the shorter versions were a far superior mix and thus sounded better from start to finish. Thanks to my music hoarding proclivities, I am nonetheless pleased that they are here. Of course, I'll mostly stick to The Singles Collection versions for my fix, with the originals getting a spin every now and then should I happen to be in the mood. And the original, and frankly awful version of "Cat People" is here too - stick to the "new and improved" version if you can. And I might just admit too that "Criminal World" and "Shake It" might just last a few listening sessions. All up, not too bad an album I guess. B
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