Tonight (studio album) by David Bowie

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Hemos escuchado el mismo album???? Por supuesto, no es de los mejores de Bowie, ni se acerca a sus obras maestras... pero en serio que está muy mal calificado por los críticos en general. Entiendo que una leyenda como David Bowie, al tener alrededor de 25 albums tenga que tener algunos flojos. De hecho, este es uno de esos, pero eso no significa que automáticamente sea un pésimo disco. No es igual de memorable que Hunky Dory o qué sé yo, Let's Dance, pero que tenga 60 de puntaje?? Vamos, no me parece justo, acá hay temas rescatables. El cover de God Only Knows, tiene la calificación de 63... no lo puedo creer. Si es un hermoso cover, quizás uno de los mejores covers que se han hecho de los Beach Boys. Es mejor que la original? Por supuesto que no! Pero ese no es el punto, Bowie lo grabó porque le gustó la canción, le puso un poco de su estilo y la lanzó en este disco. No me parece para nada malo el tema. De hecho, está en mi top 5 de favoritos de este disco. La mejor me ha parecido Tonight, canción que le da título al album, que también tiene muy baja calificación, pero la canción está linda. Si se espera el mismo Bowie de Ziggy Stardust, pues no va a estar a la altura, pero Tonight tiene una buena melodía, encima con el feature de Tina Turner.
Entiendo que Bowie acá está imitando el género de moda de los 80s, el dance pop, o un pop mucho más comercial, pero aún así me parece un disco con muchas canciones rescatables. La mayoría no llegan a ser del nivel habitual de Bowie, pero me parece que experimenta bien con el género.
Mejores canciones: Tonight, God Only Knows, Blue Jean, Loving the Alien, Don't Look Down.

From VictorVale 01/10/2022 23:29

Esperava bem menos, mas os anos 80 do Bowie me agrada. ehehehe

It all went a bit wrong for Bowie in the 80s and 90s, didn't it?. After Let's Dance, DB tried to replicate the mainstream success he had with that album (and had pretty much eluded him up to that point) with another album of pop (what else would you call it?). It didn't work. Apart from the first track, "Loving the Alien" (which is rather brilliant), the album is pretty poor. Although not as poor as the next one would be.

Not as "bad" as everyone tries to say, there's a few strong songs but nothing much worth revisiting more than once a year.
Best song(s): Loving the Alien; I Keep Forgettin'

Decent record.

'Loving The Alien', and 'Blue Jean' best here , a very poor 'God Only Knows', not one of his best albums.

From Brandon8 12/13/2018 05:36

Perhaps Bowie’s most critically panned album. Loving The Alien is another very good opener. God Only Knows & I Keep Forgettin are covers. The rest was from previous Iggy Pop records and some written together for the album. I think Bowie’s concept here was of a big pop star of the 80s and allowed over the top production and delivered a quick follow up to Let’s Dance. For me it’s a fascinating detour. Blue Jean is a great pop song.

From Onater 01/04/2017 04:53

Well... Loving the Alien isn't too bad at least...

After all the genius of the seventies and early eighties, David Bowie finally manages to release a poor album. When i say poor, i mean that only a third of the record is any good. Loving the alien, blue Jean, and, don't look down, are all good. Neighborhood threat, is okay, but the title track is weak, Leiber-Stoller's, I keep forgettin', is bad, and even Bowie isn't going to do justice to The Beach boys classic, God only knows. Bowie did the same thing on, young Americans, covering a classic song, that time, across the universe, and it did'nt work then, and final track, dancing with the big boys, is nothing more than a tuneless noise. No one knew it at this time, but sadly, Bowie would never be great again.

From Tamthebam 02/28/2016 10:10

This is not a bad album , but compared to his other work it doesn't come close, there are 3 good tracks - Blue Jean, Don't Look Down & Loving The Alien, the rest is ok just not good enough compared to what he gave us before & after this low point.