LET'S DANCE

Commercially very successful, Let's Dance will leave an indellible mark in most peoples memory for the single ' China Girl'. A great song co-written with Iggy Pop and an equally great video filmed in Australia filled with red desert dust and lyrical utterances of Baby just you shut your mouth.... The title song Let's Dance' is the main drawcard on side one along with ' China Girl', but ' Modern Love' and ' Without You' are largely forgettable.

The strength of this release though is side two which returns Bowie to the darker side. ' Ricochet' has a great hypnotic feel to it and ' Cat People' from the movie of the same name ( could anyone forget Natassja Kinski?) which is a great tune, I think another single with the great succinct chorus line of Putting out Fire with Gasoline. Shake it in closing the album the weakest song off Let's Dance. Three stars is a good reflection for this album and one of his strongest 80's releases.