David Bowie 1983 to 2016 On Track

In a career fullof turning points, none was as sharp as the one David Bowie experienced afterhis 1983 album Let's Dance. The record gave Bowie the hit that he wanted butcompletely altered his artistic standing in the process. Instead of aninnovator who pushed rock music forward, the singer found himself a globalsuperstar with a mass audience whose tastes he didn't understand and whoreciprocated this feeling as the decade unfolded. After immersing himself in the band projectTin Machine, Bowie spent the 1990s embracing reinvention and experimentationwith mixed but often fascinating results, leading to a full-fledged renaissanceearly in the 21st century. From there, his story only got stranger. 2013's TheNext Day was a triumphant comeback after years of self-imposed silence, while2016's Blackstar stood among his most challenging albums and became the finalrelease of his lifetime. One constant is that the records David Bowiereleased during this time were ultimately the ones he chose to release usinghis own artistic vision. This book considers all those releases on their ownmerits, away from the shadow of his 1970s landmarks. Even if Bowie himselfdidn't always appreciate the results, every album featured songs worthy of hisreputation.