In a career full
of turning points, none was as sharp as the one David Bowie experienced after
his 1983 album Let's Dance. The record gave Bowie the hit that he wanted but
completely altered his artistic standing in the process. Instead of an
innovator who pushed rock music forward, the singer found himself a global
superstar with a mass audience whose tastes he didn't understand and who
reciprocated this feeling as the decade unfolded.



 



   After immersing himself in the band project
Tin Machine, Bowie spent the 1990s embracing reinvention and experimentation
with mixed but often fascinating results, leading to a full-fledged renaissance
early in the 21st century. From there, his story only got stranger. 2013's The
Next Day was a triumphant comeback after years of self-imposed silence, while
2016's Blackstar stood among his most challenging albums and became the final
release of his lifetime.



 



   One constant is that the records David Bowie
released during this time were ultimately the ones he chose to release using
his own artistic vision. This book considers all those releases on their own
merits, away from the shadow of his 1970s landmarks. Even if Bowie himself
didn't always appreciate the results, every album featured songs worthy of his
reputation.