DAVID BOWIE – His 15th LP ‘LET’S DANCE’ Came Out 40 Years Ago
Back in time
16 April 2023
40 years ago (14 April 1983), late musical genius DAVID BOWIE
released his 15th longplayer, named LET’S DANCE.
As a whole, it isn’t one of his best, to my ears, but it featured 3 topnotch singles
with the title track (produced by Chic Le Freak‘s legend Nile Rodgers, who played
guitar on most of the tracks, and also unforgettable for its masterly video clip)
Modern Love and China Girl that helped big time for the commercial success of
the album.
Rolling Stone said: “Let’s Dance sounds great; it’s all beat, brains and breathiness.
The album’s most intelligent strategy is its utter simplicity: Rodgers serves up guitar
lines in thick slabs, and Bowie’s voice cuts across their surface like a knife slicing meat.
His mannered whine is alluringly distant — charming but formal, inveigling but austere.”
Score: 4/5.
It peaked at #4 in the US, #1 in Canada and the UK
and also the top seat in several European countries.
Singles/clips: Let’s Dance / Modern Love / China Girl
– LET’S DANCE –
– MODERN LOVE –
– CHINA GIRL –
Let’s listen and dance
to the full album.
