Originally Posted by Jedikiah:
“I didn't like "Dancing In The Street" at all, and aside from the Live Aid charity connection, there is very little to commend it. David is literally swamped by Mick Jagger's vocals, and it wasn't an impressive Mick that was on display, but very much a caricature. All horrible echoey drums too, which was typical of the period, and the video, with regard to David, was even worse, because he appeared to have lost completely his enigmatic quality. In retrospect 'Dancing In The Street' appears like a huge embarrassment for all concerned, but i don't think Mick would have minded, as his solo career up to that point had been floundering, and a number one, even off the back of Live Aid could only result in heightening his profile.
'Let's Dance' is a very listenable album, with some fine guitar work, especially, but i think that the singles were the only truly essential tracks. David was suffering from writers block at the time, but the huge success of the single and album, managed to obscure that fact, but there was no hiding with David's next few releases.
Of David's later material, 'Heathen' sounds like his most impressive album, alongside his final release, 'Blackstar'. However, although i have listened to all his album releases, i haven't felt inclined to persevere with a number of them, so there may well be some great more obscure tracks hidden along the way. Generally, though, David's post 'Scary Monsters' work finds him lacking the more highly strung desire to be different, and challenging, that often made his seventies music to appear so cutting and inspirational.”
“I didn't like "Dancing In The Street" at all, and aside from the Live Aid charity connection, there is very little to commend it. David is literally swamped by Mick Jagger's vocals, and it wasn't an impressive Mick that was on display, but very much a caricature. All horrible echoey drums too, which was typical of the period, and the video, with regard to David, was even worse, because he appeared to have lost completely his enigmatic quality. In retrospect 'Dancing In The Street' appears like a huge embarrassment for all concerned, but i don't think Mick would have minded, as his solo career up to that point had been floundering, and a number one, even off the back of Live Aid could only result in heightening his profile.
'Let's Dance' is a very listenable album, with some fine guitar work, especially, but i think that the singles were the only truly essential tracks. David was suffering from writers block at the time, but the huge success of the single and album, managed to obscure that fact, but there was no hiding with David's next few releases.
Of David's later material, 'Heathen' sounds like his most impressive album, alongside his final release, 'Blackstar'. However, although i have listened to all his album releases, i haven't felt inclined to persevere with a number of them, so there may well be some great more obscure tracks hidden along the way. Generally, though, David's post 'Scary Monsters' work finds him lacking the more highly strung desire to be different, and challenging, that often made his seventies music to appear so cutting and inspirational.”
Couldn't disagree more!
I know. The problem is that Little Mix went in at No.1 last week and are holding up well so far this week. Kate's sales will be very front-loaded as a lot of her fans will have bought the album at the beginning of the week. They'll tend to taper off as the week goes on. 
