Post "Scary Monsters" David Bowie C/D S/D

But how about his later career material? Is it all crap? Is there nothing worth listening to?
I would say yes it is, but there is some patchy stuff out there, and some of the albums are downright crappy.

As for his 80s material "Let's Dance" is not at all bad. Sure it may not have the creative magic that he used to have in the 80s, but there are some good pop songs, including a couple of non singles. So even though I have never quite liked "Modern Love" (and the Moroder version of "Cat People" remains the superior version), "Let's Dance" is a rather decent album

"Tonight" is considerably more patchy. I still don't see why he would release "Blue Jean" as the first single, as it might have been the worst Bowie single until then. But "Loving The Alien" is obviously classic and the title track is also kind of underrated. Still "Tonight" is patchy while "Never Let Me Down Again" is worth skipping all over with the exception of the Lennon-pastiche that is the title track.

The following couple of album represented an all time low. Tin Machine was completely pointless and there isn't one memorable song on any of those albums. "Black Tie White Noise" was hardly classic either, even though he managed to come up with "Jump They Say" - his best single since "Loving The Alien".

But then he seemed to have put his worst period behind, and the albums from "Outside" onwards are not at all bad. "Outside" may be partly a failed attempt to create an "experimental" album, but there is quite a bit of interesting stuff in there and in part you can hear the 70s Bowie again. "The Buddha Of Suburbia" is also quite nice while I consider the electronica "Earthling" his best 90s album, with particularly "I'm Afraid Of Americans" showing him able to change and sort of understand the essence of electronica.

Then, the past three albums have been more ordinary pop efforts, but the songs are his best since "Scary Monsters". Particularly "Heathen" is a very good album, even though it doesn't quite compare to the 70s stuff it will always be measured up against.

So any opionions on late period Bowie?