This album is one of the most morose, dark, and just plain boring collection of songs I have heard in a long time. I don't know if Bowie was trying to be "deeper" than usual, or if he was suffering from some deep depression when he recorded the material, or what, but I did not enjoy listening to this very much. I have every album Bowie has put out, including some imports and hard-to-find selections, and this one rates pretty much at the bottom of my list. Too bad -- some of the songs really had some potential, but they went nowhere in my book.