Motus Mentis

Thirty-two years ago this week, I spent a fortnight or so behind the console in Studio C at Power Station Studios, recording overdubs for David Bowie’s album Never Let Me Down. The record is generally looked back on as one of his weaker and more time-bound efforts: it’s a fossil of 1980s record-production, preserved in vinyl instead of amber.

Nevertheless, it has some good points (and I’ll say it was a pleasure for me to spend the time working with Mr. Bowie, producer Dave Richards, guitarist Carlos Alomar, and the other talented musicians who contributed to the record). Now I’ve just run across a discussion of this album with British music critic Nicholas Pegg, who tells us it is well worth another listen. I think he’s right.

The podcast is here.