David Bowie | Space Oddity | The Man Who Sold the World | Hunky Dory
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | Aladdin Sane | Pin Ups | Diamond Dogs | Young Americans
Station to Station | Low | "Heroes" | Lodger | Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) | Let's Dance | Tonight | Never Let Me Down
Tin Machine | Black Tie White Noise | The Buddha of Suburbia | Outside | Earthling | 'hours...' | The Next Day | ★
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- Audience-Alienating Era: Tonight is often considered the start of one for David Bowie. The album was generally considered So Okay, It's Average at best, and was followed up by a string of creative projects that flew under the radar at bestnote and were openly reviled at worstnote . It wouldn't be until 1993 or 1995, depending on who you ask, that Bowie was finally able to recover as an artist.
- Sequelitis: Tonight is often described as nothing more than a half-assed attempt at trying to recapture the monstrous success of Let's Dance, and the original version of its follow-up is generally considered to be even worse.
- So Okay, It's Average: The general consensus on the album is that it's not outright unbearable, but it doesn't have a lot going for it either; the only tracks most people agree are actually up to snuff with Bowie's better material are "Loving the Alien" and "Blue Jean". Bowie's covers of "Don't Look Down" and "God Only Knows" also have their fair share of fans, but they're much smaller groups by comparison. The fact that the album's reception fell under this trope at all blindsided fans and media alike, due to Bowie not being a man known for making dull music, and Bowie himself went on to disown the album in later years (alongside Never Let Me Down).
