History YMMV / BlackTieWhiteNoise

* UncannyValley: The cover art is a closeup photo of Bowie's face, but there was a [[http://showstudio.com/project/david_bowie_oooh_fashion/unused_black_tie_white_noise_covers proposal]] to use a portrait of Bowie's face mirrored down the middle. Considering how iconic his anisocoria is, seeing a Bowie with two similar eyes is quite disturbing...

* ContestedSequel: While widely praised by critics in its own time, both reviewers and fans are split on what to make of it nowadays. Either it's an unexpected heavy-hitter that marked Bowie's return to form as a solo artist, or it's too dated and directionless to hold a candle against his better albums, with some in the latter camp even lumping it in with ''Music/{{Tonight}}'' and the original mix of ''Music/NeverLetMeDown'' as part of his DorkAge. Some TakeAThirdOption and say that it's good in its own right, but sub-par by Bowie standards, and even that has its opponents on both fronts. Of Bowie's more contested projects post-Tin Machine, this one remains the most divisive.

* ContestedSequel: While widely praised by critics in its own time, both reviewers and fans are split on what to make of it nowadays. Either it's an unexpected heavy-hitter that marked Bowie's return to form as a solo artist, or it's too dated and directionless to hold a candle against his better albums, with some in the latter camp even lumping it in with ''Music/{{Tonight}}'' and the original mix of ''Music/NeverLetMeDown'' as part of his DorkAge. Some TakeAThirdOption and say that it's good in its own right, but sub-par by Bowie standards, and even that has its opponents. Of Bowie's more contested projects post-Tin Machine, this one remains the most divisive.

* BrokenBase: Critics and fans alike are fairly divided on the album. Either it's an unexpected heavy-hitter that marked Bowie's long-awaited return to form as a solo artist, or it's another flop that ranks alongside ''Music/{{Tonight}}'' and the original version of ''Music/NeverLetMeDown'' as part of his DorkAge.
* HarsherInHindsight: As mentioned on the main page, ''Black Tie White Noise'' turned out to be Mick Ronson's last work with David Bowie before passing away from liver cancer--the same disease that would kill Bowie just two days after the release of [[Music/BlackstarAlbum his own final album]].
* HilariousInHindsight: The B-Side/Bonus Track "Lucy Can't Dance" is said to be a dismissal of Music/{{Madonna}}'s antics during the ''Music/LikeAPrayer''-''Music/{{Erotica}}'' area as something [[ItsBeenDone Bowie's already done himself]]. However, some of the lines seem to line up with things Madonna would explore ''after'' the song's release:

* UncannyValley: The cover art is a closeup photo of Bowie's face, but there was a [[http://showstudio.com/project/david_bowie_oooh_fashion/unused_black_tie_white_noise_covers proposal]] to use a portrait of Bowie’s face mirrored down the middle. Seeing a Bowie with two similar eyes is quite disturbing...

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: "Black Tie White Noise" presents the Aesop "Racial harmony is possible, but not without great difficulty and violence along the way." (Bowie wrote this in the wake of the 1992 Rodney King riots.)

* HarsherInHindsight: As mentioned on the main page, ''Black Tie White Noise'' turned out to be Mick Ronson's last work with David Bowie before passing away from liver cancer-- the same disease that would kill Bowie just two days after the release of [[Music/{{Blackstar}} his own final album]].

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: "Black Tie White Noise" presents the Aesop "Racial harmony is possible, but not without great difficulty and violence along the way." (He wrote this in the wake of the 1992 Rodney King riots.)