Let's Dance

Critic Score
Based on 4 reviews
1983 Ratings: #84 / 208
User Score
1983 Ratings: #199
April 14, 1983 / Release Date
LP / Format
EMI America, EMI / Label
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84
Pitchfork

Let’s Dance had enough Bowie weirdness to make it stand out from other 1983 hit albums—“visions of swastikas” in “China Girl;” the cheery nihilism of “Modern Love”; the dark undercurrent in “Let’s Dance,” a lonely, desperate song beneath its trappings.

80
Rolling Stone
Itโ€™s a great, giddy moment: David Bowie cuts a rug, and cuts the crap. Love is the answer, get down and boogie. Letโ€™s dance, indeed.
70
Far Out Magazine

Let’s Dance is just dumb fun, and sometimes, that’s all you could ever want.

60
AllMusic

The three hits were enough to make the album a massive hit, and their power hasn't diminished over the years, even if the rest of the record sounds like an artifact.

KIDWITHGUNs
84

These kind of David Bowie albums (this, Young Americans And Scary Monsters) are like filler episodes of a fantastic anime.

The upcoming ones are just shit tho

BartoszDaGoat
74

[David Bowie's discography ranking 15/27]
Bro wants to eat Asian pussy so bad๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ’€
After "Scary Monsters", Bowie was working on many project, most notably he has made classic "Under Pressure" with Queen. This song inspired him to sell out. At the same time, he met Nile Rodgers who thanks to him became hitmaker as producer. Relationship between Rodgers and Bowie have destroyed David's relationship to Toni. Visconti won't produce any Bowie album for ... read more

SnowyFighter
75

Wow he really meant it when he said he wanted to dance

So I came out of this experience surprised and confused. Why I say that is because of a couple reasons. Why I was surprised is that I actually enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. For some reason I just had the feeling that I wouldn’t, and I saw somewhat mixed opinions, but I really did enjoy this. I feel like this album kind of brings back the sound of Young Americans, which is a record that I really enjoyed. Why I am ... read more

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Thomasrey
68

Apart for the two main tracks here, there isnt much to look for here.

deftoneslover15
89

hell yeah let's dance!

83

Very funky, i guess thats what happens when you hire Nile Rodgers as your producer. Stevie Ray Vaughan also plays on it!

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