Lodger [Remaster] [ECD] by David Bowie (CD, Sep-1999, Virgin Records USA)

Now, as then, Lodger has always been one of Bowie's very best albums.
There are some very strange experimental songs, some essays in irony, and
some of the artist's very best rockers. Depite "Boys Keep Swinging" and
"D.J.," which were the first two singles, the two that cook are "Red Sails"
and "Look Back in Anger." Except for "Ashes to Ashes," nothing on Scary
Monsters is as good as these tracks.
On the now-out-of-print Ryko version, there was a bonus track from
the Lodger sessions called "I Pray, Ole," which is lyrically embarrassing,
but one of the most finger-snapping, catchy things Bowie's ever recorded.
In this manner, it reminds one of two of the bonus tracks on the Ryko Man
Who Sold the World: "Lightning Frightening" and "Holy Holy."
In its overall feel, Lodger approximates what I think is Bowie's best
ever album, which is -- not Ziggy Stardust, but -- Diamond Dogs.

I know in past reviews I have said that other albums are Bowie's best album but this time I really mean it. Lodger is Bowie's masterpiece. Brian Eno contributes a lot here and every once in a while this sounds more like David Byrne or The Talking Heads than Bowie (Repetition etc.)After listening to this you realize what artists like Terry Scott Taylor (Swirling Eddies, Daniel Amos) were trying to be...Lodger. 5 Huge Stars.