Billy Idol created in 1990 with "Charmed Life" an album that clearly stands out from its predecessors, without the actual objective - to make good rock music - to lose sight of. Idols were earlier works, such as "Whiplash Smile" or "Rebel Yell" but very ... let's say "Lederboy-and-lip-heavy" is "Charmed Life" indeed equally snotty, but was somewhat cooler. That may partly due to idol mood early nineties are: him puke the whole music business more or less at + he had a bad motorcycle accident. But that might be because Idol album after album a step further would go forward. Aside from his 2005 album "Devil's Playground" is in his work a distinct dynamism of punk to "cyberpunk" recognizable. "Charmed Life" is the last (successful) step on the road in the cyberpunk.
