Alone because of the built-up guitar tracks here it is worth buying the album.
So funky, so fresh, so incredibly fesselnd- what was merely a master of his art ?! Alone for the solo in 'China Girl' is worth a walk across burning coals. The beach feeling in 'Criminal World', the perfect combination of rock and pop with 'Modern Love' (lacking only a guitar solo) ...
The plant has a very special, slightly oppressive atmosphere.
For me the best album for 'Scary Monsters' which Bowie has ever written.
Legendary are of course the stories of SRV: through thick strings, incredibly hard the same voltage, bleeding fingers, not obtained Gage for his work tour of 'Let's Dance' and many more.
To forgive in this output but less than 5 stars, would equal deafness.