David Bowie - Scary Monsters [Remastered] (CD 1999)

Twenty seven years on, and this is still a regular visitor to my stereo. Bookended by two versions of It's No Game (1 & 2), it begins angry, screaming, and slowly winds into despair. Wonderful guitar that echoes the agony in Bowie's voice. The vocals are often split into two parts, one calm one wailing - Something to do with Bowie's long obsession with his family's history of mental illness?
To me, this is Bowie trying to shrug off his demons. Looking back in anger, some regret - but not yet sure what the way forward might be.
Apart from that, the album is full of great music! Scream Like A Baby, Teenage Wildlife are full of bile, and Because You're Young shows a melancholy man shaking his head at the folly of youth. And of course there are the two massive hits this album spawned, Ashes to Ashes and Fashion. The former was the chameleon stripped bare, shedding personas, admitting being just human and flawed.
Bowie shaped modern music with many of his albums, and this is no exception.