The reason, in part, that I think it's kind of interesting that I really am digging this album (listening right now actually) is that while I am a Bowie fan, I am not nor have I ever been a BOWIE FAN. I mean, with even his "best" albums (TRAFOZSATSFM being an exception) I tend to skip a song or two or five, and I go for pretty long stretches without paying the Bowster a visit. So I guess what I'm trying to say is that I didn't go into this one particularly invested in wanting to like. I'm genuinely surprised by how engaging I find it. (There are a few weaker songs on it)
That said you're talking to someone who kind of liked the new Madonna album so maybe I'm just suffering from a brain infection or something.