Originally released as part of the comprehensive 2018 box set
Loving the Alien,
Serious Moonlight (Live '83) is an audio release of the 1984 home video release Serious Moonlight, which itself aired earlier on the cable network HBO. In any incarnation, Serious Moonlight captures
Bowie at the peak of his coolly calculated superstardom, streamlining his eccentricities so they are slick yet still a bit strange. It ain't rock & roll, it's entertainment, but that's also the charm of the record: it's big and glitzy, with
Bowie acting justifiably proud of his grandiose moves but also performing with a sly, knowing wink. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine