Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
An RCA executive believed that the collaboration would result in a more "user-friendly" album like "Young Americans" (1975). The executive told a colleague: "If it isn't too much trouble, it would be nice if DB went into the studio and recorded a "real" album." He did not, instead acting in the Alan Clarke play "Baal" and appeared in more films, including "The Hunger" and "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence", both released in 1983.