28-10-2016, 04:59
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DAVID BOWIE "
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" aka "blackstar" cd, 2016career stats:
studio albums..................27
singles...........................121
this album.........................#1 UK.....#1 AU...#1 US...#1 CAN
singles:
"blackstar"..............................#61 UK...............#78 US
"lazerus".................................#45 UK...#78 AU...40 US
"i cant give everything away"...#141 UK
twenty seventh and final studio album from Mr.Bowie...
released just day prior to his death...
purchased by me the day he died, my cd store mate Tem told me he died as I was
heading to the checkout with the cd....
when I posted it as a new release on the forum I hated it, but I bought it anyway
because his albums grow on me, classic example, when I posted his previous one,
I hated that also but over a period of a year or so going back and listening to it on Spotify
I got to like it, its one of my faves from him now, which is why I bought this one...
anyway...
the music had an almost avant-garde feel to it combined with jazz music for the most part.
a couple of tracks you could say were/are very Bowie-esque of the 1990s also...
I still hate the title track, almost ten minutes long, would have made two good shorter
tracks IMO,
Lazerus, that track is okay but the video is absolutely brilliant, but im not rating videos, so it
doesn't count....
its a very sombre, dour album and in hindsight, which we weren't aware of when it came out,
Bowie was facing his own mortality in the only way he knew....through his music...!
a couple of tracks I love of this album, one was the third single, and the other wasn't released as
a single...
e does mention the "F" word on a few occasions in one song, unusual for him, but I get it now.
lyrically, most of the album is basically telling us what is about to happen, but we all missed the meanings
before he died...
all up, not a bad album, a couple of great tracks IMO, a couple of lousy ones and a couple of ok tracks which IMO,
is part and parcel of just about every Bowie album...
im pretty sure that with his death, this album will feature at the top or near the top of just about every end of year
"best of" list for 2016, its not that good, but its amazing what death does to an artist's reputation.
may you Rest In Peace DB
I LIKE THIS ALBUM
worst track: blackstar
best track: dollar days
[video=youtube;lXhCKubJCAg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXhCKubJCAg[/video]
tracks:
1...blackstar *
2...'tis a pity she was a whore *
3...lazerus **
4...sue *
5...girl loves me **
6...dollar days ***
7...I cant give you everything ***
3s=2
2s=2
1s=3
rating: 1.8
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.