Blackstar

I don’t know if it’s just the two albums of his that I have gotten on here, or just his music in general, but from what I have heard Bowie is super overrated! I mean he has a few good songs here and there, but I find it difficult to get through a full album of his. His music isn’t the worst thing in the world, nothing I have heard from him is a 1/5, but I just don’t get the hype at all. His last album I was given on here was very average, a 3/5. This one was worse: 2/5.

2 saves sur 7, ça sera un 3 étoiles

Bah comme prévu c'est très bien, 8/10 même 8.5. je suis content que ce projet me fasse finalement écouter cet album Fav (à part blackstar) : Lazarus La fin donne envie de pleurer sérieux, quelle masterclass, ça c'est un vrai 8.5.

The album has uncommon song texts. The voice in the few traсks a bit annoying, but in the other is delighted.

Not the best Bowie.

This is the second time I've done a listen through of this album and I'm starting to glean the impressive collection of songs for what it is. The lyrics are foreboding and metaphorical for bodies own life and his influences on love. I'm not in love with the album, but I appreciate it for what it is. Favorite Song: Blackstar

Ottimo testamento.

Heard quite a bit of Bowie on this project so far and enjoyed them all. This is the first one however that I have loved. Lyrically interesting and emotionally affecting as he stares down death in his idiosyncratic way.

Not for me. Starts with a weird long song that doesn't do anything for me and gets worse. Just stressful to listen to.

Already listened to it once when I started this project with another group, I ain't listening again.

Third time unlucky for Bowie. Better than the others, some nice musical bit spoiled by Bowie's lyrics. Best song: Lazarus.

Not as enjoyable as I hoped. I'm pretty fringe on art pop and this was definitely leaning heavily into jazzy art pop. Not my favorite of his work either. I may like Bowie but I do not understand this albums inclusion.

2/5 Too bad, I expected something better

Confesso que eu conhecia muito pouco de David Bowie antes de ouvir esse disco. Esperava um pouco mais pelo nome que ele tem, mas é um disco bom nonetheless. Me fez querer procurar mais músicas dele depois disso, e as principais realmente são mto boas.

Album sinistrao e medonho, prefiro as musicas do Bowie que nao causam desespero.

Nope. I never got the whole Bowie thing. I find most of his stuff dreary and droning. I quite literally fell asleep trying to listen to this. There are some interesting song ideas here, I guess, but then Bowie drones all over them. I still don't get the Bowie thing.

Not a bowie fan. Still not a bowie fan

It seems that I'm not a fan of David Bowie, but initially I had thought the same for radiohead, which is not exactly true, therefore I'll remain

Particularly haunting now, knowing he was creating This while dying.

this is actually really good. Also insane that it was released less than a year before his death, especially because a "blackstar" is a star that is collapsing infinitely into oblivion. Bowie certainly meant this to be his "parting gift" to music, but i doubt he thought it would come that soon.

One or two songs interested me somewhat but outside of those I found it boring, this side of Bowie I'm not that fussed about.

I really like this album. 1st song is ace. Rest of the album is good.

Bowi's final album is fantastic. RIP Jazzy and eclectic.

Started off hating this album, but it really grew on me. If I eliminate the pretentious, overly artsy first track, it's a great album.

3.3

I couldn't make it past the 2nd song (which sounded oddly similar to the old SNL band opening number)---I never understood the obsession people had/have with Bowie.

Aa

Ehhh. Not sure it really makes an impact for me. Not in this context

false

8/10

Good, but not entirely my vibe

Very intense but magnificent

No me gustó

fantastic album

Marvellous!!

Bowie's last is one of his best

Classic

Schon sher

Loved this! Bowie is the best.

Pretty awesome album my attention was on most of the songs

Bit trippy with the first track being almost 10 minutes. Some good vibes.

Interesting and off the wall. Only truly loved 2 songs, the rest is too experimental.

Love the first track

Great, unusual album. The title song Blackstar is my favorite.

Love Bowie but this was just too depressing for me!

How many Bowie Albums are on this list, you would think that hes the greatest singer of all time........ really?!?! I continue to struggle this ... apparent brilliance.

Not as good as some of the other Bowie stuff, but I liked it.

Not a big fan of the album, but quite poignant as Bowie wrote this while he was dying

Less a swan song and more a swan opera. But it's not maudlin. It's reflective of a life being one of the defining voices in both the art and music of the 20th century. It's a man coming to terms with his legacy. A star slowly fading but still there in the sky, glimmering. You can't quite see it. But it's in heaven. It can be a hard listen, but an important one.

Not Bowie's best - and it kind of sucks to have to say that on his heartfelt final album before his death. Artsy and interesting at times, but not something that lends itself to being played often.

I like this album a lot better than I expected to. It was far more entertaining than the Board of Canada album, while kind of treading similar water. The general atmosphere was just great.

A magnificent album, modern, forward-thinking, deep. Long live Bowie.

Nope

yo creo que no es el mejor disco de Bowie y que puede que sea el que más experimente y aún así no es desagradable de escuchar. No lo compraría pero lo volvería a escuchar

Supongo que está muy perro pero supera mi entendimiento, no puedo más que 4 para ser honesto.

Final Bowie. Ethereal, mournful Bowie. Cryptic and theatrical Bowie. 😢 Fave track - "'Tis a Pity She Was a Whore"

Vaag

4.5 | Bowie sacó alrededor de 25 discos... Creo que debo de haber escuchado al menos 15-18 de ellos. Si considerara Blackstar en un vacío comparado con el resto estaría quizá entre el 7-10, cuando lo tomo en cuenta como el último disco que hizo y todas lo que le rodeó en su creación lo considero en top 3. En conocimiento de básicamente una sentencia de muerte sacó un disco que en mi sentir nos trae de vuelta en circulo al inicio de su carrera y celebra en un último grito todo lo que lo hizo ser lo que fue. En una nube de jazz y sonidos electrónicos con guitarras meramente setenteras en su sonido hizo un disco que nos recuerda de fin su capacidad de hacer narrativas. En sus letras sin dar ni un centímetro a ceder es un confesionario sobre sus sentimientos de miedo, muerte, la naturaleza de la vida y tanto una celebración como resignación del vacío que tiene enfrente, es tanto una celebración de cumpleaños como un grito de no tener nada que perder. Todo esto en solo 40 minutos y 7 canciones, con una épica de 9 minutos dividida en dos secciones que de manera cruda cruda recuerda “Something happened on the day he died/ Spirit rose a metre and stepped aside/ Somebody else took his place and bravely cried/ I’m a blackstar, I’m a blackstar”; el tiempo y el resultado será inevitable pero el seguirá cambiando, es una nueva estrella. Me encanta como juega con su voz como si festejara lo más Bowie de lo Bowie y hasta se hiciera una sátira propia de las inflexiones que usó por años exagerando al decir "I´m a Blackstar" o "'Tis a pity she was a whore". A todo esto ¿por qué aunque lo marco así, no le pondría el 5? Porque siento que si alguien lo escucha en blanco y no conoce el contexto detrás se pierde mucho de lo que lo hace un disco magnífico y con un trasfondo cabrón, quedándose "solo" como un excelente disco de David Bowie.

Pseudo-Prog. Takes normal pop and makes it harmonically weird, but inconsequential. And the lyrics are plain weird, not even artistically so.

Good. A smidgen overrated in Bowie's discography. 7/10

Como todo lo que he escuchado de Bowie, me costó trabajo al inicio y la primera impresión cuando salió no fue la mejor. Ahora retomarlo con más paciencia ayudó. Si quizá no me encantan todas las canciones, adoro los arreglos de los metales durante todo el disco y los momentos en que se nota un Bowie frágil. En efecto, no verá los árboles a los que corría. Songs: Dollar Days, Blackstar, Lazarus

I really wanted to like this album, especially as it was his last (?), but I didn't really. I found it too repetitive and just...weird.

trippy, outside expectations even for bowie

Not a fan

It’s weird that it’s been five years already. I’ve never really listened to this one, so far it’s melancholic but 100% Bowie. He knew he was close to the end.

Fantastic album. Bowie was experimenting and keeping his sound fresh and relevant to the very end.

Bowie is a classic, this one is a bit more transcendent and a bit morose than previous albums.

boring

eccentric!

Such a cool album

I know I'm supposed to like this but there's only one song on it that's ok

I hadn't listened to this since it was released. Great to relisten. It's absolutely fantastic, otherworldly and strange - pure Bowie. And, with some distance from the context surrounding it, namely Bowie's death, one can better appreciate it as a fine album in it's own right, regardless of it being his swansong.

Excellent even in his dying days.

Qué brutalidad de disco. Qué brutalidad el momento en que se estrenó. Nunca he sido mucho de comprender las letras de las canciones y acá no va a ser la excepción pero qué brutalidad la de David Bowie. Hasta las palabras tienen melodía. Qué brutalidad los brasses y las percusiones. Los poquititos riffs bien selectos. Qué pinche discazo. Brutal.

Me late un buen Bowie. Solo éste disco, no es que no sea bueno, lo he escuchado varias veces ya... simplemente no logro conectar.

This one is more 'jazzy' and eclectic than previous Bowie albums. It still retains the iconic Bowie sound through his vocals. An interesting album and tragic that it was his last. Not the best album he produced but definitely worth the listen.

Songs long and voice not my favorite but lyrics were cool

Estranho, o melho tipo de estranho

Production: 16/20 Songwriting: 18/20 Innovation: 19/20 Presence of pure bangers: 15/20 Emotional response: 17/20 =85 Anything between 80 and 100 is five stars.

Looking forward to the follow up from him

I never listened to this when it came out. It's super interesting.

Good

Gosto muito pelo conceito e pelo que cerca o album musicalmente eu nao acho tudo isso

I find this to be an exceptionally bold and daring album for being so late in his career. Perhaps this was partially fueled by his awareness of his own mortality at that point. The album is of course irrevocably tied to his death and one cannot help but hear him grappling with his knowledge of this throughout. I remember when first listening to this album upon it's release, it was quite an emotional experience with that in mind. A rare album where an artist was able to lucidly capture this very real sense of mortality and make it sound somehow fresh and vital. Bowie made his life into art from beginning to end.

Surprisingly experimental in some songs, considering this was his last album. Blackstar is a masterpiece. Lazarus is my 2nd favorite but a bit more straight-forward, I do like the transition around the lyrics "By the time I got to New York". Girl Loves Me is good too. Sue is the only track I feel isn't as good as the rest of them, the guitar just feels a bit cheesy, like it's trying to be heavy but it falls flat for me. But, for the real gems on this album, it pushes it up to 4.

No soy fan de Bowie (si si, ya sé que es casi un crimen, lo siento) pero este disco no me desagradó. Por lo que he leído, este disco es muy “experimental” y destaca dentro de su repertorio por ser diferente, y quizá por eso me agradó, je. Me gustaron los juegos que hace con la música, las transiciones y su voz. La canción que me agradó más fue “Lazarus”. Este disco merece que lo vuelva a escuchar de nuevo después.

Que buen trip mantenía a sus 69 años, pensé que había cambiado de canción y de repente te das cuenta de que es la segunda parte de la primer rola. En cada una de las rolas se nota la madurez y coherencia aunque sea experimental.

Favorites: All David Bowie's last album before his death. He wanted to get as far away from rock and roll as he could, citing Kendrick Lamar's approach to the genre of hip hop on TPAB as inspiration. Features a mix of various styles of jazz, art rock, and experimental rock. Themes of a man wrestling with his mortality, as he made this album while in the final stages of his battle with liver cancer.

Siendo lo más subjetivo, este no es mi disco favorito de Bowie y sin bronca me voy por otros más convencionales y obvios. Con un poco más de objetividad, el contexto del disco y el mensaje que trata de pasar casi podría darle cinco estrellas sin siquiera oírlo. Mis favoritas son "'Tis a Pity She Was a Whore' y 'Girl Loves Me' en lugar de los sencillos que lanzaron que son bastante más dramáticos.

I'm sorry Bowie...

A special album as it is a sort of swan song of David Bowie. Although I will remember him more by other songs he has made.

3/5 jord 4/5 rob

Listened to this album a lot. Instant classic. "I was looking for your ass" 5 stars

false

Album mais recente, ainda tem os tons classicos de sofrimento do Bowie, mas nao tem a mesma energia

Very jazzy. His falsetto in 'Tis a Pity She Was a Whore was a little grating. My favorite parts of the album were the jazzy bits.

Amazing. It sounds so sad. I will listen to this one again.

Ich hatte mich davor gedrückt, auch weil ich den Titelsong schwach fand. Eine Bowie-Platte…Je mehr ich ihn höre, desto mehr gewinne ich den Eindruck, dass auch hier wieder das Werk etwas hinter dem Mythos zurücksteht. Musste ich zweimal hören, um überhaupt so etwas wie ein Urteil bilden zu können. 4 Sterne.

Not new to me. Posthumously released, super moody. Bowie’s voice is beautiful and haunting.

bowie é bom, precisamos ouvir mais. always.

3

David Bowie delivers again, this was utterly haunting and danced around into at times what felt like 11 different genres. Just experiment after experiment, with every track bringing something unique and I really appreciated it all. RIP Bowie.

Need to get into more Bowie

A fitting final album for Bowie.

Not my favorite Bowie album, but crazy to imagine that this was released just before his death..

Well, it was certainly an interesting album. Not quite sold on Bowie yet, but this looks promising.

Lots of artists talk about death. None have presented their journey, emotions, or physical experiences, as honestly and vividly as Bowie did while the horizon approached ever closer.

As with other Bowie stuff, I like it, but don't love it. Would definitely listen to it again, but wouldn't seek it out. Good enough for 3 stars, though.

Have always loved this album. Sad and some of it haunting.

bowie released an album in 2016? RIP Not my fav, or top 3

Track two- tis a pity she was a whore XD

Bowie's last album as he faces death. He put his parting thoughts into the imagery.

Very subdued mellow scary dark sullen room vibes; nice progression from beginning to end

Jos ei ole umpirakastunut ko. herran tuotantoon niin tästä on kyllä vaikkea diggailla. Omaehtoisesti en kuuntelisi ainuttakaan kappaletta uusiksi....

hmm

Bowie has a grating and unpleasant voice. The songs generally are uninteresting or unpleasant to listen to, often both.

Art rock, jazz, eksperimenterende, lange numre

A haunting vision of mortality. This is one of those albums that gets better and better with repeated listens. Best track: I Can't Give Everything Away

Very abstract rock, did not like it at all

There is something powerful about an artist's last record - especially when it is released so close to their final moments. This album is no exception. I really really liked this. Bowie is an artist.

Zero bad tracks - Lazarus and I Can't Give Everything Away are tops

this is probably great but i can't really tell tbh

What is there to say about this project? It's one of the best swansongs in popular music, and is a personal favorite on top of being my de facto introduction to Bowie qua Bowie (the absolute introduction was the Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack, but that was Ziggy). It's jazzy without being incomprehensible, but also avoids going pop: This thing is incredibly depressing. Repeated listens have only revealed more depth. As a musical idea, it's probably slightly less than perfect. I believe, though, that it's better as an album for it: It's only fitting that Bowie went out stretching a bit. And while we're talking about perfection, Lazarus is without question a perfect song.

Cancer, very sad.

Some of it was good, but ohhhh it was not good music for my brain while not exactly sober

YEP PRETTY GOATED - DIA

What a legacy from a genius artist... the atmosphere of this album is haunting but beautiful!