The Next Day

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jason-cobb

For an artist that has a history of reinvention, there is nothing too radical about The Next Day: it's a Bowie album, it's bloody good. You can look too far and deep into meaning and symbolism over this final comeback. When it comes down to it, The Next Day is an a very decent album by an artist that knows what he is doing, and is happy to off glimpse of stardom, but then still tease with some of the guarded and coded lyrics. It's a little too long to be considered a genuine five star classic.

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boombox-generation

I like this and it FEELS significant. But hearing it back, removed from the drama at the time of release of it being the first Bowie album in howevermany years, I didn't find the songs that alluring. Where Are We Now? is gorgeous and poignant, but a lot of the rest didn't really grab me. maybe it needs more attention than I had time for while working. The cover is one of the greatest album covers ever made, though, so an extra star for that.

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