Absolutely brilliant, experimental and challenging. You rarely expect someone 50 years into their career to still be making such flat out weird music, but Bowie delivers as always.
Dull, lifeless, overproduced stuff from a band that used to be good. 'Unknown Brother' is about the only tangible thing on the album.
Absolutely brilliant, experimental and challenging. You rarely expect someone 50 years into their career to still be making such flat out weird music, but Bowie delivers as always.
Dull, lifeless, overproduced stuff from a band that used to be good. 'Unknown Brother' is about the only tangible thing on the album.
A fitting testament to Cash's talent and the various songwriters drawn upon here. Not every track is a winner, but the highs are quite high indeed - NIN's 'Hurt' at the top of the heap, of course. Cash's own 'When the Man Comes Around' is another standout and a great opener - one of his last songs, but man he still had the juice. The album is best when it's pared back and gets a bit too fluffy with strings and all sorts at points. Fiona Apple, Don Henley and Nick Cave guest for duets too, and make very little impact. Other big winners for me are 'I Hung My Head', 'Give My Love To Rose', 'Personal Jesus' and 'In My Life'.
I'd heard bits of this before and I'm sure it's been on in the background of my life. Classic McCartney melodies thrown into a solidly proggy affair. What it might lack in emotional punch at times, it makes up for with some stellar songwriting and plenty of variety, dipping into everything from Fripp-esque riffs to world music. The title track, 'Jet', 'Let Me Roll It', Mamunia' and '1985' were the big standouts to me, though there's no real sore thumb on there.