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Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 18 September 2011 CE
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Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 18 September 2011 CE
Sep 18, 2011, 20:30
Monganaut wrote:
Bowie - Hours, Heathen, Reality.
TBH, I tend to steer clear of 'late era' Bowie and haven't heard much that floated my boat, but these three cost me peanuts so I put my hand in my pocket.
Well, first impressions say to me that they're not the greatest Bowie records, a little overproduced for my ears, but maybe I'm missing something as my mates love em', so what do I know. For me, I think that 'Outside' was his last decent album and was led to believe that 'Heathen' esp was in a similar vein, ixnay no-way.





Hours sounded pretty unremarkable on 1st listens IIRC, but I found it well worth sticking with. It seemed like Bowie getting back to sounding like Bowie rather than flirting with D&B or whatever, though whether that is a good thing depends on your view. A Bowie fan mate of mine didn't want him making a typical Bowie LP, he preferred him pilfering the latest thing! But a real grower for me!

I liked Heathen a lot, too, but Reality didn't seem quite so hot to me.
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