I can definitely see why this was hailed as a comeback album for Bowie. The songs are generaly very strong and there's some interesting, subtly varied instrumentation and production details on the album. I like Bowie's vocal performances on this album a lot. Several of the songs are probably going to be some of my favorites in Bowie's entire catalog - given enough time.
Like my favorite songwriter and vocalist, Tori Amos, Bowie is starting to mature rather gracefully - both as a singer and as a songwriter. If the last few albums can round off his career in a convincing manner, then my opinion of Bowie's discography will mirror that of my opinion of Amos' discography: The latter day albums are generally more refined and well written and as such my favorite era of the artist.
5/5
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