MB Bowie Classics: "★"

~~MicShazam~~ · 06-18-2018, 11:32 AM

The album has an odd kind of atmosphere to it. I'd argue it's his least accessible album since Lodger. There's a kind of cold vibe to the album, which feels like a sharp shift after the several previous albums sounding rather warm and welcoming.

While I perhaps don't like this album quite as much as Heathen and Reality yet, it's definitely very good and still a 5/5. Hard for me to pick a favorite track, but they're all more than solid.

Now that we're all the way through, I looked back over my past ratings and it seems the 90's and onwards are my favorite time in Bowie's career - just by virtue of how many of my favorites are from that era.

My all time favorite David Bowie albums:
The Man Who Sold The World
Station to Station
Low
Heroes
Labyrinth OST
Black Tie White Noise
Buddha of Suburbia OST
1. Outside
Earthling
Heathen
Reality
The Next Day
Blackstar

**Frownland** · 06-18-2018, 11:42 AM

After a lifetime of filler, Bowie closed out on masterpiece. Even if this wasn't brilliant on a musical level, the way that Bowie cemented his death with this album is a huge moment in music history.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 06-18-2018, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

After a lifetime of filler, Bowie closed out on masterpiece. Even if this wasn't brilliant on a musical level, the way that Bowie cemented his death with this album is a huge moment in music history.

Has anybody ever done something similar to this before? Closest I can think of is Dilla with Donuts.

grindy · 06-18-2018, 02:40 PM

Cohen's last one, although it's not that high quality.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 06-18-2018, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by grindy

Cohen's last one, although it's not that high quality.

Before Bowie I mean.

Anteater · 06-18-2018, 09:47 PM

Even I can't assail this one. This one really sets sail with being unassailable.

Key · 06-18-2018, 09:50 PM

Nice to see its getting the rating it deserves

OccultHawk · 06-18-2018, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by grindy

Cohen's last one, although it's not that high quality.

Sorry which do you like better? I REALLY like You Want it Darker. Like they seem equal to me.

josht23musiclover · 06-19-2018, 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Fluff

Has anybody ever done something similar to this before? Closest I can think of is Dilla with Donuts.

Richard Strauss. Four Last Songs. Incidentally, this was one of Bowie's favourite works of music (in the Janowitz/Karajan recording): "I know of no other piece of music, nor any performance, which moves me quite like this."

Schubert's last three piano sonatas, especially D. 960.

Mozart's Requiem.

grindy · 06-19-2018, 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Sorry which do you like better? I REALLY like You Want it Darker. Like they seem equal to me.

Blackstar > You Want It Darker
The latter is great, but Blackstar is a very special album for me and is not only a musical masterpiece but stirs up some singularly strong emotions.

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	After a lifetime of filler, Bowie closed out on masterpiece. Even if this wasn't brilliant on a musical level, the way that Bowie cemented his death with this album is a huge moment in music history. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	Cohen's last one, although it's not that high quality. __________________ *A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.*

06-18-2018, 11:32 AM	#11 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	The album has an odd kind of atmosphere to it. I'd argue it's his least accessible album since Lodger. There's a kind of cold vibe to the album, which feels like a sharp shift after the several previous albums sounding rather warm and welcoming. While I perhaps don't like this album quite as much as Heathen and Reality yet, it's definitely very good and still a 5/5. Hard for me to pick a favorite track, but they're all more than solid. Now that we're all the way through, I looked back over my past ratings and it seems the 90's and onwards are my favorite time in Bowie's career - just by virtue of how many of my favorites are from that era. My all time favorite David Bowie albums: The Man Who Sold The World Station to Station Low Heroes Labyrinth OST Black Tie White Noise Buddha of Suburbia OST 1. Outside Earthling Heathen Reality The Next Day Blackstar

06-18-2018, 09:50 PM	#17 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	Nice to see its getting the rating it deserves