DAVID BOWIE's first album in 10 years, featuring 14 new songs, including 'Where Are We Now?' and 'The Stars (Are Out Tonight)'. Plus 3 bonus tracks.

The announcement of the imminent release of "The Next Day" surprised almost everybody as Mr. Bowie was supposedly in retirement after a 2004 heart attack that lead to a lengthy recovery. After being teased by two kind of amazing videos, we now have David Bowie's first new album since 2003's "Reality." Mortality is clearly the central theme here, not surprisingly due to Bowie's brush with death, but this album addresses this with vitality & power instead of fear & trepidation. "The Next Day" is a mostly rocking affair with hints of "Lodger" & "Station to Station" & even reminds us in some ways of Scott Walker's rebirth in the past 6 or so years. The is a fantastic album from one of our most important living artists. Do yourself a favor & check it out.

* NO BOX *

THREE BONUS TRACKS! RYKODISC REISSUE!

R RYKODISC REISSUE WITH TWO XTRA TRACKS!!!

RYKODISC reissue. 5 BONUS TRACKS!!!!!!!!

1) without you i'm nothing (sinlge mix) w/additional vocals by David Bowie 2) without you i'm nothing (unkle mix) 3) without you i'm nothing (the flexirol mix) 4) without you i'm nothing (brothers in rhythm club mix)

On January 8, 2016, David Bowie released his 25th album on his 68th birthday. It's called "Black Star" & it's really great. We loved "The Next Day" and still do but after hearing "Black Star", that record almost seems like a pallet cleanser, a fine record that he needed to get out of the way so he could make this incredible one. Tony Visconti is of course there on production duties & Bowie gathered a group of New York jazz musicians for his backing band. Something about the complex rhythms & linear song structures reminds us of RADIOHEAD a bit, but with more of the drama of "The Next Day" or Scott Walker's recent albums. Really though, nobody else is making records that sound like this & it's amazing that Bowie still finds a way to sound more modern than anybody else just shy of turing 70. RECOMMENDED.