Album Rating: 3.5

Fripp I wasn't expecting you to like this more than 'star.



This has a few tunes I don't care for at all and overall is a little too murky and dulled down for me to totally love



Prefer Outside by quite a distance too. Tempted to 4.5 that one

The Next Day > Blackstar > Heathen. Just so we're clear.

Album Rating: 5.0

this is bowie's 'slow burner' album



immerse yourself and just let yourself go

Album Rating: 5.0

do bump the ratings for this and outside agreed

Album Rating: 5.0

nice i can report you now



brb

Album Rating: 5.0

o nvm

Album Rating: 4.7

Outside is definitely better doof is right for once

Album Rating: 5.0

thank you for your take on this pressing matter, gyro the second

Album Rating: 4.7

wrongo

Album Rating: 5.0

inb4 sooooooooo

Album Rating: 5.0

nothing has changed







everything has changed

Album Rating: 5.0

What made my life feel so wonderful?



What made me feel so bad?



I used to wake up the ocean



I used to walk on clouds

Album Rating: 3.8

His albums after Scary Monsters: Blackstar >>> The Next Day > Outside > this > all the others, range from 3.5 - bad



I love Sunday and Slow Burn. 5:15, I Would Be Your Slave, and Everyone Says 'Hi' are really great too. I mostly agree with Doof that this has a lot of content and stays pretty murky and subtle.

Album Rating: 5.0

Really can't rank either Blackstar or The Next Day over this



This practically has several late career highlights and a few quality deep cuts edged by two disposable covers (Pixies/Neil Young), while The Next Day could've easily had five tracks cut from it in the first place.



Blackstar doesn't touch this imo, but then again, I really fucking love this record.

Album Rating: 3.8

I get loving this, I like the dark tone and it has has some highlights for sure, but it's too one-note and dreary to match the engaging, diverse, and emotional songwriting of The Next Day and especially Blackstar to be better than either one. Lazarus and I Can't Give Everything Away are incredible, with the only track that I don't really get being Sue. I like or love everything I've heard from Bowie (haven't bothered to check the ones between Let's Dance and Black Tie tho), but Blackstar is his magnum opus of the past 35 years for many reasons.



The Next Day probably has the same number of disposable tracks as this, both are a little bloated.

Album Rating: 5.0

magnum opus is disputable when Outside exists; don't know how this is dreary when The Next Day features quite a few middle-of-the-road rockers to make up for the lack of diverse sounds atypical of a Bowie record

Album Rating: 5.0

and have you heard those "Extra" tracks?



The Next Day is a nice record, but those bonus cuts definitely show he was rusty

Album Rating: 3.8

Yeah Outside is excellent, definitely top 10 Bowie but not as amazing as Blackstar imo



Like I said, The Next Day has some middle-of-the-road songs. I only slightly prefer it to this. I haven't heard the bonus tracks yet, but their existence doesn't change the quality of the main album, and anyway if there's 25 total songs, most likely at least a few won't be stellar whether they're part of the main album or not. Same reason double albums like The Beatles and The Wall, for as many classic songs as they have, aren't perfect and have some unnecessary stuff.

Album Rating: 5.0

Adding in that Sunday and Slow Burn are better than most of the stuff on Blackstar and The Next Day alone

Album Rating: 3.8

Can't argue with that cause I love those two songs, only ones I like more from the albums he did after this are Lazarus, Give Everything, Stars Are Out Tonight, maybe Where Are We Now and one or two others.