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DoofusWainwright
January 9th 2016


19991 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Gyro this album has 4 songs better than anything on The Next Day wtf is that rating about lol

zakalwe
January 9th 2016


41940 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

It's a 4.5 for me. I'm seriously digging it.

Titan
January 9th 2016


26461 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

surprisingly strong

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
January 9th 2016


38334 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

which four songs doof?



i think the next day is infinitely better than this tbh

DoofusWainwright
January 9th 2016


19991 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Gyro

- the t/t is awesome' like an update of the opening t/t on Station to Station, an instant classic as far as I'm concerned

- Lazarus isn't quite as good but it's the heart of the album, plays like a moodier Slow Burn

- Dollar Days is an all time great Bowie ballad loaded with poignancy, another worthy of Station to Station

- I Can't Give Everything Away, love how the previous tune segues into it, it's a classic self reverential Dave album closer in the grand tradition (Rock n Roll Suicide, Bewlay Brothers, etc)



The Next Day is great but the best stuff on that isn't at that level, You Feel So Lonely and If You Can See Me are probably my favourites from it. That albums strength is in variety, like a Bowie mixtape

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
January 9th 2016


38334 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

the title track is one of the shittiest songs i've heard in months. his voice is annoying as fuck in it. i'd much rather listen to scott walker tbh. lazarus is pretty decent, dollar days is nice but really nothing special tbh, and after everything i heard about the closer i was expecting much more but it's pretty w/e

DoofusWainwright
January 9th 2016


19991 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I haven't checked all your Bowie ratings so don't know exactly where you're coming from



Station to Station, Low and Outside are the Bowie styles I most enjoy so this is hitting the spot for me

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
January 9th 2016


38334 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

low, heroes, and hunky dory are my faves

Ocean of Noise
January 9th 2016


11368 Comments


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Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
January 9th 2016


38334 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

am i seriously the only person on this planet who thinks the t/t is garbage?

Ocean of Noise
January 9th 2016


11368 Comments


Haven't heard but it very well might be

Ocean of Noise
January 9th 2016


11368 Comments


Listening now, I like it tbh though the vocals aren't great

Jots
Emeritus
January 9th 2016


7632 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

I re-listened and now I'm feeling Lazarus more. t/t is not good but it just "sticks in my head" more than other tracks. could be power of suggestion from the music video

Ocean of Noise
January 9th 2016


11368 Comments


I feel like if Thom Yorke were singing it would be really good lmao

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
January 9th 2016


38334 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

yeah lazarus is one of the only songs on here i enjoy

DoofusWainwright
January 9th 2016


19991 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Dunno, everyone has a Bowie where they don't get the hype



For me it's Heroes - other than the t/t it's pretty scrappy and unlike Low the instrumentals do nothing for me

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
January 9th 2016


38334 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

i remember feeling that way about heroes for years, and then one day i put it on and something had changed. i'd like to say maybe the same will happen with this one, but i sincerely doubt it

DoofusWainwright
January 9th 2016


19991 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Sons of the Silent Age is my second favourite off it lol and I only half like that

sinsexsodomy
January 9th 2016


263 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Gotta disagree about Heroes. His BT albums are classics. If anything out of his 70's stuff Id say for surely the disjointed Diamond Dogs was his weakest album, maybe young americans say more so, DD did have some good tracks at times



anyways I can't see how anyone can rate this lower that a 3.5 tbh, I loved Next Day too but this album Easily Blows it away, much more interesting stuff.



Kinda reminds me of a Hybrid between BT-WN and Outside with its electro-jazz mix, where as Next Day felt like Heathan for me, solid song writing but its just him playing his average rock strengths rather than pushing his style into different areas

ArsMoriendi
January 9th 2016


42326 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah 3.5-4.0 territory makes the most sense. Plenty of flaws, but way more good than bad.



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