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Titan
January 13th 2016


26459 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

i have to 5 this.....the experience is overwhelming

zakalwe
January 13th 2016


41936 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Despite the opening 'The XX' groove of Lazarus it's the coolest thing ever.

STOP SHOUTING!
January 13th 2016


791 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

"i have to 5 this.....the experience is overwhelming"



pretty much how i feel. no idea how good this is objectively.

claygurnz
January 13th 2016


7790 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

As many have said, without the event surrounding it's release it's still a hard 4 and a damn good album.

zakalwe
January 13th 2016


41936 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

The thing that I find so distressing is this really is a full stop.



In terms of the old generation, the original pioneers making boundary expanding, relevant albums that actually make you think, question and inspire this is it.

Has Dylan got something in him? Probabaly but we won't understand a bleedin word cos his voice is shot to shit.

Titan
January 13th 2016


26459 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

i agree claybro......but the event is real so to say 'without it' is a moot point

Frippertronics
Emeritus
January 14th 2016


19720 Comments

Album Rating: 4.1 | Sound Off

just in case you feel like being further distressed



http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/david-bowie-planned-post-blackstar-album-thought-he-had-few-more-months-20160113#ixzz3xAqL5TDV

ArsMoriendi
January 14th 2016


42326 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

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BigPleb
January 14th 2016


65808 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Can't believed I posted that the closer on here sounded like Bowie signing off the day before he died :[



It still doesn't feel real, I've felt pretty much numb since he passed.

Frippertronics
Emeritus
January 14th 2016


19720 Comments

Album Rating: 4.1 | Sound Off

Part of me hopes those five demoes get finished and released as THE final Bowie recordings, but I also feel they should be left alone.



The line "I know something is very wrong" is really the giveaway. Also, his tune "Afraid", though from 2002's Heathen, is pretty reflective now, with the second verse:



"What made my life so wonderful?

What made me feel so bad?

I used to wake up the ocean

I used to walk on clouds



If I put faith in medication

If I can smile a crooked smile

If I can talk on television

If I can walk an empty mile



Then I won't feel afraid

No, I won't feel afraid

I won't be be afraid anymore"

ArsMoriendi
January 14th 2016


42326 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

The 5 demos will obviously be released eventually. Not sure if they'll touched up though.

Titan
January 14th 2016


26459 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

well after this record and the brilliance behind it, I won't be surprised if there is one final trick up his sleeve that we may learn about in due time....

ArsMoriendi
January 14th 2016


42326 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

After all his newest character is basically Lazarus.

Titan
January 14th 2016


26459 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

^i'm surprised you're in the bottom 50% ratingwise for this album

ArsMoriendi
January 14th 2016


42326 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I think this album is great, and I'm a Bowie fanboy, but it's not his magnum opus and it certainly isn't a 5. Still a great album though.

Titan
January 14th 2016


26459 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I'm not a Bowie fanboy, but even I can see the brilliance here........doesn't have to be a magnum opus to be a 5 kid



incredible piece of art

ArsMoriendi
January 14th 2016


42326 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah, but I still like enough Bowie albums more than this that I also don't think are 5s.



Doesn't have to be a 5 for me to feel this is great.

Titan
January 14th 2016


26459 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

this is more than just the music, for me at least

Frippertronics
Emeritus
January 14th 2016


19720 Comments

Album Rating: 4.1 | Sound Off

"I'm a Bowie fanboy"



say that when you got the discog finished thanks don't reply, just do it

Titan
January 14th 2016


26459 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

if he isn't familiar with the entire discog, he isn't a fanboy



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