David Bowie - The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
Runs for 3:57
I don't even know what to say. The vocal build-up just seals it.
I got my mits on this album expecting it to be a Dad-pop dagfest. In some ways it is. In some, more accurate ways, this turns out to be a showcase of well to brilliantly written songs. The critics love it. Newspapers hail it as the biggest comeback in EVER - this being Bowie's first number 1 in 20 years. I hail it as a damn solid record and if anything the way each song is structured is the reason for this.
Running through it track by track, the album holds a range of styles. The musical style on each track is impressive - not only is it jam packed with bass hooks, guitar licks, horns, percussion, piano, drum rolls that each encompass a different style, Bowie's wicked vocal range commands the already impressive music.
The variety of song structure on the album is awe-inspiring and a real tribute to music. No two tracks sound the same on the album, and some of the subtleties that add to the music such as low tone on an electric guitar or an acoustic strumming underneath a louder track, really gives the listener something to keep an ear out for. You'll find that the best tracks on the album will have a real climactic feel to them - they'll start relatively simple but by the end of it there'll be a shit tonne of extra noise involved, practically like a pop/rock orchestra. The best part about every song with this build-up is really, stupidly flawless in the delivery. I want to pull it apart, but I can't.
It's a bit hard to say anything more than that. I'd say that it gets a wee bit monotonous at points - namely after the first couple of tracks it goes into a dip of weaker songs. However, I haven't listened to the album enough to say that these won't warm on me in the same way other bands have. Even then the final four songs are all very good and wrap up the album, leaving the feeling that the wait was worth it. Welcome back Bowie.
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