David Bowie
Noah’s Barks pages relating to the artist known as David Bowie.
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David Bowie – “The Next Day”
Initial thoughts on The Next Day: 1. Like most of his later career stuff, a lot of this isn’t bad at all, just uninteresting. Like, “okay, whatever.” 2. If anyone other than David Bowie put this album out, people would unanimously criticize it by saying “sounds like a David Bowie album, except bad.” Basically they’d… (read more)
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David Bowie – “Hunky Dory”
Ho-hum! I love David Bowie. He’s a fantastic artist. Yet, no matter how many spins I give Hunky Dory, I just can’t get into it. I’m not quite sure what it is about it. I think I find the sound of it not as exciting or eclectic as some of his other albums. Hunky Dory… (read more)
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David Bowie – “Diamond Dogs”
“Rebel Rebel” is so much better than every other song on this album that it’s ridiculous. Everything else is average glam rock. Average by the Bowie standard, of course. With Diamond Dogs, David Bowie has dragged the glam phase of his career out a bit too long and sees him start to run dry. The… (read more)
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David Bowie – “David Bowie” (1967)
His first album, David Bowie (1967), is completely silly music and lyrics. Utter nonsense. This could be excusable if the songs were good, but they aren’t. There’s a clever lyric here and there that can put a smile on my face, but it’s not worth listening to the song (let alone the album) to get… (read more)
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David Bowie – “David Bowie” (1969)
There are some serious hints of brilliance on 1969‘s David Bowie in its beautiful psychedelic/folk songs “Space Oddity” and “Letter to Hermione.” “Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud” and “Memory of a Free Festival” also deserve some mention. Most tracks on here have interesting segments to them, like the beginning of “Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed.”… (read more)
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David Bowie – “Heroes”
Bowie’s vocals possess his typical rock swagger, and Robert Fripp’s erratic guitar work and Brian Eno’s backing synthesizers all combine perfectly to make "Heroes" one of the most schizophrenic pop rock albums ever made. Move over Ziggy Stardust; this is real music from Mars. (read more)
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David Bowie – “Let’s Dance”
“Modern Love” and “China Girl” are fantastic pop songs and what make Let’s Dance so frustrating. It’s clear David Bowie‘s songwriting skills haven’t dried up yet with those two tracks, so you get the impression that he isn’t even trying with the rest of the songs on here. Most likely because he probably isn’t. David… (read more)
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David Bowie – “Tonight”
Tonight isn’t as bad as its reputation suggests, being only a step down from Let’s Dance, which wasn’t a particularly good album by David Bowie standards, but it certainly wasn’t terrible. The singles definitely aren’t as strong, though. “Blue Jean” is the closest thing to a hit from this album, and Bowie’s had far better… (read more)
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David Bowie – “Low”
Evidently, every time I come back to Low by David Bowie, I’m a little less impressed. It’s a condensed, lightened version of textures that were already thoroughly explored in the Berlin School movement. I don’t see the point. When he pulls the reigns in a bit more and develops a sort of ambient pop sound… (read more)
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David Bowie – “Black Tie White Noise”
‘Black Tie White Noise’ in its entirety defines "cheesy," and is uneventful to boot. Bowie enters the ’90s with a downtempo whimper. (read more)