Letter #19
MUSIC NEWS
- Hours... has been a major global commercial success, although it has
only fared about the same as the last two albums in the UK and worse
in the US. However, this has been more than amply compensated for by
top 5 and top 10 success right across Europe which sees the album
spending its third week on the overall European Top 10, and CNN's
Worldbeat Top 20. The NME reported last week that already Hours is
Bowie's most commercially successful album in over a decade. One
unofficial estimate puts total worldwide sales to date at 1.5 million
copies already, and as you'll see from Dara's chartwatch later, it
ain't over yet.
- Catalan web site teleline.terra.es/personal/mosquit/music/mus64.htm
for Radio D.O.S. 84, a program on radio station 105.8FM out of Girona,
Catalunya has three Bowie tracks from 'hours...' in Windows Media
Player format available for download. Of major interest though is
that the third track is called "Trying To Get Into Heaven" which the
site claims is an outtake from the 'hours...' sessions given to them
by Virgin record executives. It may be included as a B-side on a
future single. The track sounds like an 'hours...' era song. Check it
out and judge for yourself.
- Reeves Gabrels has released his new solo album Ulysses (della notte)
via his web site www.ReevesGabrels.com. The album which includes one
collaboration with Bowie ("Jewel") will not be available in stores,
but instead will be made available online through any CDDB-enabled
application such as RealJukebox, WinAmp, and MusicMatch. When you buy
the album online, you'll also receive a bonus player that is the
equivalent of a virtual album cover with audio playback capability.
- Bowie confirmed on BBC radio recently that the next single - in the
UK at least - will be Survive. No official release date yet. Also
slated for release is a remix of "Under Pressure", with a new video
which has already been shown on TOTP 2 in the UK (on their recent
Bowie special).
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CONCERT NEWS
- You may have noticed that Bowie has been playing a number of lowkey
club dates and corporate gigs in addition to his recent appearance at
NetAid. At several of these, he has referred to them as "rehearsals",
which begs the question will there be a proper Hours tour? In public,
Bowie is still saying no (he recently told the BBC he has no plans to
tour for the next 18 months, but when he does, he'd tour "till I
drop"). However, rumours still abound, and one inside source indicates
that a tour may be on for "early next year, maybe February/March". All
we can really say for sure at this point is watch this space.
- Bowie will play a private Kit Kat Klub club gig in New York in a
fortnight. The concert will be filmed and recorded and then
rebroadcast both over the Internet and by radio stations throughout
the US. A full list of the radio stations taking part is forthcoming,
but the webcast will be available anywhere in the world via QuickTime
4.0 and Windows Media Player at the Blue Concert Series web site,
www.blueconcerts.com.
Unfortunately, even if you're in New York, you won't be able to buy a
ticket to the Kit Kat Klub show although you may be able to win a
ticket from radio station giveaways in other cities. For example,
Boston radio station WFNX is offering a chance to win the trip to New
York and concert. You can enter at their website and listen online at
fnxradio.com/bowie.html. Similarly, Montreal's Chom 97.7 FM
(www.chom.com) is running a Kit Kat Klub ticket contest.
- If you were unfortunate enough to buy tickets or tour packages
through Odyssey's End or The Year 2000 Festival company to the failed
Gisborne 2000 concert, the liquidators are now in the process of
settling the proceeds of the company. You can register yourself as an
unsecured creditor by sending your name, a letter indicating you wish
to be listed as an unsecured creditor of The Year 2000 Festival
Company to:
Pierce Tubbs, Chartered Accountants
PO Box 2283
Christchurch
New Zealand
Email: pierce-tubbs@xtra.co.nz
Fax: (03) 366 5525
You can read more on the Teenage Wildlife Gisborne 2000 liquidation
page
(http://www.teenagewildlife.com/Appearances/Concerts/2000/0101/liquidation.html)
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MOVIE NEWS
- "Exhuming Mr. Rice" has recently picked up the following awards:
Golden Butterfly for Best Film - Isfahan Festival (Iran)
Special CIFEJ Jury Prize - Isfahan Festival (awarded by the
International Center of Films for Children and Young Adults; Montreal)
The Agis Award - Giffoni Festival (Italy; General Association of
Entertainment)
The Bronze Gryphon - Giffoni Festival (for selection into the "Free to
Fly Competition")
EXHUMING MR RICE
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
1999
Nov. 14-20 The Golden Elephant India
Nov. 21-Dec. 8 Junior Dublin Ireland
Nov. 22-Dec. 12 Cinemagic Northern Ireland
2000
Feb. 2-11 Tehran Film Festival Tehran
Feb. 9-20 Kinderfest Berlin
Feb. 25 – March 5 Fantasporto Portugal
- Labyrinth was released in the US on DVD in October. The UK release
is expected soon. It includes the 60 minute "Inside the Labyrinth"
documentary.
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ART NEWS
- Teenage Wildlife reports that the Sensation exhibit from Charles
Saatchi's British contemporary art collection which caused a ruckus
earlier this month is still making headlines. This time it's about the
nature of the exhibit's funding at the public Brooklyn Musem. An New
York Times Arts section article by David Barstow examined some of the
controversy. Of particular interest is a claim that Bowie pledged
$75,000 to help fund the show after other philanthropists refused to
put up money which they saw as putting "money into Saatchi's pocket".
Bowie also provided the voice-over for the audio tour free of charge
and in return Ultrastar Internet Services (the formal company behind
BowieNet) was given the rights to put the Sensation exhibit on the
Internet.
Barstow writes that Bowie's business manager Bill Zysblat (and
co-founder of Ultrastar) says although they paid nothing for the right
to put the exhibit on Bowie's Internet site, Ultrastar spent about
$70,000 on the technical side. The extra cost didn't go unrewarded
though; Zysblat says that the average number of visitors to BowieNet
increased 500% in the three weeks after Sensation opened. (Actual
numbers given are 2 million "visitors" per month on average, and 7.5
million in the three weeks after Sensation opened.) Brooklyn Museum
director Arnold Lehman Lehman said that the museum recently received
Bowie's donation, but declined to reveal the amount. He emphasized
that there was no connection between the donation and the decision to
give Ultrastar the rights to Sensation.
The blurring of the lines between corporate sponsorship and corporate
philanthropy has some museum experts concerned however that public
museums are losing their implied trust to display art purely on the
basis of artistic merit. Other unusual financial dealings behind the
show such as an attempt by the museum to conceal sponsorship by the
collection's owner Charles Saatchi brought harsh criticism from
academics. Director of the graduate program in museum studies at
George Washington University, Ms. Marie Malaro is quoted in the
article as saying "If I was on that board, I'd either resign or have
the heads of all the staff who are involved."
- The National Portrait Gallery in London is currently showing its
Faces of the Century exhibition. Bowie was asked to pick ten faces for
the exhibit. Three of them are Samuel Beckett, Sid Vicious and Peter
Mandelson.
- Bowie is featured in an upcoming exhibition at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art entitled 'Rock Style' which features costumes of rock
stars. The exhibit opens at the Met on December 6th and runs through
March 19, 2000. It then travels to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and
Museum in Cleveland opening May 12th through September 10, 2000. After
that, it goes to the Barbican Centre in London from October 4 through
December 10, 2000. Bowie has seven of his costumes on display
including The Clown from 'Ashes to Ashes' video; 'The Thin White Duke"
costume and the Union Jack Jacket from 'Earthling' as well as three
from 'Ziggy Stardust'
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NET NEWS
- In what is becoming a depressingly familiar trend, another prominent
top notch Bowie fan site is shutting its doors, again citing Bowienet
as a reason. This time it's Ramoana's site, which provided a
refreshingly offbeat and independent take of all things Bowie. Check
out http://www.angelfire.com/fl/ramoana/final.html for a full
explanation from Ramoana herself. Sorry to see you go Ramoana, we'll
miss your sense of humour.
- BowieNet Europe officially launched their German-language version on
October 17 with a free cybercast of Bowie's Vienna, Austria concert.
- Judging from a report at Teenage Wildlife, the latest phase of
"Branding Bowie" continues apace, with online bank USABancShares.com
teaming up with BowieNet to present you with BowieBanc.com. The new
venture promises personalized Bowie checks and MasterMoney/ATM card
for your account, and in a special limited time offer will also give
you twelve months of free premium access to BowieNet so long as you
maintain a $250 average minimum monthly balance. You must also be at
least 18 years of age and a US resident to open an account.
- One of the coolest thing about the Web is how it allows you to read
the thoughts and exploits of people who you wouldn't otherwise here
from. You can follow Bowie on the road through the eyes of piano
diety, Mike Garson (http://www.nowmusic.net/), new musical director
(the funny little fellow in the hat) Mark Plati
(http://www.markplati.com/), and the two backing singers, sultry Holly
Palmer (http://www.oocities.org/SunsetStrip/Palms/6394/) and cheeky
Emm Gryner (http://www.emmgryner.com/1menu.htm).
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CHART NEWS
(from Dara's Chartwatch, which can be seen in all its glory every week
or so at Teenage Wildlife and Bassman's)
HOURS...
UK: 5, 18, 40, 71, 74
Ireland: 19, 17, 28, out of top 30.
Germany: 4, 12, 6, 11
Italy: 7, 8, 11, 10
France: 7, 10, 7, 18
Austria: 4, 5, 2, 5
Sweden: 2, 15, 20, 39
Norway: 4, 10, 12, 19
Denmark: 40, 7, 15, 25, 35
Finland: 39, out
Netherlands: 31
Belgium (TipTop Top 50): 22, 16, 8, 6, 6
(Dutch UltraTop 50): 23, 12, 20, 30
(French UltraTop 50): 22, 12, 19, 22
Switzerland: 24, 35, 18
Greece: 9
Portugal: ?, ?, 19, 12
Israel: 1
Poland (DMUZYKA TOP 100 albums): 3, ?, 21, 33
Czech Republic: 12, 12, 26, 26
Estonia (PedroBeat Top 100): 1, 6, 20, 24
Pan-European chart (compiled by Music & Media magazine): ?, 7, 6, 8
Australia: 33
New Zealand: 21
Japan (Official chart): 5
(Billboard chart): 15, 18
(Oricon Top 20): 14
(Tower Records Shibuya Top 25): 4, 6, 17
Online (Amazon Sales Rank): 24, 37, 77, 97
(Tower Top 1000): 29, 20, 39, 64
(Deutsche Webcharts): 23, 38, 14, 13
(CD Now Top 100): 25, 37
(Internet Voting charts): 56, 40, 30, 20
Canada: 23, 34, 58
US (Billboard Top 200): 47, 89, 113
World (CNN Worldbeat): ?, 9, 7, 11
Although a three-drop place in the UK charts to #74 might not seem
particularly noteworthy, it is significant insofar as it not only
represents a much more respectable rate of departure from the charts
than previous weeks, but also is the first time in over 6 years that a
new Bowie album has managed to stay on the UK Top 75 for more than a
month. This week's performance in the UK is undoubtedly helped by an
excellent David Bowie Top Of The Pops 2 special, shown on Wednesday
and repeated on Saturday, which broke free of the usual TOTP2 format
of archive material only by broadcasting three tracks from Hours. The
Saturday repeat should also help Hours on the chart next week, while
two further UK TV slots on Tuesday on channel 4 and VH1 (which
premieres the Storytellers as part of its David Bowie day) should also
prove useful. Nevertheless, a second single is needed very soon in the
UK (actually, I can't understand why it hasn't been released already).
Particularly worth noting in Europe is the "Wetten Dass effect".
Wetten Dass is a German TV show broadcast throughout the
German-speaking world and claiming an average viewership of 18 million
people. In the week after Bowie appeared on it in 1997, Earthling rose
on the charts in Austria, Switzerland and Germany, and this time the
effect on Hours... was even more dramatic, with the album climbing six
to #6 in Germany, three to #5 in Austria and seventeen to #18 in
Switzerland. It slips back in Germany and Austria this week but
remains high on the charts there. Elswehere, in Portugal where the
single has suddenly sprung to life, the album climbs to new heights
this week. On the overall Euro chart, the album slips two to #8 in its
third week on the top 10, while in its third week on CNN's Worldbeat
chart, it drops four to #11.
The album received a belated release in New Zealand, where it debuts
at #21, six places below the debut position Earthling managed.
On the Internet voting charts, it rises ten to #20. You can vote in
the Internet voting charts at http://www.worldcharts.nl/
THURSDAY'S CHILD
UK (official chart): 16, 36, 46, 76, ?
(Sky One chart): 15, 31, out of top 40
Japan (Vibe Top 50 Video countdown): 22, 14, 10, 6, 6, 10, 12, 22
(Tower Records Shibuyu Top 10): 2, 4, out
(Vibe Online International Countdown): 12, 6, 4
Italy (Mondoradio Top 30): 17, 4
(RadioMarte Top 30): 18, ?, ?, 18
(RadioLina Top 20): 19, 16, 15, 15, 14, 12
(Modena Radio Top 40): 39, 36, 15
(Radio Sound Top 40): 33, 25, 29, 40, out
(Radio BG Top 15): 14
(Radio Studio Centrale Top 20): 13
Germany (Official Top 100): 62, 92, 85, 89, 64, 81
(WOM Top 10): 9, out
(Chartsteam Top 25 Singles chart): 14, 13, out
(Go Reader's Top 10 chart): 10, 8, 10, out
(Salue Megacharts Top 40): 19, 17, 16, 6
(KCW Top 100): 25, 21, 16
(Jandorf Top 10): 10
(HR3 Top 20): 7, 5
France (RFI Musique Top 50): 26, 8, 7
(RTL Top 25): 22, 15, 11, 8
Netherlands (Singles chart): 6, ?
(Music Factory Tipparade): 26, 16, 13
(Mega Top 100): 87, 82, 81, 85, 96
(Cyber Top 50): 47, 29, 26, 17, 14
(Veronica Top 100): 92, 80, 90, 97
(Trypticon Top 25): 25
Austria (Well 1 Chartshow): ?, ?, 9, 11, 16, 14
(95.9 Music Radio Top 40): 32, 36, 39
Belgium (BRF Hitparade): 28, 29, 8, 5
(Ultratip Top 20): 16, 13, out
(Ultratop Top 20): 18, 16, out
Switzerland (Radio-Z Top 50): 40, 34, 34
Ireland (HMV Top 40): 36, 36, ?
Norway (Radio 102 Top 40): 38, 30, 21, 19
Sweden (National Top 60): 48, 58, out
Denmark (P3 Onlive): 32, ?
Finland (Radio Suomi Top 20): 12, out
Latvia (National Airplay Top 20): 12, 5, 4, 5, 4, 7
(Radio SWH Top 40): 20, 17, 13, 7, 7, 3, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
(Rietumu Radio Top 20): 18, 8, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2
Slovakia (Radio Twist Top 30): 28, 24, 23, 24, 23, 23
(Top Fun Top 25): 25, 18, out
(Hornych Top 30): 25, 17, 8, 9
(Radio DUHA Top 25): 22, 15, out
(Radio KIKS Hiparada): 6, 9
(Radio Nitra Top 20): 7, 12
Slovenia (Vroeih Top 20): 19, 17, 15, 18, 18
Poland (DMUZYKA TOP 40 SINGLE): 6, 6, 17, 24, out
(Flash FM Top 40): 13, 7, 2, 1, 1, 1
(Radio Radom Top 50): 25
(Radio Akadera Top 20): 19, 15, 18
(Radio Gorzow Top 40): 36
Portugal (Top Portugal Online): 36, 12, 7, 8, 10, 5, 9, 8
(O Meu Top 50): 36, 16, 14
(Antenna 3 Top 33): 11, 4
(RFM Top 25): 21
Croatia (Radio Rijeka Top 20): 12, out
Hungary (Radio Martin Top 30): ?, 7, 6
(Ultrazvuk Radio Pule Top 15): 2
Russia (Maximum Top 20): 14, 13, 15, 9
Greece (Avanti FM Top 20): ?, 7, out
Europe (Overall Top 100): 48, 72, 97, out
Canada (Official Top 50): 48, out
(Muchmusic Video countdown): 26, 21, 18, 13, 12
(CHOM 97 Hot 8 at 8): 4, 3
(CHOM 97 Top 20 countdown): 19, 18
US (VH-1 Top 50 Video): 40, 37, 32, 38, 24, 23
Internet Voting charts: 78, 64, 55, 50, 50, 59
The single has left the European Top 100, but the Wetten Dass effect
can be seen here too in Germany, with the single climbing twenty five
to #64. It drops again this week however.
On the Internet voting charts, it drops nine to #59. You can vote in
the Internet voting charts at http://www.worldcharts.nl/
THE PRETTY THINGS ARE GOING TO HELL
Japan (Official Top 40): 30, out
(J-Wave Top 100): 67, 39, 22, 15, 3, 4, 14
(Zip Top 100): 51, 24, 19, 11, 14, 17
(KISS FM Top 80): 55, 54, 53
(Suzuki Top 30): 30, 27, 21, 16, 19, 16, 19
US (Alt Rock World Top 40): 32, out
This is the lead-off in Japan and the US. It seems to have reached its
peak in Japan. In the US, it seems to be making little or no impact to
date on radio programmers, but this may change if anticipated MTV
airplay for the video materialises and a rumoured "Making The Video"
MTV feature.
OTHER SNIPPETS
- In Belgium's Radio 21 airplay chart for album tracks, "What's Really
Happening" is at #2.
- Natalie Merchant's cover of "Space Oddity" is #24 in WDAQ's playlist
chart.
- In addition to Hours..., there are three other Bowie albums on
Amazon's Top 1000:
Ziggy Stardust 681, 183, 465, 409
Hunky Dory 597, 595
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OTHER NEWS
- Bowie has been busy promoting Hours... with TV and radio appearances
in the US, the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, and club
concerts in Dublin, Paris and Vienna (which was Webast), as well as
NetAid. Pointless to go into it in detail here when there's a resource
as exhaustive as Teenage Wildlife which has everything you could
possibly want to know on it all (particularly worth checking out is an
outstanding review of the Dublin gig by leading Bowie writer Dara
O'Kearney at
http://www.teenagewildlife.com/Appearances/Concerts/1999/1010/1094/xinfo/reviews/okearney_dara.html).
- Bowie provided a rousing finale to the WB Radio Music Awards with
first Thursday's Child and then Rebel Rebel to close out the night.
Earlier, Bowie was presented with a Legend award by none other than
Garth Brooks, who appeared genuinely impressed to be given that honour
(a tip of the cowboy hat even).
- Next Tuesday, November 9, VH-1 in the UK will have the first showing
of Storytellers in Europe as part of a David Bowie Day. They'll also
show some older performances such as Live At The Beat Club. Also on
Tuesday, Channel 4 in the UK is airing a new show called Right About
Now which will see Bowie answering videotaped questions from fans as
one of their segments.
- Eidos Interactive is running a special t-shirt offer for those who
buy The Nomad Soul (the new Windows 95/98 computer game which features
Bowie and Gabrels' music along with their and Iman's animated
characters). If you order directly from their site
(www.digitalriver.com/dr/v2/ec_MAIN.Entry10?SP=10023&PN=1&V1=182434&xid=1056),
you'll get a long sleeve black t-shirt with the words "Who will you be
after you die?" on the front and the Omikron titling down one sleeve.
Here's the full track listing of Bowie songs from the manual:
Thursdays Child
Something In The Air
Survive
Seven
We All Go Through
Pretty things Going To Hell
Omikron (New Angels Of Promise)
The Dreamers
There are also 27 instrumentals through the game, mostly composed by
Reeves Gabrels with the exception of:
Awaken 2
Jangir
Qualisar
Thrust.
There are also "easy listening" versions of:
The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell
We All Go Through
The Dreamers
Thursday's Thing
Teenage Wildlife reports that a fast Pentium II with a good 3D
graphics card is recommended to play the game from those who have
tried it already.
- Bowie was awarded the Chevalier des Arts et Lettres medal, the
highest cultural distinction award in France, by the French minister
of culture Catherine Trautman in a press conference held at the
Pavillon Gabriel in October. The award is seldom awarded to non-French
citizens.
- Under Pressure was remixed and a new video put together to promote a
new Queen Greatest Hits album. The video premiered on a recent Bowie
TOTP 2 special (which also included old archive Bowie material and
three tracks from Hours).
- Teenage Wildlife reports that in the process of officially declining
to appear at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert a couple of weeks ago,
Bowie made some comments to Norwegian media regarding his future
plans. He confirmed that he would be concentrating on finishing the
Ziggy Stardust theatre production which he hopes to premiere in New
York next year, along with "another piece of work". In addition, he
reaffirmed that he won't be touring for another 18 months, but that
when he does, he will "tour until I drop".
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the Off Broadway musical about an East
German transvestite would-be rock star officially opened on Halloween
night at the Henry Fonda theatre in Hollywood. Bowie took on the role
of co-producer in the Los Angeles production, and personally invested
$150,000.
- Saxophonist Simon Haram's new album Alone... includes a cover of
Bowie's Warszawa (recently named by Bowie as his own personal
favourite of all the stuff he's recorded in an interview with Irish
magazine Hot Press printed in their latest edition, which also has
Bowie on the cover).
- BowieWonderWorld reports that Bowie will appear this month on Friday
19th November on UK ARENA TVC station "Arena People: A Chat With David
Bowie" transmitted at 12.20am, and the postponed appearance on the
JOOLS HOLLAND SHOW for BBC2 Television has now been rescheduled for
29th November 1999.
- Irish TV Channel RTE2 on a programme called "No Disco" will be
airing an interview with Bowie that was recorded backstage at the HQ
Club Dublin within the next few weeks. They will also re-broadcast the
50th Birthday concert next Wednesday evening (Thursday morning) at
1.40 AM.
- Canal+ will air the remaining four songs from the Nulle Part
Ailleurs show on Friday the 26th November at midnight.
- The MTV Europe Music Awards will take place in Dublin on November
11, 1999 from 9 p.m. CET. Bowie is nominated for Thursday's Child.
There are rumours he will make a surprise appearance.
- Record Collector's November issue has an extensive Bowie component
including the last 10 years' discography, a critique of Bowie's work
over that time and a review of 'hours...' all by Steve Pafford. David
Buckley's "Strange Fascination" also gets a great review (it's their
book of the month). Speaking of reviews, the best book review I've
read in a very long time can be found at
http://www.teenagewildlife.com/info/books/strangefascination/#review
- Summary of forthcoming appearances/TV/radio:
November 10, 22:30, Musikbyran, SVT Channel One, Sweden
November 10, 01:40, David Bowie: 50th Birthday Concert, Network 2,
Ireland
November 16, 23:59 ET, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC, USA
November 17, Rosie O'Donnell Show, Syndicated, USA
November 19,Kit Kat Klub, New York, NY, USA
November 19, 00:20, Chat with David Bowie, Arena, UK
November 21, 21:00 CET, Live From The 10-Spot, MTV, Europe
November 22, Guest Artist of the Month, Musique Plus, Montreal, Canada
November 26, 23:59, Nulle Part Ailleurs (pt 2), Canal+, France
November 27, 13:30, L'intégrale de David Bowie, MCM, France
December 7, 22:00 ET, Blue Concert Webcast
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END CREDITS
- Still Bowie central for the online fan, Teenage Wildlife at
http://www.teenagewildlife.com/. Particularly worth checking out is
the Hours... review written exclusively by Dara O'Kearney for TW at
http://www.teenagewildlife.com/Albums/hours/xinfo/reviews/okearney_dara.html.
- Two other great fan sites - Bassman's at
http://www.algonet.se/~bassman/BOWIE.html and Paul Kinder's at
http://www.bowiewonderworld.com/.
- Marcel has a great account of the recent Paris gig with pics at
http://members.xoom.com/degrootm/paris.htm
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"In 1999, there are those too young to remember British Rail, tenbob
notes
or the time you could uy a new David Bowie album without a creeping
sense of
dread. We may be stuck with privatised railways and decimal currency,
but
the Dame's latest long-player is, delightfully, just as good as they
used to be.
'hours...' is a richly textured and emotionally vivid set....
This time around, Bowie sounds influenced by nobody except himself, and
he couldn't have picked a better role model."
Q review of "hours...", David Bowie's new album.
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