David Bowie - The Next Day

David Bowie 24/25: This is a fantastic return to music for Bowie. I really love the harder, more rocking sound that Bowie returns to for this album. This record is also consistently great unlike almost any Bowie record maybe since "Heroes" and definitely since Scary Monsters. I really appreciate the reflective tone here and the album cover is brilliant (not lazy ffs). I found the songwriting to be some of his best ever here, certainly more world-weary than he has been before. Some song here that I love are The Next Day, Dirty Boys, Love is Lost, How Does the Grass Grow and (You Will) Set the World On Fire. This is an incredible album that does a great job setting up for Bowie's final studio release.