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10 years. 10 years had passed since the last Bowie album, and the man who was once constantly in the public eye now lived his life away from it. People had all sorts of speculations, mostly assuming he was in poor health. But really it was quite the opposite. He had spent the past decade at home with Iman and their daughter Lexi, wanting to be there for her childhood. It wasn't until 2010 when Bowie called up Visconti in the interest of playing together again for fun, which of course, led ... read more

Welcome to reality! Right after the short Heathen tour, Bowie was ready to record another album, and he was happy with the crew on the previous record so he kept em for the follow-up. It started with Bowie, Visconti, and sound engineer Mario J. McNulty recording demos for new songs at Looking Glass Studios in New York, which Visconti was quite proud of and was confident in using for the finished album, and a few of the bass or drum lines did make the final cut. Mike Garson was recruited once ... read more

Heathen was the first of only two albums released in the 2000s and the official return of Tony Visconti after over 20 years! The prodigal son hath returned! And his presence has been missed through the meandering uninspired 80s and the fruitful experimental 90s of Bowie's career. The two had crossed paths once more when Bowie called upon his friend to arrange for the song "Safe" that he'd written for the soundtrack for The Rugrats Movie of all things (the scene it was ... read more

Inspired but uninspired is how I would describe this album. After Outside and Earthling, Bowie wanted to ease up on the concepts and big modern genre pastiches and get back to basics, just writing straightforward pop songs like he did back in the Hunky Dory era. He wanted to get introspective, even. And that's all well and good and I love when an artist writes from a personal place, but in this case, the songs just aren't there. 'Hours...' ranges from soft rock to adult ... read more