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David Bowie Reality Album

Release information about the album
Release Date: 09/16/2003
Tracks in Reality: New Killer Star, Pablo Picasso, Never Get Old, The Loneliest Guy, Looking For Water, She'll Drive The Big Car, Days, Fall Dog Bombs The Moon, Try Some, Buy Some, Reality, Bring Me The Disco King

Reality Album Tracklist

One of David's Best | Reviewer: Tomas | 5/1/10

I love HEROES. Ever since I heard it in the '70s it has been the standard by which I have judged Bowie's other works. I suppose this is an unfair thing, since it would be like comparing King Crimson's DISCIPLINE to their first album (anyone remember that album? No?).

HEROES had Eno on it... And Eno is the best producer, bar none. Had to be great, right?

Then LOW crossed my path... from the movie "The Man Who Fell To Earth." LOW wasn't anything like the movie... better, in fact. It was a warm up to HEROES; silly in spots, brilliant in others.

STATION TO STATION preceded LOW, so I was going back in time... pretty good. But not HEROES. As soon as I ran into the glam crap - Ziggy and all that - I hit a wall. Unlistenable garbage.

OK, you like the glam stuff. Fine.

For m,e I stopped right there. LET'S DANCE pretty much showed me Bowie was a chameleon, but I didn't like the way he was headed. How could the man who made HEROES make disco? THE LODGER should have been a warning....

So I ignored Bowie for a long time.

Then I heard REALITY. My jaw dropped (figuratively speaking, I know). Wait. Could it be THIS good? Had Bowie had morphed back to a real artist again?

OK, let's try HEATHEN then. Wow. Fantastic. Go back a little further.. some misses.. well, mostly misses.

So what happened to get HEATHEN and REALITY? Hard to say. Bowie's's a brilliant man, one of the most intelligent in the business. Interestingly, the producer for REALITY is the same man who produced HEROES... a coincidence? No.

Bowie was off course, so he brought in a man who could put him back on course. And he did.

REALITY is, simply put, the Best Bowie album since HEROES (give HEATHEN a #3 nod...). Great songs, great lyrics, great production, and a fantastic return to form.

Just listen to it. It will grab you.

And not let go.

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David Bowie Still an Artist | Reviewer: Raymond | 8/27/04

It is interesting to compare David Bowie to other stars. As opposed to most other musicians who acheived stardom, not only from the 70's but any era you can't help but notice how they manage to produce such flare and talent and then just let it go, sacrifice any self dignity and the start producing rubbish as they slowly burn out into charchol.David Bowie, on the other hand, has managed to become refined over time and has become ever more poetic.

When I went out to purchase the CD I asked the music shop dude what He thought about it and he said in this ambiguously that he didn't like it and that his old stuff was better. But being impressed by Heathen I decide that maybe this guy needs tolisten to stuff that is impressive to the person that doesn't understand what his songs are about but has some idea and therefore can use it to impress hippy chicks at rallies with his intellect.

So, what Am I saying? Well it's good, extremely enjoyable to listen, and you'll have the music and lyrics bouncing around in your head for days. It's good to see that there are people out there that have the balls write whatever they want and not bend over to popular demand or not cave in because they arn't as famous as they use to be. Would have loved to see te tour but my stupid bitch arse girlfriend stole my tickets and sold them when I broke up with her.

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