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 | Title : Heathen [Limited Edition w/Bonus Disc]
Author : Bowie, David
Release Date : 20020611
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $21.98
Amazon.com Price : $15.99
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Editorial Reviews :
Heathen is, in essence, the first 'traditional' Bowie album worthy of kudos in years, as it successfully reunites Bowie with producer Tony Visconti, the man at the controls during Bowie's Berlin period. Heathen finds rock's greatest chameleon once again remolding his past, advancing to new vistas by moving up that metaphorical hill backward. Even more gratifying is the universally high quality of the songwriting craftsmanship on offer, where even a ditty as frivolous as 'Everyone Says 'Hi'' ('Don't stay in a sad place where they don't care how you are') hits the mark. For heavyweights who like their Bowie with furrowed-brow, the monastic aura of opener 'Sunday' sounds like a post-rock Enigma covering Nico's interpretation of Tim Hardin's 'Eulogy to Lenny Bruce,' whilst the strident savagery evidenced on an apt cover of the Pixies' 'Cactus' disposes with Frank Black's hound-dog yelp and reasserts the melody without undermining the original's obsessional score. Tin Machine ought to have sounded like this. Watch out, too, for the Robert Fripp-impersonating flamethrowing of Pete Townshend on 'Slow Burn' and the guitar of the Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl lending a slacker swagger to a cover of Neil Young's 'I've Been Waiting for You' (again, much better than Tin Machine's live version). Heathen proves that Bowie's still got it. All of it. And in abundance. Awaken all ye nonbelievers.
Buyer Reviews :
The Music itself deserves 5 stars. This is yet another Bowie album that sounds completely unlike any of his others. At first I thought it was another album like hours, it has a mellow theme to it. But, after a couple of listens I realized some of these tunes are very upbeat. Luckily Bowie dropped Reeves Gabriels for this outing, his signature guitar style has severely crippled Bowies sound. But, I honestly think he did some superb albums with Reeves, most notably 'Outside'. Anyway, this album sounds fresh and exciting. A few rockers are 'Slow Burn', 'Afraid' along with the covers 'Cactus' and 'I've Been Waiting for You'. Most of the other tracks are a little more subdued, but still very excellent. After listening to this CD straight through about 10 times, I can honestly say there isn't a bad song on this album and it keeps getting better with each listen.
As for the bonus CD, I felt it was half bad, half good. This is why I gave this review only a 4 star. 'Sunday' and 'A Better Future' are both remixes and are done pretty well. I enjoyed them both. 'Conversation Piece' is a remake from the 'Space Oddity' period, but offers nothing exciting at all and turned out to be quite dull. Also, an outtake of 'Panic In Detroit' done in 1979 shows up here. Why? I have no idea. It is almost the exact same outtake that showed up on the 'Scary Monsters' Ryko re-release. I will admit I was very disappointed that this even showed up on the bonus CD. But, any Bowie you can get is good so go for it only if you're a Bowie freak, if not then I recommend saving the few bucks and going for the regular CD.
(by gusmusic)
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