“C’mon and get it soon…”
Reviews for ★ are coming thick and fast and weֺ’ll be posting excerpts from some of them in the run up to the release of ★ on Friday.
Here are the concluding paragraphs of reviews from the February 2016 British GQ and the January 8th edition of US magazine, Entertainment Weekly.
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BRITISH GQ: FLOATING IN A MOST PECULIAR WAY – The Thin White Duke is back, bold and free to experiment as only he can. Story by Dorian Lynskey
If there’s a criticism, it’s simply that seven songs are too few but they contain more new ideas than most artists, of any age, could manage in 17.
It’s likely that Bowie will neither explain nor perform this artistic coup, and that leaves its wonder intact: light from a distant star. “Lazarus” is presumably narrated by a character from the stage show but the sentiment suits perfectly this bold, liberated album from a man who has shed all extraneous obligations: “I’ll be free/Ain’t that just like me?”
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Entertainment Weekly: DAVID BOWIE’S BOLD RETURN – How the rock legend reinvented himself once again on Blackstar. Already one of the best albums of 2016. By Kyle Anderson
[Regarding Bowie] McCaslin explains, “He’s a guy who could do anything at this point. I didn’t notice him reaching back. I just felt like he’s pushing to do something new.” With Blackstar, Bowie is squarely in his comfort zone – which is light-years ahead of anyone else.
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