David Bowie - Reality
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Artist: David BowieEdition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks, Limited Edition
CD Release Date: 2003-09-16
Music Label: Sony
Product features:
- BOWIE DAVID REALITY (2CD) EDICION LIMITADA
Music CD 1
- 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 MoonTry Some Buy Some
- Reality
- Bring Me The Disco King
- Fly (Reality out-take)
- Rebel Rebel (new version)
- Queen Of All The Tarts Overture (Reality out-take)
Music reviews of Reality
Music Review: A Fantastic Album But The Bonus Disk Is Far From Essential
Rating: 4 Stars
. . . unless, of course, you're a die-hard fan. Not bad, but for the average fan it's not worth paying the extra bucks to get it.
More than a few people, including me, have been somewhat disappointed in Bowie's last few albums (HOURS, HEATHEN) [note - I have since come to appreciate HOURS much more since I wrote this and now rate it highly - see my review], so it took me a while to get around to picking this one up (as a dedicated fan since hearing "Space Oddity" as a small child on my tiny radio in the middle of the night I was bound to get it eventually). Oh man, am I glad I did! REALITY turns out to be a classic, easily ranking among his best albums of all time.
The band playing on REALITY boasts an all-star ensemble of Bowie veterans including uber-pianist Mike Garson and guitarist Earl Slick. The effort and dedication Bowie invested in this record is evident in the high quality songs and the fact that he plays guitar, keyboards, stylophone, synths, percussion and baritone sax! Anyone paying attention knows that Bowie's stellar musicianship has continually evolved over the years, especially in the past decade.
Breakdown! (my impressions of REALITY) -
"New Killer Star" - slinky guitar splashes mingle with futuristic propulsion and a driving rhythm; a very strong track that announces Bowie's songwriting ability is in full effect. Overflows with an intoxicating optimism. *****+
"Pablo Picasso" - a lush, surrealistic take on Jonathan Richmond's proto-punk classic, and it totally rocks! *****
"Never Get Old" - one of REALITY's best songs, it magnificently addresses one of Bowie's major preoccupations - (never) getting old. A true "rage against the dying of the light" though Bowie's clearly got a lot of life left in him. *****+
"The Loneliest Guy" - hauntingly beautiful, this is prime Bowie at his most atmospheric and mellow. He sounds like he's trying to convince himself everything is going great even though the song's tone is quite melancholy. *****
"Looking for Water" - a desperate-sounding rocker with Bowie's voice, still in top form, writhing in turmoil. The song seems to evoke an anarchic future in which drinkable water is scarce. ****1/2
"She'll Drive the Big Car" - very cool mid-tempo rocker loaded with overdubbed Bowie harmonies. ****
"Days" - absolutely gorgeous track and most likely a love song to his wife Iman. Exquisite. *****
"Fall Dog Bombs the Moon" - an interesting song with intruguing lyrics which I find to be ultimately inscrutable. The weakest track here, it still isn't bad. ***
"Try Some, Buy Some" - an absolutely soaring, magical George Harrison cover. It's a fantastic love - and life - song. *****+
"Reality" - the hardest rocker in the bunch and another song that struggles with the artist's inevitable death. ****
"Bring Me the Disco King" - don't get turned off by the campy title - this may be the best cut on the album. The jazzy, meditative shuffle is stark and sensuous. Bowie reminds us why he's recorded with the likes of Bing Crosby and ______ (insert favorite kickass collaboration here). This fantastic modern lounge track gives Frank Sinatra some post-mortum competition - but it's much more than that and way better in my view. *****+
bonus disk -
"Fly" - guided by a driving synth riff and strange synth sirens, this is a pretty cool song about flying but basically B-side quality. ***
"Queen Of All The Tarts (Overture)" - This is another synth-dominated track which features a pulsing bass and surging orchestral peaks which compliment Bowie's repeated line - "Queen of all the tarts." Is this the intro for some discarded album idea? It's well-produced and has some interesting tempo changes, but ultimately it feels like an incomplete song. ***3/4
"Rebel Rebel" - yet another version of the old classic. This one begins with quiet tension before exploding into "hard rock land." The song ends with a short detour into "trippy space land." Not exactly revelatory but very cool. I always like "Rebel." ****1/4
Original album - 5-stars, highly recommended
This release - not recommended
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BOWIE DAVID REALITY (2CD) EDICION LIMITADAAlternative Rock CDs
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