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| | Heathen by David Bowie CD |
 | | On HEATHEN, Bowie not only reunites with co-producer Tony Visconti, but within the first 15 minutes references his '70s hit "Heroes" in the suitably smoldering "Slow Burn," and turns around late co-conspirator John Lennon's "God" in "Afraid" ("I believe in Beatles"). |
 | | "Heathen", Bowie's first album since 1999's '...hours', conceptually and thematically is surprisingly quite 'human' for a Bowie record, as was 1999's '...hours', and perhaps Bowie is for the first time playing the role of himself. |
 | | Musically, the album is an eclectic mix of ambient structures (the album is book-ended by two mesmeric and beautiful pieces, "Sunday", and "Heathen (the rays)"), lush string arrangements, acoustic melodies, which blend together nicely on tracks like " 5:15 the angels have gone", "I would be your slave" "slow burn" and "a better future". |
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