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'Hours...'
David Bowie
David Bowie
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For his last album of the 20th century (and last for Virgin Records), David Bowie dialed back the compulsive experimentation to focus on songcraft. Undoubtedly, ‘HOURS…’ broke new ground - it was the first full album by a major artist to debut on the Internet, and one of the tracks incorporated fan-solicited lyrics – but its considerable appeal owes more to the richly emotional territory Bowie explores. Where its predecessor, EARTHLING, raced with nervous energy, this 1999 collection is more relaxed and melodic; from the moving opener “Thursday's Child” to the closing “The Dreamers,” this is a good album to keep a friend serene. Like much of the performer's best work, it features a talented guitarist (Reeves Gabrels) as creative counterweight, but make no mistake: only David Bowie could make maturity sound as cool as it does on ‘HOURS…’