David Bowie Blackstar [Explicit Content] (180 Gram Vinyl, Gatefold LP Jacket, Download Insert) trainspotting while Morrissey's bedroom confessionals were

while Morrissey's bedroom confessionals were catnip to England's (and later the world's) disenfranchised youth

Includes liner notes by John Tobler

with Beck rapping (surprisingly well) in Spanish

surprising listeners of "underground" music with its moody yet accessible mix

The grooving pop of the title-track is less hip-hop oriented than Pink's previous hits

David Bowie Blackstar [Explicit Content] (180 Gram Vinyl, Gatefold LP Jacket, Download Insert) trainspotting while Morrissey's bedroom confessionals wereIt's difficult to separate 2016's Blackstar from The Next Day, the album David Bowie released with little warning in 2013. Arriving after a ten year drought, The Next Day pulsated with the shock of the new as Bowie's first album of new material in a decade, how could it not? but ultimately it was grounded in history, something its cover made plain in its remix of Heroes artwork. Blackstar occasionally recalls parts of Bowie's past two of its key