{"product_id":"david-bowie-blackstar-cd","title":"Blackstar (CD)","description":"\u003csection class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2026 reissue of 2016 album, featuring \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlackstar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\", \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLazarus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" and \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Can't Give Everything Away\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Bowie\u003c\/strong\u003e's final album ★ (\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlackstar\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e) was released on January 8th, his 69th Birthday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"review\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eBowie's\u003c\/strong\u003e leap into full-on jazz muso fantasia for his swan song may seem out of character unless you consider this: As much as he paved the way for punk, synth-pop and other now-ubiquitous forms where passion triumphs over training, \u003cstrong\u003eBowie\u003c\/strong\u003e had long championed virtuosos: The three records most responsible for translating his overseas success to the U.S., \u003cem\u003eSpace Oddity\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eYoung Americans\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLet's Dance\u003c\/em\u003e, featured, respectively, \u003cstrong\u003eRick Wakeman\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eLuther Vandross\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eStevie Ray Vaughan\u003c\/strong\u003e - all of them years before they became stars. Along the way, he had worked with such diverse and distinctive players as \u003cstrong\u003eMick Ronson\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Sanborn\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cstrong\u003e Earl Slick, Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, Roy Bittan, Nile Rodgers and Peter Frampton\u003c\/strong\u003e. Beyond that marquee, he employed such musician's musicians as\u003cstrong\u003e Mike Garson, Carlos Alomar, Lenny Pickett, Reeves Gabrels, Tony and Hunt Sales, Lester Bowie, Gail Ann Dorsey, Tony Levin, \u003c\/strong\u003eand\u003cstrong\u003e Sterling Campbell.\u003c\/strong\u003e And he often highlighted these heavyweight cats - sometimes to the detriment of his least composed, most overproduced efforts like Never Let Me Down and Tin Machine II.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough it also favors performance over melody, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlackstar\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is otherwise nothing like those. It's not even akin to \"This Is Not America,\" \u003cstrong\u003eBowie's\u003c\/strong\u003e first jazz collaboration. That one-off 1985 single with the \u003cstrong\u003ePat Metheny Group\u003c\/strong\u003e was \u003cstrong\u003eBowie's\u003c\/strong\u003e most delicate, thoughtful, and well-written achievement during what he now refers to as his phoned-in \"\u003cstrong\u003ePhil Collins\u003c\/strong\u003e years.\" \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlackstar\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, by contrast, is feral, instinctive, the most out-there dispatch from the guy who celebrated his 69th birthday last Friday and left this Earth on Sunday as rock's most radical superstar. You could use it to end a party that's gone on too long or impress a boomer neighbor whose taste hasn't changed since the heyday of \u003cstrong\u003eMahavishnu Orchestra\u003c\/strong\u003e; it's that brutal and finessed.\" - NPR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"review\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1. Blackstar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2. 'Tis a Pity She Was A Whore\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3. Lazarus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4. Sue (Or In A Season of Crime)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5. Girl Loves Me\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6. Dollar Days\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e7. I Can't Give Everything Away\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kszLwBaC4Sw\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"Sony","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":42815965167678,"sku":"2173297612","price":36.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0197\/1326\/products\/db-vinylcover_242b6c62-62d1-4386-b71b-028be30b5222.jpg?v=1568995582","url":"https:\/\/flyingout.co.nz\/products\/david-bowie-blackstar-cd","provider":"Flying Out","version":"1.0","type":"link"}