heathen
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heathen
Heathen (stylised as u ) is the 22nd studio album by English musician David Bowie, released on 11 June 2002. It was considered a comeback for him in the US market by becoming his highest charting album (number 14) since Tonight (1984). It also earned strong reviews. The BBC said the album's title track "shows that Bowie could still pen disarmingly direct, affecting pop of a very individual inclination 30-plus years after he started".[14] Worldwide, it sold more than two million copies and experienced a four-month run on the UK charts. Although its production had started before the September 11 attacks in 2001, the album was finished after that date, which resulted in the influencing of its concept. -WIKIPEDIA
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pitchfork
He's relaxed, even serene, and the songs clearly reflect this with a nonchalant charm reminiscent of the Bowie of old.
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RollingStone
A loose theme runs through these songs, covers included: the search for guiding light in godless night. But the real story is Heathen‘s perfect casting: Bowie playing Bowie, with class.
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BBC
It's a continuation of all the marvellous things that we love about the man,
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Only Solitaire
It's dark, dark and spacey, yet the songs are all either catchy or so goddamn atmospheric you forget about the lack of catchiness.
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John Mcferrin Music Reviews
it's a remarkable album, and I don't see why any David Bowie fan wouldn't enjoy it a lot.
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Adrian Denning
'Heathen' is a good album.
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Don Ignacio
I actively love every single moment of this disc.
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The Guardian
Packed with fantastic songs, liberally sprinkled with intriguing touches, Heathen is the sound of a man who has finally worked out how to grow old with a fitting degree of style.
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sputnik music
This is not Ziggy Stardust. This is not The Duke. This is not the Berlin Trilogy, this is just David Bowie. No more, no less.
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AV/MUSIC
Heathen revisits the music of his memorable second act without sounding beholden to it.
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Entertainment
For all its appeal, there's something a little off about the album.
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All Time Records
Heathen on the other hand has a beating heart, not the heart of Ziggy nor the Thin White Duke, not even the heart of David Bowie, instead we get to hear the heart of David Jones - a middle-aged man's reflections leading to a man raging against the light.
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musicOMH
The overall effect is of a musician talented enough to recognise his own deficiencies and to know who to draft in to cover them up. Bowie is certainly not past it, and with Heathen he suggests that we’re quite some way from hearing the last of him.
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NME
The old dear returns to form.
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ALL MUSIC
it's hardly a new musical direction. Like Hours, this finds Bowie sifting through the sounds of his past, completely at ease with his legacy, crafting a colorful, satisfying album that feels like a classic Bowie album.
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Musicbox
Heathen is another artistic endeavor in a career that has been full of them. That’s all you need to really know.
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Counterculture
Heathen is as close to brilliant as I've heard in a long time.
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Feddback Theatre
there are some beautiful tracks on here and some kickass covers, Bowie himself is as good as ever and his band is extremely talented and versatile. Having said that, Heathen is a uniformly odd little creation.
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Mostly Retro
An absolutely must own for Bowie fans.
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RTE
'Heathen' may contain nothing in the way of hit singles, but its songs are difficult to get out of your head.
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Exploded Goat
Heathen is not a grand or cohesive statement, but it is fun.
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HOT PRESS
It wasn't all guns blazing. It works on a more simplistic level."
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