David Bowie 1983 to 2016 On Track
Every Album, Every Song
Seiten
2025
Sonicbond Publishing (Verlag)
9781789523515 (ISBN)
Sonicbond Publishing (Verlag)
9781789523515 (ISBN)
The second in a two-volume set, which began with an examination of David Bowie's career up until 1982. Bowie released eleven solo albums in this period, including five number ones in the UK.
In a career full
of turning points, none was as sharp as the one David Bowie experienced after
his 1983 album Let's Dance. The record gave Bowie the hit that he wanted but
completely altered his artistic standing in the process. Instead of an
innovator who pushed rock music forward, the singer found himself a global
superstar with a mass audience whose tastes he didn't understand and who
reciprocated this feeling as the decade unfolded.
After immersing himself in the band project
Tin Machine, Bowie spent the 1990s embracing reinvention and experimentation
with mixed but often fascinating results, leading to a full-fledged renaissance
early in the 21st century. From there, his story only got stranger. 2013's The
Next Day was a triumphant comeback after years of self-imposed silence, while
2016's Blackstar stood among his most challenging albums and became the final
release of his lifetime.
One constant is that the records David Bowie
released during this time were ultimately the ones he chose to release using
his own artistic vision. This book considers all those releases on their own
merits, away from the shadow of his 1970s landmarks. Even if Bowie himself
didn't always appreciate the results, every album featured songs worthy of his
reputation.
In a career full
of turning points, none was as sharp as the one David Bowie experienced after
his 1983 album Let's Dance. The record gave Bowie the hit that he wanted but
completely altered his artistic standing in the process. Instead of an
innovator who pushed rock music forward, the singer found himself a global
superstar with a mass audience whose tastes he didn't understand and who
reciprocated this feeling as the decade unfolded.
After immersing himself in the band project
Tin Machine, Bowie spent the 1990s embracing reinvention and experimentation
with mixed but often fascinating results, leading to a full-fledged renaissance
early in the 21st century. From there, his story only got stranger. 2013's The
Next Day was a triumphant comeback after years of self-imposed silence, while
2016's Blackstar stood among his most challenging albums and became the final
release of his lifetime.
One constant is that the records David Bowie
released during this time were ultimately the ones he chose to release using
his own artistic vision. This book considers all those releases on their own
merits, away from the shadow of his 1970s landmarks. Even if Bowie himself
didn't always appreciate the results, every album featured songs worthy of his
reputation.
Don Klees literally watches TV for a living. When not basking in television's glow, he enjoys debating the merits of theatre versus film with his wife, telling his kids about music from before they were born (including several David Bowie concerts) and writing about pop culture in general. In addition to two previous books for SonicBond, Don's writing has appeared in Chromakey, CultureSonar and We Are Cult as well as various anthologies, including the David Bowie-themed Me And The Starman.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 08.02.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | On Track |
| Zusatzinfo | 16 pages of colour |
| Verlagsort | Tewkesbury |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock |
| ISBN-13 | 9781789523515 / 9781789523515 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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