- art rock, experimental rock, rock, electronic
- 41 min
- 7 tracks
- Columbia
Blackstar is the twenty-sixth and final studio album by the English musician David Bowie. Released on 8 January 2016, Bowie's 69th birthday, the album was recorded in secret in New York City with his longtime co-producer Tony Visconti and a group of local jazz musicians: Donny McCaslin (saxophone), Jason Lindner (piano), Tim Lefebvre (bass) and Mark Guiliana (drums).
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Character
Character-led, grave, contemporary and open-ended.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- resolvedopen-ended
- unpretentiousprestige
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 87/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 8.4/10
- AllMusic5/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubA−
- The Daily Telegraph5/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- The Independent4/5 ★
- NME4/5
- Pitchfork8.5/10
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Spin7/10
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Tracks
- A1★9:57
- A2’Tis a Pity She Was a Whore4:52
- A3Lazarus6:22
- B1Sue (or In a Season of Crime)4:40
- B2Girl Loves Me4:51
- B3Dollar Days4:44
- B4I Can’t Give Everything Away5:47
7 tracks, 41 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- David Bowie
- Label
- Columbia
- Released
- 2016-01
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- XE
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