I think we all loved the album, given that we had thought we had heard the last of him with The Next Day. His death, especially so soon after the album's release, of course changed our perception of it, and I would doubt anyone was willing to find fault with it after that. Luckily, that would have been impossible, as it is faultless.
I think one of the most chilling and moving things I've witnessed in a long time is the video for "Lazarus": a man, aware he is dying, singing of dying, and making of his death one final, unassailable piece of unique art. Absolute legend, and working right up to the very end.
Sometimes, very occasionally, the last album an artist makes gets what might be undeserving praise, coloured by the feeling that we will never hear from him, her or them again. But that's not the case here. Yes, it gets more praise than probably it would have Bowie lived, but even so, all the praise it gets is completely deserved. A true Bowie classic.
5/5
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