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View Poll Results: David Bowie - "★" (Rating out of 5)
1/5 3 9.09%
2/5 1 3.03%
3/5 2 6.06%
4/5 12 36.36%
5/5 15 45.45%
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Old 01-11-2016, 11:57 AM   #41 (permalink)
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Its all bowie all day....
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Old 01-11-2016, 11:59 AM   #42 (permalink)
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I haven't given Bowie that much of my time, but I'm currently downloading a bunch of his ****, and this album will be up first. Time to fill this massive gap in my music knowledge.
Dude kept changing and evolving. Enjoy the journey.
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Old 01-11-2016, 12:33 PM   #43 (permalink)
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★ isn't a perfect album, but it is the perfect farewell, willing to spare us the pain of obviousness by cloaking the bad news in densely orchestrated lyrics and soundscapes. As a coda to an extensive career, ★ is perfect given the context: the passing of the single most important career in pop music history. Let's not try to tamper with it.
If there is a better album this year, it'll be pretty fucking good.
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Old 01-11-2016, 02:21 PM   #44 (permalink)
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The RYM rating is rapidly rising. Won't be surprised if it's over 4 soon.
Oh and the star ratings in reviews are now black.
Pretty sure that's a tribute and not the new design.
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Old 01-11-2016, 02:30 PM   #45 (permalink)
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The RYM rating is rapidly rising. Won't be surprised if it's over 4 soon.
Oh and the star ratings in reviews are now black.
Pretty sure that's a tribute and not the new design.
Think so, it's a really nice, subtle tribute. Also, all of the front page reviews are Bowie albums.
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Old 01-12-2016, 06:22 PM   #46 (permalink)
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You think when Robert Christgau dies, the rating system would change to his temporarily? THat would be really confusing. Mentioning that since he uses black stars.
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Old 01-12-2016, 06:47 PM   #47 (permalink)
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I never understood his system too awfully well. That'd be hell.
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"SMOKE CRACK MUDA****KKA"

I'll check that dictionary, but in the meantime I'm impressed - as is everyone else in the world - by your eloquence, obvious accomplishments and success, and the evidence of your blazingly high intelligence.
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This album is definitely one of the best of his career imo.
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I can't believe I'm saying this, becuase I didn't expect to. But the album was a great way to... end... his career.

That hurt.
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Old 01-13-2016, 01:36 AM   #50 (permalink)
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This albums has been growing on me rapidly. At first I wasn't too sure but that was mostly due to the low quality of the files I was listening to. Blackstar improved immensely once I heard my friend's CD. I am now in awe of the first four tracks.....and the last 3 have grown on me. I fully expext this album to not only make my best of 2016 list but still be in my top ten by years end.
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