David Bowie - Hours...

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Album Details

Title: Hours...
Artist: David Bowie
Release Date: 10/5/1999
Label: Columbia, EMI, SBME, Sony, Virgin
Duration: 47:02
Album Type(s): lyrics/libretto, Enhanced CD-ROM
UPCs: 4582192934616, 724384815707, 886972884424, 0094638232827, 5099751193623, 724384815820, 724384871604, 009463823282
Genre: Rock
Styles: Hard Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Experimental Rock
Moods: Brooding, Clinical, Eccentric, Eerie, Stylish, Bravado, Cerebral, Complex, Detached, Dramatic, Elegant, Enigmatic, Exciting, Literate, Lush, Nocturnal, Playful, Provocative, Quirky, Rebellious, Sophisticated, Swaggering, Tense/Anxious, Theatrical, Urgent, Wry, Campy, Hypnotic, Intense, Ironic, Sexy, Yearning, Outrageous, Austere, Elaborate, Refined/Mannered
Total Copies: 6
Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

Track Listings

  1. Thursday's Child
  2. Something in the Air
  3. Survive
  4. If I'm Dreaming My Life
  5. Seven
  6. What's Really Happennig?
  7. The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell
  8. New Angels of Promise
  9. Brilliant Adventure [Instrumental]
  10. The Dreamers

Additional Releases

YearTypeLabelCatalog #
2008CDSBME728844
2007CDEMI3823282
2007CDSony1344
2003CDColumbia511936
2001CDEMI848716
1999CDVirgin2900
1999CDVirgin48157

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Album Review

Since David Bowie spent the '90s jumping from style to style, it comes as a shock that Hours, his final album of the decade, is a relatively straightforward affair. Not only that, but it feels unlike anything else in his catalog. Bowie's music has always been a product of artifice, intelligence, and synthesis. Hours... is a relaxed, natural departure from this method. Arriving after two labored albums, the shift in tone is quite refreshing. "Thursday's Child," the album's engaging mid-tempo opener, is a good indication of what lays ahead. It feels like classic Bowie, yet recalls no specific era of his career. For the first time, Bowie has absorbed all the disparate strands of his music, from Hunky Dory through Earthling. That doesn't mean Hours... is on par with his earlier masterworks; it never attempts to be that bold. What it does mean is that it's the first album where he has accepted his past and is willing to use it as a foundation for new music. That's the reason why Hours... feels open, even organic -- he's no longer self-conscious, either about living up to his past or creating a new future. It's a welcome change, and it produces some fine music, particularly on the first half of the record, which is filled with such subdued, subtly winning songs as "Something in the Air," "Survive," and "Seven." Toward the end of the album, Bowie branches into harder material, which isn't quite as successful as the first half of the album, yet shares a similar sensibility. And that's what's appealing about Hours... -- it may not be one of Bowie's classics, but it's the work of a masterful musician who has begun to enjoy his craft again and isn't afraid to let things develop naturally. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Credits

NameCredits
Andy VanDetteMastering
Chris HaskettGuitar (Rhythm)
David BowieProducer, Drum Programming, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (12 String Acoustic), Vocals, Main Performer, Cover Art Concept, Keyboards
Everett BradleyPercussion
Frank OckenfelsPhotography
Frank W. 3 OckenfelsPhotography
Holly PalmerVocals (Background)
Jay NicholasAssistant Engineer
Jay NicholsAssistant Engineer
Kevin PaulEngineer
Mark PlatiEngineer, Guitar (Acoustic), Drum Programming, Guitar (Bass), Guitar (12 String Electric), Producer, Synthesizer, Mellotron, Bass, Mixing, Guitar (12 String)
Mike LevesqueDrums
Reeves GabrelsDrum Loop, Guitar (Electric), Lead, Multi Instruments, Synthesizer, Drum Programming, Guitar, Guitar (12 String Acoustic), Guitar (Rhythm), Producer, Guitar (Acoustic)
Rex RayImage Manipulation, Design, Artwork
Ryoji HataAssistant Engineer
Sterling CampbellDrums
Tim Bret DayPhotography, Cover Photo