It's finally time, we've made through the entirety of David Bowie's core discography, it's just time to talk about the final album, David Bowie's 24th studio album, Blackstar. So yeah, if you've kept up with my reviews of Bowie's discography, you'll know that I love a lot of David Bowie's work, he has so many masterpieces in my opinion, he has his fair share of albums that aren't very good but those moments are outshined by the greatness of his other LP's. Blackstar is an album that I was familiar with although I've never heard it prior, it's notorious for its concept and its meaning especially since this is directly upfront about David Bowie's death and legacy, how was the album experience for me? Honestly this is tied for as one of my favourite Bowie albums, it's up there with all his other masterpieces and I'll be damned if I didn't say that this is an incredible send off to the icon himself.



Blackstar is a unique album in David Bowie's catalogue in terms of it's sound and it's production as Blackstar saw Bowie incorporate elements of Art Rock and Jazz Rock, all while adding a chilling twist to it, what intrigued the most about the sound of this album however was its weird combination of organic sounding instruments with an electronic and cold feel, it's a weird thing to hear at first, it's jarring too but it works, it sounds amazing, it sounds bigger and it sounds chilling. Not a single instrumental on this album left me underwhelmed, it all sounded so right to me and they were well orchestrated, what made them even better was David Bowie himself, he tackled his inevitable death head on by reflecting on his legacy as an artist, all he accomplished and willing to accept his untimely demise. The way Bowie delivers the lyrics though as well seems chilling to me, he sounds like a phantom, a weary being singing to us posthumously, that feeling was most apparent on the track Lazarus, where he literally says "Look up, I'm in heaven", the weariness and aged sound of his vocals are a key part to how they impacted my listening experience The lyrics are so cryptic that it's hard to decipher everything that Bowie is saying so I can't really go that much into detail but it's so fascinating, I may dig into the lyrics with more listens. Blackstar is a parting gift to Bowie's fans, Bowie's special way of saying goodbye to those who adore him and admired his legacy, Blackstar has so much to offer within it's 7 tracks and 41 minute runtime and Blackstar is truly an amazing send off to one of musics most iconic figures.



RIP David Bowie



Best: Blackstar, Lazarus, Dollar Days and I Can't Give Everything Away



Worst: None



Thank you for reading my reviews of David Bowie's discography if you've been following it for this long, it was a lengthy one but I'm g;ad I took the time to go through Bowie's work, his work is truly incredible to say the least, he's had his missteps but that's compensated for with the astounding amount of masterpieces and incredible albums he had under his belt. It's been a great journey through this one and I hope you'll follow my next Discog Diaries which will be on Black Sabbath.

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