David Bowie Blackstar [Explicit Content] (180 Gram Vinyl, Gatefold LP Jacket, Download Insert) trainspotting All this high-mindedness doesn't detract

All this high-mindedness doesn't detract from the infectious rock & roll appeal of the tunes on the band's debut album

with the extremely talented Poison Ivy on guitar and bass (as well as singing on a couple of tracks

with Beck rapping (surprisingly well) in Spanish

deep breath

surprising listeners of "underground" music with its moody yet accessible mix

David Bowie Blackstar [Explicit Content] (180 Gram Vinyl, Gatefold LP Jacket, Download Insert) trainspotting All this high-mindedness doesn't detractIt's difficult to separate 2016's Blackstar from The Next Day, the album David Bowie released with little warning in 2013. Arriving after a ten year drought, The Next Day pulsated with the shock of the new as Bowie's first album of new material in a decade, how could it not? but ultimately it was grounded in history, something its cover made plain in its remix of Heroes artwork. Blackstar occasionally recalls parts of Bowie's past two of its key