“I’m the great I am”
The January 2016 edition of French magazine Rock&Folk, has a five star review of David Bowie’s ★ album by Jérôme Soligny.
Jérôme has yet again kindly provided a portion of it in English for us. Over to you Jérôme...
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Three years after The Next Day and its surprise launch, David Bowie makes an even bigger statement in releasing, on his 69th birthday, a record like nobody was expecting from him.
An album, of such bravery and stature, at the twilight of an exceptional career, it’s something totally unheard of in rock history.
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In the Rock&Folk writer’s poll, three journalists voted ★ song of the year. Naturally, Jérôme was among them.
Elsewhere in the mag, Eric Dahan has written a piece for a double-page spread which discusses both the ★ album and the Lazarus stage production.
Finally there’s a review of the 1966 album in the reissue vinyl section.
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