David Bowie

Released in 1999, Hours finds Bowie shedding his chameleon persona and just playing a batch of new songs. Many critics found this record to be a welcome departure from his recent attempts at reinventing himself and the album itself stands as a solid effort from this respected and seminal artist.

Never mind the premillennium panic, David Bowie seems to be saying on Hours . . ., let's try
plaintive instead. Bowie's twenty-third album is as nakedly emotive a collection as anything
in his iconic catalog; it's a summary statement from the man who invented postmodern rock
& roll, so school is in session. But teacher is more concerned with baring wounds than with
making big statements: "The pretty things are going to hell/They wore it out, but... More >