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. 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. 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 doesn't mean Hours is on par with his earlier masterworks it never attempts to be that bold.
For the first time, Bowie has absorbed all the disparate strands of his music, from Hunky Dory through Earthling. It feels like classic Bowie, yet recalls no specific era of his career. "Thursday's Child," the album's engaging mid-tempo opener, is a good indication of what lays ahead. Arriving after two labored albums, the shift in tone is quite refreshing. Hours is a relaxed, natural departure from this method. Bowie's music has always been a product of artifice, intelligence, and synthesis. Not only that, but it feels unlike anything else in his catalog. 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. David Bowie - The Dreamers (Omikron_ The Nomad Soul Longer Version)
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