It's after Fourth of July weekend for me, and I had to deal with a lot of exhausting retail work stuff due to that. Before I went into work this Sunday, though, I gave the wheel a spin and it landed on a David Bowie album. The Next Day.

Now my first thought? "Fuck yeah I can gush about a David Bowie album!"
My second thought? "WAIT HOW AM I GONNA PICK A FAVORITE FROM THIS DAVID BOWIE CONSISTENTLY MAKES LIKE 80 BANGERS A ALBUM."

Needless to say it made for a good mood booster before I went in for dealing with retail work all day lol.

This album is interesting, though, as it came about after David Bowie retreated from the public for about a decade, mostly due to him having treatment at the time for his heart.

The whole album is very reflective, between that, his age, and the fact that he read a whole bunch of english and russian history books during that time. It's an amazing listen, that I can guarentee ya'll.

Fun fact: The whole album was made secretly, with everyone involved having to sign NDAs and the like. No one knew that David Bowie was preparing a new album until the single, "Where Are We Now", was released.

The album itself is 14 songs long, however the deluxe version & vinyl versions of the song has three more songs on it. There's also "The New Day Extra EP", which I do not have sadly, but it has a bunch of outtakes and remixes on it. The playlist above has the deluxe songs and the outtakes at the very end, so I guess you could call it the defacto version of the album if you really wanted.