it can be heard in full for free here :

http://itunes.com/davidbowie

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Only on track 2 & loving it so far!

the problem with "streams" is....this album has leaked everywhere.

Eh, I'll wait for the physical copy.

purplethunder3121 said:

Eh, I'll wait for the physical copy.

Having listened to this, my instant grade for this is 4 out of 5.

Thoughts peeps?

RRA said:

It's amazing from start to finish. Looking forward to getting this in vinyl

Loving it.

How is this thread not a sticky with hundreds of replies? Does everyone here really care more about Beyonce and Kanye and that useless trollop Madonna than some truly awesome music by a real great. Madness!

In any case .. the album gets greater with every listen. I could loop track 1 for days. He sounds like 70s Bowie. I've been sitting in a puddle since the stream started. Good times!

Absolutely incredible. This is so good.

I'm listening to it as I post, it's damn good. He's in a comfortable mode, experimental but not trying to hard to seem young and hip. I', one of the few that don't mind digital music so this is on pre order. Great job Bowie & Co.

Yeah it feels very natural and real. A very substantial Bowie album. It definitely looks backwards - there are elements from Diamond Dogs, Young Americans, Station to Station, Low, Heroes, Lodger, Scary Monsters (for sure), and later stuff like Heathen and Outside. It's like a culmination of sorts of everything that came before it. And yet, it's not derivative or overly nostalgic. It's a reclamation of his past catalog and a statement that he can still do it better than anybody else.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/9888192/David-Bowie-The-Next-Day-album-review.html

David Bowie album review - track by track: The Starman pulls off the greatest comeback album in rock'n'roll history with The Next Day

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/david-bowie-album-review--track-by-track-the-starman-pulls-off-the-greatest-comeback-album-in-rocknroll-history-with-the-next-day-8510608.html

Im just a casual, at best, fan of bowie but this is da SHIT. This is the best album Ive heard in ages.

NoVideo said:

Yeah it feels very natural and real. A very substantial Bowie album. It definitely looks backwards - there are elements from Diamond Dogs, Young Americans, Station to Station, Low, Heroes, Lodger, Scary Monsters (for sure), and later stuff like Heathen and Outside. It's like a culmination of sorts of everything that came before it. And yet, it's not derivative or overly nostalgic. It's a reclamation of his past catalog and a statement that he can still do it better than anybody else.

And I can't wait to hear the whole thing on CD...

The last track, "Heat," is far and away my favorite.

I thought the album was just OK overall, but he knocked it out of the park with that final song (just as he did with "Bring Me the Disco King" on Reality).

lazycrockett said:

Im just a casual, at best, fan of bowie but this is da SHIT. This is the best album Ive heard in ages.

Always great to see when someone who's not a fanatic anyway likes it a lot.