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Three '90s Bowie Albums Set for Reissue
Thu Feb 5, 3:45 AM ET Add Entertainment - Reuters to My Yahoo!

By Jonathan Cohen

NEW YORK (Billboard) - David Bowie (news)'s last three studio albums of the 1990s will be reissued March 23 by Columbia, Billboard.com has learned.




"Outside" (1995), "Earthling" (1997) and "Hours" (1999) were originally released by Virgin, but reverted to Columbia in 2002 when Bowie signed a new deal with the label. All three titles have been remastered and bolstered with rare tracks.


"Outside" reunited Bowie with producer Brian Eno (news), who was behind the boards for the legendary series of '70s albums recorded in Berlin, "Low," "Heroes" and "Lodger." The set is a concept album of sorts centering around a detective, Nathan Adler, investigating the death of 14-year-old Baby Grace Blue. Bowie inhabits no less than seven characters throughout the set, perhaps best known for its top 20 modern rock radio hit, "The Heart's Filthy Lesson." The album was supported on a co-headlining tour with Nine Inch Nails


The lone bonus track on the new edition is the import-only B-side "Get Real."


While the music is steeped in a hybrid of jungle, electronica and rock, a more down-to-earth spirit pervades "Earthling," which featured the single "I'm Afraid of Americans." The set was put to tape almost immediately following the "Outside" tour.


The new edition features four bonus tracks: a dance mix of "Little Wonder" by Black Grape's Danny Saber, Nine Inch Nails' remix of "I'm Afraid of Americans," Moby's remix of "Dead Man Walking" and Adam F's mix of "Telling Lies."


Always a trailblazer when it comes to technology, Bowie made "Hours" the first full album by a major artist available for sale via digital download with the participation of retailers.


The updated version of the album sports the American Psycho remix of "Something in the Air," Marius DeVries' remix of "Survive," Beck's mix of "Seven," an alternate version of "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell" from the film "Stigmata" and the import-only B-side "We All Go Through."


Bowie recently extended his successful A Reality tour with 29 new North American dates. He's up for the best male rock vocal performance Grammy Sunday for "New Killer Star," the first single from his latest Columbia album, "Reality."


Reuters/Billboard

June7 said:

Never much cared for Seven but the rest of Hours is superb. The riff in "The pretty things" is just...

YAY for BOWIE!

though, i won't pick up those reissues since nothing of interest to me is being added.

i hope he wins his grammy!

Ay yay yay...I've been hearing about these for the past year or so, but they never seemed to get released...I'm thinking I've bought enough 2nd copies of Bowie albums for a while - seeing as I have most of the bonus stuff (and I'm not a big remix fanatic), I'll just save my money...or blow it elsewhere...though the "hours..." reissue sounds tempting.

i'm excited, but the bonus tracks seem paltry. Where are the other "hours" b-sides??

I bought the recent "Black Tie-White Noise" re-issue with 2nd disc & DVD of the video.

It was worth it.

I got all those tracks from the rest, though.

the3rddoctor said:

Yeah, this re-issue was pushing it a little, but at least the packaging was cool and there was a DVD and an extra disc packed with stuff. These three reissues look a little anemic to me...

Anxiety said:

Yeah, especially "Outside" - his last masterpiece to date. That deserves a four CD box set.