--- product_id: 3048090 title: "The Next Day" price: "€ 29.06" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 7 url: https://www.desertcart.fr/products/3048090-the-next-day store_origin: FR region: France --- # The Next Day **Price:** € 29.06 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Next Day - **How much does it cost?** € 29.06 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.fr](https://www.desertcart.fr/products/3048090-the-next-day) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description BOWIE DAVID THE NEXT DAY (DELUXE) Review: Good for Newcomers, and A Must-Listen for Fans - The Short Story: If you are new to David Bowie's work, this isn't a bad album to start with, but I might begin with some of his work from the 1970's. If you are an established Bowie fan, this album is a must-listen. It's some of Bowie's best material in decades. The Longer Story: At the end of Paul Trynka's Bowie biography "Starman," he leaves with a speculative note. David Bowie never said he retired, but after his A Reality Tour, he disappeared from the music scene almost completely. This was unusual for the singer/songwriter - he would rarely go a few years without releasing an album in his decades-long career. It seemed like Bowie had genuinely retired, and Trynka's biography leaves some hope that one day, Ziggy Stardust himself will awake from his slumber and release an album that would blow everyone away. Then in early 2013, the world received word: David Bowie was not only working on another album after almost a decade of silence, but the album was already finished and coming out in a couple of months. The album announcement was accompanied with a video for "Where Are We Now?" The song is a slow, introspective ballad that creeps along, and it presents a problem: this is not a song for young, up-and-coming Bowie fans, and it doesn't give listeners a good idea of what the album is. This is a song that reflects on Bowie's life, and this is significant in the eyes of a fan because as a songwriter, Bowie rarely lets his guard down. Even personal songs like "Changes" are wrapped in heavy melodies and pop production. "Where Are We Now?" hints at an album that finds Bowie in his later years, reflecting back on his career. At this point, I was expecting THE NEXT DAY to be an album full of songs like "Thursday's Child" - good, mellow, wise, but missing the spark that his earlier material had. Fortunately, "Where Are We Now?" gives absolutely no indication as to what THE NEXT DAY sounds like. With its opening track (the title track), the album roars to life with energetic guitar riff not unlike something from Bowie's Berlin triptych. Most of the music here is mid to up tempo, and a lot of it reminds of stuff that would have been recorded around 1975-1980. "If You Can See Me," "Dancing Out in Space," and "Dirty Boys" sound like they could have come from the same period as well. "How Does the Grass Grow?" has a choppy rhythm that feels pulled out of the 1980's oeuvre. There are a handful of songs that sound strange, but only in the sense that they sound unfamiliar. "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" and "Valentine's Day" don't have the quirk or glam that has defined most of Bowie's songwriting, but they are great traditional rock songs with strong melodies. All of this is played with a renewed sense of interest: Bowie didn't make this record because he was fulfilling a contract, and he's not going through the motions. He doesn't sound bored here - he sounds more excited than he has in a long, long time. The album finds Bowie pushing himself forward into new territory but with an eye on the past. Many of these songs do sound new and fresh, but I wouldn't be surprised if some of these were actually written in Bowie's days in Berlin. The album art encapsulates this: it's the cover of HEROES, but with a giant white square obscuring his face. Even though Bowie might have (in his work in the 2000's) tried to avoid reaching into his past, he's realized he can't. Instead of running from his past, and instead of embracing it, he does something different. He accepts the past and tries to one-up himself. There's an acceptance from Bowie that we've seen from him in more of the recent albums, but nothing this clear eyed. The album feels like it's the most personal Bowie has ever released. "The Next Day" uses a chorus that begins with: "Here I am / Not quite dying / My body left to rot in a hollow tree." The song is a triumphant (and knowing) return to form. Bowie isn't rejecting his age here, he's embracing it and using it as a personal challenge. "Where Are We Now?" is a meditation on a former life, back in Berlin in the late 1970's. "Heat" has a few haunting moments in its slow, paranoid crawl as well. For what it's worth, THE NEXT DAY is the best (and most consistent) album that Bowie has released since 1980's SCARY MONSTERS. This album feels like Bowie is comfortable with his own legacy; we see plenty of the trademark Bowie hallmarks here. I don't feel like there's any standout single like "Changes" or "Starman" or "Heroes," but this album makes up for it in its consistency. I would recommend this album to any fans of Bowie's, but I think that newcomers will find a lot here to enjoy as well. The fact that this album exists at all is a wonder, but the fact that it's a great one is more than I can ask for as a fan. Essential tracks to sample/listen: "The Next Day," "Valentine's Day," and "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)." Additional release information: THE NEXT DAY was also released in a deluxe edition. The deluxe edition of the album comes with three songs that do not appear on the full version. These songs are "So She," "Plan," and "I'll Take You There." Out of these three songs, one of them is an instrumental: "Plan" appears on the "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" video as the opening minute and a half before the video begins proper. The remaining two tracks are good, but they don't quite compare to the other songs on THE NEXT DAY. I'd recommend this version for the Bowie fanatic, but it isn't essential listening. Review: The Next David - As a fan from the beginning, after a decade of silence I was beyond excited to learn that David Bowie was back- and not just "Heathen" or "Reality" back but with arguably his finest album since the Berlin Trilogy and "Scary Monsters". But I had my doubts after viewing the videos for "Where Are We Now?" and "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)", though both wonderful as videos, the songs themselves left me unimpressed, both sounding like they could have been extra tracks from either of his last two releases. Aside from those missteps, any doubts I had were quickly dispelled by the opening (title) track, one of his best in his formidable repertoire. Full of jagged menace and featuring one of my favorite lines "Here am I/ Not quite dying/ My body left to rot in a hollow tree", "The Next Day" feels both forward-looking and with a hint of sounds from earlier eras, like most of the best songs on this project. "Dirty Boys" follows- a skronky sax-infused funk workout. For me, the next three tracks throw off the momentum established by the first two, though I do like "Love Is Lost". The momentum returns with "Valentine's Day" (with a nod to Ziggy?) and the ascending/descending melody of the wonderfully inventive "If You Can See Me" which is the first song that doesn't seem to have any suggestion of his previous works. "I'd Rather Be High" is also like this and it's one of the strongest (not to mention strangest) antiwar songs I've heard. I love the Beatlesque bass line and that the lyrics go from obscure/surreal to realistic and back again. "Boss Of Me" is DB at his funk pop best- a tribute to Iman? My late wife was a "small town girl" who at her best was the boss of me so it really tugs at my heartstrings. The next song that makes a big impression on me is the anthemic powerhouse "(You Will) Set The World On Fire", kind of an extension of Bowie's fascination with The Pixies. The official final track is stunning in every sense of the word- "Heat" is melodically and vocally minimalist with hallucinatory shades of atmospherics (courtesy of returning producer Tony Visconti) and the haunting lines "My father ran the prison/ But I am a seer/ I am a liar". Had I sequenced the album, any of the bonus tracks would have replaced "The Stars" and "Where Are We Now?" (though on repeated listens, I'm beginning to appreciate the melancholy feel of that one). Of the three bonus tracks, I like "Plan" the most- it's the riskiest of them, another minimalist piece and the only instrumental. It's like something from "Low" hurled into the future, much like "Heat". Mr. Bowie has once again surprised, delighted and provoked me with a completely unexpected return to form. "I'll take you there" he sings and delivers on that in spades. -For Janice ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B00AYHKIZ6 | | Best Sellers Rank | #17,891 in CDs & Vinyl ( See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl ) #256 in Oldies & Retro (CDs & Vinyl) #7,276 in Pop (CDs & Vinyl) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (2,697) | | Date First Available | January 8, 2013 | | Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No | | Item model number | 887654619228 | | Label | Legacy Recordings | | Language | English | | Manufacturer | Legacy Recordings | | Number of discs | 1 | | Original Release Date | 2013 | | Product Dimensions | 4.95 x 5.56 x 0.36 inches; 2.4 ounces | | Run time | 1 hour | ## Images ![The Next Day - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71tIeL+TPnL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good for Newcomers, and A Must-Listen for Fans *by T***L on March 15, 2013* The Short Story: If you are new to David Bowie's work, this isn't a bad album to start with, but I might begin with some of his work from the 1970's. If you are an established Bowie fan, this album is a must-listen. It's some of Bowie's best material in decades. The Longer Story: At the end of Paul Trynka's Bowie biography "Starman," he leaves with a speculative note. David Bowie never said he retired, but after his A Reality Tour, he disappeared from the music scene almost completely. This was unusual for the singer/songwriter - he would rarely go a few years without releasing an album in his decades-long career. It seemed like Bowie had genuinely retired, and Trynka's biography leaves some hope that one day, Ziggy Stardust himself will awake from his slumber and release an album that would blow everyone away. Then in early 2013, the world received word: David Bowie was not only working on another album after almost a decade of silence, but the album was already finished and coming out in a couple of months. The album announcement was accompanied with a video for "Where Are We Now?" The song is a slow, introspective ballad that creeps along, and it presents a problem: this is not a song for young, up-and-coming Bowie fans, and it doesn't give listeners a good idea of what the album is. This is a song that reflects on Bowie's life, and this is significant in the eyes of a fan because as a songwriter, Bowie rarely lets his guard down. Even personal songs like "Changes" are wrapped in heavy melodies and pop production. "Where Are We Now?" hints at an album that finds Bowie in his later years, reflecting back on his career. At this point, I was expecting THE NEXT DAY to be an album full of songs like "Thursday's Child" - good, mellow, wise, but missing the spark that his earlier material had. Fortunately, "Where Are We Now?" gives absolutely no indication as to what THE NEXT DAY sounds like. With its opening track (the title track), the album roars to life with energetic guitar riff not unlike something from Bowie's Berlin triptych. Most of the music here is mid to up tempo, and a lot of it reminds of stuff that would have been recorded around 1975-1980. "If You Can See Me," "Dancing Out in Space," and "Dirty Boys" sound like they could have come from the same period as well. "How Does the Grass Grow?" has a choppy rhythm that feels pulled out of the 1980's oeuvre. There are a handful of songs that sound strange, but only in the sense that they sound unfamiliar. "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" and "Valentine's Day" don't have the quirk or glam that has defined most of Bowie's songwriting, but they are great traditional rock songs with strong melodies. All of this is played with a renewed sense of interest: Bowie didn't make this record because he was fulfilling a contract, and he's not going through the motions. He doesn't sound bored here - he sounds more excited than he has in a long, long time. The album finds Bowie pushing himself forward into new territory but with an eye on the past. Many of these songs do sound new and fresh, but I wouldn't be surprised if some of these were actually written in Bowie's days in Berlin. The album art encapsulates this: it's the cover of HEROES, but with a giant white square obscuring his face. Even though Bowie might have (in his work in the 2000's) tried to avoid reaching into his past, he's realized he can't. Instead of running from his past, and instead of embracing it, he does something different. He accepts the past and tries to one-up himself. There's an acceptance from Bowie that we've seen from him in more of the recent albums, but nothing this clear eyed. The album feels like it's the most personal Bowie has ever released. "The Next Day" uses a chorus that begins with: "Here I am / Not quite dying / My body left to rot in a hollow tree." The song is a triumphant (and knowing) return to form. Bowie isn't rejecting his age here, he's embracing it and using it as a personal challenge. "Where Are We Now?" is a meditation on a former life, back in Berlin in the late 1970's. "Heat" has a few haunting moments in its slow, paranoid crawl as well. For what it's worth, THE NEXT DAY is the best (and most consistent) album that Bowie has released since 1980's SCARY MONSTERS. This album feels like Bowie is comfortable with his own legacy; we see plenty of the trademark Bowie hallmarks here. I don't feel like there's any standout single like "Changes" or "Starman" or "Heroes," but this album makes up for it in its consistency. I would recommend this album to any fans of Bowie's, but I think that newcomers will find a lot here to enjoy as well. The fact that this album exists at all is a wonder, but the fact that it's a great one is more than I can ask for as a fan. Essential tracks to sample/listen: "The Next Day," "Valentine's Day," and "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)." Additional release information: THE NEXT DAY was also released in a deluxe edition. The deluxe edition of the album comes with three songs that do not appear on the full version. These songs are "So She," "Plan," and "I'll Take You There." Out of these three songs, one of them is an instrumental: "Plan" appears on the "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" video as the opening minute and a half before the video begins proper. The remaining two tracks are good, but they don't quite compare to the other songs on THE NEXT DAY. I'd recommend this version for the Bowie fanatic, but it isn't essential listening. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Next David *by J***R on April 1, 2013* As a fan from the beginning, after a decade of silence I was beyond excited to learn that David Bowie was back- and not just "Heathen" or "Reality" back but with arguably his finest album since the Berlin Trilogy and "Scary Monsters". But I had my doubts after viewing the videos for "Where Are We Now?" and "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)", though both wonderful as videos, the songs themselves left me unimpressed, both sounding like they could have been extra tracks from either of his last two releases. Aside from those missteps, any doubts I had were quickly dispelled by the opening (title) track, one of his best in his formidable repertoire. Full of jagged menace and featuring one of my favorite lines "Here am I/ Not quite dying/ My body left to rot in a hollow tree", "The Next Day" feels both forward-looking and with a hint of sounds from earlier eras, like most of the best songs on this project. "Dirty Boys" follows- a skronky sax-infused funk workout. For me, the next three tracks throw off the momentum established by the first two, though I do like "Love Is Lost". The momentum returns with "Valentine's Day" (with a nod to Ziggy?) and the ascending/descending melody of the wonderfully inventive "If You Can See Me" which is the first song that doesn't seem to have any suggestion of his previous works. "I'd Rather Be High" is also like this and it's one of the strongest (not to mention strangest) antiwar songs I've heard. I love the Beatlesque bass line and that the lyrics go from obscure/surreal to realistic and back again. "Boss Of Me" is DB at his funk pop best- a tribute to Iman? My late wife was a "small town girl" who at her best was the boss of me so it really tugs at my heartstrings. The next song that makes a big impression on me is the anthemic powerhouse "(You Will) Set The World On Fire", kind of an extension of Bowie's fascination with The Pixies. The official final track is stunning in every sense of the word- "Heat" is melodically and vocally minimalist with hallucinatory shades of atmospherics (courtesy of returning producer Tony Visconti) and the haunting lines "My father ran the prison/ But I am a seer/ I am a liar". Had I sequenced the album, any of the bonus tracks would have replaced "The Stars" and "Where Are We Now?" (though on repeated listens, I'm beginning to appreciate the melancholy feel of that one). Of the three bonus tracks, I like "Plan" the most- it's the riskiest of them, another minimalist piece and the only instrumental. It's like something from "Low" hurled into the future, much like "Heat". Mr. Bowie has once again surprised, delighted and provoked me with a completely unexpected return to form. "I'll take you there" he sings and delivers on that in spades. -For Janice ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by C***9 on May 7, 2013* Début avril , près de 1 mois après sa sortie , je reçoie the next day , mais , récompense de ma patience , en version double vinyl + cd . Je l'écoute ... D'entrée on voie que c'est un très bon album , je l'écoute plusieurs fois , je laisse reposer 2 semaines , et hier j'y reviens , et la c'est l'évidence , sûrement un chef d'œuvre ( même si le qualificatif de chef d'œuvre est plus sur quand il est rétrospectif plusieurs années après la sortie de l'album ...) Si je n'avais qu'une chose à dire sur cet album , je dirais que par rapport à tous ce qu'a sorti Bowie ces 30 dernières années ( des albums moyen à très bon , une production plus ou moins réussi , la qualité de la composition étant elle toujours au rendez vous ) il y a une différence FONDAMENTALE : une urgence , une tension , une densité qu'on avait pas connue depuis .... Heroes ! Une sorte de réinvestissement total ... Je ne peux d'ailleurs pas m'empecher de voir dans la pochette une confirmation de cela . C'est comme si Bowie avait à nouveau éprouvé une NECESSITE intérieure à la réalisation de son œuvre . A l'opposé, tout ce qu'il a fait depuis 30 ans il aurait pu le faire ... ou ne pas le faire . Alors que la , il DEVAIT le faire .Et ça change tout. Sinon , on a le plaisir de retrouver earl slick ( qui avait joué , et de quelle façon ,sur station sur station en 1976 et plus récemment sur reality) et pour la première fois chez bowie ( à ma connaissance ) Tony levin bassiste fidèle ( et excellent) de Peter Gabriel. A noter que ces 2 musiciens étaient également réunis sur le dernier album de John Lennon en 1980 , double fantasy . Les chansons sont denses , bien construites . Il n'y a pas de longueur , rien de gratuit . Les arrangements repose souvent sur une base rock assez simple et efficace , un peu comme un écho aux années 60 , avec une sous couche ( si j'ose dire ) plus complexe mais qui se fond parfaitement dans le décor . On pourrait encore disserter longtemps sur cette album , mais je m'arrêterais la pour conclure à priori sur un chef d'œuvre qui pourrai rejoindre mon top 4 personnel ( hunky dory , station to station , low et heroes ) . 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