THE NEXT DAY

Ten years. We had ten years left to cry in?. Oooops?I'm wrong here!

What a long silence from dear David. Almost a miracle! I have to say that I never thought of another album from him; and I was VERY glad when I heard he was issuing a new record. Moreover, when I talked about it with my brother, he assured me that this was a really good effort. So, here we go for another review (after a very long silence of mine).

Well?Most reviews are gorgeous, but I have to say that I am not really in line. There are of course a couple of decent (even good) songs like ''The Stars Are Out Tonight'' or ''I'll Take You There'' but ''Dirty Boys'' is really unnecessary (same comment about ''If You Can See Me'' as well as ''Boss Of Me''). David might have been pleased to release this album after so many years of silence but fans (including myself) were really looking forward for a new trip, but I am overall not very enthusiastic about this work.

Some good melodies (''Where Are We Now'', ''So She''), some decent rock songs (''Love Is Lost''), some déjà vu feeling (''Dancing Out In Space'') which reminds me the ''Let's Dance'' period and some supermarket music (''Valentine's day'') cannot raise this album to the range of masterpiece. And I'm not even talking about prog of course, but that's another topic.

Still, ''The Next Day'' (the album) is a fine piece of music even if there are very few surprises and highlights in here. The title track as well as ''How Does The Grass Grow'' reminds me of good old times (''Heroes''). The ballad ''You Feel So Lonely You Could Die'' is also quite poignant and reminds me of other times (you know: the seventies?)

I am quite surprised that this work rates higher than the superb ''Low'' which is in MHHO (my humble AND honest opinion) the proggiest work from Mr. Davy Jones on this site. Actually it even surpasses such great works as ''Station To Station'', ''Scary Monsters'' or ''Aladdin Sane'' which are parts of MY old time high from the master.

My fave here is the very pop ''Set The World On Fire'': great beat and fine melody are the ingredients. A very good rock song indeed as well as ''I'll Take You There''.

All in all, ''The Next Day'' is not a bad album. But I am just disappointed with the work delivered. Three stars no more. And I cannot be considered to be unfair to the artist. This is called objectivity.

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