THE NEXT DAY

Bowie released a studio album again after a decade, with a record that, despite the iconoclastic cover, satirizing "Heroes", is a good summary of the stylistic trends he has adopted over four and a half decades: the melancholy à la Low in "Where Are We Now?", the glam guitar solo of "Valentine's Day", the flirtation with electronics of "Love Is Lost" and the alternative rock à la Scary Monsters of the title track and "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)". However, The Next Day is kind of uneven, since after the 6 first tracks, which are all very good, there are some minor songs, like "If You Can See Me". Nevertheless, the two closing songs, "You Feel So Lonely You Cold Die" and "Heat", recover the high level of the beginning of the album in its final stretch.