Álbum The Next Day (David Bowie)

The Next Day de David Bowie

Álbum de David Bowie

  • Fecha de lanzamiento: 8 de Marzo de 2013
  • Sello Discográfico: ISO Records
  • Compositores: David Bowie
  • Productores: Tony Visconti, David Bowie

Valora este álbum

The Next Day es un álbum de David Bowie, publicado en 2013 por ISO Records. El disco incluye 14 canciones, entre ellas «The Next Day», «Dirty Boys», «The Stars (Are Out Tonight)» y «Love Is Lost».

Lanzado en 2013, The Next Day es el vigésimo cuarto álbum de estudio de David Bowie y representa uno de los regresos más inesperados y triunfales de la historia de la música. Tras un silencio de diez años en los que se especulaba con su retiro definitivo, Bowie sorprendió al mundo en su 66 cumpleaños con el lanzamiento del sencillo "Where Are We Now?". El álbum es una obra de art rock magistral, que lo ve reunirse una vez más con el productor Tony Visconti para crear un disco que es a la vez una mirada retrospectiva a su legendario pasado (especialmente a su etapa en Berlín) y una declaración poderosa y contemporánea. "The Next Day" fue un éxito de crítica y ventas unánime, y demostró que, incluso después de una década de ausencia, el genio creativo de Bowie seguía intacto.

Cómo nació el disco

El álbum fue grabado en completo secreto durante un período de dos años en Nueva York. Bowie y Visconti impusieron acuerdos de confidencialidad a todos los músicos involucrados para evitar cualquier tipo de filtración. El repentino lanzamiento del primer sencillo y el anuncio del álbum cogieron al mundo por sorpresa, generando un frenesí mediático. El álbum fue un rotundo "no" al retiro, una declaración de que Bowie seguía teniendo mucho que decir.

Claves musicales

El sonido de "The Next Day" es una poderosa mezcla de art rock, hard rock y balada. Es un álbum enérgico y guitarrero, con una producción moderna y contundente de Tony Visconti. El disco está lleno de referencias a su propio pasado, tanto en el sonido como en las letras, que a menudo revisitan su tiempo en Berlín. Líricamente, es un álbum complejo que explora temas de historia, tiranía, violencia y memoria.

Las canciones del álbum

El primer sencillo, la melancólica balada "Where Are We Now?", es una nostálgica mirada a su tiempo en Berlín. Le siguió el enérgico rock "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)", cuyo vídeo, protagonizado por Tilda Swinton, fue un éxito viral. La canción que da título al disco, "The Next Day", es un rock potente. "Valentine's Day" aborda el tema de un tiroteo en una escuela. "Love Is Lost" es un tema oscuro y electrónico que recuerda a su Trilogía de Berlín.

El diseño de la portada

La portada, diseñada por Jonathan Barnbrook, es una de las más comentadas de su carrera. Es una versión modificada de la icónica portada de su álbum "Heroes", pero con un cuadrado blanco opaco que tapa el rostro de Bowie y el título del nuevo álbum. Es una declaración audaz sobre la anulación del pasado para dar paso al presente.

Lanzamiento y cifras

El álbum fue un éxito comercial masivo en todo el mundo, debutando en el número 1 en el Reino Unido.

Lo que dijo la crítica

La crítica aclamó "The Next Day" como un regreso triunfal y una gran obra de su carrera tardía. Fue elogiado por su energía, su relevancia y la calidad de sus composiciones. El álbum fue nominado a tres premios Grammy y al Mercury Prize. "The Next Day" fue la prueba definitiva de que David Bowie seguía siendo el artista de rock más impredecible y vital de su generación.

Listado de Canciones

  1. The Next Day3:26
  2. Dirty Boys2:58

    Letra

    Something like Tobacco Road Living on a lonely road I will pull you out of there We will go to Finchley Fair I will buy a feather hat I will steal a cricket bat Smash some windows, make a noise We will run with Dirty Boys When the sun goes down When the sun goes down and the die is cast When the die is cast and you have no choice We will run with Dirty Boys We all want men we all want you Me and the Boys we all go through You've got to learn to hold your tongue They said the moon was his burning son When the sun goes down When the sun goes down and the die is cast When the die is cast and you have no choice We will run with Dirty Boys
  3. The Stars (Are Out Tonight)3:57
  4. Love Is Lost3:57

    Letra

    It's the darkest hour, you're 22 The voice of youth, the hour of dread It's the darkest hour, and your voice is new Love is lost, and lost is love Your country's new, your friends are new Your house, and even your eyes are new Your maid is new, and your accent, too But your fear is as old as the world Say goodbye to the thrills of life When love was good, when love was bad Wave goodbye to the life without pain Say hello, your beautiful girl Say hello to the greater men Tell them your secrets they're like the grave Oh what you have done, oh what you have done Love is lost, lost is love You know so much, it's making me cry You refuse to talk, but you think like mad You've cut out your zone and the things have fold Oh what have you done, oh what have you done Oh what have you done, oh what have you done
  5. Where Are We Now?4:09
  6. Valentine´s Day3:02
  7. If You Can See Me3:12

    Letra

    If you can see me I can see you I could wear your new blue shoes I should wear your old red dress And walk to the crossroads So take this knife And meet me across the river Just shoots and ladders and this is the kiss American Anna, fantastic Alsatian From nowhere to nothing And I go way back Children swarm like thousands of bugs Towards the lights the beacons above the hill The stars to the West, the South, the North and to the East Now you could say I've got a gift of sorts A fear of rear windows and swinging doors A love of violence and dread of sighs If you can see me I can see you If you can see me I can see you I have seen these bairns wave their fists at God Swear to destroy the beasts, stamping the ground In their excitement for tomorrow I could wear your new blue shoes I should wear your old red dress And walk to the crossroads So take this knife And meet me across the river I will take your lands and all that lays beneath The dust of cold flowers, prison of dark of ashes I will slaughter your kind who descend from belief I am the spirit of greed, a lord of theft I'll burn all your books and the problems they make If you can see me I can see you If you can see me.
  8. I´d Rather Be High3:44
  9. Boss of Me4:09

    Letra

    Tell me when you're sad I'm gonna make it cool again I know you're feeling bad Tell me when you're cool again Who'd have ever thought of it Who'd have ever dreamed That a small town girl like you Would be the boss of me We fly through the night The tears on your lips Life has your mind and soul It spins on your hips Who'd have ever thought of it Who'd have ever dreamed Who'd have ever thought of it Who'd have ever dreamed That a small town girl like you Would be the boss of me Would be the boss of me Would be the boss of me You look at me and you reach for the free blue sky I look to the stars as they flicker and float in your eyes And under these wings of steel the small town dies Who'd have ever thought of it Who'd have ever dreamed Who'd have ever thought of it Who'd have ever dreamed That a small town girl like you Would be the boss of me Who'd have ever thought of it Who'd have ever dreamed That a small town girl like you Would be the boss of me Would be the boss of me Would be the boss of me
  10. Dancing Out in Space3:21

    Letra

    Now some guys say they're legman And other prefers blondes And some guys go for tna Of all these I am fall But there's one thing that I earned for this much as true as I know The women turns my head like the one who would gamble Joe Nigga' girls are all from the North Oooh With a big... Sleakin' out of the slim... I ask the one to dance with a yo-yo in her pants I cannot reason why this tought I can declipse And nothing get's me quiet as ** lips I'd like the gamble of Joe because it comes in Andy when I need another place to hold my pounting pen ... Gamble Joe Now some guys say they're legman And other prefers blondes And some guys go for tna Of all these I am fall But there's one thing that I earned for this much as true as I know The women turns my head like the one who would gamble Joe Nigga' girls are all from the North I ask the one to dance with a yo-yo in her pants I cannot reason why this tought I can declipse And nothing get's me quiet as ** lips I'd like the gamble of Joe because it comes in Andy when I need another place to hold my pounting pen
  11. How Does the Grass Grow?4:34
  12. (You Will) Set the World On Fire3:32
  13. You Feel So Lonely You Could Die4:37
  14. Heat4:25

    Letra

    Then we saw mission is dark Trapped between the rocks Blocking the waterfall The songs of dust The world would end And night was always falling The peacock in the snow And I tell myself, I don't know who I am And I tell myself, I don't know who I am My father ran the prison (and the prison, in the prison?) My father ran the prison I can only love you by hating him more That's not the truth, it's too big a word He believed that love is theft Love and war, the theft of love And I tell myself, I don't know who I am And I tell myself, I don't know who I am My father ran the prison My father ran the prison But I am a seer, I am a liar I am a seer, but I am a liar My father ran the prison My father ran the prison