Heathen

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  David Bowie

  Neil Hopkins

  Bowie had just become a dad again at the age of 55 when he wrote this, so there is a mix of introspection, worries and looking to the future on this album. He’d reconciled with Tony Visconti after their falling out, so they were able to work together for the first time in over twenty years. There is an assured mix of styles, including some interesting choices of songs to cover from Pixies, Neil Young and Legendary Stardust Cowboy.

  The two tracks that really stood out for me were Afraid, which is one of his very earliest songs that he had been working on for the Toys project, and A Better Future which was obviously written with his newborn daughter in mind.