David Bowie has announced the release of his first new album in a decade.
Named ‘The Next Day’, the album has been developed by Bowie’s longtime collaborator Tony Visconti and is set to hit the shelves on March 11. Fans in Australia will have access to the album three days earlier, on March 8, while fans in America will need to wait until March 12.
The standard edition of the album features 14 tracks, with the ‘Deluxe Version’ adding an additional three. Both editions are currently available for pre-order on iTunes.
To celebrate the album announcement, Bowie has released its first single right away. Titled ‘Where Are We Now?’, the track is now available for download on iTunes.
This stately ballad includes lyrics that reference Bowie’s years in Berlin, mentioning various landmarks such as Potsdamer Platz, a central square, and KaDeWe, the city’s most iconic department store. The chorus repeats the lines: “Where are we now? Where are we now? The moment you know, you know you know.”
Bowie’s previous album, ‘Reality’, came out in 2003, and he concluded his latest tour in 2004 after falling ill. In recent years, the singer has maintained a notably low profile, a fact that the album announcement on his official website pointed out.
The announcement states: “In recent years, radio silence has only been interrupted by endless speculation, rumors, and wishful thinking…a new record…who would have ever believed it, who would have ever dreamed it! After all, David is an artist who creates and performs on his own terms…when he has something meaningful to convey rather than something to sell. Today, he certainly has something to express.”
The complete tracklisting for ‘The Next Day’ is as follows:
‘The Next Day’
‘Dirty Boys’
‘The Stars (Are Out Tonight)’
‘Love Is Lost’
‘Where Are We Now?’
‘Valentine’s Day’
‘If You Can See Me’
‘I’d Rather Be High’
‘Boss Of Me’
‘Dancing Out In Space’
‘How Does The Grass Grow’
‘(You Will) Set The World On Fire’
‘You Feel So Lonely You Could Die’
‘Heat’
Deluxe Version bonus tracks:
‘So She’
‘I’ll Take You There’
‘Plan’
by Wallace McTavish
