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74 out of 100

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8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 34 Ratings

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  • Summary: 'Reality' finds a now 56-year-old David Bowie working once again with longtime producer Tony Visconti. Included among the 11 tracks is a cover of Jonathan Richman's "Pablo Picasso."

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Launch.com
    80
    Reality is easily one of his most emotionally transparent albums.
  2. Mojo
    80
    Bowie's best album for 20 years. [Oct 2003, p.104]
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  3. Entertainment Weekly
    58
    Reality's core flaw is the same on e that has marred Bowie's work since 1993's Black Tie White Noise: studio-slick production that drowns even the best musical ideas in digitally processed canola oil. [19 Sep 2003, p.85]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 25
  3. Negative: 1 out of 25
  1. KylarL
    10
    Finally a return. This most definitely is his best work since Let's Dance. Let's hope for more along this quality.
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  2. FourSkin
    10
    I bought the version with the DVD. It works as well live as does in the studio. So much for the layering. His band is fantastic. I always like Bowie music best when its got a kickarse bass played by a kickarse bass player.… Expand
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  3. zokip
    1
    shit.the worse b album after heathen
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