- Record Label: Columbia
- Release Date: Oct 21, 2016
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MagnetNov 16, 2016After the actors have their poignantly emotional say, it's Bowie's own tremolo-rich, baritone voice and the noir-art-industrial-jazz band he employed on Blackstar that top off Lazarus stage-songs. [No. 137, p.53]
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Nov 22, 2016Lazarus--partly because it’s a show with a great band, partly because many of David Bowie’s songs are peculiarly adaptable to the musical format--works as a record.
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Oct 24, 2016Only a few tracks come down with showtune-itis--‘All The Young Dudes’ and ‘Changes’, which morphs from a breathy, jazz-flecked ballad to an over-emotive Liza Minnelli cabaret piece in the hands of Cristin Milioti. Otherwise, invention reigns.
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Oct 26, 2016If you've heard Bowie sing "Life on Mars," not to mention Barbara Streisand or Lorde, you probably won't play this version twice. But the cast sometimes brings fresh nuance--specially "Absolute Beginners," where Hall and Cristin Milioti revive a long-forgotten Eighties movie theme as a doo-wop wedding hymn.
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Oct 25, 2016Admittedly, without seeing the play--which officially opens in London on November 8--the soundtrack feels an incomplete experience. At its most successful, Lazarus finds new ways of presenting well-known songs; an unenviable task for Hey and his seven-piece band.
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Oct 25, 2016It's difficult to judge a soundtrack separate from the production. But even without the visuals, Lazarus is still worth a listen or two. The performances range from solid to great, and the covers of these classics are often fresh.
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Oct 27, 2016This isn’t his grand final statement (that was Blackstar), it’s a cool little postscript tagged onto an earnest, unthrilling tribute.
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Oct 24, 2016While Michael C Hall, Sophia Anne Caruso et al turn in perfectly reasonable renditions of an hour’s worth of material from Bowie’s back catalogue, their takes on Changes, Heroes and Life on Mars? were always going to pale in comparison to the originals.