An extra 10 tracks for Bowie's underwhelming latest album. The main draw here is definitely the Love is Lost remix, a 10-minute James Murphy-produced epic that stretches through time and space, with a nod to Clapping Music along the way. It's a legit LCD-caliber microraveup and a match made in heaven.
The rest is all pretty limp though. There's some highlights among the bonus tracks: Atomica's a nice little stomper of 80's art pop, Born in a UFO is an offkilter, swooping trip and I'll Take You There clips along with purpose. But even the punchy, faster, better tracks blow their tricks within the first few bars, never veering off of their initial trajectories. Bowie's heart doesn't seem to be in trying to impress, he's just making little songs, nocking the tempo, singing for a bit, and clocking out at 3:00 or so. Which is fine, if that's all you expect 3/5
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