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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })'hours...' is the twenty-second studio album by David Bowie, released in 1999. It is notable for being not only his last album with both the EMI sublabel Virgin Records and EMI as a whole (with all following albums being released through Columbia Records), but also the first complete album by a major artist available to download over the Internet, preceding its physical release by two weeks (it wasn't the first music of any kind distributed in this manner, though; that would be Bowie's earlier single "Telling Lies"). Given the comparatively slow state of the dial-up form of internet that was common in the 1990's, Bowie launched his own ISP, BowieNet, the year prior to this album's release partly as a means of giving fans a way to more readily download the album in its entirety.A major departure from the preceding two albums, being a mix of art rock and pop rock with heavy electronic leanings and a much more Lighter and Softer style both musically and lyrically (save for the Hard Rock-influenced "What's Really Happening" and "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell"). Its singer-songwriterly feel immediately drew comparisons to Hunky Dory, which was mirrored by Bowie outgrowing his hair in a similiar fashion to how he did back in 1971. All but three songs on the album (the exceptions being "If I'm Dreaming My Life", "What's Really Happening", and "Brilliant Adventure") were both used in and originally recorded for the video game Omikron: The Nomad Soul, essentially making this Bowie's sole foray into VGM. In addition, the song "What's Really Happening?" was also recorded live using lyrics that were submitted as part of a "Cyber Song" fan competition on Bowie's official website, later advertised on the tray art for the album's CD release.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Like its predecessor Earthling, 'hours...' was commercially successful, peaking at No. 5 on the UK albums chart and being certified silver in the UK and gold in France. In the US, it was Bowie's first album since The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars to miss the Billboard Top 40, peaking at No. 47. The critical reception, however, was a lot more mixed; whilst some appreciated the more mellow direction Bowie took, others cited its' slick, overtly sterile production as the album's main drawback.The singles released from this album were "Thursday's Child", "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell". "Survive", and "Seven" | |
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New Sound Album: Neoclassical, ethereal-sounding art rock with some pop leanings. | |
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Title Track: One of Bowie's five albumsnote alongside David Bowie, Hunky Dory, Low, and Lodger that doesn't feature one (depending on whether or not you count Space Oddity, which was originally a Self-Titled Album, and Tin Machine II, which depends on whether or not you treat Tin Machine as a true Bowie project or an independent entity, the number goes up to either six or seven). | |
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Other Common Music Video Concepts — Band from Mundania: Both the official 'hours...' videos put Bowie in domestic settings and then ease in fantasy elements. In "Thursday's Child", he and his current lover are getting ready for bed when in the bathroom mirror he sees a reflection of his younger self and an old lover. In "Survive", he broods alone in a cluttered kitchen over a romantic breakup— and then gravity goes askew. The unreleased video for "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell" would kept the trend as well (see What Could Have Been in the Trivia section). | |
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Miniscule Rocking | |
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Miniscule Rocking: "Brilliant Adventure" is just under two minutes long. | |
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Auto-Tune: Used mainly for distorting his vocals. This is most prominent in "Something in the Air" and "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell" | |
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Pietà Plagiarism | |
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Pietà Plagiarism: The album cover has an older long-haired Bowie cradling a (slightly!) younger short-haired version of himself, representing his shift to a Lighter and Softer sound following the much-heavier 1. Outside and Earthling. | |
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What Could Have Been | |
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Both the official 'hours...' videos put Bowie in domestic settings and then ease in fantasy elements. In "Thursday's Child", he and his current lover are getting ready for bed when in the bathroom mirror he sees a reflection of his younger self and an old lover. In "Survive", he broods alone in a cluttered kitchen over a romantic breakup— and then gravity goes askew. The unreleased video for "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell" would kept the trend as well (see What Could Have Been in the Trivia section). | |
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Snakes Are Sinister | |
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Snakes Are Sinister: A Black Mamba can be seen laying at the feet of the three Bowies on the back cover, hinting at the album's occasional darker undercurrents. | |
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Epic Rocking | |
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Epic Rocking: "If I'm Dreaming My Life" at 7 minutes long. | |
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Three-Dimensional Episode: Early releases of 'hours...' feature a lenticular cover, which can be tilted to shift the perspective in the cover photo, providing a pseudo-3D effect. | |
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Time Title: "Thursday's Child" derives its name from both a line in the nursery rhyme "Monday's Child" and a line in The Velvet Underground's "All Tomorrow's Parties" (itself a reference to the nursery rhyme), tying in with the lyrics looking back on Bowie's life up to 1999. | |
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Rearrange the Song: Both "Seven" and "Survive" saw releases as remixes by Marius DeVries. | |
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Leet Lingo: Appears in the form of the alphanumeric sequences spelling "David Bowie Hours" beneath the album cover's fake barcodes, with some of the numbers reoriented to better match certain letters. With the numbers properly oriented, the code reads "D6V1DB0W1340URS". | |
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Lighter and Softer | |
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Lighter and Softer: To Earthling in both respects, as reflected in the cover photo | |
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One-Word Title: The album, "Seven" and "Survive". | |
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Self-Backing Vocalist | |
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Self-Backing Vocalist: The exception being "Thursday's Child" where Holly Palmer is featured quite prominently (see Soprano and Gravel) | |
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Letters 2 Numbers | |
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Letters 2 Numbers: The section for "Seven" in the liner notes features "7EVEN" written across the lefthand page in large type; may be a possible Shout-Out to the film 7 (which included Bowie's 1995 song "The Hearts Filthy Lesson" in the credits). | |
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Soprano and Gravel | |
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Soprano and Gravel: "Thursday's Child", though Bowie's voice isn't exactly gravelly. | |
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Religious Russian Roulette | |
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Religious Russian Roulette: "Seven" | |
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