Reality [Dual Disc]

David Bowie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 8, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Dual Disc
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000670DQI
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,893 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. New Killer Star

2. Pablo Picasso

3. Never Get Old

4. The Loneliest Guy

5. Looking For Water

6. She'll Drive The Big Car

7. Days

8. Fall Dog Bombs The Moon

9. Try Some, Buy Some

10. Reality

11. Bring Me The Disco King

Editorial Reviews

REALITY - Dual Format Disk

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars New Killer Sound Mix, but not much else, February 12, 2005

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Brett D. Cullum (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)    (REAL NAME)   

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This review is from: Reality (Audio CD)

I bought this item expecting the videos for singles off of David Bowie's REALITY CD. Well... you get videos, but not the ones made for VH-1 or MTV airplay. They are mostly just artsy shots of trees or NYC, and sometimes Bowie in a studio in one outfit singing along. The "REALITY FILM" is interesting, but it offers only small insight into the album and is mainly a performance art piece with Bowie interviewing himself on art and whether he prefers ketchup or mustard. It does however feature A GREAT 5.1 sound mix that you can pop into a DVD player and hear 5 channels of one of Bowie's best releases in recent years. For that it is awesome, just don't expect much more. You do get lyrics on-screen as well which helps if you want to learn every word to the songs. Great album by the way! Be warned though - this dual disc may not play in ALL CD players. It is rare that it is incompatible, but people with older players might be wary of it.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A missed opportunity, February 26, 2005

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PEF "PEF" (Norfolk, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Reality (Audio CD)

This is a good album. Not as good as Heathen from a couple of years ago, but very good nonetheless. I got someone to bring it back from the USA, as Dualdisc hasn't yet been officially released in the UK. Yes, as other reviewers have said, it's a good surround mix, and at least I can play it in my car and rip it to my iPod, unlike normal DVD-A. But what a missed opportunity to only have the surround side in Dolby Digital. There's plenty of capacity on a DVD to incorporate both a proper 96 KHZ 24 bit 5.1 DVD-A version of the surround mix, as well as a standard DD version. And good as it is, the surround mix doesn't sound as natural, vibrant or crystal clear as a good high-res audio version would have. I hope future Dualdisc releases incorporate proper DVD-Audio surround mixes.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars REview for REality by David Bowie., February 8, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Reality (Audio CD)

I find it quite startling how no one has yet critiqued this album. Is David Bowie no longer a galactically popular rock star who gets 8,000 hits on every site with his name on it? Apparently not. So, on to Reality:

Because David Bowie is an alien life form he is capable of composing songs which are not based on the traditional 7 note scales, but rather use a precisely inter-related sequence of notes that exactly correspond to various aspects of the subconscious human train of thought. These aspects are most easily recognized as the visual and emotional sensations which these songs evoke. Truly, this album is the most beautiful piece of artwork that I have ever witnessed. Except maybe Beksinski. Beksinski is craaazy.

If you want to preview a song before getting the album, I recommend Bring Me the Disco King, Looking for Water, and New Killer Star.


FYI, I'm actually 22, not 13. I just didn't want to bother getting an amazon account.

-Luke Langsjoen
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