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8 January 20167 tracks, 41 minutes

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Blackstar (stylised as ★) is the twenty-sixth and final studio album by the English musician David Bowie. Released on 8 January 2016, Bowie's 69th birthday, the album was recorded in secret in New York City with his longtime co-producer Tony Visconti and a group of local jazz musicians: Donny McCaslin (saxophone), Jason Lindner (piano), Tim Lefebvre (bass) and Mark Guiliana (drums). Ben Monder and James Murphy contributed additional guitar and percussion, respectively.

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Genres: Electronic, avant-garde, jazz rock
Length: 7 tracks, 41 minutes
Released: 8 January 2016
Label: rhino

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The Daily Telegraph10.0 AllMusic10.0 The A.V. Club9.0

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1★9:58

2’Tis a Pity She Was a Whore4:53

3Lazarus6:24

4Sue (or In a Season of Crime)4:40

5Girl Loves Me4:52

6Dollar Days4:45

7I Can’t Give Everything Away5:47

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