David Bowie - Reality
NME.COM feature on David Bowie - Reality album including album review, artwork, tracks, listen now, tour dates, discography and more.
Release date: 30 November 2002
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- New Killer Star
- Pablo Picasso
- Never Get Old
- The Loneliest Guy
- Looking For Water
- She'll Drive The Big Car
- Days
- Fall Dog Bombs The Moon
- Try Some, Buy Some
- Reality
- Bring Me The Disco King
- Waterloo Sunset
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David Bowie - Reality: Wikipedia Album Entry
Reality is an album by the British singer-songwriter David Bowie, released in 2003. The album was well received by fans and critics and was one of Bowie's most critically acclaimed albums since Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), alongside Heathen. It is his latest album to date.
Some of the lyrics found in Reality deal with Bowie's perception of himself as an old person, as in the songs "The Loneliest Guy", "Days", the ironic "Never Get Old", and especially on the nostalgic "Bring Me The Disco King". The album also makes reference to the 9/11 attacks in "New Killer Star" and the concept of Reality as subjective.
Over the promotional period, the album was released in a variety of formats. The standard release was a single jewel case CD version, followed by the CD with a three track bonus CD in digipak format. The album was then released as a multichannel hybrid SACD, and then reissued with a bonus live DVD recorded in London.
Track listing
All songs written by David Bowie except where noted.
1. "New Killer Star" – 4:40
2. "Pablo Picasso" (John Cale/Jonathan Richman) – 4:06
3. "Never Get Old" – 4:25
4. "The Loneliest Guy" – 4:11
5. "Looking for Water" – 3:28
6. "She'll Drive the Big Car" – 4:35
7. "Days" – 3:19
8. "Fall Dog Bombs the Moon" – 4:04
9. "Try Some, Buy Some" (George Harrison) – 4:24
10. "Reality" – 4:23
11. "Bring Me the Disco King" – 7:45
Limited Edition Bonus Disc
1. "Fly" – 4:10
2. "Queen of All the Tarts (Overture)" – 2:53
3. "Rebel Rebel" (2002 re-recording) – 3:10
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David Bowie - Reality Lyrics
David Bowie - New Killer Star Lyrics
See the great white star
Over Battery Park
Then a flare glides over
But I won't look at that star
David Bowie - Reality Lyrics
Tragic youth was looking young and sexy
The tragic youth was wearing tattered black jeans
Bearing arms and flaunting all her mischief
The tragic youth was going down on me
David Bowie - Try Some, Buy Some Lyrics
Way back in time
Someone said try some
I tried some
Now buy some, I bought some
David Bowie - Fall Dog Bombs The Moon Lyrics
Hope little girl
Come blow me away
I don't care much
I win anyway, just a dog
David Bowie - Days Lyrics
Hold me tight
Keep me cool
Going mad
Don't know what to do
David Bowie - She'll Drive The Big Car Lyrics
She waited by the moon
She was sick with fear and cold
She felt too old for all of this
Of course she never showed
David Bowie - Looking For Water Lyrics
Silver leaves are spinning 'round
Take my hand as we go down
And down, and down looking for water
David Bowie - The Loneliest Guy Lyrics
Streets damp and warm
Empty smell metal
Weeds between buildings
Pictures on my hard drive
David Bowie - Never Get Old Lyrics
Better take care
Think I better go, better get a room
Better take care of me again and again
I think about this and I think about personal history
David Bowie - Pablo Picasso Lyrics
Well some people try to pick up girls
This never happened to Pablo Picasso
He could walk down your street
And get called assholes
David Bowie - Bring Me The Disco King Lyrics
You promised me the ending would be clear
You'd let me know when the time was now
Don't let me know when you're opening the door
Stab me in the dark, let me disappear
