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'hours...' is a 1999 album by British musician David Bowie. It was released 4 October, 1999 on Virgin Records. This was Bowie's final album for the EMI sub-label.

A lot of the material that ended up on 'hours...' was originally used, in alternate versions, for the video game Omikron - The Nomad Soul, which also featured two characters based on Bowie, as well as one on his wife Iman, one on 'hours...' collaborator Reeves Gabrels, and one on bassist Gail-Ann Dorsey.

To drum up interest in the impending album, a competition was held on Bowie's personal website BowieNet to compose lyrics to an instrumental backing track. The winning lyrics would be featured on 'hours...' . "What's Really Happening" lyricist Alex Grant also won a trip to a recording studio to watch Bowie record the track.

The album cover depicts the short-haired Bowie persona from the intensely energetic previous album Earthling resting exhaustedly in the arms of a long-haired, more youthful version of Bowie — indeed, 'hours...' is a much mellower album than its predecessor, and features numerous references to earlier parts of Bowie's musical career (particularly the early 1970s). For the album's initial release, a number of copies featured a lenticular version of the cover, lending a three-dimensional effect to the image.

In 2004, Bowie's new label ISO Records reissued 'hours...' as a double CD set with the second CD comprising remixes, alternate versions, and single B-sides.

Contents

Track listing

Original release

All tracks by David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels except "What's Really Happening?" (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels/Alex Grant).

  1. "Thursday's Child" – 5:24
  2. "Something in the Air" – 5:46
  3. "Survive" – 4:11
  4. "If I'm Dreaming My Life" – 7:04
  5. "Seven" – 4:04
  6. "What's Really Happening?" – 4:10
  7. "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell" – 4:40
  8. "New Angels of Promise" – 4:35
  9. "Brilliant Adventure" – 1:54
  10. "The Dreamers" – 5:14
  11. "We All Go Through" (Japan only bonus track)

2004 reissue

Disc 1

  1. "Thursday's Child" – 5:24
  2. "Something in the Air" – 5:46
  3. "Survive" – 4:11
  4. "If I'm Dreaming My Life" – 7:04
  5. "Seven" – 4:04
  6. "What's Really Happening?" – 4:10
  7. "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell" – 4:40
  8. "New Angels of Promise" – 4:35
  9. "Brilliant Adventure" – 1:54
  10. "The Dreamers" – 5:14

Disc 2

  1. "Thursday's Child" (Rock Mix) – 4:29
  2. "Thursday's Child" (Omikron: The Nomad Soul Slower Version) – 5:35
  3. "Something in the Air" (American Psycho Remix) – 6:03
  4. "Survive" (Marius De Vries Mix) – 4:18
  5. "Seven" (Demo) – 4:07
  6. "Seven" (Marius De Vries Mix) – 4:13
  7. "Seven" (Beck Mix #1) – 3:46
  8. "Seven" (Beck Mix #2) – 5:14
  9. "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell" (Edit) – 4:00
  10. "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell" (Stigmata Film Version) – 4:49
  11. "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell" (Stigmata Film Only Version) – 4:00
  12. "New Angels of Promise" (Omikron: The Nomad Soul Version) – 4:38
  13. "The Dreamers" (Omikron: The Nomad Soul Longer Version) – 5:43
  14. "1917" – 3:29
  15. "We Shall Go to Town" – 3:55
  16. "We All Go Through" – 4:11
  17. "No One Calls" – 3:50

Singles

  1. "Thursday's Child" (20 September 1999)
  2. "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell" (14 October 1999, Australia and Japan only)
  3. "Survive" (24 January 2000)
  4. "Seven" (17 July 2000)

Production credits

 

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