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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.

Track listing

1999 release

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

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

"We All Go Through" was an additional track on the Japanese release.

2004 reissue

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

CD Two: # "Thursday's Child (Rock Mix)" (4:29) # "Thursday's Child (Omikron: The Nomad Soul Slower Version)" (5:35) # "Something In The Air (American Psycho Remix)" (6:03) # "Survive (Marius DeVries Mix)" (4:18) # "Seven (Demo)" (4:07) # "Seven (Maurius De Vries Mix)" (4:13) # "Seven (Beck Mix #1)" (3:46) # "Seven (Beck Mix #2)" (5:14) # "The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell (Edit)" (4:00) # "The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell (Stigmata Film Version)" (4:49) # "The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell (Stigmata Film Only Version)" (4:00) # "New Angels Of Promise (Omikron: The Nomad Soul Version)" (4:38) # "The Dreamers (Omikron: The Nomad Soul longer Version)" (5:43) # "1917" (3:29) # "We Shall Go to Town" (3:55) # "We All Go Through" (4:11) # "No One Calls" (3:50)

Singles

# "Thursday's Child" (20 Sept, 1999) # "The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell" (14 Oct, 1999 - Australia and Japan only) # "Survive" (24 Jan, 2000) # "Seven" (17 Jul, 2000)

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