{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Rarity (rarity)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Jan-16 19:48:55 UTC","author_name":"Rarity (rarity)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/rarity","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4061087","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/28430\" class=\"url\" title=\"Tair&#x101;\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">northernnarwhal<\/span><\/a><\/span> Antonio Fantaliglio in his review said what I thought was really true about it, in that you can't say &quot;it wouldn't be as good if he hadn't died&quot;, because the whole point of the album is that he KNEW he was dying.  If he wasn't dying, Blackstar wouldn't be what it is.  Bowie turned his actual death into an art piece and that's papayaing amazing and such a Bowie thing to do.  I absolutely agree that it's the most I've enjoyed a Bowie album in a long time.  Probably gonna see it on some &quot;best of 2016&quot; lists for sure"}