David Bowie’s voice does not fade: this is ‘Toy’, the ‘surprise’ album that sees the light six years after his death

Six years after his death, David Bowie releases an album. This Friday, January 7, ‘Toy’ is published, a work that it was actually recorded 20 years ago and that the record company refused to publish at the time because it did not see it commercial. You could say that it all started with the Glastonbury concert in 2000, which was one of the most massive performances by David Bowie.

Soon after, the British rock star wanted to continue making history and recorded an album with a live band, the ‘Toy Sessions’. These songs had been buried in the studio for several decades because the record company refused to release the album. 20 years later, they are revived thanks to Toni Visconti. The album was recorded between July and October 2000 and compiles new versions of songs that he had originally recorded between 1964 and 1971, also adding previously unreleased songs.

This producer and close friend of Bowie has worked magic with his arrangements in order to boost new hits to add to a stellar career that began in 1969 and that was for the artist a springboard to fame with great successes, such as the well-known ‘Life on Mars’ or ‘Ziggy Stardust’. Bowie also revolutionized the panorama of musical aesthetics thanks to its characteristic as well as transgressive androgynous aesthetics.

This led him to become an icon of glam rock. This same week, his heirs sold the rights to hits like ‘Starman’ for 194 million euros. Bowie died in 2016, but his voice never faded. His latest album, with his imprint and design, goes on sale the day before his 75th birthday. An album turned posthumous gift to an immortal voice.