'A Reality Tour' by David Bowie

Another 'not an album' listen - this is the soundtrack to a DVD release, although it will be released on CD next year. Recorded live in Dublin on Bowie's last major tour (to date, though it's looking increasingly unlikely he'll ever do another), this presents 30 odd tracks spanning the whole of his career.

There's a mildly surprising emphasis on his more recent work - welcome, as it's good - which shows a real confidence in his latter albums, but they're balanced out with some major hits ('Rebel Rebel', 'Changes', 'Ashes To Ashes') and some more obscure stuff ('Fantastic Voyage', 'Be My Wife', and 'Sisiter Midnight', co-written with Iggy Pop). His band are talented and versatile enough to play the songs pretty much as they were. 'Rebel Rebel' gets a new intro, 'Loving The Alien' is acoustic, but everything else is much as it was originally. Only a few key changes demonstrate Bowie's increasing age - but then 'Life On Mars' must have been difficult to sing in 1973, let alone thirty years later.

If this is to be the final major live recording from Bowie, it's a good way to stop.