[Shaun]

ahh/ ahh/ ahh/

David Bowie's shelved album from 2001, 'Toy', has appeared online.

A high quality rip of the 14-track album appeared on file-sharing sites on Sunday (March 20) and has been shared by fans since.

The album features re-recorded and revamped versions of some of Bowie’s earliest tracks. It was due to be released as a follow-up to 1999's 'Hours…' but was shelved after a dispute between Bowie and his then-label Virgin.

Two tracks from the album, 'Uncle Floyd' and 'Afraid', made it onto 2002’s 'Heathen'. Three others, 'Baby Loves That Way', 'Shadow Man' and 'You’ve Got A Habit Of Leaving', were released as b-sides.

It is not know who who leaked the album. Rolling Stone reports that Bowie's office "declined to comment" on the leak.

The 'Toy' tracklisting is:

'Uncle Floyd'
'Afraid'
'Baby Loves That Way'
'I Dig Everything'
'Conversation Piece'
'Let Me Sleep Beside You'
'Toy (Your Turn To Drive)'
'Hole In The Ground'
'Shadow Man'
'In The Heat Of The Morning'
'You've Got A Habit Of Leaving'
'Silly Boy Blue'
'Liza Jane'
'The London Boys'

Bowie last studio album was 2003’s 'Reality'. He has, aside from a few guest appearances with the likes of Arcade Fire and Scarlett Johansson, been on musical hiatus since his heart surgery in 2004.

[Tom4784]

That's cool although I'm no fan of the newer Bowie stuff.

[Shaun]

same really - it's pretty average but Heathen was a pretty solid album, probably a 7/10.

[Tom4784]

I stick my nose up at anything past the mid 80's really when it comes to Bowie. It's a similar case for a lot of older artists I like though, never like their modern stuff.

[Shaun]

00s > 90s Bowie

-tries in vain to forget Outside and Earthling-

[Shaun]

Youtube video

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holy sheet it's fantastic.

[Shaun]

Shadow Man is actually perfect

There's a man back a-ways
Who believes at where he is
And there's a girl
Up ahead who says she knows

And the street overflows
With the folk who understand
But for the guy who can't be seen
He's the shadow man
And the shadow man is close at hand

Take a turn and see his smile
Made of nothing but loneliness
Just take a walk and be a friend
To the shadow man

You can call him joe, you can call him sam
You should call and see who answers
For he promises to come running, guided by the truth
But the shadow man is really you

Look in his eyes and see your reflection
Look to the stars and see his eyes
He'll show you tomorrow, he'll show you the sorrows
Of what you did today

You can call him foe, you can call him friend
You should call and see who answers
For he knows your eyes are drawn to the road ahead
And the shadow man is waiting round the bend
Oh, the shadow man
Ohooooo oooo
Shadow man, shadow man
It's really you, it's really you, it's really you
He's the shadow man
Oh yeah
Shadow man