2016 Reissue!'hours...' is the twenty-first studio album by English singer David Bowie, first released in October, 1999. The album cover, designed by Rex Ray with photography by Tim Bret Day and Frank Ockenfels, depicts the short-haired Bowie persona from the intensely energetic previous album Earthling exhausted, resting in the arms of a long-haired, more youthful version of Bowie. 'hours... is a mellow album and features numerous references to earlier parts of Bowie's musical career (particularly the early 1970s). 'hours... received an impressive reception from critics; Rolling Stone described the record as "an album that improves with each new hearing." Similarly impressed, Alternative Press described Hours as “"a masterpiece and finds Bowie returning to basics he never should have left behind."