surprisingly at near epidemic proportions is this new disease.also known as being a person with no musical taste.I think this is a very good album. while not particularly groundbreaking or as experimental as his other works i.e. Earthling 1.Outside. or diamond Dogsi have no idea why anyone would compare this album to Hunky Dory the two are completely different.The most comparison I can find is maybe the Deram anthology and that's mostly reffering to the rather understated instrumental accoutrements. the musical accompaniment in hours is actually much more interesting than that of the Deram anthologies as well.i think survive is an absolutely beautiful song.This album though is a bit of a sober melodramatic one.I personally like that, but other people not so much.I enjoyed this album quite a bit.