Low

Love David Bowie, but not favorite Bowie Album

Sounded ahead of the curve for it's time, outdated by the mid 80's, then like it could have been released in 2016. Too unengaging instrumental in the second half. Best Song(s): Sound and Vision Further Listening: Yes

2/5

Hell yeah I fuckin love bowie

New Job in a New Town best track. Overall a moody and interesting album

Interesting sound-scapes with good compositions. Lyrics and vocals don't contribute as much.

I like toevallig dit hele album nog nooit geluisterd dus leuke ervaring

This was a wild ride. Great music. Different than expected. First half was much better. Great first album.

Blind album, didn't even know it existed in his discography. Very funky right off the bat and different from what I hear when I think Bowie. Groovy, and funky, and I love it. The 2nd half of this album sounds like an entirely different album though...

Me gusta el otro Bowie.

Bowie al suo meglio, rivoluzionario e avant garde ma anche semplice di essenza, c'è qualcosa per tutti e il fatto che funzioni così universalmente è prova della qualità dell'album. Wow

Some albums are perfect examples of what they set out to do, and this album is a perfect example of an Album of Two Sides, because these two sides are two sides to the same story, A being the sounds of the surface, the story you tell everyone, the one exposed to those around you, and so the songs are more poppy yet retaining a visionary, experimental edge; then side B delves below the surface, into the realm of haunting synthesizers, darkly lit by the mood of Bowie's recovery from a crippling cocaine addiction.

Okay, but by now way Bowie's best album.

5/5. It's honestly hard to describe this album. The best way is an alien coming to experience earth for the first time, excited to move, and realizing the place is a lot more depressing and sad than you were expecting. There isn't a bad song on this one, but it's hard to listen to not all the way through. It is an experience and an enjoyable one but also you come out of it sad and wondering what this world he is living is in, but then you look it up and realize it is just Berlin in the late 70s. The first half of the album feels like thoughts about moving away, anxiety and excitement mixed in one. This one is truly an experience and must-listen to album.

Interesting album. Quite eclectic. I enjoyed it overall.

I like some of Bowie's work. I did not care for this. 1.5/5 Won't listen again

Really enjoyable sound. Hard to believe it came out in 1977. Sounds ahead of its time.

Quite experimental. I quite liked the first half of the album, particularly sound and vision. From Warszawa onwards it got pretty boring imo, I wanted to stop listening to it. It's interesting to see how the most popular song usually are, in fact, the best ones. 2 stars.

Bowie’s experimental sound shining through in this album. Not as refined or iconic as previous albums, but still interesting enough to catch my attention with some tracks. The stand out track for me - Sound and Vision; an absolute classic. Reminds me of my childhood with my dad playing this song every now and then. Overall, this album is a nice step along Bowie’s legendary career, but ultimately falters in the face of some of his more recognised work.

I've met someone who doesn't like Low.

david booie should have died at the alamo.

Not my favorite David Bowie album but still Bowie

Meh. It was fine. More instrumentals than I thought.

Breaking Glass Sound and Vision A new Career in a New Town are 5/5. Album is probably 4/5 overall, but I already gave 4/5 to some albums that were trash compared to Low, so I'll get 5/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skfQZLlDJ1w

Bowie is good. This is not my favorite of his.

Was waiting for this album to end. Not really something I would ever listen to on my own.

Excellent in places... and just OK in others. Didn't really string together as a full album for me.

Good background music

swell! Sound and vision hits hard!

Good stuff, hope to find a hidden gem i liked but no surprises sound and vision is the song here

More prog rocky than I expected. Wasn't really into some of the vocal interludes. Album has definitely aged.

Legendary

Instrumental focus, making it good to work to. Really enjoyed.

A rich tapestry of 70's funkadelic songs. Speed of Life is a slow build track that is almost a prologue for the entire album.

An original album by Bowie who releases something in more of an ambient music style. Not my favourite album by Bowie, but a nice background sound while working or doing something else.

70s | Pop/Rck | Overall score: 3.27 / 65.45% 01. Speed of Life - 4/5 02. Breaking Glass - 3.5/5 03. What in the World - 3/5 04. Sound and Vision - 4/5 05. Always Crashing in the Same Car - 3/5 06. Be My Wife - 4/5 07. A New Career in a New Town - 3/5 08. Warszawa - 3/5 09. Art Decade - 2.5/5 10. Weeping Wall - 2.5/5 11. Subterraneans - 3.5/5 Overall coment cause i'm too lazy to reply every song: not a bowie fan

Fave: Be my wife Overall boa guitarra mas não fiquei muito fã de Bowie, uma ou outra it's ok

Was not my kind of thing

With the number of Bowie albums served to me here getting close to 2 digits, one thing that's dead obvious is that there's too much Bowie here (regardless of how good Bowie was). As for this particular album: it's pretty good! Not as good as Bowie's best, but given the variety of styles here it can't be boring, either. Clearly ahead of its time.

It was ok!

Cool

Not his best

I enjoyed the first half more than the second, but it was all very modern sounding. Not what I was expecting from 1977 Bowie.

How are there people giving this 2 or 3 stars? Maybe the Eno-heavy side 2 puts them off? Anyway, Sound & Vision alone would be enough to merit 5 stars, even if the rest of it (both sides) weren't also fantastic.

All time favourite

Urban loneliness and regrets fill the soundscape of this album, and it is executed perfectly. It is easily one of Bowie's best project.

Nothing incredible maybe I didn’t listen well enough but I will try from now on

One of my greatest personal embarrassments is that I don’t understand the appeal of David Bowie’s music. It annoys the shit out of me. Please don’t ever tell the High Council of the Gays, they will strip me of my bisexuality and condemn me to hell.

Not too bad: This review may be a little controversal but honsestly I don't think this album is all that. This album is amazing don't get me wrong but it isn't a unanimous 5/5. There are some classics on this record which I loved but I felt the sheer amount of instrumental pieces took away from the lyrcal creativity of the sung songs. It's close to a five but not quite there.

One of my personal favs.

4 for sound and vision

goodo

Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: it’s not of my favourites from Bowie but he still shiners bright on everything he touched Favourite song: Track 4 - Sound and Vision

This is not the David Bowie I knew from pop rock songs about space but I still liked it a lot. He experiments with sound in a way I really didn’t expect from him and it all fits together nicely.

By the late seventies Bowie had passed his peak, but I do think Low is a step up from Station to Station. The album holds a nice mix of songs dominated by either vocals or instrumentals, and I prefer the latter in this case. “Sound and Vision” is the only song from the album I’d heard of before this listen, and while it makes sense as the centerpiece, it’s no Bowie classic. “What in the World” feels awkward and forced, and the album would be better off without it. The supernatural theme shines through in “Weeping Wall,” which might just feature a by-now expected contribution from our extraterrestrial visitors. The saxophone in “Subterraneans” sounds like a poor man’s “Shine On You Crazy Diamond,” but it’s a fitting way to end the record. I can appreciate what Bowie is going for in the concept album here, but since I can’t see myself ever going out of my way to listen to it, I can’t give him more than three stars.

OK no big hits, not much Singing. Pretty chill

Musically very good, felt more like a soundtrack at times. Not very memorable and not really any stand out tracks.

Ei kannata viettää liikaa aikaa henkilön kanssa.. rakastuminen.. unobjectivevism rising up.. push down.. alas bowneri... Nimittäin jo daavidin poppi osio herätti haluja... Kun päästiin side 2... Jo oli hard ass shit... hard as 5 grams fibre a day 200 grams of protein cutting and not hydrated.. Weeping wall biisissä tajusin.. kaveri esittää.. liattana paketin pystyyn hätähousussa aina turvaudutaan samoihin likkeihin.. bowien litkuttelut... Hyi...... ei käy... Ja kun ei pystytä lauttamaan likkejä.. kun ei osata tehdä musiikkia.. käy näin.. Kappaleessa tapahtuu hyvin vähän.. ja unohtuu albumin kauneus kokonaisuutena.. Vaikka biisi taisteli ja oli melkein ihan albumiin kuuluva.. ehkä jopa oli... .... ... .....Silti huomaa... .... ... Paskaahan tämä viakka parasta bowie sontaa mitä kuunneltana tähän asti..

Without a doubt one of the hallmarks in David Bowie's career. There are great instrumentals that work well with the sometimes dark lyrics.

Not one of his best, but still has some great tracks.

Too much instrumental

Ikke det bedste Bowie. Meget instrumentalt.

Really good,I enjoyed it a lot even though it was a bit odd at times.I think David Bowies voice really elevates it.The albums good but not perfect as a lot of it is kinda experimental instrumental and not very catchy.Sound and vision is still amazing tho.

Not super memorable,

It was ok

:)

This album is good but not great. There are a few songs that have really funky grooves and really get down. But there are also a few tracks that are overfilled with ambient noise and seem to lack purpose. Overall it is still a good album but not one of Bowie’s best. -Klep

Really good, see the way he paved stuff

Surprise, surprise. I've fallen in love with another Bowie record. Favorite tracks: What in the World (with lyrics), A New Career in a New Town (instrumental)

nothing is standing out yet 2nd half of album is weird and better than first half more synthy tracks 8-11 very good!!

Today's Bowie album is one of his Berlin Trilogy where he went to Germany to clean the drugs out of his system and ended up making 3 records in as many years, plus helped Iggy Pop make 2 in the same timeframe. It's a solid album. The only thing I don't like is the scent of fucking Brian Eno all over this record with his off tempo spacey horseshit. I feel it takes away from an otherwise great album. Overall, not my favourite Bowie album. I knew nothing on this one, and didn't care to. I can't see myself seeking this album out again. Bowie is great, just this album kind of sucks. I blame Eno. Favourite songs: Sound and Vision, Be My Wife, Speed of Life Least favourite songs: Warszawa, Weeping Wall 2/5

Iconic and revered but quite a difficult listen. It’s Bowie so it is littered with genius but it’s also dark and moody.

Bowie was ahead of time by 10-15 years. When disco fever hit the world, he made this brilliant experimental/avantgard record. He was one of a kind.

Glorioso

not my favorite, kinda boring and i usually love bowie. the second half was enjoyable but didn't stand out and the first half i didn't like too much. could potentially give another listen or two to see if it grows though Rating - 5.4 Favs - Speed Of Life - Warszawa - Sound And Vision

Sound & Vision - yay! Liked maybe one or two others, a chunk of it was instrumental though and I like Bowie’s voice of course, so I didn't find those as compelling.

Big time Bowie fan. Was never gonna be any other rating for this one. Solid album from start to finish, even the Eno instrumentals. Up there with the Dame's best.

I liked this, a lot actually, though perhaps it felt a little fragmentary and unfinished.

Honestly apart from Sound and Vision I hated it

This is just a great "album" listen. The sum is definitely greater than its parts. I can see why it is so influential. 4/5

It's probably rated higher than necessary since it's Bowie. This is pretty tame.

As usual, David Bowie blows

Genres: Art rock, avant-pop, electronic, ambient, experimental rock Formed: 1963 (success 1969) Run time: 11 songs, 38 min, 51 sec The eleventh studio album by the English musician David Bowie. Bowie is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Unusually, the first track “Speed of Life” is an instrumental. Spotify: Least popular song: 3.3M Most popular song: >70M plays. Track 2, “Breaking Glass” is supposedly an exploration of the signals of his collapse during the period he was working on the album. It is not even two minutes long and has less than a dozen lines of lyrics. I’m sure the reference to breaking glass is a metaphor for something. The song is rubbish, the lyrics are protracted and don’t really amount to much. There is no way someone could extract any meaning from it, unless it was explained to them first. Track 3, “What in the World” is about wanting to make a connection to an introverted girl who seem too afraid to leave. It is a much better song than the previous one,, but it still only amounts to an album (filler) track. Track 4, “Sound And Vision” is by far the best track on the album. It is Bowie at his best. It describes the power of music (the sound and the visuals) and the effect on the human psyche. The up-beat nature of this song is at odds with the downbeat tone of the rest of the album. Track 5, “Always Crashing in the Same Car” suggests making the same mistake over and over. Track 6, “Be My Wife” is a plea for companionship to ease the loneliness of living a transitory life. I assume it is autobiographical. Track 7, “A New Career in a New Town” is an instrumental. Track 8, “Warszawa” is to all intent and purpose an instrumental with some nonsense words and sounds added for effect. The general feel is contemplative and sombre. Warszawa is the former name of Warsaw, a city in Poland that has experienced upheaval and trauma throughout history. Given the name of the song, it has been suggested that this song reflects that history. The link makes sense, but history has ups and downs and this instrumental remains sombre throughout. Track 9, “Art Decade” is another instrumental. Track 10, “Weeping Wall” is another instrumental that starts off tranquil but the last 30 seconds sound a bit despondent. I suppose that is how weeping leaves you feeling. Without lyrics that is clever. Track 11, “Subterraneans” is for the most part a melodic instrumental. It has seven lines of lyrics, sung very softly. The line “Share bright failing star” would suggest some sort of descent from the very top to the depths. The feeling is of growing melancholia and despair. However good the instrumentals are on this album, I can’t help but feel Bowie has “phoned it in”. He’s a singer/songwriter - I expect more lyrics that this album delivers. I think if he’d wanted to release a whole album of instrumentals that would have been fine. One or the other. “Sound And Vision” should have been released as a single and not have been part of this album. It does not fit with the “Low” mood of the other tracks. Listen Again?: No My Rating: ***

Side B heeft een aantal fantastische Eno tracks en een aantal mindere. Be My Wife is suf. De overgang tussen de regels "Blue blue electric blue" en dan "That's the color of my room" is erg jarring. Fantastische plaat, maar niet perfect.

Wow so Bowie CAN be good. The man sings a little less and creates an album like this damn. Loved it

Favourite song: Always Crashing in the Same Car

Two mini-albums in one. You get to decide if you like Art Rock Bowie or Ambient Bowie-- personally, I prefer Ambient Bowie, but that's because I'm a devotee of one of the other big contributors to this album. Holy shit, does Brian Eno really flex his magic all over this thing. You can feel just his whole gradual transition from Warm Jets-style janky guitars and strange synths (Speed of Life, What in the World) to Another Green World and the Airports' lovingly textured ambience (Warszawa, Subterraneans) here. Those two should have collaborated a LOT more often, honestly. An electric blue 4/5.

Je connaissais rien mais j'ai beaucoup aimé

il me faudra relancer j'étais distraite mais j'ai des bons souvenirs

Excellent start to the album. Speed of life, Breaking glass, Sound and Vision, Always crashing in the same car. The second half is a very different vibe and was not as enjoyable of a listen. Perhaps depends on the environment you're listening to it in. Will revisit once travel to Mars is commercialised.

3/5

A quieter album from David Bowie, but still a great one. I liked more of the instrumental side of it.

Weird, but good weird, Bowie’s usual. Solid album, but not his best IMO.

yay dovid bowie

Good Berlin Bowie

One of the great Berlin period albums of David Bowie and Brian Eno. The first half consists of eclectic rock songs and the other half is electronica. When comparing it with the Heroes album, the rock songs are more accessible and the electronic songs are fantastic as a whole, but have some weaker parts. The ultimate achievement is having all time classics like "Breaking Glass", "What in the World", "Sound and Vision", "Always Crashing in the Same Car" and "Be My Wife" on one album side. Astonishing!

I don't feel like I 'got it'. This is the first Bowie album I've ever listened to and it was underwhelming.

Bowie gonna Bowie. I don’t love this album apart from “Sound and Vision” and “Speed of Life”. The rest is very introspective and Instrumental. But I keep listening because even rambling, experimental Bowie is still interesting. I think the final track, “Subterraneans”, is a beautiful mood piece.

Very layered, varied and interesting album.

not my favourite bowie album so I give it a 3 but Bren the music connoisseur gives it a 5 so.. who knows. Definitely more art rock/avant compared to the other bowie albums I've listened to. Worth another listen

Becoming convinced Bowie was a bit of a Da Vinci. Would have excelled in most any creative direction.

9/10 legend

A challenging listen because it's about 10 years ahead of its time. Incorporates everything from pop, to krautrock, to electronica, and even movie soundtrack ambience. Not my all time favorite Bowie album, but it might be him at his most creative and groundbreaking.

My favorite David Bowie album.

Very artistic, though not a sound that I prefer.

Great

27th June 2023 Listened during the day while working from home in the kitchen. Watched Glasto highlights and took the kitchen cupboards out. Bowie showing his duality side by side. Pop star and artist. 4.5 if I could.

when i first heard this album as a teenager i thought it was half baked. would’ve been perfect if it had full lyrics and a normal structure. listening to it as an adult i realize now it’s perfect. nothing over stays its welcome. i love that growling bass tone in the first track UGH so sexy. the synths are amazing. everything compliments each other. i love the sparse, cryptic lyrics. the first half of the album is very upbeat while the second half is very gloomy, yet relaxing. this album is absolutely perfect and i wouldn’t change a thing.

This wasn't bad but I expected more from a Davie Bowie album. I prefer his proggy side and this was a little too chill for me

The first half was solid, Speed of Life, Sound and Vision, Be My Wife are all excellent. I like the psychedelia tones of this but the second half just sounds a bit too much like an 80’s sci-fi movie soundtrack. 3 stars

Heroes has more going on. This is okay but they're isn't enough happening for me to really get into it. Having said that. It's Bowie... So it's amazing in any case.

Many things that I want to say about this album but what I will say is this: Low is, without question, David Bowie's sole masterpiece. Yes, he crafted Ziggy Stardust and rebelled while swaying with the soul on the way to being the Thin White Duke. But, at some point, push will come to shove and things would happen that are either unexplainable or just outright unpleasant. Thankfully, France and West Berlin was next on the agenda and what came from the tango was perhaps the most emphatic nail in the coffin of what was and a forward glance towards what will later be. This is the kind of record that shapes a person upon listening. One feels as though they would be drenched in a fresh coat of paint or draped in a new leather jacket or reinvigorated with a fresh new mindset. Sharp, angular, welcoming yet distant, cool, disembodied, refreshing. For a low profile, this is as high profile as it gets. What in the world can you do?

Stellar

Not my cup of tea

David Bowie continues to make a very advanced case for being one of the most overrated artists ever holy moly. He's on this list idk how many times, yet I haven't heard anything that would suggest him being here. What does he exactly do on this album? Repetitive instrumentals into mumbling some random words into repetitive instrumentals (those instrumentals are sometimes great btw, don't get me wrong) But what am I missing? Why is he such a household name? Still no fucking idea and I already heard like 4 Bowie-albums. The fact that if you listen to this with ignoring who the artist is, it's a mediocre album.

Erfreulich wenig Gesang. Ganz nett, das rumprobiere mit den Synthies. Gerade so drei Sterne. Zu viele Platten von Bowie im übrigen.

Only ok

Sound and vision is vibey 🎧 Songs don't always feel that different from each other but generally speaking they're still nice to listen to.

Proof that Bowie's earlier stuff is better than later. Enjoyed the listen on this

Taiteellisempaa Bowieta, ja berliinitrilogiasta itseasiassa itselle se vähiten kuunneltu. Kyllä tää on hienoo 4/5

Ahh. Tää se vaan paranee. Sanoisin, että Bowien top3 on Ziggy, tämä ja Station to Station.

Makeita ambient-juttuja tällä levyllä! Kyllä David on osannut pohjallakin tehdä mainoita musaa. 4/5

I didn't like either the Bowie or the Eno records I got before very much. But this one is alright. They obviously bring out the best in each other. The best thing is, Bowie doesn't sing much. Favorite song: a new career in a new town.

1. speed of life - i cant tell if the first song in the album is supposed to have lyrics or not but it sounds pretty sick ngl 2. breaking glass - this shi pretty chilll!! ive never really listened to david bowie but this is a good intro to his stuff :) song has such silly lyrics too! 3. what in the world - some of the lyrics r relatable like ' so deep in your room, you never leave your room' but this song is tooo happy sounding for something so sad sounding yknow 4. sound and vision - hm it's alright i suppose 5. always crashing in the same car - a little spunky if i do say so myself; lowkey vibe w this 6. be my wife - the lyrics r romantic but i dont think this is for me 7. a new career in a new town - hes also funkyish 8. warszawa - stranger things vibes LOL 9. art decade - may be the best song on the entire album. super atmospheric it's so lovely aghhhh 10. weeping wall - i forgot what i thought of this but the title of the song is awesome 11. subterraneans - this shit is amaing. ethereal.

Meh it's Ok, kinda weird with the Brian Eno influence. Apparently it's music to stop taking drugs too

I'm not really a big fan of Bowie, but this turned out to be rather enjoyable. I think the main reason I liked this so much was because it was more like a Brian Eno album with Bowie singing on only a couple of tracks here and there. Overall it was very relaxing and nice to listen to in a laid back way.

I mean it’s Bowie. The king of ambiance. Pretty good.

Quite the experimental record. Electronic and avant-garde and the b side of course large ambient with help from Brian Eno. Favourites so far are Speed of Life, Sound and Vision, as well as Warszawa. Warrants multiple listens to fully comprehend and appreciate the compositions

Good, mostly instrumental 3.5

Way to synth heavy for my taste. Had some good tracks, but I would never listen to the whole thing end to end again.

Not his best, but definitely not his worst

Falls in the category of Bowie albums I consider too experimental and I’m not gonna listen to it again. Many songs where it’s just instrumentals and I think he leaves himself off the album as much as he does on purpose but I’m not gonna fw it just cause it’s different

Another bowie album. I guess we may as well get them all eh...

2nd listen. I like the sound of this album but was never drawn to any song In particular.

There is no bad Bowie, but there is better Bowie than other Bowie. This one is okay. Surprising number of instrumentals.

Finally a Bowie album. And a damn good one. More avant-garde and experimental thanks to Brian Eno's influence and inspiration. Bowie is trying hard to get clean here and it shows in the more atmospheric, instrumental tracks that resemble Tangerine Dream. Not perfect but a great listen.

Third Bowie record since the list began! Not that I'm complaining. Low was my first REAL intro to Bowie after hearing it in a record store one day in my early 20s. I think it was Sound and Vision? Anyway, after that I decided I'd wasted enough time not listening to his music. But while it worked as a gateway record for me, I wouldn't necessarily mark this as a great into to the wide world of Ziggy. He relies a lot more on the instrumentation throughout this album, which was definitely transitioning into the more 80s sounding, experimental material. The second half of this one gets weird and spacey (par for the course on the Berlin Trilogy albums). A lot of synths are introduced that really change the tone in an almost jarring way. But hey, I do that with my own music, so again, not complaining. I think overall, Low is compelling but maybe would've worked better as a longer EP, or just had some of the fat trimmed off.

The opening act of Bowie’s Berlin Trilogy features few lows and many highs thanks to the art rock atmospherics created in collaboration with Brian Eno and Tony Visconti.

greatest bowie album. side 2 is the best music bowie ever put out and that’s really saying something

feels like... early Bowie? not terribly experimental?

Cool sound, an unconventional album, very interesting listen, cool mix of different genres strengthened by Bowies voice. 7/10

Not as great as some of his other albums that I have assumed are in the 1001 but still a worthwhile listen

If it weren’t for Breaking Glass and Sound and Vision, this could very well have just been the backing track to a movie. You can hear the Brian Eno ambient influence. At the top of Tottenham Court Road, they have built a white square with images projected on the wall and ambient music playing in the background. It’s a bit like a futuristic waiting room. People sit in there watching the images and meet their friends. The music played there sounds like it could have come straight off this album. A perfectly pretentious soundscape for looking at scenery. It’s really a 2.5 but…

This is musically a great album. I wish more of these songs hit the prime rotation. The second side is a little slower and moody but still some good stuff.

Sound and Vision was great. Most of the rest of the sonic landscape was pretty good. The last two songs were not appealing. I really enjoyed Warszawa.

This is another one I struggled to rate. It is a brilliant album — it creates a landscape of some sort of future dystopia, or at least an alternate, detached, cold reality. Musically interesting, lyrically obtuse, defiant, strange, it's not what you might expect from a pop star, which is what I love so much about Bowie. He wasn't on a linear path, and some of the points along the way may not have landed, but on this release, it does. The Eno-ish soundscape is great. So many albums from the '70-80s sound old and dated, but the really good ones manage to get the synths just right, the sounds don't weigh the album down — they perfectly fit the songs and the atmosphere Bowie and Eno had set out to create. The struggle to rate this is only that it's hard to score this as "perfect" because it seems so blatantly designed to be difficult, but I'm going with it because I think Bowie achieved his ambitious goal and created some of the strangest popular music of his day in the process.

Hard to know how to rate this one. I love the first half. Five stars. Actively dislike the second, experimental instrumental side. "Heroes" has the same problem. Put the first two halves together on a playlist and you have the all-time best Bowie album. So, how to rate this one as-is? Three seems harsh, especially since I listen to side one all the time, but that's what it gets as an album score.

Doesn’t do it for me. I don’t know but Bowie just doesn’t resonate with me. Tried his stuff multiple times, and normally I love experimental rock, but this is too much

This ain't it, chief. If this didn't have David Bowie's name on it, it would just be another 70s/80s art-pop record. I feel bad giving Bowie 2 stars, but this album just doesn't hook me at all.

This album is so strange. 2 minute long tracks that sound really great and then the back half is longer experimental electronic stuff. I wonder if people immediately liked this when it came out or if it took time to become a classic. The 2nd half is beautiful and I wanted more of it. Very easy add to the playlist Score: 90 Art: 80

Since I am still new to Bowie, I never knew he did albums like this. The first half is okay, but I liked the atmospheric sound of the second half better. I will need more time with this one. 3.5

First side a 5, second side a 3. Averages out to a 4!

Absolute genius from start to finish

This is the kind of Bowie I don't hear much on the radio, maybe with the exception of Sound and Vision, which I've heard a couple of times. Got very atmospheric and kind of spooky into the second half. This was a very interesting and varied album, and while it's not my favourite thing Bowie made, I thought it was pretty good. Favourite: Subterraneans

I get it. This is Bowie. This is awesome. This is weird and beautiful and I finally love it like I've always wanted to love it. Would listen again.

The only CD burner I ever had is my fireplace. My brother had a CD burner and burned this CD for me circa the Napster days and presented it to me complete with a replica of the jewel case cover. From afar the CD looks legit but if you look closely or open the jewel case the subterfuge falls apart. This album is a decent listen and it's certainly adventurous. I do think there is a better use than ambient for a side of Bowie vinyl but it was trying something new which I appreciate. I don’t think this was as good as the next album w Emo and I still prefer the cocaine trilogy to the Berlin trilogy.

You get the impression that this is going to be a different album when the first song starts mid-note on a quasi-fade-in. There’s a slew of catchy potential hits on side 1, like “Be My wife”, “What in the World” or “Breaking Glass”, whose 1:52 minutes includes a 30 second fade out! But the overall sound is so dull and muddy, apparently due to Tony Visconti pitch-shifting the drums and tinkering with Bowie’s voice. Side 2 is pretty innovative for ambient stuff and better with repeated listening. Knowing we’d get this album, I pegged it as a 4 in my mind, however…

I’m a big Bowie fan and also Krautrock bands like Tangerine Dream so it’s not surprising that I love his Berlin trilogy that was produced by Tony Visconti and features Brian Eno. Side 2 is a nice experimental diversion from the usual Bowie rock numbers

Mostly instrumental. Good background music.

Nice background music, some slow soundscapes and more intstrumental than I thought

Favorite Songs: N/A (they all blended together lol). This has been my favorite Bowie album so far (I’ve gotten three in the past week or so). Heavy Pink Floyd vibes, which I love. Also cool that he didn’t sing too much.

Berlin. 1976. Trying to kick a coke habit. Iggy Pop just released The Idiot and things are starting to fall into place. Brian Eno on production, a myriad of new influences, and David Bowie's legacy. This is the album of the 70's.

This is one of those albums that is hard to talk about, because you feel like you have to say something smart about it. But that's really not necessary, because the album speaks for itself. Suffice it to say, Low is a powerful work, just about as fascinating an album as David Bowie ever made. Disjointed, dreamy and strange, this is an album that could have killed Bowie's career. Instead, it's a big part of why we still talk about him today. It was a creative leap for Bowie that really cracked open like an egg our ideas of what music can and should be. It's also the gift that keeps on giving, with new things to discover every time I hear it. Fave Songs (All songs, from most least favorite): Sound and Vision, Always Crashing in the Same Car, Art Decade, Warszawa, Be My Wife, Subterraneans, Weeping Wall, A New Career in a New Town, What in the World, Breaking Glass, Speed of Life

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Okay. Often good, never all that great. The second half is mostly instrumental, concept album kind of thing. Interesting. I wouldn’t go back for it.

I first got to know and intrigued with David Bowie in the early 80s. "Let's Dance" and "Tonight" hooked me. It is not lost on me that this was far into his parade of paradigms and personas. In retrospect I can also appreciate that I got to know him slipping into a bit of indulgence and self-parody, especially with "Never Let Me Down." Later I became seriously committed with "Outside" and "Heathen" and of course I get it he's gone through countless reinvention ups and downs. Anyway, it wasn't until later that I started to wander backwards through his catalog and got to know and appreciate "Low." I acknowledged it was phenomenal but didn't connect so well. In essence it seems disjointed as if it were two separate EPs, one funky romp from Bowie and one cosmic ambient trip from Eno. The contrast is jarring and a bit of a bait and switch with the first half being so infectious and then being hijacked by Eno, overreaching beyond collaborative production. So I would give the first half a 4 and the rest somewhere under a 3.

Brilliant.

Oddly relaxing

Easiest rating so far

How the fuck was this main stream music ever? It's so weird and lovely and deep and beautiful that it doesn't makes sense that the masses would enjoy it in any way.

Définitivement l'un des meilleurs albums de Bowie j'ai entendu à date. Dans les mêmes rangs que Heroes et Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust. Un autre album qui se fait ressentir comme un oeuvre complète qui s'écoute du début à la fin comme une histoire. 9/10

Album uit Bowie's "Berlin Trilogy". Sterk beinvloedt door Berlijn en krautrock staat de tracklist vol met elektronische, veelal instrumentale nummers over enerzijds Bowie's terugblik op zijn verslavingsjaren in L.A. en anderzijds zijn ervaringen in Berlijn en Warschau. Tikkeltje desolaat, maar uniek en tijdloos album. leukste nummer: Sound and Vision Ondanks gemixte recensies bij uitkomst wordt "Low" nu als een van de beste albums van David Bowie gezien. Als mijlpaal in de post-puk scene wordt het album gezien als een invloed op Joy Division, Arcade Fire, OMD, Ultravox, en Radiohead tot Phil Collins en Duran Duran.

Good music back in the day when lyrics drove the song.

Decent 9/10

Sounded good. Need to listen more.

Really good listen. Gonna give this album a 3 and add “Speed of Life” to the play list.

No estuvo ni cerca de ser tan bueno como esperaba. Este es el segundo álbum de Bowie que escucho y me sale en esta lista. "Heroes" fue el primero y me dejó con un sabor agridulce, pero tenía la esperanza de que solo fuera uno de los "peorcitos" y que muy seguramente los demás eran mejores, los responsables de que se hablara tan bien de Bowie. Lamentablemente y para mi sorpresa, al menos con este álbum, parece ser que es completamente lo contrario. Este salió primero y, la verdad, sí que mejoró. Lo malo que encontré en "Heroes" cuando lo escuché, fue que la segunda mitad era tan aburrida y sin chiste que, básicamente, estaba de sobra, pero al menos lo compensaba de cierta manera con una primer mitad muy buena y disfrutable. En cambio, aquí, simplemente no se puede salvar. Las dos mitades son igual de malas y, la verdad, uno simplemente preferiría no escucharlo. Decidí darle 2 estrellas porque, fuera de una o dos canciones, el álbum es de un mal tipo de raro, apenas es disfrutable y. sinceramente, no me gustó.

It’s fine. Not Bowie’s best and shouldn’t be on this list!

The Berlin session continues. I enjoyed the Iggy album a bit less than this one. The ambient tunes were a fresh change

A more ethereal and synth-heavy Bowie. I'd need to be in the mood for Vangelis-style dreamscapes before listening to this one again.

My guy really forgot to add lyrics to half the album. Would enjoy a Bowie album more if it had more Bowie.

Still gets better energy listen

Weird but good weird. Never paid Bowie too much attention before but I definitely need to listen to this one again.

I tried to listen on YouTube and got tricked where someone put the first song as David Bowie then their own weirdo music after and after 3 or 4 songs I was thinking this is fucking weird for Bowie and realised it wasn’t him. Ohhhh lordy. Once I finally got to the right album I liked it ! Not his best album , warszawa is a weird sone

Upbeat instrumentals, not the biggest fan of the vocals

A five star artist who made albums that usually had one or two unlistenable songs on each.

Wasn’t familiar with this album. It was different that expected with almost a ‘Pink Floyd’ vibe in places

3.5/5

Bowie at his most free. Eno helped him bring an artistic statement to fruition.

def not my favorite Bowie album

Absolutely unenjoyable to listen to. Feels like a collection of incomplete thought starters as opposed to a cohesive album. Some of the atmospheric tracks at the end of the album start to feel progressive and interesting but go nowhere.

Album 7 of 1001 David Bowie - Low I imagine that Bowie fans were a bit disappointed when this originally came out back in January of 1977. Dave was seemingly going through some changes (pardon the pun) at the time and it shows in this album. That isn't because of the quality but because it is different from what one would have expected. Vocals are rare. The last few tracks would be lovely during a massage. It is a very good listen but don't put it on expecting the poppish version of Bowie. This is something a bit different. A bit experimental. Favorite Track : Sound and Vision 3 / 5

Definitely not Bowie's best and the album is a bit of a mess. I was listening to the remastered edition, and I'm not sure if the mastering of the original was any better but here it was utter crap. Putting the bad mastering aside however (which is difficult to do), this still sounds like an experiment gone horribly wrong. While we expect nothing less than wild experiments from Bowie, this one just misses the magic of a lot of Bowie's other works.

I don’t know the first half has a few quite boring bowie songs and then the second half is the kinda thing you fall asleep to. I’ve never really understood low to be honest it’s just so meh and just experimental for the sake of it (which I think heroes does better) 3/5.

David Bowie brings an interesting sound here that becomes klmore ambient in the second half.

Precies niet het beste dat ik van Bowie ken. Maar wel een mijlpaal in z'n muziek

Meh

I read the Hugo Wilcken book about this album a while back. It was interesting to read about how utterly insane he was coming off of the release of station to station and his moving to berlin to record this was sort of his escape. That gave me hope that the resulting album would be good, but unfortunately it’s just not. Not as bad as black star though.

não curti o álbum mas não era tão ruim também ahhahh. algumas músicas instrumentais e outra cantadas, não consigo decidir qual preferi. achei a sonoridade meio eletrônica? synth? mas não bem executada aos meus ouvidos.

Not my fave from Dave

David Bowie does so much crack cocaine that he accidentally ends up writing Final Fantasy dungeon music. That's truly what being German is all about.

Not as good as I expected, given the reputation this has. Still good, but not great.

Not David Bowies best work

albumissa kaksi osiota. ensimmäinen poppia.. sound and vision (mainstream hitti VITTU VITTU VITTU) biisistä tykkäsin selvästi enemmän.. muuten kolmosen ehkä kakkosen arvosta kamaa... toinen puolisko alkaa kunnianosoituksella puolaan.. hymni ambienttia huhhuh hullumpaa osiota.. warszawa

Ooooh one of the Berlin triptych, honestly Eno never really does it for me but this collab is a worthwhile listen. Bowie is one of the few artists I've gotten since joining so far whose entire discography I've listened to previously, so I feel a bit more confident evaluating it. Not my absolute favorite album of his but I CAN appreciate why its included in the list, and I appreciate that he knows not to make the songs overstay their welcome. Listening to these three records and Black Star as it came out while walking around Berlin in 2013 is a treasured memory for me. Low is def my fave of this era. Sound and Vision is obviously the stand out but Be My Wife is great and I find especially the second half of the record gets better the more exposure you have with it. 4

I liked this a lot more this time around than I did when I first heard it a while back. More of a vibe than an album, but in a good way. Refreshing. Sounds and Vision was great.

I like Bowie a lot but this album didn’t really do anything special for me personally

Another ambitious and interesting David Bowie album I’ve never heard before. Even if I wouldn’t listen to this again, I’m starting to understand why so many people lose their shit over this man and his music. It’s not like anything else I’ve ever heard.

I know this album was ahead of its time but I don’t really feel it. For me it’s a bit too experimental and spacy. Don’t get me wrong, everything Bowie did was somehow great but I rather stick to his pop stuff.

Not too interesting - but not blatantly obnoxious - no real desire to listen to again

Classic. 2nd side a tougher listen. Maybe a 4.5. However when I recall all the 60s crap, this has to be a 5

An unstoppable Bowie meets an immovable Eno.

This ain’t it mr Bowie

Sound and Vision is easily the best track. Sounds like a low budget sci-fi soundtrack for the most part. Absolutely not his best work. Low is right.

this album is completely different from david bowie's biggest hits and the albums i've heard of his thus far on this list. bowie leans into an experimental electronic sound here. while he had always gravitated into a different/unusual sort of sound, the music found on low is nowhere near his usual glam rock. in addition, a good chunk of these songs are simply instrumentals. to be honest, what bowie excelled at here was the instrumentals! the songs containing lyrics were okay but forgettable. the instrumentals are a weird mix of eerie and serene. a little space age-y. it keeps you on your toes. i admire artists who over their careers frequently changed their sound and played around with different kinds of music, good or bad. bowie's low landed in the good category. i was surprised by the change in sound with this album--and i enjoy it more than other bowie albums. i kind of wish there were no vocals, especially since the instrumentals are so impactful on their own. still a 3, though.

I was unfamiliar with this album by David Bowie, as well as all of the songs on it. Turns out, I'm not really informed on the "Berlin era" of Bowie, so this album is the first I've heard from that era, both in and out of the scope of this project. I really enjoy artists who go through self-defined eras and phases and reinvent themselves musically, so I was eager to dive in here. You really can get a sense of the electronic inspiration that influenced this album. What normally feels glam and sparkly feels a bit more space age and moody here. Bowie is definitely one to take his inspiration and go further with it and make it his own, so what you end up with here is something that is ambient, electronic and a bit experimental, but still undeniably Bowie. Side B consists of instrumentals which I would say is where the album arguably shines the most. Removing the need for these songs to be lyrical allowed for some very creative results. The only "vocal" content found here are ambient voice sounds and the occasional incoherent word; Bowie's ethereal voice is perfect for that kind of use on these tracks. These tracks are ambient, dark, mysterious, and perfectly sci-fi in nature. Out of all of the Bowie I've heard on this project thus far, some of which I already knew, some of which I was less familiar with, this is probably leaning toward my favorite yet. Like "Hunky Dory", this is not quite a 4, but the experimentation heard here pushed it close enough for me.

Very interesting and different. I enjoyed the sounds on this a lot.

Mais uma vez confirmou que finalmente estou em condições de escutar de fato o Bowie. O lado B com as faixas de música ambiente é espetacular.

Rating: 9/10 Bowie created Low after months of crippling drug addiction and bad management in LA. He moved back to Europe (Berlin) and created Low in his attempt to break out of his addiction and express himself as himself. Bowie sells his ego on Low and creates himself a new one. 1) Speed of Life - Instrumental opener, brilliant guitar, lovely synths 2) Breaking Glass - If David Byrne and Jimi Hendrix had a child and he made a song, brilliant guitar riffs again 3) What in the World - Strange arcade like sounds in the background throughout, not the hugest fan 4) Sound and Vision - 10/10 song, incredible from start to finish 5) Always Crashing in the Same Car - Simplistic song, but very Bowie and pretty enjoyable, vocals very monotone for majority of song 6) Be My Wife - Recognise it from the off, love the bassline, build up to chorus is terrific, very very enjoyable song 7) A New Career in a New Town - Nice use of harmonica at start of song, another instrumental song, preferred Speed of Life 8) Warszawa - Much darker sounding than rest of album, not a song I would listen to alone, works well with the album 9) Art Decade - Instrumental again, believe this half of album is all instrumental 10) Weeping Wall - Instrumental again, Bowie plays every instrument, only time this happens on Low, written about the divide in Berlin and those on the communist east side of the city 11) Subterraneans - Instrumental

This album was recorded during a tumultuous period in Bowie's life when he was battling drug addiction and struggling with personal issues. The album is split into two distinct parts, with the first half featuring mostly instrumental tracks that are moody and atmospheric, while the second half features more conventional rock songs. One of the most striking aspects of "Low" is Bowie's use of electronic music, which was still a relatively new genre at the time. Bowie collaborated with producer Brian Eno, who had worked with him on previous albums, to create a sound that was ahead of its time. The album's use of synthesizers, drum machines, and other electronic instruments was groundbreaking and helped pave the way for the rise of electronic music in the years to come. It’s a fantastic album and quite different compared to Bowie’s more famous works. Definitely deserves a listen in case you haven’t heard it.

cool concept, might be a 5 if i listen more

Not at all what I expected, but it was still very good!

Needed more sax

Criminally underrated

More interesting than good? Feels like Bowie is finding his way into something new that doesn’t get fully realized until Toy.

It's Bowie. Sound and Vision easily the stand out track.

Never listened to the full album before, but definitely a Bowie fan. Enjoyed it very much.

can hear the distinctive "bowie" sound in here, but with some really interesting ambient / electronic textures, and classical sounding progressions at times. Enjoyed this

I liked the songs where Bowie didn't open his fat mouth

3/5 I was excited to see Bowie but this album was kinda lackluster. It had a lot of instrumental songs which I wasn't expecting but overall nothing was very catchy or interesting. #sad

Not bad! Nothing that really drew me in or stuck with me but also nothing that got on my nerves. I doubt I'll revist this but I'm less dubious about listening to more Bowie after this experience so a win?

Sound and Vision is one of his best! Most of the rest of this one is new to me. Warszawa has a definite Brian Eno feel to it. More than another of the other songs on the Album. Standouts: Sound and Vision Others: Speed of Life, Always Crashing the Same Car, Warszawa Rating: 3.5

its a toss up between low, station to station, im leaning low right now. light 5 to compensate for the missed 5s on other albums

Pretty good but not something I would get sick in my head

criminally underrated album, way ahead of its time 10/10

Good first half. Awful second half. Yeah Bowie was influenced by the Eno ambient stuff (which I've already gotten a bunch of) but that doesn't make it good. Only interesting thing I can say is that I biked by Hansa studio for over a year before learning that I was.

Not bad

Not my favorite Bowie. I like a more focused Bowie. I like a poppier Bowie. A less Eno Bowie? I appreciate Eno being Eno and taking us places we otherwise might not go, but still. Not my favorite Bowie.

It feels wild giving this five stars on the basis that, essentially, Low has a wonderful audio 'mouthfeel' - but there we go. As a soundscape, it's absolutely stunning. Plus, this is a prime example of Bowie's true strength as an artist, which is to take popular music to interesting places whilst remaining accessible. 'Warszawa' reminds me of nothing more than a video I once saw of a Georgian Orthodox choir singing the Paternoster in Aramaic. 'Sound and Vision' might be my favourite Bowie track of all time.

I liked it! Not as much as you two Bowieners, but overall it was a good time with an album I had zero familiarity with going in. “Sound and Vision” was the clear winner in my book, but I appreciated the experimentation here throughout more than I have on some of the other Bowie records on this list. A song like “Subterranean” feels pretty wild for 1977 in some ways.

Not really my thing. A lot of ambient music, but a good album to show Bowie’s versatility.

Doesn't get good until the last couple of tracks. End isn't bad to listen to.

Никогда особо не любил музыку Боуи, но могу представить, какой бомбой был этот альбом в 77м году

Love Bowie though this isn’t my fave album.

Inte alls vad jag förväntade mig. Känns som plattan saknar hits men det är ändå ett väldigt bra album.

Enjoyed it

Perhaps the most experimental record David Bowie ever released. I still rank this among his best, even though it only spawned one hit single, it features a lot of great songs! And the Eno influence is excellent, even having Iggy Pop around lent it's inspiration. This is Bowie as good as it gets!! Favorite lyrics: - Sometimes you get so lonely. Sometimes you get nowhere. I've lived all over the world. I've left every place. Key tracks: Speed Of Life, What In The World, Sound And Vision, Always Crashing In The Same Car, Be My Wife, A New Career In A New Town, Warszawa, Subterraneans 9 out of 10

.much better than I thought

It was interesting, early electronic ambient music. Sound and vision was the best track. I can hear many later works in this album, and it was definitely an influence on other artists.

Encore une fois album un peu chiant de Bowie MAIS quand même: Sound and Vision excellente chanson Speed of life très bien aussi Breaking glass sympa.. Entre 2 et 3 mais l'effet Bowie pousse à 3

Nice

Sound akd vision!!

I hear Gary Numan. I hear OMD. I hear Depeche Mode and Joy Division. I hear NIN; I hear Radiohead. Hell, I even hear Taylor Swift. There are some albums that trigger a seismic wave. Plus, it’s my wife’s favourite Bowie album. I love my wife.

was slow and nothing stood out to me except sound and vision

Solid Bowie, 3.5

shout out Brian Eno. This was a pretty good bowie i never listened to before. but nothing crazy.

I like this. Maybe not the one filled with catchy pop hits but the sonic palette is insane.

Classic

his best

Fucking banging album , didn’t consider Bowie in the same regards to Pink Floyd

good and weird, great soundcapes in the latter half, didn't vibe much with the lyrical songs, I'd have to read the words

Ihan ok.

This is our 188th album, the fifth Bowie album we've gotten, and the second in three days. No disrespect, but I'm ready for a break (or should I say "ch-ch-ch-ch-changes?"). STILL haven't gotten an AC/DC album. Or any of the Jacksons. Or Weird Al (he better be on this list). Or Prince! C'mon, algorithm. Hook a honky up with some different all-time greats.

This is my favorite Bowie album & era. I learned of this album when reading that Trent Reznor listed to it heavily while recording The Downward Spiral. Since then, I've learned a ton about the two artists and their tour in the 90s. I credit Reznor for getting me into Bowie. The first half of this album is soul-funk with my two of my all-time favorite songs - Sound and Vision & Be My Wife. The piano on Be My Wife is spectacular & grabs you right away. Sound and Vision is the diary of a despondent loner sung with just a touch of humor. The second half is the Eno-Bowie ambient alien sound & I'm all for it. I could get lost in it and float away...it's beautiful. I genuinely like the weird stuff. This album, and Station to Station, are my two favorite Bowie albums. 5 stars.

A David Bowie album that's comprised mostly of experimental instrumentals? I hate to say it but this album was a huge miss for me. Considered to be one of his best albums, this really didn't do anything for me, and that's a shame.

vascillates between annoying and fun. 3 or 4 stars idk.

I have a decent handful of friends who claim this as their favourite Bowie album. I've only listened to it a half dozen or so times and it has definitely not clicked into the favourite zone for me - which almost seems odd because it contains so many elements I love, but just doesn't come together to astound me. That's not to say I don't like the album, I definitely do like it, just not to the point of favourite territory. But my journey with Bowie has also been erratic, manic and very non-linear so I recognize there is a lot of context to the album that doesn't hit me the way it might ought to. I should definitely do a chronological pass-through of his catalogue at some point. "Speed Of Life" definitely grabs my attention to open the album, and "Sound and Vision" would be in my top 20 Bowie songs, were I ever to take on such an endeavour. But really it's the second side that shines for me - even more so on this listen than ever before. "Warszawa" reminds me a bit of some of my favourite Dead Can Dance, the cello in "Art Decade" is exquisite and I don't think I realized (or remembered) that the saxophone on this album was played by Bowie himself. The album is still not rocketing to my top spot in the Bowie catalogue, but I love that it seems to be unfolding a bit more and more for me each time I visit it, which I plan to continue doing. I don't know if it's a good one or not, as the quality of the series can be hit or miss, but I reckon I'll grab myself a copy of the 33 1/3 book for Low at some point as I continue to dig deeper.

p380. 1977. 4 stars. This is a strange one. First side is classic Bowie, great songs and delivery, with Tony Visconti on top form. The second side is a suite of electronic ambient tracks, this time with Brian Eno on top form. Not easily accessible but repays repeated listening.

Brilliant

I wondered why the back half of this album became a meandering electronic soundscape, then I learned that Brian Eno was involved in this album. I love David Bowie, but found this album to be pretty plain. The story behind it is interesting enough to explain the music.

Lyrics cool. Instrumentals not for me

Not my favorite DB album. There are a lot of instrumental songs that are very futuristic vibe. It was ok.

Oh wow this is definitely one of my favourite Bowie albums!! It's really an album of two halves, with the first half being punchy avant-pop bangers with artful lyrics which portray Bowie's state of mind, and the second half of electronic longer instrumental tracks. I can see the influence of this album in so much of my favourite music. It's exciting, punchy, fresh even in 2023, innovative, and above all fun.

Great to hear this album in full. Sound and Vision is one of my favourites (influenced by Luke there!) and is such a feel good fun song. The more ambient end could seem unexpected given some of the more jaunty tracks, but I think it works really well. Winds down the album and some of the instrumentals are so beautiful. Warszawa is brilliant.

Wunderbar

An album of 2 halves and I love them both. One of the first ambient stuff I listened as I loved Bowie and got me in to it

There's not much to add to all that's been said before. Side A and B are different sides of the same story. This is a masterpiece

I really enjoyed this, I liked the tranquil ending

Revolutionary in all the best ways.

A proper headphones album. Beautiful music and not what I was expecting. however get's a bit too experimental and tiresome right at the end, but the rest is very good. 4.5

One of the greatest albums ever made. Bowie is one of a kind

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First time listening to Bowie. Pretty good and fun to listen to

An album that's a breath of fresh air. The sounds are strange and enigmatic in a way that makes this a great listen.

More instrumental tracks than I expected, but stil pure bowie

Another classic from David Bowie, this one preceding Heroes. So much experimentation here with the synths, percussion and overall ambience of the sound but he hit the mark in what he was trying to express. I couldn’t help but to immerse myself in the music.

Interesting that some of these songs sound like they were made today instead of in 1977.

I would rank Hunky Dory and ziggy star dust above Low, but this is still a masterpiece more experimental so won’t be for everyone, but can see the influence this had on post punk bands like joy division. Such a great pairing Bowie and Eno.

Superb, even now.

The start of the Berlin Trilogy. The thing about Bowie is that everyone has a favorite phase of his. I think mine is probably this one. And even if there's a phase you are not a fan of, there's at least one or two songs from that era you still love dearly. Although this is not my favorite of hi albums, it has some of my favorite songs, like "Sound and Vision" .My biggest problem is that some of the songs come off like they are poems. and only half-finished. They're feel half-formed. For example, "Sound & Vision" could have easily repeated a verse and it still would have sounded just as good. Still, that's a minor quibble. The live versions of a lot of these really do take off and then stick the landing really well. Favorite tracks are "Sound & Vision," "Breaking Glass" and "Warszawa".

David Bowie has got to be one of the most interesting musicians to have ever graced this earth. This is such a departure from his earlier sounds - basically his third reinvention. Few others have the ability, vision, or ambition to do that. Mad respect for forging a new path that clearly influenced a lot of 80's new wave, post punk, goth, whatever. And that's really just side one. Because side two is completely different with his homage to Berlin. Honestly, the album itself is a 4 and that's what I thought I would give it - Breaking Glass, What in the World, and Sound & Vision are awesome, whereas the rest of side one is solid but not great, as is side two. But what the album represents as far as creativity and pioneering, that's a 5. And as I wrote my review I realized how much I had gushed over the context. So 4.5 and I'm rounding up for the multidimensionality of Bowie that this album captures.

I’ve always wondered what impression this album made to the Bowie fans at the time it was released. At the time it was only 5 years but 8 albums between this and Ziggy Stardust. Bowie had already reinvented himself a few times since then, but this still had to be a shock to listeners after Station to Station. The songs on side one seem more like ideas than songs. The crazy thing though, is that they work as songs as well and flow seamlessly into each other. As soon as one song is over, the listener is left wanting a little more but then they get hooked into the next song which then starts the cycle all over again until “A New Career in a New Town” brings the listener out of out. Side two , all of which reflects impressions of various locations musically, opens with what is Bowie’s most ambitious track at the time. “Warszawa” is both bleak and beautiful. The track is meant to capture his impressions of a previous visit of his to Warsaw. The final track, “Subterraneans”, is the oldest on the album. It was previously recorded shortly after Station to Station and like the track that came before reflects the mood in Germany surrounding the separation of the country during the cold war. Although this is not my favorite Bowie album it is up there and truly worthy of the 5 star rating.

Bowie starts to emerge from the darkness of drug use and rewards us with a fantastic work of art rock. Every track is great, but my favorites of the vocal tracks are Breaking Glass, Sound and Vision, and Always Crashing in the Same Car. The instrumentals may not be for everyone, but I could listen to them for hours - favorites are A New Career in a New Town (I love how the music evokes both optimism and darkness. Also love the plaintive harmonica which later is heard on Bowie's final album Blackstar), Warszawa, Art Decade, and Subterraneans (love the moody ambience). That said, every song on this album is a work of art. Easy 5.

Great album, absolutely adore instruments Bowie

I ALREADY RATED THIS ALBUM YOU IDIOTS. 1 STAR.

Quirky and bold

Great album. Sound and vision is my fav track.

This album sounded less a mess to my ears. Track 1 left me thinking “how long has this guitar riff been going?” Track 2 had me thinking “these lyrics are terrible - oh wait cool synth!” I liked track 3! The vibes were chill and the vocal was fun, though pretty basic. Was this album groundbreaking in some strange way? Maybe just being one of Bowie’s earlier albums? I don’t get why it’s on this list, not sure if I will continue listening.

A little shook I gotta come on here and defend Low! Not sure I have the credentials to do so. But this album is groundbreaking! One of the world's biggest rock stars assuredly planting is feet at the edge of the genre's avant garde. This album is so dense with collage. Such an unusual and introspective use of rock and roll; exploring all the ways it might collide with electronic, kraut, ambient, and so on. I can honestly say I've never heard an album from before or after Low that sounds quite like it. Even Heroes, which is, I think, his best album, and was released the same year (!!!), finds Bowie taking his experiments in a tonally different direction. I think it's stunning and inspiring to hear someone who had just released their first "greatest hits" album whipping around and doing something like this. The influence this album had on New Wave, Post-Punk, Indie, and everything after Rock's golden age is evident and essential. Hard to imagine many of our most beloved rock groups up to and including Radiohead existing as they do without Bowie's experimental period and without this album. All that, AND the first half of this album totally bops! "Sound and Vision" is one Bowie's best pop songs!