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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.

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.

This was the first Bowie album I ever owned. Looking back, it might not be the obvious place to start the journey into this vast discography. But it worked perfectly. Low is packed with an emotional baggage so heavy, that at times it feels like an almost unbearable load. Side one is great, delivering sharp and shorter songs at great pace - but it’s when the almost completely instrumental side two sets in that I drop whatever’s in my hand and dives head first into the world of Bowie. I always forget the impact the end of Low leaves on me. It might not be what you expect of a Bowie album - but if you went into this expecting a certain formula, you probably don’t know Bowie that well.

Out in early 1977, David Bowie’s Low blasts off with all sorts of synthetic sounds and marks yet another slab of new ground for the especially eclectic singer. But ‘Speed Of Life’ is all instruments, and these instruments emit some gnarly noises in an otherwise danceable ditty with a few funky themes. Amid all the synths, even the drums brandish a robotic badge. Every element seem to screech out of some alien apparatus, and that’s the general gist of this record: pop music from space (perhaps at one time the ol’ Spiders really did live on Mars?). ‘Breaking Glass’ begins with a strange break between bass-n-drums, funky in feel and hard to follow as a raw guitar offsets everything with tense bends. All suddenly segue to different-key disco with David on the mic muttering nothing much but funny stuff like: “don’t look at the carpet / I drew something awful on it”. Synths only occasionally touch up the tune with a simple three note ear-panning passage passing from right-to-left. The tricky intro returns with layered Davids fearfully singing. It all fades away instrumentally doing another dash of disco. ‘What In The World’ proceeds at a paranoid pace with too many busy instruments tripping around each other. Something similar to the sound of Pac-Man appears prominently above every other instrument. Bowie hardly bothers to sing the verses and opts instead for casual low-toned mumblings about the “little girl with grey eyes”; nevertheless, the song starts to steam each chorus with its swift dynamic shifts of chord and wonderings of “what in the world can you do?”. A true query when you’re only “talking through the gloom”. ‘Sound And Vision’ is a sprightly song with its immediately bright tones: a bubbly bass, a spunky six-string, and something like eggs sizzling on a pan every other beat. Soon: synths join in with huge sustained joys-to-the-world. “Ooh ahh” from a bunch of Bowies. Nasty saxophone just for a few seconds to cue the singer for his favorite subjects: “don’t you wonder sometimes / about sound and vision?” He’s all over in the octaves, high-n-low (but mostly low). His lyrics are few and the singing itself is subdued and distorted, but somehow, it still sounds stunningly lovely all the while. ‘Always Crashing In The Same Car’ winds down a slow and lonely road, but the sound is anything but sparse. Expansive synths bubble and burst in the background as extra-gritty guitars shakily strum vast downbeats. Something like ‘Lady Marmalade’ repeats on a miserable mellotron and Bowie wheezes his inevitable fate with the intriguing idea of “always crashing in the same car”. The music matches the morose mood; on “car”, everything collapses into a cycle of deceptive cadences. Here we hear the music perfectly portray the rise-n-fall of one’s dreams. ‘Be My Wife’ rollicks with its pub piano and guitar rocking a repeating rhythmic gesture at the end of each phrase, but the lyrics regard the aimless singer’s sad solitude as a star. Disco chorus features a dancing bass and Bowie’s adorable or perhaps desperate declaration: “please be mine / share my life / stay with me / be my wife”. Is it happiness or hopelessness that compels him to inquire after a companion? ‘A New Career In A New Town’ treads its territory tenderly. Gentle strains of synthscape softly paint this picture of a man seeking a fresh start on his life. Nevertheless, it doesn’t take too long until he breaks through and finds his footing; the main theme of this music carries an immensely optimistic momentum. Featured most prominently are the wistful winds of a harmonica. No words are sung, but the music resonates with its own hefty emotional impact. ‘Warszawa’ starts off the second side of songs with its rows of low synths all rumbling out repetitions on one holy note. This slow and sacred procession makes for an imposing entrance. A minute in, the song finally arrives and activates with all the lovely layered true-gloom synths forming full unison melancholy melodies over-n-over. Later, Bowie chants in unintelligible tribal-like tongues as if the spokesperson at some sublimely sad ceremony for the deceased. Perhaps the piece must best be perceived as a musical memorial, something like the sonic snapshot of an ashen bomb-scarred Warsaw in World War II; or for any incident where innocents suffered dispossession and death. ‘Art Decade’ advances the ambient style of the last track; it’s just as melodic but it’s busier. Melodies spiral down around sounds of vibraphone and synths and a cello or two. Various unaccountable noises distantly rip through the air in quick occasional flurries. Swampy synths burble. Even with lots of layers, a single static sound is sustained throughout; and that’s the hallmark of A+ ambient music. ‘Weeping Wall’ happens with hypnotic mallet instruments playing murder music at an anxious pace. Big synths go for ‘Greensleeves’ (or some similar modal melody) as the chords continually chart an unpredictable pattern. Distorted guitars shear through simple solos featuring minimal pitches and long sustained bends. Tribal choir gets rather reverberant at the end and sounds something like a train. Everything has a place in the manic mood. There’s no development at all, but that’s not the point. ‘Subterraneans’ concludes the collection with more real-deal ambient music. Lonely, hopeless, spacious, the track floats on a cloud of misty synths throbbing in reverse. A treacherous bass builds up approaching with only a few notes heard at any time. Wordless voices join the joyless assembly. Out of the big blue, a saxophone comes a-crawling with forlorn lines to share. Bowie’s tone of voice tightens on a nice rhythmic bit of nonsense: “care-line, care-line, care-line / care-line driving me / Shirley, Shirley, Shirley own / share bride failing star”. It fades away wearily and the album’s over. Despite the title, David Bowie’s Low is actually “high” as far as artistic achievements are concerned. Vastly influential, the album and its wacky sound make for essential listening if you’re interesting in charting the natural course that pop music would pave into the eighties. And what about world music? This album covers lots of ground.

One of the greatest albums ever recorded, period. (Be My Wife is a lame track, but otherwise... perfection.)

Starts very poppy and then takes a synth-y dark plunge into the depths of a comedown. Not a fan of every track, but I do like how the more upbeat, jolly tracks create a sense of plummeting from a high into the low, cold melancholia of the second half. “Subterraneans” is viscerally depressing and beautiful, and left me sighing through the heaviness this song sends to my chest.

This will be the second Bowie album I’ve listened to from front to back after Hunky Dory (which I loved). I don’t think I’ve heard a bad David Bowie song, so I’m excited to hear all of this. Songs I already knew: none Favourites: Sound and Vision, Speed of Life It’s very easy to see how Bowie got his god-like status in music. The sound of this album is significantly different to the piano-focused Hunky Dory, but much more rocky on Low. I would compare they sound of this album to The Smiths, but without Morrissey’s annoying voice and instead with Bowie being fantastic. It is fascinating how a musician can release such vastly different sounding albums to this level of success. I’d recommend this album to pretty much anybody. It is a brilliant album.

Talking Heads vibes, very good art rock. Sound and vision an early favorite.

Hitting an all-time Low...wait wrong album

Another superclassic DB album.

Probably my favourite Bowie album. Sadly the version on streaming does not include Some Are, which was always my favourite track on the CD version I have.

Great album

This list is filled with "first times" for me, and that is no different with David Bowie - it is a first time, when I listen to his full album. And it was such a special introduction into his music and history. "Low" is an album, that is very hard to describe - it hinges on every possible type of mood, from cheerful and optimistic, to melancholic and thrilling. Also, as a big surprise for me, the album is full of instrumental tracks, which set the tone for the next part of the record, but each time they are just wonderful on their own, like beautiful composition "Warszawa", creepy "Subterraneans", or just energetic and simple intro, "Speed of Life". In general, there are just few songs, where David Bowie show us his vocal range, and even in those tracks he is sometimes overshadowed by a great guitar solo, like in "Be My Wife", or "Always Crashing In the Same Car". But that is not a problem - it can't be one, when the instrumental layer is so incredibly atmospheric and amazing. A big influence on the sound of the album had to be applied by Brian Eno - as a main collaborator and producer of the record. His ability to experiment was very obvious on the "Here Come the Warm Jets" album, which I rated previously on this list. This collaboration between Eno resulted in a trilogy, with "Low" being just a first step into it. But after listening to that record, I have no choice other than put the other parts "Heroes" and "Lodger" on my daily list "things to listen to" and see how great it is. Perfect introduction into Bowie's career.

Very solid album, love Bowie. A few songs stood out and the whole thing was amazing, no complaints.

One of Bowie's most famous albums and for good reason. Just killler from front to back.

It took quite a few listens for me to bridge the gap mentally between the A-side and the B-side of this album, dare I say I still don't fully understand the thought process of taking the momentum of the first half, via tracks like Sound and Vision and Be My Wife, and turn the pace down to deliver something that only lets you sit with your thoughts as you embrace it, but I think on this fourth or fifth go-around with this album I start to appreciate this album a lot more. It helps that I've delved into Eno's work a bit more since my last run, and this album tries its best to scratch the itches that Another Green World hit with ease. The whole album, however, especially the A-side, is magnificent, with Bowie crafting a record that destroys the walls set up by other pop records and creates something that will truly speak to all listeners. Bowie is no longer pouring out his heart to the audience, but rather pouring the audience's heart out to themselves, and in those moments of contemplation the album will truly allow the vague lyrics and ambient synths to whisk you off as a rocking guitar keeps you from going out of orbit. It's a grounded release, but one that isn't afraid to blow the listener away, and while it does become perhaps a little too much downtime for my taste in the back half, the album as a whole makes a strong argument for why albums are the way they are, and the fact that we've sort of lost that only makes this album's excellence all the more magical.

Phenomenal album that I can't wait to revisit.

My absolute favorite period for Bowie. Love this and its sister album "Heroes." They go hand in hand. "Heroes" is certainly a standout track, but as an album I probably prefer "Low" on the whole. I feel "Low" has a wider range of moods, and while "Heroes" is more refined, I kind of like how "Low" has more of a playful experimentation to it - still figuring out the formula. Speaking of the formula, I for one, really enjoy the A side = ever so slightly more conventional with lyrics, B side = off the deep end/largely instrumental approach. Best of both worlds if you ask me. All the playing on this is chef's kiss worthy. Bass, drums, guitars, synths, vox, harmonica, you name it. The production balances all these elements perfectly and feels very three dimensional and immersive. Man, if I could be a time travelling fly on the wall for the recording of any album, this just might be it. "Low" is that rare risky move album where he doubled down on experimentation to find a new direction and it paid off in dividends - we're still feeling its influence to this day.

One of the greatest albums ever made.

It's the centerpiece of Bowie's "Berlin Trilogy". Of course, it's an essential listen, even though it's also a very peculiar album, side one and side two being very different things--pop songs and crooner's ballads mixed with some sort of krautrock funk for the first, and dark or meditative ambient pieces--most of them totally instrumental--created with the incredible Brian Eno for the second. Obviously I will give 5 stars for this one. Yet the fact that this album is often considered by certain subsets of fans as being Bowie's best has always sounded a little weird to me. Very close to the overall sound of the "Berlin Trilogy", I've always found *Station To Station* superior to any of those three LPs--and before that, *Ziggy Stardust*, *Hunky Dory*, and *The Man Who Sold The World* (and maybe even *Aladdin Sane*) will always be rated higher for me. At least if you go to detailed decimals. But I'm probably only nitpicking here. Don't pay too much attention to the ramblings of a relatively *recent* Bowie fan. Because there are all sorts of fans of his work out there, in keeping with this artist's amazing ability to shapeshift from one persona to the next. That's what's great about loving such a legendary artist. Number of albums left to review: 775 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 117 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 55 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): 53

Bowie casually making post-rock before post-rock was even a thing, chad.

Very cool record. I dig this album more every time I listen. Bowie’s band had one of my favorite rhythm sections and their playing is so different on this record. The drum sounds are so crazy on Breaking glass (sounds almost like they are doubled with electric drums). Also love the guitars on What in the World. Favorite tunes are Sound and vision, Breaking glass, and What in the world, new career in a new location. This album has a really beautiful balance of electric sounds and acoustic instruments. I love all the textures .Two of my favorite instrumental moments are the harmonica solo on new career and sax on Subterraneans (both played by Bowie). Least favorite song is Be my Wife. This album helps me appreciate Bowie as a composer and multi- instrumentalist. They definitely made something that sounds totally unique.

Done

A bit like early Pink Floyd, but not as weird. Track eight is outstanding.

No comment needed. 5 stars.

Essential vinyl to take me to the island when everything explodes

Amazing album, always like Bowie but never listened to an entire album. Loved it.

A stunning, innovative, compelling and unique record, full of atmosphere and character. Bowie’s artistry is firing on all cylinders, pursuing his own vision, daring us to catch up to him.

Understated brilliance.

Now that I've had some time, I reflect on "Heroes" and think about how much I love side two, and how I wish it sounded like that throughout. And then I listened to this, and it was like my prayer was answered, which is silly considering this was the predecessor to that album. I love the instrumental artsy direction, and enjoy the lack of classic pop rock Bowie vocals.

Stop, Bowie! I can only handle so many amazing albums from one artist! Still waiting for that Bowie album that I don't like, but I don't think it'll ever come. 'Low' is one of Bowie's best works, which is saying a lot. Wasn't familiar with this album before I got it on vinyl a few months ago, and it shocked me when I listened to it. Bowie experimenting with different sounds and styles might be the best Bowie you'll find, and he certainly does a lot of experimenting with this album. I thought the orchestral section would be a turn-off, but the otherworldly sounds, classic Bowie, kept me enraptured. Came for the catchy hits, stayed for the overarching magnificence.

this is cool, like cooler than cool. 11/10

This a cacophony of electronic beauty the instrumentals are what absolutely puts this album on a different level it feels like a resurgence for Bowie and is one of my favourite albums from him. I love the Berlin trilogy!

Arguably my favorite Bowie album

This one is pretty easy. Top 3 Bowie albuma, pogotovo što se u ovaj album upleo Ivanov najdraži artista (Brian Eno) i viola - odličan album. Dakle Honky Dory, Ziggy Stardust i Low (ovaj album) su mi topčine od albuma.

Probably my favourite era and album of Bowie.

Incredible

Excellent album. For me it's the best one from the Berlin trilogy for sure and I might even go as far to say it might be Bowie's best overall. For me Low and Ziggy are Bowie's peak and depending in the mood I might say that one is better than the other.

A bloody perfect album. Love it so much. Atmospheric but with some absolute bangers too

Low ist eins der besten Bowie Alben mit Abstand, ich mags auch mehr als Heroes. Ultra gut einfach

One of the best from one of the best

1,001 albums... Back in the seventies, the gormless DJ-cum-presenter (who was far more interested in his - it was always a he back then - own fame than the art he pretended to like - that *we* liked) would bid his faux-cheery farewells towards the end of Top of the Pops then the credits would roll as one final song was played but then faded out way before its proper end. One week, when I was still to be a teenager, it was the turn of one of the most extraordinary things I'd ever heard. \"What is this shit?\" I might have wondered, had I not just been told by Bates or Travis or whoever it was that week, just like Charles Shaar Murray famously did - though he in disgust and disappointment rather than the breathless awe I felt. Don't you wonder sometimes? I had a bit of a problem with David Bowie at the time - he looked completely different every time I set eyes on him. It used to really confuse me. Just before Low was released (around the time RCA were refusing to release it, so dismayed by it were they), he'd had his first UK number one with a song he'd recorded and released seven years earlier. In the video he didn't seem to be the same impossibly exotic and otherworldly being as on the covers of his albums. He was quite gawky and ordinary, in fact. Like everyone else but in my own little way, I didn't know who David Bowie was. And neither did he in 1976. Famously, he couldn't even really remember recording the stately Station to Station a few months earlier and so decamped to Europe in a bid to get off the Bolivian marching powder with his mate, Jim. Between them they somehow managed to channel their shared withdrawal psychosis to produce four seminal albums in less than twelve months, each with a slightly different flavour. Of the four, Low, with its artful split personality, its shattered fragments of paranoia-infused recovery and redemption and its icy dislocation, is the greatest. So ahead of its time that even the NME didn't get it - a brutally honest document of Britain's greatest star struggling to straighten himself out before he turned thirty. (Decades later, my Polish wife would hear me playing Low and instantly recognise a fragment of a Silesian folk song that Magpie Dave had nicked from a record he'd bought in Wilsonplatz as he journeyed by train through Warsaw. It amuses me that calling his track \"Warszawa\" was a bit like sampling a colliery brass band and calling it \"London.\")

I already know that I absolutely LOVE this album. It is one of my favorites.

Favourite from Berlin trilogy

Hi- Speed of Life, What in the World, Sound and Vision, Be My Wife, Weeping Wall, Subterraneans The first act opens up with rapid-fire ditties that we've all come to know and love from Bowie, with some fresh experiments in electronic sounds. What in the World starts off with what should be an annoying bleeping that somehow just works and wouldn't be the same without it. Be My Wife is filled with hard-hitting honky-tonk piano hits and driving beats. The second act (right after you'd normally flip over the record or cassette) features more atmospheric, electronic tapestries; Weeping Wall features marimbas that provide the backing for a moody exploration. Subterraneans is a thickly-layered scored like you'd experience on the big screen, complimented by that classic Bowie baritone sax to remind you what you're dealing with here. Fantastic album, just amazing, you're stupid if you don't love it.

This album's A-side is perfect, from "Speed of Life" from "A New Career in a New Town", being "Sound and Vision" one of the greatest songs of all time. The B-side is also great, of course, but it's very different from anything else Bowie did or would do, since you can feel Brian Eno's presence everywhere. It's near perfection.

I had high expectations going in and was a little apprehensive that the album might not deliver. But my concern was redundant, the album is fantastic. It’s such a full sounding album, with so many surprises and melodic ear worms. Its pretty experimental in parts but it really showcases Bowie as an artist first and foremost. The second half of the album isn’t as punchy as the first; the pace slows down a bit during the instrumental sound scapes. But they’re gorgeous to listen to, it doesn’t matter that the album isn’t packed with pop hits, it doesn’t need to be, the beautiful art rock is such a pleasant listen. 5/5 - Loved it.

Hi- Speed of Life, What in the World, Sound and Vision, Be My Wife, Weeping Wall, Subterraneans The first act opens up with rapid-fire ditties that we've all come to know and love from Bowie, with some fresh experiments in electronic sounds. What in the World starts off with what should be an annoying bleeping that somehow just works and wouldn't be the same without it. Be My Wife is filled with hard-hitting honky-tonk piano hits and driving beats. The second act (right after you'd normally flip over the record or cassette) features more atmospheric, electronic tapestries; Weeping Wall features marimbas that provide the backing for a moody exploration. Subterraneans is a thickly-layered scored like you'd experience on the big screen, complimented by that classic Bowie baritone sax to remind you what you're dealing with here. Fantastic album, just amazing, you're stupid if you don't love it.

Some great tracks on this album, Bowie shifting styles again. Synths and whispered vocal throughout, guitars a little less to the fore. Top tracks: Sound and Vision, Warszawa, always crashing in the same car

amazing of course

that was a really, really cool album I’ve listened to a few Bowie albums but I guess this one slipped past me it had such cool instrumentals and production overall 10/10, I look forward to hearing more Bowie

I don't care what y'all say, this is Bowie's best, and one of the greatest albums ever created.

I mean....it's Bowie

I haven't listened to the rest of the Berlin trilogy yet, but I really like it's first album, Low. The influence from the Krautrock artists was a perfect fit for Bowie's evolving style as he transitioned away from the fascist cocaine monster called the Thin White Duke. The mythology around Bowie and his personas could only really be meaningful if he backed it up with his music, which he does in spades here. Working with Brian Eno and hanging out with Iggy Pop brought a feel to this album that's hard to describe. Just like Kid A, it seems to come out of no where and go back there after we are allowed to enjoy it. The first half of this album is super cool, the second half is why its one of my favorite Bowie albums 5/5

I love it

This is tomorrow calling, wishing you were here. Fabulous, defiant, uplifting, the sound of a man reinventing himself. The side of instrumentals is brave and rich.

I love

Super super good.

Bowie at his most peculiar

Another Bowie album and it's (obviously) great. It's very much an album of two sides. Side one is the poppy stuff that everyone knows like "Sound and Vision"; side two is longer, more pensive and mostly instrumental pieces.

Stunning. One of his best.

Love the instrumental stuff

Not what I expected but I love it

Very much enjoyed this

eerie?

Bowie plus Eno. Really hear it on Breaking Glass. I am really feeling this sonic landscape. Warszawa and the second side where this album really stretches out its legs. Need to re-spin it.

What can one even say that hasn't been said? An eternal classic

Stone cold classic.

Holy Eno, Batman. Tommy likey

Capolavoro. Due lati completamente diversi, il primo di canzoni più tradizionali (senza una vera hit), la seconda più atmosferica. Il secondo miglior Bowie.

Like two different superb albums. Krautrock meeting kraut electronica. The Berlin masterpiece!

An amazing album. I just love the way he moves from his expected (great) pop songs into instrument soundscapes.

Love David Bowie and the sounds this album creates.

Probably my favorite Bowie album. The last half of this album makes feel like I’m in 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Even by David Bowie's standards this is Low.

This is great. It’s like if Bon Iver wrote 22, a million in 1977.

Innovative and avantgarde in the best possible way: a genius doing it.

Netflix n chill vibe

Loved it. Very spacey and more instrumentals than I thought

Favorite - Sound and Vision

Not my favourite Bowie but still amazing.

One of the best David Bowie albums of all time. And that means it is perfect.

favorite Bowie

wooowww, the last songs made me feel kinda weird, not fun when it’s eerie and ur a little high

Great atmosphere

I have already listened to this album front to back - i like breaking glass and sound and vision, and have a new top song - always crashing in the same car. other songs are a bit weird, but totally inspired like 7 million artists. i hear some gary numan and even beach house sounds like they took inspo

One of the more expermental albums by David Bowie. Containing One of my favourite Bowie tracks Warszawa. But a few songs are way too short.

Vibey

Al inicio no me generaba mucho, las letras son reflexivas, me invitan a cuestionar y a pensar. Tratan temas personales de Bowie, por lo que leí, sobre su dualidad y algunos problemas en el 1977 por su fama.

Obligatory 4 stars for Bowie. Surprisingly weird and ambient, I enjoyed it

I think "Low" is one of Bowie's best. There aren't many lyrics on "Low", which is a bit of a downer. The instrumental tracks make up for this. "Speed of Life" and "Subterraneans" happen to be the best on "Low". "Warszawa" has a contribution from prolific producer Brian Eno. 4 stars for "Low".

Not sure how I hadn’t listened to this yet. Bowies vocals are surprisingly sparse in the second half. Still a great album. 3.5/5

A cool album.

This record feels ahead of its time/anachronistic in so many ways. Also really diverse musically from rock to these ethereal electronic sounds. Certainly feels like foundational Bowie material.

First time listening to this one, really enjoyed it!

white boy tweaking off the coke and lines moves to berlin and is introduced to krautrock. tale as old as time. unlike his nonce geeker roommate he forgot to write hooks (and puts the good songs on the b side). 3.5-4.4.

Really interesting sounds in this album, and that’s saying something for an artist like Bowie. First half was the art rock-pop songs you’d expect out of him, but the second half came way out of left field; it was ambient electronica music with limited vocal accompaniments that almost sounded like it was made by someone like Brian Eno. I kinda liked it! It was kinda dreamy and quite relaxing to listen to. Bowie apparently really had to fight his record label to get this released, they thought it would be a flop, but it turned out to be one of his best works according to critics. I’ll give it a solid 4/5, would listen again.

Good Bowie album, though it falls down in the second half, I believe.

An inspiring record full of bold and beautifully experimental half gestures. Sounds and textures from another planet. The first half feels unfinished in a somewhat satisfying way but also feels like it’s leading to a destination we never quite reach. Side 2 is more of a cohesive statement with its very listenable and ground-breaking electronic/ambient compositions. So much to love but more often than not Low feels like music that was repurposed from its original cinematic intentions.

Short and sweet, great album and amazing experience overall. Very introspective and ethereal. Loved it.

Great album to kick off the Berlin trilogy. Always a little disappointed that the lyrics run out half way through but the instrumental tracks are dark and interesting and given the circumstances it’s understandable. 4

Great 70s Bowie

I feel like I'm more aware of this album because a lot of other artists love this album. I'm not sure I recognize any tracks by title, and otherwise this is my first time listening to this start-to-finish. This was interesting. It felt much less commercial compared to Bowie's other work, and less like typical Bowie songs. I enjoyed it and I think I'll add it to my list of albums to listen to again.

mostly instrumental but i enjoyed how intentional it felt

avantgarde von damals welche heute noch immer zeitlos zeitgenössisch klingt.

I’ve listened to this be for so I can’t wait Amazing experience found a song from my childhood

love the ambients

Very very good one - tunes front to back. 4/5

This album was really good, but if I wanted to listen to a David Bowie album I would take ziggy stardust over this one anyway. Full of fun instrumental riffs. I see myself coming back to thos one, 4 stars.

At first I was like meh this album is boring it isn’t my vibe But then I listen again wow I'm speechless My favourite song was warszawa

Really nice ambient music.

4.5/5

Amazing sounds and textures on the instrumental tracks. A couple of recognizable David Bowie vocal cuts..and yeah I can see why folks were divided at the time of release. If this is what writer's block/kicking addiction sounds like..it is a great record. It isn't one I'd return to often,but a must hear in the Big Bowie Picture.

be who you are for your pride my goat david bowie i very much liked how he heavily leaned into instrumental this album and the album cover is pretty swag

Не понимаю этот альбом. Я люблю эмбиент и Брайна Ино, но вторая часть Low которую все хвалят меня не трогает.

The first chapter of Bowie’s Berlin Trilogy, and for me not quite as strong as “𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘦𝘴”. Even so, 𝘓𝘰𝘸 remains one of the most fascinating albums he ever made. The first side is full of short, fragmented songs that feel like Bowie taking apart the usual rules of pop music and rebuilding them in unexpected ways. The second half is where the album truly becomes something special. Tracks like 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝘀𝘇𝗮𝘄𝗮 and 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 are less concerned with songs in the traditional sense and more with atmosphere, texture, and mood. Together with Brian Eno, Bowie creates music that feels distant, mysterious, and strangely moving without relying on conventional hooks or lyrics. 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 in particular is a remarkable closer, bringing the album to an eerie and emotional conclusion. I still prefer “𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘦𝘴”, but the second side of 𝘓𝘰𝘸 is unlike almost anything else in Bowie’s catalogue and contains some of the best experimental music I’ve heard on a rock album.

Je trouve que la fin de l'album est un peu moins forte.

The first three tracks always throw me off as the weakest on the album, but beyond that point it’s a thoroughly enjoyable listen. Odd in that there’s very little Bowie on the Bowie album, though.

I'm only familiar with a small corner of Bowie's discography, but even with that I expected this to be great and it absolutely rises to the challenge and exceeds it. There's a chill and laidback vibe to this record that I really enjoyed. Really wasn't expecting the ambient sounds this record builds, but it works surprisingly well with Bowie. I don't really need to be the one to tell you that Bowie was an incredible artist all around and his vocals here are just as great as his reputation implies. Fun record that knows when to be emotional in the case of Be My Wife. The first half is personally my favorite as I prefer to hear David Bowie on his album, but the instrumentals are quite beautiful.

Interesting. Sound and Vision is of course the song I remember, but there is lots of interesting stuff. Enjoyable but I don't understand people calling it his best. Good but not the heights I've come to expect from Bowie.

Practically anything this artist made was gold. He knew exactly what to make when to make it at the right time. I truly wish I was alive during his tenure to experience the music at the time of it's releases. Another good album by Bowie

One of my favorite Bowie records. Not in your face, and sort of accessible.

A ver interesting Bowie album. Was surprised to hear so many instrumentals. But, for me he can do no wrong. Still a great album. Highlights: "Speed of Life" and "Be My Wife"

I really like David Bowie. Super dreamy album, pretty nice to listen while studying.

A very tame and classy album from King David. I found it an easy listen for those that may not think Bowie is their cup of tea. Not his best work but as always shows his incredible range as an artist.

Was wondering when I'd get my first Bowie. This is my first time listening to a David Bowie album and it's not at all what I expected, isn't David Bowie a generational pop/rock superstar?? Didn't he headline Glastonbury? He barely speaks in the second half of this album, but for me it's the better half.. I don't think i've repeated a track more than Subterraneans so far on this journey. Light 4. Top tracks: sound and vision, be my wife, subterraneans

Heard it before on my solo Bowie discography journey. Enjoyed it because it had less of the Glam stuff, but the experimental stuff leaves me cold.

I have only ever heard Bowie radio hits so this was fun. This felt very ahead of its time.

Ambient and interesting

Highlights: Speed of Life, Breaking Glass, What in the World, Sound and Vision, Be My Wife, A New Career in a New Town, Weeping Wall Ah yes, one of his artsy fartsy Berlin experiments... Well I almost like the entirety of side A, so based on that alone this is one of my favorites of his. Side B is a bit too experimental for me doe. Though the record is too abstract at some points, I love it because it serves as a sign of things to come in the 80s new wave era, and that's my favorite epoch of pop culture, so I respect the record for that alone. I guess that just comparing it to new wave is a sign of why I like the more approachable side A better.

Super Awesome! I never knew David Bowie made stuff like this. Way ahead of its time.

I quite enjoy the first track. Not sure what the genre it is but i do enjoy it. The rest of the songs are great however most of them are just instrumentals but overall i think its nice.

Haven’t listened to much Bowie but it was pretty good. 8/10 Favorite songs were: Sound and Vision Always Crashing in the Same Car Be My Wife Warszawa Art Decade

Musically interesting and enjoyable, but not something I’d likely listen to again.

Interesting, I enjoyed 4/5

A more atmospheric and experimental album from Bowie, surprisingly modern for its time, expected to find out this album would've come out quite a bit later. To me this was a pleasant surprise though I still don't see me listening to this more often

Några toppar. Har lite svårt för det bitvis funkiga.

Uppskattar att få dyka in i berlintrilogin, aldrig riktigt pallat tidigare och har alltid varit mer av en simpel hunky dory-gubbe. Trodde efter första lyssningen att jag skulle landa i att jag ”uppskattar ansatsen men inte fattar grejen” med andra halvan av skivan. Men efter några vändor föll poletten ner. ”Weeping Wall” påminner om nåt schysst marimbaverk av Steve reich och vilken jävla avslutning ”subterraneans” är! Krävande lyssning som gav utdelning.

Already know this album, Loved first half, second half not so much

Not quite what I expected from Bowie. A mostly instrumental album, but I liked it a lot.

It’s the guitar the guitar sounds are exactly the harmonies and sounds that I like. It’s Bowie being Bowie in the best possible way Bowie being so cerebral and just creating these landscapes that honestly Bowie had been known for. It has a sort of rock opera sound to it. Art decade just feels like an early demo of let’s dance progression wise. It feels like Bowie is calling onto himself for inspiration during these Berlin days. It’s so melancholic yet full of energy and life it’s downright beautiful. A Bowie instrumental album was not something I think I would like so much and yet I find myself humming along to the songs. Truly it feels like Bowie is trying to reconnect and find himself and leave us with his own voice. In the aftermath of his death I feel a great affinity towards how he defines himself here. I like it a lot top 3 Bowie for me

Loved the first side, 2nd side was a bit too avant garde and experimental for me. This is the first Bowie album I have listened to so will give it another shot at some point.

only because i am comparing bowie with bowie

My introduction to Bowie is, what I assume, an atypical release from him, but a wonderful listen nonetheless. He uses the music beautifully to convey the struggles of this difficult period of his career and you can really hear how his circumstances at the time influenced the production and writing. Both sides of this are individually intriguing in their own right and fit together well too, with the brisk art rock tracks devolving into strange, emotional instrumentals that make this a defining experimental rock album that still holds up. One of the most interesting projects yet, for me. Could fall in love with it but it would take some time. 2 listens Favorite Tracks: Sound and Vision, Speed of Life, Subterraneans, Be My Wife

Expectation: -> Hoping for David Bowie's mainstream hits. Or will this be odd. Looking forward to it either way. Will listen to the 2017 remaster. After listening: -> Not initially as impressive as I'd hoped and no songs were recognized. Thought that this is probably just an average Bowie album when compared with his other works. I was a bit turned off by the instrumentals, tbh. Gave it three full listens and began to appreciate it. Such musical talent and this is quite a solid project. Track ranking: Wife Glass Career Crashing Sound Speed Subterraneans Wall World Warszawa Art

I don't know much about Bowie but I liked this one

Influential, and as a bloody major bonus it’s listenable to boot. In fact it’s a lovely listen. It’s a fantastic record don’t really need to say much more as others have already stated it’s merit many times over. Bowie and Eno really are all they are cracked up to be. 4.5 Star

-Eingängige Grooves, teils experimentelle Sounds Guter Mix zwischen Instrumental und Gesang -Eintrübung ins Mysteriöse gegen Ende -Sehr meditatives Ende -Fav: Sound and Vision

David Bowie doing ambient and synth sounds is weirdly so good. Favourite Songs: Sound and Vision, Be My Wife, Warszawa, Subterraneans. Least Favourite Songs: What in the World, Weeping Wall.

I have listened to a bit of David Bowie in my time, but I can’t say I’ve ever heard a single song from this album before. It was a very interesting dive into what I think might be some of my favourite music I’ve heard Bowie make. This album is very strange. The first half of it feels very art rock, but it almost had a post-punk kind of feel to it. I’m sure this record was significantly inspirational for a lot of music that came after it. The vocals are all very interesting, far more interesting than I expected anyways. The songwriting and composition is very dynamic and, while it keeps a general feel throughout, there was a very interesting shift about halfway through, when the music slowed and became more instrumental. One thing that really jumped out at me, musically was the top notch bass guitar throughout. I am very much looking forward to listening to this again. 4*

When we reviewed Bowie’s ‘Ziggy Stardust’ one of my biggest complaints was that that album feels heavy handed with intentionally “weird” imagery in its lyrics but the music remains completely typical British pop-rock of its time. Five years later on ‘Low’, we hear DB showing rather than telling us of his ability to depart from the norm, and it’s a far more interesting listen. I thought the influence from Brian Eno’s ambient works was especially obvious in the second half, and in fact the album was made in collaboration with Eno. I hadnt heard this album before, but it reinforced my belief that Berlin era Bowie is the best Bowie. I don’t feel that I entirely digested this album after one listen and I will be happy to give it more consideration in the future.

minimalistic, seemingly abstract but evocative angelic vocals insane guitar and catchy elecronice melodies themes of self reflection, love, inspiration carried by production in some way? second half is beautiful ambient

Stone cold classic and possibly my favorite Bowie album. There is a relaxation to this record. It is so ambient and 70s textured, but also so him. I love this album so much.

I'm mainly a fan of the hits when it comes to Bowie, but I found this better than I expected. No real hits, but a solid and cohesive first half of the album, although I didn't really like the ambient stuff

david bowie is high

David

Ok, before even starting this I wanna say I'm already a big David Bowie fan so I'm looking forward to this. This album is very instrumental a lot of the time, it kind of sounds like it would be part of a soundtrack for an old movie. I'll give it a 4/5

This felt more like a movie score than a rock album. The strange thing is, I never skipped one song. I enjoyed the whole thing from start to finish. The odd soundscapes and cool riffs. One thing I have noticed in Bowies recordings is the funky bass. It's never tucked away. Instead, it's front and centre and funky as hell. Not what I expected but I dig it!

Low is one of my faves by Bowie but I don't think I can give it a true five because I usually zone out for the last half a bit.

8/10

Good album but probably not something I'd listen to often. I did like the instrumentals on this album too.

My 3rd Bowie album in 10 days. I love Bowie, but it's too much! Not my fave era of his but it's another solid effort

My favorite David Bowie album. And the reason may bother big Bowie fans... A few years ago, I listened to the entire David Bowie discography, and one of the things I came away with was that I really didn't like his vocal style on a lot of songs. So this album, being over half instrumental, really caught my attention.

A Bowie album with no hits, that was still good from start to finish!? Count me in.

This was pretty cool and those ambient tracks were neat!

I love this album, it has a different feel to a lot of Bowie's others and the instrumental second half is great.

I always knew Bowie was great and like a genius, but being able to take a deeper dive has really shown me just truly how special he was.

Really beautiful immersion. Love David Bowie

Really good album, a little too experimental and weird for my tastes to get 5 stars but still very good. Sound and Vision was my fav song. My other highlights were Always Crashing in the Same Car and Be My Wife (my fav first listen)

A worse version of “Heroes” that still kicks ass.

sound & vision weeping well

Bizarre album that in already familiar with. Departure from fun catchy pop Bowie stuff. Half album is instrumental stuff that sounds like someone is mentally, forgive me, low. I enjoy the difference this album provides

Trippy and chill. Nice background or drugged up music.

David Bowie is one of those musical legends I've grown up hearing about, how could anyone have not? But I've never actually thought much about what his music would sound like; he's just been floating in peripheral limbo for me, that is until now. This album is great and I'm glad I finally got to experience one of his projects. The record also surprised me with a few instrumental tracks, but their establishment of mood was beautifully intense.

Обыяный альт-рок, под фон пойдёт Живее и полнее чем Пинк Флойд Последние композиции чистый инструментал, неплохо

Could've done without all the instrumentals but everything else is top notch

Listened to it twice. The first time i was a bit pre-occupied and the second half just kind of drifted away, but on the second listen I paid more attention and i really enjoyed the second half. It really kicks in from warszawa and very much a break away from traditional bowie. I felt like it was a good mix of familiar and experimental. Reading the reviews I see that it was Eno produced and that makes lots of sense. warszawa and Sound and Vision are the standout tracks. 3.5 upgraded to 4 stars

Bowie goes to Germany and learns how to make funny sounds on synths, Part 1. The first seven songs are fine, they feel pretty standard for Bowie other than the funny synth sounds. The ambient half, on the other hand, is some of Bowie's best music. Genuinely my biggest complaint about this album is that Bowie made me wait about 18 minutes to listen to Warszawa and Weeping Wall. This album also has a pretty interesting relationship with Heroes to me. Heroes has significantly better non-Ambient songs and Low has much better Ambient songs. Heroes is still by far the better of the two, but damn it I'd pay for an entire album of outtakes from the Ambient half of this one.

wierd but kind of nice

just fuckinnnn loveeee this vibe heaux play that guitar yessssss

Good stuff

it's alright, it hard for me to get into Bowie

A delightful surprise for someone who doesn't care much for Bowie

great album. mostly instrumental which must have been jarring for bowie fans up until this point.

Fav- sounds and visions 4/5

Really cool and fun album from the legend himself. Not every album can be Ziggy Stardust but I really enjoyed this one

Have obviously heard of Bowie but never a full album. Right off the bat I’m locked in. That production to open is so cool, doing things with a guitar that I didn’t know was possible. Sweet bass line. Kept wait for the lyrics to start but honestly it didn’t need any. Very interesting vocals on breaking glass. The songwriting is good but the sound engineering is off. Which seems like is intended because eventually the vocals get a lot louder. Doing too much. Another really good bass line/guitar combo tho. What in the world is fone. Definitely ahead of its time but a little choppy. Great guitar. Sound and vision was fine. Had higher hopes for it but didn’t blow me away. I like always crashing more. Really good production and lyrics on this one. Love the piano on be y wife. Works so well with the guitar. This is a banger. New career is so ahead of its time. This sounds like a late 80s/early 90s electric pop Madonna type beat but you ca tell it’s done all on real instruments. So cool. Another one tha just doesn’t need lyrics. From the beginning of warzawa you can tell your listening to something great. It 70s classical, I’ve never heard a blend like it. And then it goes to an African type tone. This song is crazy. Art decade is also good but not as good as the others. I can’t believe how many songs without lyrics there are. Everything I thought I knew about Bowie told me it’s b over the top lyrics and dance anthems. This album is not that. Much more musically impressive. I can’t believe weeping wall is another one without lyrics. This is another really well produced song. Probably would be even better with a catchy chorus but I digress. But at the same time I’m realizing that that’s the theme of this album. It’s not about glitz and glam and big choruses but just good well produced songs. It’s the same on subterraneans. The instruments do the talking. So many Layers. It’s not my favorite album but the fact that it’s so untraditional and I still enjoyed it as much as I did speaks volumes. Listen to this, it will make you feel something. 3.9 stars.

👍👌

pretty good, again its david bowie he cant really miss, not an insane find tho

Still very cool of him to Trojan horse these ambient tracks into his pop records

I feel like this album is very underrated cuz how did I not know about it before, and nobody even mentioned it. Favourites: Subterraneans, Warszawa

This was pretty good. I really enjoyed the first half of this record, but the second half was a bit disappointing. Prefer his other records thus far. I give this a light 4, as I think I’d rate it closer to a 3.5. Certainly not bad though. Good album overall.

This wasn't what I expected, but I really liked it. Ambient, emotional, musical.

i’ve only listened to 3-4 most popular bowie’s albums, so didn’t expect something distantly reminiscent of ambient, but it was great! not the best thing i’ve heard from him, but still awesome

I've never truly just sat down and listened to a Bowie album before, so this one was my first one. It was a very interesting one to start with, consisting of nearly the same number of instrumental tracks as songs with lyrics. I am unsure if this is the norm for Bowie, but I have never heard an instrumental track by him before today. I personally enjoyed these more than the songs with vocals on; They were easy to get lost in and just played in the background. Really lovely instrumentation throughout, and such a unique vocal delivery from Bowie himself. Favourites: A New Career in a New Town Art Decade Sound and Vision

The start of an amazing trilogy and it shows. The dynamics soundscapes Bowie and co are able to produce are incredibly experimental and fascinating in its implementation. Can't wait to listen to the rest of the Berlin trilogy

Pretty far out, man.

Era partito bene, ma la seconda parte è supernoiosa. Quasi tutti i pezzi sono strumentali.

My Rating 3.6.

This album starts off so strong but I don’t love all the ambient songs. Still one of Bowie’s better albums. I adore Sound and Vision.

sound and vision rocks. Hard to hate a bowie album!

This really surprised me. I've never listened to these Eno/Bowie records and I have to say--I'm a fan.

Very different from his album hunky dory, well, Bowie is still there with his sound, with some rock track, but also some experimental one.

A classic one, Brian Eno’s giving too much

I like Bowie. A bit different while still sounding like music.

Kul!

Not as good as Hunky Dory Seems a bit meandering at times

La segunda mitad me gustó mucho, Warszawa mi favorita

Exceptional album! I liked the route Bowie took in this album because it’s still within the realm of psychedelia/ glam rock but it’s a bit polished. The tracks that stood out to me were ‘Sound and Vision’, ‘Be My Wife’ and ‘Warszawa’. I was going to write about Art Decade but then I remembered it’s an electronic tinged instrumental track with droning guitars and synths. The track to me sounds like I’m in an inspector gadget themed fairy world. All in all it was a great album. Rating: 4.5/5 GEMV (31.03-01.04.2026)

I really liked it

An album of two parts. Both thoroughly enjoyable in slightly different ways. Less of Bowie's voice than I was expecting. High 4.

Classic Bowie until track 8 (Warsaw) with some of his best ever songs. Then Eno takes over - albeit less ably then on his solo work - which I love. High 4

Mostly excellent, but could lose a track or three to be even better.

Very experimental, I liked it very much. I was very positively surprised by the last 4 tracks & by the track "Warszawa" and had to check twice if that's the real title

This is good! Way better than its sibling album (Iggy Pop Lust for Life). The first track might as well be Kraftwerk! Lots of dissonant electro-y instrumentals. Highlights: 'Warszawa', 'Subterraneans' Wiki highlight: 'Jasmine might also be a metaphor for the flowering creeping flower rather than a "girl".' Commentary continuity: 'Weeping Wall' is apparently another pre-1989 Berlin Wall song.

Much more ambience than I expected. Wonderful and full of depth, definitely one of the best atmospheric albums I've heard. Art Decade is a favorite. Invigorates the body is a good way to describe this album. It's rich with energy and presence. Subterraneans is also stunning. I can feel myself floating through the earth.

An album of two very distinct parts. The first side is Bowie in his mystical, dark magic phase “don’t look at the carpet I drew something awful on it” but as always the mysticism sits on top of well tooled complex pop and the second side is the travelogue to a Europe that never actually existed. Rich and complex stuff

I know plenty of Bowie, but wasn't familiar with most of this. Great stuff! Experimental, weird, and enjoyable.

Low is a good album. It has a mix of rock and more ambient than his other music. Definitely influenced by Brian Eno.

Great

Yum yum, best of the Berlin wans

I love the weirdness. Peak Weird Bowie

Good David

More a collection of sketches, but those instrumentals are worth the admission price alone. Subterraneans in particular sounds utterly timeless.

Less silly-goofy than more popular Bowie, not quite as dramatic (but still plenty of course). Great soundscape, very atmospheric. For active listening perhaps drags a little in the middle.

Pretty good for the first David Bowie album I’ve listened to Some songs I could skip because they were kind of boring but overall pretty good

Sound and vision 👌🏼

01) Speed of Life - 8,5 02) Breaking Glass - 8,5 03) What in the World - 8,5 04) Sound and Vision - 10,0 05) Always Crashing in the Same Car - 8,5 06) Be My Wife - 9,0 07) A New Career in a New Town - 9,5 08) Warszawa - 8,5 09) Art Decade - 8,5 10) Weeping Wall - 8,0 11) Subterraneans - 8,0 TOTAL: 8,68 (87/100) Current ranking: 116/856

I'm not sure I had ever heard this all of the way through. Giving it 4 instead of 5 since if it wasn't Bowie I'm not sure I would have been quite as enthusiastic but I can seem myself returning to this one.

A really good album. Will definitely come back to it.

Hadn’t heard this before. Too bad, because I really liked it. So it’s a good thing… I will listen again!

What an interesting ride.

Very interesting album, lots of textures and fun ideas. This Eno + Bowie collab is one of the best.

3/5 Surprisingly its mostly instrumental and has a lot of Vangelis Blade Runner vibes to it, especially in the last track. I like it

It took me a while to properly enjoy this album, now it's one of my favorites of Bowie's.

It was great to hear some of these songs again

Weinig bekende hits maar geweldige plaat. Die 70’s synths!!

Bowie's first of the weird Berlin stuff, which took a few years to land with me. There's some really good, interesting experimental tracks, and some oddities. 'Warsawa' is amazing. I have 17 Bowie albums on my shelves; they can't all have 5-stars. Heard before ✅️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ✅️ ★★★★☆ (8/10) Total reviewed : 247 Already owned : 57 Purchased : 13 To buy list : 3 Nope : 174

gran álbum!

Loved the first half, especially What In The World with its silly sound effects. The instrumental second half lost me. They feel separate.

26# Interesting pull, huge fan of David bowie last project Blackstar, but never had that kind of feeling towards another project by him, let's see if this sticks. Nothing to read, nothing to say, I'm blown away. Feel good psychedelic rock till the mid part, its up my alley, not in Berlin though. Warszawa.. IS beautiful.

Bowie. Eno. Germany. Band members changing instruments. Beautiful complex art under novice construction.

I liked this and parts are really great. I just don't like the Eno amd Bowie as much as I like the 3 or 4 albums that immediately preceded that period.

Slay

adore Bowie with all my heart, but im a bit biased 'cause it's not my favorite album of his. still legendary though

Schwächeres Bowie-Album. Gegen Ende wird's nochmal stärker. Sonst ist "Sound and Vision" das Highlight. Ergänzung: Das ist von 1977, klingt aber fresher, als ALLES, was bis 1987 rausgekommen ist. Außer Kraftwerk und JMJ war '77 niemand so weit, was elektronische Musik angeht. Hatte Bowie das von Eno oder umgekehrt?

This is the fourth David Bowie album I've received for review and the first one I like. On “Low,” he also mixes a wide variety of styles, but here he does so with an ease and naturalness that should characterize a global star. Unfortunately, “Low” only contains five real songs, followed again—as seems to be the case with all of Bowie's “Berlin Trilogy”—by sound collages. I have nothing against instrumental music, but that's just not the area in which David Bowie excels.

Não tem relação com a música do Flo Rida "Low"

love david so much

Interesting compositions, early synth, interesting b-side. Favorites: Always Crashing in the Same Car Warszawa

Die Platte macht sich so langsam. Beim letzten Mal konnte ich mit der zweiten Seite noch überhaupt nichts anfangen. Mittlerweile gefallen mir immerhin zwei Songs, die auch einen ganz coolen Vibe versprühen. Mein Favorit ist aber trotzdem die erste Hälfte, wo wirklich einige Highlights seiner Karriere versammelt sind. Kann also in der Zukunft bestimmt noch wachsen.

Art rock, avant-pop, electronic, ambient, experimental rock.

Das hatte was! Vielleicht wird es ja noch was mit Bowie und mir.

I appreciate the instrumentals and that's why I give it a star more. Not a Bowie fan, this is only the first of his many, many albums on the list.

The Good: Well, if we don’t like it, we know we are allowed to rate this LOW… The Bad: Not liking being told what to do… The Ugly: The fact that we are conflicted as we don’t like being told what to think, but maybe we are thinking alike… I believe I’ve played this album about 5 times now, and I am still uncertain what to think of it. It’s nice, don’t get me wrong, and it shows again that Bowie was a true artist. Song and Vision is just stellar. Several of the tunes are well before their time. But, unlike Spider From Mars, this one did not blow me away… So, what to do… I refuse to go Low… Fuck it… Here’s to Bowie 4*

The Berlin trilogy begins with a triumph. Amazing and unconventional album from Bowie. The instrumentals are a particularly nice touch. Favorite track: Sound and Vision

One of his best, you already know. The suite in the second half of the album won’t be for everyone. Can’t argue with the first half though. Absolutely flawless. Best: Speed of Light, Breaking Glass, Sound & Vision Worst: Subterraneans

On 'Low,' instead of creating a new world for his new album, Bowie ventured out into the real world. Amazed, appalled and anxious, he responded with a side of fractured modern pop and a side of trying to make sense of any/everything. Side 1 is jittery, jagged, claustrophobic and daring you to deny its hooks. Side 2 dares you to STFU and just listen for 20 minutes.

still a cool guy. wouldn't have needed the whole instrumental stuff though

Own it.

4 za warszawe i david bowie oczywiscie

Not peak Bowie but a welcome diversion.

Top tier Bowie album

I just found a new gem of an David Bowie ablum. I only listened to Sound and Vision before. I love it how most of the songs are more instrumental.

lots of fun, eerie an atmospheric instrumentals

great album but the best thing that came from this era of bowie was the musical drama loosely based on a homosexual relationship between bowie and iggy pop staring Christian Bale, Ewan McGregor, and Jonathan Rhys Meyers

This was a 3 until the esoteric instrumental bits at the end. Frickin lovely beautiful tunes that are elegant and emotional

His eleventh album. Rock. Once again Bowie seems ahead of his time. So many sounds, beats and themes from this appear through the 80s and beyond. This album is artsy and maybe even pretentious but what global Rock God isn't !? Ha. This album is a very solid four out of five and one of Bowie's best.

Understated and quietly kinda great, requires some re-listening, I think.

Decent album, wish the last half of the album was like the first

I am so grateful that David Bowie made music. This album had a few tracks that I thought were well ahead of their time. 'Sound & Vision' and 'Be My Wife' are obvious favorites, but I saved a few others. 'Breaking Glass' was a surprise save as well. This may not be my favorite album of his, but I will listen to any Bowie that comes on this list.

Its beautiful bowie material Sound and Vision with stunning grooves to the chilled out ambient warszawa

One of those Bowie albums where you know the hits but have no idea what Side 2 sounds like. This album spawned two of my favorite Bowie covers (Megapuss’ version of “Sound and Vision” and Chairlift’s “Always Crashing”), which goes to show they are great songs and not just great productions (although I absolutely love the sound of water sizzling on a griddle for the former track). The second half was a surprise until I remembered Eno’s involvement, and it does sound more like one of his records much of the time. I enjoyed the Philip-Glass-gamelan-inflected repetitions of “Weeping Wall,” perhaps more than Bowie’s moaning on top. But this is an album I can see growing on me as it hits me in different moods and passages of my life.

SO listening to this album feels sinister and obssesive alot of the songs dont have any words on them and many of the choices of synthis give it an eerie feeling.Reminds me of an orthodox church with the background vocals, it was remastered the year David bowie died. But its has been a fun experience with it.

There is something to be said about the sound of the snare drum on this record

A bit of a classic. Less sure of the second side/half but still...

What a short album! This really cheered up my afternoon.

8/10 - Low on lyrics but high on quality, really liked this

Overall really good album. Listened to it on the train, opening song made it straight into my playlist. I’m a fan.

good

Side A was interesting, but not my fav. Side B though was really neat, very atmospheric, moody, and all around melancholy vibes which I'm here for. I got reminded of the Dear Hunter during Weeping Wall especially, which was very cool.

I enjoyed this. A couple of stand out tracks and others that I think I need to listen to again a few times. Not my favourite Bowie but still remarkable.

Still finding his feet but better than a lot of albums recommended on here.

I really liked what in the world :D

i think this is great... i really like the instrumentals i think they're really really interesting, it does make the second half feel a bit weaker to me but it doesn't matter all that much. also i'm a big fan of kraftwerk so i love hearing the influences here BLUE BLUE ELECTRIC BLUE 🔥🔥🔥

leuke wending in de helft, 👍

One of Bowie's unsung masterpieces. Subtle and lush, with lots of downtempo instrumental sections. Not a hit to be found, but a really cohesive project that has earned a cult status in his discography. 4/5 from me.

A dark electronic Bowie album, no surprise Eno was involved. Quite liked it, had shades of wish you were here/blade runner. It's Bowie so there's always a few off turns but it's always interesting. No songs I recognised but definitely want to give it another listen.

Rather enjoyable if hard to nail down. Very atmospheric. I read that he did Iggy Pop's The Idiot just prior to this one (Lust for Life is a great album, another one of their collaborations). I liked one of the tracks at the end, probably Warszawa. One to listen to again.

Don't think I've heard this album before. Again, he wasn't afraid of trying new things was he, probably why he is so highly regarded. The first half is Bowie, perhaps not prime Bowie, but the second half is completely unrecognisable as what I perceive Bowie as. It might as well be a Brian Eno album... I wonder how much Bowie actually had to do with it, and how much was Eno? I really enjoyed the second half of the album though, but I wasn't aware Bowie did this. First half wasn't bad either, it's just I think Bowie did that kind of stuff better than is on this album. I only knew "sound and vision". Enjoyed crashing the same car. Think warszara was my favourite of the Eno style ones I think 4

Och Warszawa… jak ona musiała się zmienić przez te 50 lat?

what is the world can i do !!!!!! i am really enjoying this...I thought I was getting tired of so many guitar heavy tracks but I'm back !! Really into these instrumentals....all feel very cinematic (Warszawa playing while I'm typing rn for some context) Weeping Wall has me feeling like a space alien Just started ascending to subterraneans !! also liked the guitar riff on sound and vision

ethereal alien vibe warszawa kinda has a jane goodall cd vibe that i enjoyed this was a fun album, i liked the mix of instruments, feel like the beginning didn’t hook me but by the time it ended i wanted more had a narrative feel, feel like u cld picture the songs if that makes sense 3.5/5

That's not my taste in music - But some pleasant songs

That was really good. Great atmosphere. I really liked the instrumentals. Sound and Vision I have loved for a while

This was pretty great. I’ve never listened to any of the Berlin Trilogy but I’m excited to.