Low

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.

Instrumental and very bowie, kinda boring

Not your best work man, “be my wife” cool tho

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

Lançado em 1977, Low pode estar abaixo do que a discografia de David Bowie tem de mais acessível, mas isso não é necessariamente um demérito. Na verdade, um dos seus maiores acertos justamente por desafiar o que se esperava dele. A influência de Brian Eno é sentida em cada textura sonora, e não à toa: o disco carrega elementos que mais tarde seriam fundamentais na carreira de artistas como David Byrne. Low é um dos trabalhos menos comerciais de Bowie, e talvez por isso cause certo estranhamento numa primeira audição. Mas o curioso é como esse estranhamento não envelheceu. Hoje, principalmente na cena indie, o que mais se vê são discos que bebem diretamente dessa fonte experimental. O álbum funciona como uma colagem alucinante de art rock, mas também como um retrato sonoro de um dos períodos mais sombrios da vida de Bowie. Fugindo dos Estados Unidos após atingir o fundo do poço com o vício em drogas, o artista se refugiou na Berlim "murada", e esse cenário de isolamento e reconstrução está presente em cada faixa, principalmente nas instrumentais. Apesar disso tudo, está longe de ser meu favorito do Bowie. É um experimentalismo que, num primeiro momento, não me conquista, diria que é até progressivo demais para o meu ouvido. Mas reconheço sua grandeza. Talvez eu e Low estejamos apenas em fases diferentes.

Low é um dos ótimos álbuns de David Bowie. Não é o seu melhor, mas até mesmo o seu "ótimo" é superior ao de muita gente. Eu já havia escutado algumas músicas dele antes, mas nunca por inteiro como agora. A sequência final (que começa em Warszawa) é excelente! Sound and Vision é a melhor música do álbum.

Um álbum bem interessante e conceitual. É um álbum que dificilmente escutaria as músicas isoladamente, com exceção de Sound and Vision, que funciona bem sozinha. Porém, o album como um todo funciona muito bem. 3/5

It switches between this and Ziggy Stardust as my favorite Bowie album. Even the more ambient tracks sound perfect and everything goes together

Utterly phenomenal

Even though this is not my type of music, I listen to it and know it’s great. The songs were shorter than I expected. Always Crashing in the Same Car was my favorite. The last few songs felt unsettling in a really fun way, almost monastic and alien. Just really interesting to liste to.

love david so much

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

Lots going on here! My third Bowie album on this list so far and the third Brian Eno produced album! And wow this is probably my favorite Bowie album of the three so far, which is saying something cause I liked the other ones. Cool instrumentals and sounds throughout. Felt very experimental. "Speed of Life" "Breaking Glass" "Sound and Vision" "Warszawa" and "Weeping Wall" were all great but "Subterraneans" was a standout to me with the creepy vibes

Ich fülle David Bowie einfach nicht.. finde das weitgehend uninspirierend.

Für Bowie-Verhältnisse relativ schwach in meiner Wahrnehmung, gerade in der zweiten Hälfte geht die Experimentierfreudigkeit nicht auf und es plätschert vor sich hin.

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.

Ich halte Low für eines der besten Bowie-Alben, wenn nicht sogar das beste. Dazu trägt besonders auch die zweite Hälfte bei. Ich finde es beachtenswert, dass das tatsächlich ein 70er Album ist. Sehr große Experimentierfreude, die hier perfekt aufgeht.

Woah Bowie mag ja seiner Zeit immer voraus gewesen sein und das hier hat auch schöne Ambient Momente, aber ich weigere mich das hier zu feiern nur weil Bowie drauf steht. Es langweilt mich vorallem wenn es in der zweiten Hälfte nur noch Ambient ist. Das Album dauert keine 40 Minuten und es fühlt sich an als wären 2h vergangen

Im really not a big fan of Bowie. Some of his songs are good. Speed of Life: 5/10 Instrumental Breaking Glass: 4.5/10 Really short. What in the World: 4.5/10 Sound and Vision: 5/10 Always crashing in the same car: 5/10 Be my wife: 5/10 A new career in a new town: 3/10 Warszawa: 1/10 Fucking terrible. Art Decade: 2/10 Weeping wall: 2/10 Subterraneans: 1.5/10

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

Never been a huge Bowie fan, like some of his songs. This is not a favorite album for sure.

This is Bowie (drawing from Krautrock and experimenting with Eno) giving us a blueprint for the future. The "gated" (but not really) drums and atmospheric synths set the tone for years. Fragmented, alienated pop that's still catchy as hell. Masterpiece.

Bowie, this was alright, but I know you can do better. Sound and Vision will always have a soft spot in my heart after HIMYM, Warszawa is kinda cool and trippy, but nothing else stuck out.

Meh 5.4/10

I never would have guessed this was David Bowie. It’s such a departure from what he’s done traditionally. It was an interesting listen and in all honesty I’m not sure how to rate it, yet.

So gut, so wichtig!

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

wonderful! i listened twice. interesting story, instrumentals, i like bowie

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*

Jag tycker att Sound and Vision är en fantastisk låt, men den bär inte upp skivan i övrigt.

Never listened to a Bowie album front to back. I know Sound and Vision after going through RYM top 100 singles a few years ago. Trying to get back into my late teen years where all I did was listen to music and watch movies. Also trying to get back into reading. Using art as pure escapism is probably not the healthiest way to live life but it's an improvement from the constant doom scrolling.

I'm assuming this was added to show that even big stars can make a steaming pile

Meget bra. Mitt favorittalbum fra Berlintrilogien

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

This is gonna be controversial but Low is not my favorite Bowie album. I appreciate the artistry and the choice of a world famous singer to put out a very instrumentally focused album. But the cumulative effect is a soundtrack for a movie that never was. The set of songs lacks the storytelling that underpins much of Bowie’s catalog. All in all a technical and artistic achievement to be sure but not a very compelling listen to me.

Heaven knelt and caressed the earth.

Didnt gel with me. Not terrible. Not amazing.

I really dont care for this experimental era bowie had, the weird instrumentals on the back half make this album feel way longer that it actually was. Its just not for me

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

3.75

On 170/1089, I got my second Bowie album (first one 23, Young Americans)! This was my second listen to Low This album is really different from the others that I have heard from Bowie, it is really relaxing, an escape with lots of instrumentals going on. It's just so fascinating how much different music this man was capable off 5/5 Standout track: speed of life

I'm not saying I would be mad if this album was playing but I also don't see myself waking up in the morning desperate to hear it, you know??

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.

muy bueeeeeeeno

Sorry, but you're wrong. This one never overcomes its own inertia. The riffs wear on and on - suddenly you're two songs farther along but it still sounds like it did 15 minutes ago. You might need to hear every fourth song before you die, if you're a Bowie diehard, so this doesn't qualify. Sigh...

warszawa was a good instrumental, sounds like it should be in the resolution of a movie plot creepy towards the end couple of songs.

Half the songs are instrumental (and boring) which is odd for a singer

I’m a huge Bowie fan but I struggle with the Berlin trilogy because the instrumentals never really grab me. Other than Subterraneans which is wonderfully evocative, I feel fairly cold towards the back half. Some great songs in the first half though.

Sound and vision - great song. Four instrumental songs at the end, not my bag x

Loved it, very relaxing - esp the instrumental stuff, will be back

O fost ok

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

Not a fan of this. I bet Bolan would a done it better.

I’m a Bowie fan - and I recognize what the album is “all about”, but I’m just going to call a duck a duck and admit that this is not Bowie’s best work, critics be damned. It sounds like what it is, unfinished.

Own it.

I am really digging the harmonica! I rewound it to listen to the songs with lyrics- he sounds so lonely in Be My Wife! The instrumentals were good for working to, but nothing really called to me on this album.

160-odd albums in and get my first David Bowie. "Low" is a fantastic album - the production, melodies, atmosphere, instrumentation are all great. Has a unique sound, and the instrumentals to close off the album are all real nice and pleasant, without being complex or ornery. Can't go wrong with Bowie.

Endlessly influential and still unveiling new mysteries after each listen all these years later. So much incredible music stemmed from Bowie’s Berlin years. Low was Bowie’s biggest risk, and now his greatest triumph. Top 10 album of the 70s with ease.

i can enjoy it, nice album

4 za warszawe i david bowie oczywiscie

Not peak Bowie but a welcome diversion.

Immediate 5. The fact is that without Low there'd be no Post-Punk - no Joy Division, no Smiths, no Cure - and no electropop - no Human League, no Gary Numan, no Ultravox, no OMD. This album of brief songs and instrumentals was greeted by the Record Company, who were looking for another Young Americans - with dismay. The story goes that they thought it was unfinished. Where were the vocal? Where was the second verse? The critics were divided, calling it either "pretentious shit" or "the ONLY contemporary record". In the years since its reputation has grown to have it regarded as one of Bowie's very best. "Ziggy.Stardust", "Low" and "Blackstar" are the three where he amazed the world. Iconic, influential, ahead of its time, and still as fresh as it was when it was released.

masterful production on this, really great

Top tier Bowie album

A pleasing musical and lyrical soundscape with dark undertones. Collaboration with Brian Eno with Iggy Pop lyrical influences and the 1st album in the Berlin Trilogy. Very listenable and great piece of art deco style of the 70s.

I will always hold that this album is the best of the Berlin trilogy.

Naaahhhh. Wtf

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

This is what I think of when I think of what Aliens would listen to. Favourite Track(s): Subterraneans Least Favourite Track(s): Warszawa

What can you say? Its Bowie. Flawless as usual and its not even his best.

Bowie is great, and he's got something for everyone. THIS is the one for me. I really loved this. I bet listening to this in 1977 sounded like you were listening to something from 50 years in the future. And with 50 years almost gone, it's still an amazing piece of work. Warszawa actually scared me a bit. It's like the aliens have landed. I mean that in a good way though; I haven't been scared of music since I was a young child. I can sort of picture the last part paired with some creepy 80s claymation for a lifetime of trauma. It's so funky and cool sounding. Really impressed with it. This is the best discovery of this project so far.

Decent

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

Bowie's music always sounds like the soundtrack to an animated adventure film to me

The best Bowie album so far, putting it at a whopping 3

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

Bowie is hit and miss for me, but this was all hits

just a whimsical man

I've not listened much to David Bowie before going into this, but of course I've heard his classics such as Space Oddity, so I went in expecting something similar, a poetry meets music kind of experience. However I was quite disappointed to find out that not only is it not poetry, there's barely any lyrics, I swear, he says like 2 full sentences through the entire album. And when your music is slow and monotonic, that's kind of a death sentence. I can see why people like it and I don't think its bad music, not by a long shot, but I expected more and it was really hard for me to not fall asleep while listening to it.

It's... fine. Kind of boring to me, mostly because it's not my sound really. Still a good album, so lowering the score just because it's not my kind of music would be rude of me. Favs: Sound and Vision

Good return from Bowie with the Eno collaboration.

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.

He made some goated songs but not this time fr what the hell

Aødri skjøt mæ på bowie. Bortsett fra det som e bra såklart

Still processing - to be determined later

Don't consider Brian Eno to be David Bowie's saviour, but thank goodness David got well and gave us Heroes. Scary Monsters etc and Let's Dance. If there had been no more from this man, we had plenty of his genius to enjoy.

Speed of Life - 2/5 Breaking Glass - 3/5 What in the World - 4/5 Sound and Vision - 3.5/5 Always Crashing in the Same Car - 3/5 Be My Wife - 3/5 A New Career in a New Town - 2.5/5 Warszawa - 3/5 Art Decade - 3/5 Weeping Wall - 2.5/5 Subterraneans - 2.5/5

Beautifully iconic, as per usual with Bowie. Glad to have listen to something of his that was less mainstream.

Another artist that doesn't need an introduction, but one who I have never delved into before. I know a handful of David Bowie songs, but none of them are on this album, so this will be completely new to me. Looking ahead, there are a whopping nine(!!) Bowie albums on this list, so I guess I'll become extremely familiar with his body of work as I progress through this. • Starting an album with an instrumental is always fun, and Speed of Life a good one. It's dripping with that Bowie sound • Breaking Glass is a different song, and a very short one at that • What in the World did not do it for me • Sound and Vision probably has my favourite vocals so far, his lower register parts sound great. I like the guitar and bass work too • Always Crashing in the Same Car is another one I can absolutely get behind, it weirdly reminds me of Ian Dury in places (and, funnily enough, this album released the same year as New Boots and Panties) • The piano in Be My Wife is absolutely slamming, those bass chords are so prominent in the mix. I really like the main riff too, and the disco beat in the chorus is a cool change of pace • A New Career in a New Town is also a really good instrumental. I like the beat a lot • Warszawa onwards feels like a totally different album. While the first half feels like a David Bowie album (albeit a pretty distinct one), from this point on the album feels like a different artist took the reigns • While the instrumental half of the album does have its moments, it didn't resonate with me the same way as the first half Favourite song: Speed of Life

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.

It didn’t leave me with any strong impressions. But a nice sound

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.

I understand why some wouldn’t like this. This listener loves a journey, whether it be physical, spiritual, mental, or in this case, audial. Side 1 has a familiar Bowie sound. I very much enjoyed Sound and Vision Side 2 is ripe with Brian Eno influence. It can be ethereal (to me) or scary (to my wife). Overall favorite track was Subterraneans. Ultimate rating is 3.5 rounded down for this albums overall accessibility. I wouldn’t enjoy it at all hours of the day, but certainly would(and will) enjoy it every now and again.

raro, muy musical, definitivamente no es mi estilo, 2/5

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.

Umm the album was not appealing to me

4/10

You can always tell David Bowie is having a lot of fun when he is recording. He was having fun with this one too, but unfortunately, I didn't have as much fun as he did. It's not a bad album at all, it's not as good as most of his other albums in my opinion, and I could leave it out of a David Bowie playlist.

Exceptional album. Two sides, almost two kinds of stories, two different yet complementary landscapes.

Ik vind dat de vibe van het eerste deel en het tweede deel van het album zo verschillend zijn dat het bijna lijkt op 2 albums samengeplakt Ik was dus een beetje verward maar vond het nog steeds fun as usual

Hmm, voornamelijk instrumentaal album. Blijkbaar is het een muzikale verkenning ofzo van Berlijn, en ik merk het wel (beetje postpunk & avantgardisch). Was wel oke.

Цікавий та нетипічний електо поп альбом, має атмосферу далекого майбутнього з літаючими машинами та тд.

I'm familiar with this one. Great album, one of his best.

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

I think I respect Bowie more than I like his music. Historically I find him interesting, and I like the concept of this album, but I didn't find it too engaging. The last half was great for a late night run though! Favorite Song: Subterraneans

I hate to give this album such a ¨low¨ ranking but it's a fucking slog, isn't it? I can see what he was going for, I respect it, I don't enjoy most of it.

Second (of nine?) Bowie albums on this list. I am thankful that I read the description of this one before listening otherwise I don't know if I would have fully understood what was going on. Some of the songs on side A are cool and I would have been curious as to how they would have sounded fully fleshed out. I've also never thought of myself as an ambient fan but there were some cool soundscapes on side B. Maybe that was because I heard it on my early morning commute. Either way 3/5.

Rv

Experimenteel Bowie album, de eerste van de zogenaamde "Berlijn triologie". Er zaten wel wat leuke tunes in, maar werd er niet heel warm van. Be My Wife voelde als het enige 'normale' nummer, en die vond ik ook het leukst. Art Decade had wel wat rustgevends, en Weeping Wall had een coole creepiness. Maar als album, poepoe Likes songs: Be My Wife

I never really sat down and listened to a full Bowie album but this was fantastic. Loved the blend of experimental rock, pop, electronic, and ambient styles.

Yeah I think this seals it. I’m just not a Bowie fan. I think this is the 4th(?) Bowie album I’ve had and it’s one the better ones but I still didn’t love it. Good moments but not much more than that for me.

Much better now that I’m older.

Elevator music Bowie-style. Some bits stand out, otherwise fades nicely into the background. Good doing chores album.

I can never remember which Bowie albums I like. I guess this is one of them.

i had fun listening to this album!!! it has some sorta futuristic vibes to it (?) not really well-versed on music lol nevertheless i enjoyed Breaking Glass sm.

Low on yksi kiinnostavimpia, kokeellisimpia ja myös parhaimpia albumeita Bowien mittavalla uralla. Bowie oli muuttanut Eurooppaan pakoon Los Angelesin dekadenttia ilmapiiriä ja otti mukaansa myös tuuliajolla olleen ystävänsä Iggy Popin (jonka ääntä kuullaan tällä levyllä yhdessä biisissä). Ranskassa ja Länsi-Saksassa äänitetty Low on ensimmäinen osa niin kutsuttua "Berliini-trilogiaa". Noita levyjä yhdistää vaikutteet eurooppalaisesta kokeellisesta musiikista, runsas improvisaatio ja elektroniset äänimaisemat. Tällä aikakaudella Bowien merkittävänä yhteistyökumppanina toimi Brian Eno, jonka työn jälki kuuluu vahvasti tälläkin levyllä. Low'n ensimmäinen puolisko koostuu lyhyistä ja omalaatuisista popbiiseistä kun taas toinen puoli koostuu ambientia mukailevista instrumentaalikappaleista. Kaksijakoinen kokonaisuus kuulostaa kuitenkin eheältä ja tämän omaperäiseen äänimaailmaan on aina ilo palata. Mainittakoon vielä että Mies toisesta maailmasta-elokuvasta lainattu kansitaide lukeutuu omiin suosikkeihini.

Good until it goes a bit weird at the end.

What? Bowie album number six out of my first 211, this is not fair! Actually I really like this album. Maybe all it takes for me to like David Bowie is for Brian Eno to come in and work his magic. I might have to go back and rethink that 2 I gave Heroes. Sound and Vision might be my favourite Bowie song of all!

I just don’t get it.

So good! So dark and moody and fun! 5!

What an album! Two halves that are so different, but somehow work together perfectly.

Warszawa.

Very explorative

Love the instrumental tracks. Got some iconic Riffs, but didn't do much for me tbh. Still very solid.

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

Instrumentals are very good

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

i would say listen to this album if your a fan of experimenting with new instruments and music styles but me personally i didn’t find this album intriguing as it didn’t have any lyrics

Easy listen. Nothing special tho tbh. Gets pretty boring, but the instrumentals are so good. Maybe, I'll like it on a revisit idk. Feels like lounging music.

Not bad, pretty dark for Bowie. I felt neutral on the first listen, loved it on the second, and then turned it off on the third. Interesting.

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 truly hate this.

This was an interesting album and very different from the type of Bowie I have heard in the past! It's a cool sound and much more lowkey and ambient that usual. I enjoyed it, but nothing really stood out for me. I would revisit though. Top Songs: Speed of Life, Sound and Vision, Be My Wife

A lot more instrumental than I was expecting... This might be a hard DNF, sorry David I'm just not rocking with it

overrated. people will give david bowie credit for having brian eno make ambient music for him when Enos solos work clears this out of the water.

I don’t really know what to say about this album. A part of me really likes it, and then the other half is thinking “what am I listening to right now” but tbf I think that’s what David Bowie is as a whole. I didn’t like the first two songs because I’m not fond of purely instrumental songs but “What in the World” was a pretty good song and I liked it. I thought Sound and Vision was also very nice. Very chilled out and it reminds me of my childhood, for some reason. I didn’t like Always Crashing in the Same Car, I can’t really place why but it just wasn’t my thing. The second I heard Be My Wife though, I knew I was going to like it. I thought it was a very interesting song and I thought it was pretty sweet. Warszawa was……. Interesting, I’ll give it that. Again, I can’t really tell if I like it not. Art Decade was very groovy and interesting. It reminded me of an indie game instrumental. Weeping Wall also made me strangely nostalgic but in a different way that Sound and Vision did. Subterraneans was a song that I quite liked. I really liked the synths and almost ethereal feel that it had. An album that I would’ve never listened to on my own, but I think it was a mixed bag overall. A lot of songs that I didn’t really fully understand, but I liked them anyways. 6/10

Interesting for sure. Comes across as an experimental album, to me atleast, maybe it’s not tho. It was a good listen but I can’t see myself listening to it casually. Fav track was Be My Wife.

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.

beautiful in every single aspect

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

That was a thoroughly enjoyable and relaxing ambient album.

#17/1001 🇬🇧👨‍🎤 I bought a vinyl copy of this the day i got the 1001 book. A brave and bold move for Bowie after the more commercial outings, filling the second side with instrumental tracks which is what i love most about it. Bowies Saxophone and Brian Eno's synths build an amazingly atmospheric suite of songs. This is right up in my top 5 Bowie albums. I dont have a favoirite. Its impossibke to pick. Best tracks: Warszawa, Subterraneans, Be My Wife.

70

The last of SEVEN Bowie albums on this list for me to rate and, sadly, It's the worst. As one review already says, "...for me this was too dramatic and artsy with too many random sounds and instruments... I just didn't like it that much." Ditto.

This was fantastic…

Standouts Speed of Life Sound and Vision

good david bowie album

It's all pleasant to listen to and I'd happily have it on in the background anytime, but there's not nearly as much about this that really grips me as there usually is in a Bowie album. Just the nature of ambient music I guess...

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 🔥🔥🔥

it has never been my favorite bowie album but now it just. makes sense. i always loved the first side prior but i think being so into brian eno’s solo work and having an appreciation for his creatures ambiance and intricate textures, i can find myself falling in love with this from front to back.

"BLUE BLUE ELECTRIC BLUE 🔥🔥🔥🔥" This was the original review of this album that I did not write nor did I rate it (the original rater gave it a 3). How did you get into my account .......... Whatt ....... Anyway I love this album, it's beautiful, great textural exploration, thank you for your time.

Low sees Bowie at the most interesting point of his career. While the sound experiments don’t quite pay off here as they do with Heroes, I admire the boldness of an album consisting mostly of atmospheric and ephemeral explorations. At such a low point in his life, Bowie chooses to let sound speak to his frame of mind, rather than lyrics or poetry. I like it, but I don’t love it. ✨

If you are a classic Bowie fan, then this is an interesting offering. I like hearing hints of electronica that be more popular in the 1980s. Many of the tracks are whimsically dark instrumentals which may serve as good background music for thoughtful dream like videos. At the end of the day, it will probably not be an album I'd put in my top 100.

leuke wending in de helft, 👍

UAU. OK. neverovatni instrumentali, sa prvom notom prve pesme ja sam vec transportovana u neku drugu dimenziju. ovako nekako dozivljavam pricu ovog albuma, mada znam da nije tako namenjeno - umetnost je subjektivna- album pocinje sa optimisticnim istrazivanjem svemira, trazimo nesto novo, nesto uzbudljivo, nesto vanzemaljski (ogledano u upbeat ritmovima, skoro sljokicavim instrumentima i "normalnim" vokalima); ali ups, umesto na idilican svet koji smo zamislili nailazimo na nevidjen teror, represiju i tugu (warszawa i sve njene sumorne melodije i neobicne horske linije). sva nada je izgubljena. ali da li je? u svemu tome tako vanzemaljskom, nalazimo ipak nesto ljudsko, neku fundamentalnu humanu crtu koju prepoznajemo tako daleko od kuce (poznati, umirujuci instrumenti (saksofon, klavir, gitara) pomesani sa neobicnim, skoro nesvakidasnjim zvucima sintisajzera) i to nam uliva nadu i uverenje cije smo se potvrde plasili ali koja nam sad toliko ocajnicki treba: dom je mesto koje ce te pronaci u svakom cosku sveta. super sam se iskenjala ali zaista me je dirnuo ovaj album, produkcija je na nevidjenom nivou. nije los ovaj dejvid boui. warszawa, subterraneans, speed of life, dobre pesme.

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.

I love how he’s sampling really fun sounds and it’s only 1977!!!! He’s a pioneer in music — he’s not afraid to break the standard pop mold of “intro , bridge, chorus, bridge, chorus, outro “ Album starts strong but withers…

This is my favourite Bowie album. And one of my favourite of all time. I cant really put my finger on why, I’m sure Heroes or Aladdin Sane will be thought of more highly, but there’s just something about this that always sounds fresh for me every time. And of all the songs that could stand out for me, it’s Warszawa that is always the first song I think of from this. Apparently he recorded it in an old bombed out church with a load of Polish monks. If that doesn’t scream pushing the boundaries, I don’t know what does! Amazing record, start to finish

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

i would put this on in the background to chill and do stuff

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

Need more time with it, will return because I think it deserves it. Liked the second half a lot though I felt like they didn't leave me satisfied, as though it didn't resolve or explore it's ideas as much as I wished. I don't know about his singing, it's crazy that this guy got as popular and successful as he did. Not to say it's bad, I like it, it's just strange.

Ehhhh not really my style but it was a good listen. I enjoyed dancing around my kitchen while baking & listening to this (while singing made up songs to the beats, to my cats lol) Objectively it's a good album, subjectively...? I really just didn't like it. Favorite song(s) - Art decade Rating 1-5 ~ 2 (OBJECTIVELY!)

Wow, side one and side two are completely different albums.

Artsy and experimental but doesn’t blow me away

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.

Naturally, very strange and all over the place.

If you like a bit of Bowie, Low night be a difficult one to get into. The first in what's known as his 'Berlin Trilogy' in collaboration with Brian Eno, it marks an experimental shift from his prior albums, even though he was already developing a reputation as a chameleon. Not the album if you're looking for great pop songs (except for the classic 'Sound & Vision') but the first half tilts more towards the tunes, such as the underrated 'Be My Wife'. Then in the second half, there's all fucking sorts going on. Instrumentals that stay interesting enough to not feel long - they are not a blazing noise, they feel simultaneously ambient and sparse like some sort of dystopian hellscape in a sci-film set beyond the Iron Curtain. I've absolutely no idea if that was his plan, like. But you have to credit the balls on him for departing into this experiment literally halfway through an album. I won't give it five stars because like, where are the great songs. But it's impressive and a quality listen if you take your time with it.

Bowie <3

ehhhh....

Breaking Glass Sound and Vision Always Crashing in the Same Car Be My Wife A New Career in a New Town Warszawa Art Decade

The first of three albums Bowie recorded in Germany, this one sees him making something of a departure from the style he'd previously developed. Less psychedelic prog, less guitar rock, more avant-garde experimental. Co-produced by Tony Visconti, and made in collaboration with Brian Eno, it's definitely one of the stranger Bowie albums. It only produced one charting single (Sound and Vision) and to be honest that doesn't surprise me, as it's a bit of a marmite album, with people either loving it or hating it. From a pop perspective it isn't all that accessible, with its mix of vocal and instrumental tracks, and its (at the time) unprecedented use of synthesizers and harmonizers, but from a technical perspective it's simply amazing, with what I personally think is some of Bowie's most groundbreaking work. That said, it's not my favourite Bowie album, and while it's definitely an important one where the evolution of his art is concerned, I'm only able to give it a rating of 4 out of 5 stars.

This was an interesting one. I've heard about Low (and Bowie's vaunted "Berlin period") for years, but I've never been able to access these before. The A side is all angular, jangly art-rock, while the flip side is all synth-heavy instrumental tone poems. Setting up the album like this works really well - the balance is excellent, once you've grown tired of the prickly rock you can lay down in a soft bed of synths. I get the feeling the more I listen to this one the more I'll like it. FOUR STARS

meh. i like a couple of songs, but not really the instrumentals.

I forgot it was playing. Largely instrumental. I can understand how this was crazy good at the time but now I feel like this is what free tracks from youtube videos sounds like.

Sad Bowie is so sad

Not his best

so fun and funky

On a second listen, I appreciated this a lot more.

also good! mostly instrumental though 7/10

Found it quite boring tbh

Another Bowie Banger. I do prefer Ziggy Stardust however

I loved the first half of this album, such a great drum sound and production that serves the song. The second half wasn’t as gripping, but still interesting especially in contrast to the first.

Amazing, Berlin trilogy are my favourite Bowie records

9.5 / 10

This is my very first Bowie album! I know a song here and there but as an into to Bowie overall, this one was interesting. I liked the incorporation of electronic elements throughout! Sound and Vision was my favorite but was too short!

La importancia de este disco de Bowie, y la de toda la trilogía de Berlín, reside en la capacidad que tuvo por aquel entonces de experimentar con sonidos e instrumentos (gracias, Brian Eno) para reinventarse (una de muchas otras veces) y mostrar al mundo su inconformismo y su insaciable deseo de ser único. El ambient y la electrónica jugaron aquí el papel necesario para que Bowie fuera en los 80 otro Bowie (más). “Low” no es lo mejor de su carrera pero es imprescindible para ella. Un disco creativo y nada condescendiente, coyuntural pero memorable.

Not my favorite Bowie album but still really good. Listened to it driving 101 with the windows down.

Sound and vision is a banger, the rest is a bit too out there for me

The best of the Berlin trilogy.

9.5/10

Ben buna da yükselmedim… space oddity dışında Bowie yok mlsf

I remember getting this album from my wife after she picked it up from a market in Canberra, Aus. Spinning this was a revelation. Pop mashed with electro inspired by kraftwerk? Say less. However, is it Bowie’s best? No… but you can feel the potentiality in each track as they explored clunky synths that would eventually evolve. A fun listen regardless. Track that stands out (as always): sound and vision.

Liked it

mama liebts 💕

YES LOVE IT

i love this sm, i love david bowie, good album to read

Long opening compare to the now fast paced world but still worth a listen . Lost of hard notes and high quality electric guitar

Очень захватывающий альбом

I liked the instrumental components of this album. It felt spacious, fun. I really liked “a new career in a new town”

Just not my listen. I like spots of the recording.

Incredible Album. Have listened many times in the past.

Not really my cup of tea. I more so prefer Bowie’s energetic, space-sounding music. The instrument only songs were especially dreadful to me. I’m sorry, but I cannot listen to 5 minutes of the same experimental jazz sequence. Bowie has all of my respect, but this was not good.

I prefer the art rock Bowie over the glam/space rock Bowie. Low is probably the best embodiment of the former -- it does get self-indulgent towards the end, but that's what makes Bowie Bowie anyway.

I can appreciate it s little, but its all a bit too experimental and all the tracks sort of blend into each other and im not able to grasp onto them. Love Bowie and Sound & Vision is a favourite, but the rest of the album leaves me a bit cold..

Up to Sound and Vision : Album might be the type you play to have good background sound. Pretty repetitive so far. Almost a synthwave vibe on some tracks. Up to Weeping Wall : I'm bored.

Disco referencial e influenciado por el incipiente ascenso del ambient y el krautrock. Maravillosamente producido por tony visconti y Brian Eno se divide en dos pasajes, uno mucho más classic Bowie y otro más experimental, con grandes pasajes instrumentales a lo largo de todo el album

Two Bowie albums in a week? Fine with that, Low is great, maybe better than Heroes? Who cares.

better than ziggy stardust. 5.0

neobičan, kvalitetom neujednačen bovijev album koji mi, priznajem, nije sjeo. al dobrih i više nego dobrih momenata dakako ima

Muito daora speed of life, be my wife tbm é zica, sound and vision é uma jóia nesse album também, curti sim.

Moody. Bowie and Eno lock in fully to the post punk synth experience and it's some ride.

Didn’t enjoy this as much as I’d hoped

Not into all the instrumentals Faves probably Sound And Vision and Be My Wife

Ehh. I felt the album started out quite strong, but the second half was mostly just instrumentals that all felt a bit plodding and middling, in my opinion. I might need more time to rediscover this one.

Never listened to a Bowie album before but really liked the sound.

Cool. Has some songs that are out there and sound like they’re from Dune.

Best: Warszawa Worst: Best my Wife Found it interesting that it was inspired by NEU!, whose work I also enjoyed. I love how avant garde and cinematic it feels, and I can't agree with reviews that critique it for being negative.

This is a brilliant album, that was so ahead of its time. The vocals on this album are amazing as always with Bowie but I didn’t anticipate how heavily instrumental it would be, which I think made it all the more interesting and allowed for more experimental tracks. This feels very different to his earlier albums released, more raw and real, stepping away from his glam rock persona into more somber version of Bowie.

mood neige prime mais sinon trop d’instru pour moi

A little too experimental for my taste, I can appreciate what people do like about it, however it doesn’t tickle my ear the right way

This album really didn’t do it for me like I expected from from a Bowie album. It was clearly well produced and thought out just didn’t appeal to me. Even if i had the option to give it 3.5 i’d still give it a 3. The last few songs were almost spooky which may very well be your vibe! i read that bowie wrote this as he walked across war torn berlin and i think that definitely comes through in the album which is a testament to his skills as an artist. so anyways this is a good album just not an album for me. i did save one song: sound and vision. for what it’s worth idk what about this album didn’t speak to me because i like weird music and even spooky music sometimes. idk.

Kinda funky, not bad.

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I enjoyed the electronic nature to the album, there were a lot of instrumentals though which is not usually my preference

sound track: Warszawa, Subterraneans, be my wife I dont feel it's an active listening, is more an ambient experience combining electronic and experimental ambient, great background, wouldn't intentionally go back to it again. personally I dont see it as its most remarkable work, probably the hype of the album lies more on the artist rather than the actual content of it

Never knew much about Mr. Bowie outside of his eccentricity. Surprisingly heavy instrumentation. Appreciate the instrumentals more than the vocals. Later half of the project was more enjoyable.

Even for Bowie, this sounds pretty alien (in a good way).

I mustbadmit I had never heard a full Bowie album, but honestly, I totally biy it, Bowie is amazing. I really like his experimentation with ambient music and his instrumental has his music signature but still surprised me. The first half there are some good tunes and the second half is good vibes so, yep, good album 4/5

Very whimsical reminds me of a movie soundtrack

It’s wild to think that I had never listened to a David Bowie album just two months ago and now I’ve knocked out nearly half of his Book Albums. Probably about time to start working my way through the Beatles’ discography, eh? Low was an interesting listen for me because, although it has a very similar structure to “Heroes” and is part of the same trilogy, my feelings about it are somewhat inverted – whereas “Heroes” felt like a collection of singles with an unnecessary instrumental detour in the back half, its predecessor comes across as more authentic in its approach. Perhaps more than any other Bowie LP I’ve listened to (including Ziggy Stardust), Low has a very specific sonic identity. It sounds weird and alien and psychedelic (sometimes to the point of annoyance), but it never loses that core sound. The ambient tracks especially feel like they’re feeding into that identity and ended up being the majority of the album’s highlights for me. Overall, I reckon Low has higher lows and lower highs than “Heroes”, but its commitment to a singular vision elevates it above most of the David Bowie LPs I’ve heard so far (Ziggy Stardust is still handily the top dog in my book). Big up Brian Eno! Highlights: Speed of Life, Sound and Vision, Always Crashing in the Same Car, Warszawa, Art Decade, Weeping Well, Subterraneans

Although I class myself as a Bowie fan, I have never heard this album in full nor many of the tracks off of it so I was very intrigued when I saw this was my album today. I love the single 'Sound & Vision' so I thought I knew what to expect. Nope. I could hear the Bowie sound throughout the album, even in the most sideways tracks so I always knew that he was there, and that was reassuring. With Bowie, I always know I'm in safe hands even if it is a little outside of my comfort zone. This is part of his genius. So, the second side; I read some of the reviews before I got to it and it was a mixed bag so I wasn't sure what to expect. It was either going to be magnificent or the worst thing I'd ever heard. I found it to be beautiful. 'Warszawa' made me cry (maybe it's me, but I could hear a little bit of 'Walking In The Air' from The Snowman in it, which, lest we forget' is a David Bowie movie!) and isn't 'Subterraneans' just a back-street, whisky-lovin' sexy little song? I found each track to be interesting and well-paced and I didn't get bored at all. Although, I have been listening to a lot of Night Tracks on Radio 3 recently so my tolerance, understanding and patience for 'experimental' or 'avant-garde' music and increased enormously. I'm not sure me 6 months ago would have been quite so enamoured. What I admire so much about Bowie is that he kind of goes, "I'm into this now. Come with me." and takes us all along for the ride. He includes us. I've just noticed that I'm talking about him in the present term, like he's still with us. And as long as I'm listening to his music, he bloody well is.

I really like it! 70s synths are so fun as an instrument because it really feels like an experimentation with sounds. I thought the pop snippets were unique but catchy, and the instrumentals were super moody and atmospheric. Definitely recommend

Heavy electronics, a lot of dance and techno tracks. No one outstanding track, but solid overall. Bowie always seemed to me to be a chameleon, changing his sound and appearance every few years. Reinventing. This album was recorded after being addicted to cocaine in the 70s, and used these sessions as the means to work and stay sober. Recorded in France and finished in Berlin, and really kicked off second major phase of his career. 3 stars. Listenable but not great.

This is more my kind of music. It’s nice and short, and the sings change enough that it doesn’t get boring. Another great part about it is that none of the songs are over 10 minutes, there doesn’t seem to be some deeper meaning to the album as a whole, I can enjoy it for what it is.

more like david lowie am i right Here we see a tastefully confusing piece of art that's surprisingly grounded for someone recovering from a crippling drug addiction. The synths and especially the drums are most notable, instrumentally, on this album. The drumming has a very loud, distorted sound that probably isn't to everyone's taste, but I think it sounds pretty neat. And it's front and centre in every track on side 1. The tracks themselves on the record's first side are short, catchy, thoughtful, and... I can't really explain how, but they're so darn artistic. Speed of Life, the opening track, is the opening to a new electronic era of rock music. Immediately following that, we get an electric, bass-driven interludey number with Breaking Glass. What In the World is a wobbly, synth-filled, two chord ball of energy. Sound and Vision, with its simple chord progression, manages to be one of the most satisfying standalone tracks in Bowie's discography. Always Crashing In the Same Car and Be My Wife are a one two punch of moody tracks driven primarily by synths (and both are great). Finally, we close side a with a return to simplicity in the fresh, upbeat instrumental track A New Career In a New Town. Then we get to side 2, arguably what the album is most known for. It's pretty good, again incorporating several layers of synths that flow rhythmically in and out of the mix. The four tracks on this side are all quite distinct from one another, and yet share that indescribable Bowie sound. Warszawa in particular creates a cool, yet very grim, atmosphere. Overall, it’s probably a 4.5, but I’ll round up :)

Really love the musicality of David Bowie. It's both something refreshing and familiar at the same time.

hermosos instrumentales, pero sin letras no conecto y derrepente hay sonidos muy randoms, demasiado artistico para mi. para poner de fondo :)

Ashamed to not have listened to this before, what a wonderful vibey album with some beautiful instrumentals towards the end. Really enjoyed it.

Álbum incrível, criativo e com uma sonoridade fora do normal. Nenhuma parte desse disco soa incapaz ou fora do lugar, tudo tem razão de existir e dá sentido à obra. Destaque para as faixas instrumentais que têm sons que mesmo hoje são difíceis de encontrar, de uma maneira completamente interessante e rica.

I like the album, but don't love it. From his later work and while good music a bit abstract for my taste. Much more enjoy his earlier stuff.

Not what I was expecting. Really grew on me through the album into the moody instrumental songs. Some Reich-like vibes, some really great synth work.

The uniqueness and tone of this block of songs does make it riveting, but many songs sound the same and fall flat for me. It grew on me and I will listen again.

A few cool moments, but really not Bowie's best.

- Many instrumentals - Very 80s - not my usual but still pretty good

The first half felt disjointed and not very “organic” (probably intentionally), but it’s not for me. I preferred the ambient side: the atmosphere works and is quite evocative overall, but it’s not something I’m likely to feel like revisiting

not my vibe pero def no es un mal álbum, no soy fan de tantos temas full instrumentales, es un álbum como trippy or wtv

2.5 - ok but ambient music ain’t very interesting

Classic

Great mix of memorable tracks and more abstract instrumentals

So beautiful. Total banger. I remember lostening to this so many times when I was getting into Bowie and not getting it. But as you get further into this album it feels less angular and you find yourself seeing whatever the big fish idea was swimming in Iggy and David’s heads when they decided to use early synthesizers and weird funk music and chant. Nothing like it. I think it picks up a good bit in the second half. I’m excited to listen again though it’s so mysterious.

Typischer Bowie sound deer sich gut anhören lässt

Average Bowie album. Not the best, not the worst

Started off not for me, but enjoyed the last 4 songs.

Honestly really enjoyed it. 4.5 /5

I LOVE BOWIE

its okay

Not a fan of bowie

Very low

so much going on, so many different genres, instruments, sounds. not a lot of actual singing which surprised me. it does really take you through a feeling. when the album restarted the last song to the first song was such a jump but throughout bowie eases you into his change.

Interesting progression from start to finish

so many different things all in the space of one album wow

Trying not to rate albums just based on the artist and the fame / expectation around their name so here goes - I didn’t love this ambient instrumental album. I think I’ll listen to it again but it’s just not what I love about his work.

Jeg har gitt Low flere sjanser, men har alltid konkludert med at det er en av de mest oppskrytte skivene noensinne. Det eneste jeg synes virkelig sitter, er den Brian Eno-dominerte B-siden. Når skiva starter, tenker jeg akkurat det samme. Det er nesten noe irriterende over Speed of Life, noe som fortsetter på de neste to låtene. Men så kommer Sound and Vision; *det* er en god låt -- en av Bowie's beste! Og det fortsetter godt. Always Crashing in the Same Car er en laidback låt med en behagelig lead og masse interessante texturer. Be My Wife virker som den skal være litt irriterende igjen, men den tar seg inn og har en fin progressjon. Og A-siden slutter sterkt med A New Career in a New Town, som omtrent er en forsmak på hvor vi skal på B-siden. Så har jeg kanskje litt mer affeksjon for A-siden enn jeg huska. Det forandrer ikke at skiva er oppskrytt, men nå kan jeg høre appealen. B-siden er fortsatt konge. 'Nuff said.

Jeg må si at Low har ikke vært noen højdare for meg. Jeg har vært mest opptatt av Ziggy, Young Americans osv., men Berlin-trilogien har vært litt for lavmælt. Dessuten har Kraftwerk vært det mest fremtredende krautrock-bandet for meg, og der syns jeg alltid Bowie har bleknet i sine bidrag til krautrocken. Mens Gary Numan og Tubeway Army har tatt det et steg videre. I dag viber jeg bedre med Low. Det er en ligge med henda bak hodet på divanen-vibe. Husket bare "Speed of Life" og "Sound and Vision" fra plata. Sistnevnte fordi Beck gjorde en storslått og formidabel cover. Til tider tenker jeg viben har vært viktigere enn å skrive låter. For eksempel slutter "Sound and Vision" så brått at det virker som Bowie tenkte han hadde en kjempeidé, men ikke visste hvordan han avsluttet den. Beck skrev en coda til den da han covret den, og løftet låta. Egentlig er det flere låter som lider av å virke som gode ideer uten avslutning, for eksempel "Be My Wife". "Always Crashing in the Same Car" balanserer vibe og låt godt, men generelt føles det ut som det egentlig finnes en extended cut av plata som plateselskapet kunne casha inn på. Instrumentaldelen av plata er rett og slett kjedelig. Låt sikkert helt utrolig da synthmusikk var nytt, men jeg syns ikke det har holdt seg så bra.

En fascinerende skive fra David Bowie. Jeg har aldri blitt truffet av albumene hans, og dette er et av få album av han jeg syns er virkelig gode. Todelinga av albumet er spennende, men det er også det som er problemet. Begge sidene er veldig kule, men de trenger mer utfoldelse for at det skal funke. Det hadde vært et enda bedre album om det enten var et dobbeltalbum, eller om han hadde kun fokusert på en av «sidene». Men et godt album altså

Not my favorite. Lots of trippy instrumentals, maybe good for a mushroom trip.

So different than I anticipated! Really enjoyed it. Will come back for another listen.

Maybe I've just never been a Bowie fan. I liked it, not loved it. I do love the song "Sound and Vision" though.

Experimental, I'll give it that. I personally feel like it came at the cost of some enjoyment. There's such a thing as too avant-garde and I feel like this embodies it. Too many random noises for me that don't really feel included in the music.

2/3. A lot of cool instrumentals, once again feels like an album that really benefits from being listened to all the way through. I’ll be coming back to this.

Awesome

YESSIR

David Bowie: Low David Bowie’s Low is a staggering exercise in sonic reinvention, a record that feels less like it was recorded in 1977 and more like it was transmitted from a decade yet to come. It is a hauntingly beautiful document of a man rebuilding himself from the inside out. The production—anchored by the now-legendary gated drum sounds and Brian Eno’s synthesizers—predates the aesthetic of the 1980s by years, proving just how visionary Bowie’s Berlin period truly was. The album’s brilliance lies in its duality. On the first half, tracks like "Sound and Vision" and the jagged, synth-heavy "What in the World" offer a masterclass in fragmented pop. However, it is the instrumental second half where the emotional weight truly settles. The mournful, atmospheric vocals on "Warszawa" and the deep, resonant melancholy of "Subterraneans" transcend traditional songwriting, reaching a level of soul-stirring depth that feels both alien and deeply human. It is a flawless discovery and a towering achievement in the avant-garde.

not my favourite type of genre, but i like the song always crashing in the same car

Track 1. (Speed of Life) Other than the fact that it has no lyrics, it's a good intro to what the album will sound like. Can't really rate it fairly tho since it's not an actual song. Fire melody tho. 6/10 Track 2. (Breaking Glass) very short and hardly any lyrics but still a banger tbh. but like it's so short I can't really rate it too high 6.7/10 Track 3. (What in the World) interesting instrumental, can't tell if I like it or not. veryyy 70's, which I do like. It's hard not to be biased because David is one of my favourite artists ever, so I still like this song. 6.9/10 Track 4. (Sound and Vision) Love the instrumental so much its just cool and catchy. Annoyingly long intro, so it doesn't leave much for David's actual singing, but that's fine. 7.2/10 Track 5. (Always Crashing in the Same Car) Cool, very David again. Not many lyrics again, mostly just instrumental, and the lyrics were lowkey random lol. 6.5/10 Track 6. (Be My Wife) I can't lie, the lyrics are just borderline dumb and don't make sense, not in a campy way but just in a bad way. I mean its not so bad, but not amazing, which is my standard for David, is probably higher than most artists. 5.4/10 Track 7. (A New Career in a New Town) Interesting instrumental, but I like it. God, why does David hardly sing in this album? His voice is something that makes his music so good and stands out. Whatever, it had so much potential, so why no singing ugh... 4/10 Track 8. (Warszawa) also... literally no lyrics... 20 words to be exact in a bloody 6 MINUTE SONG. please why are they silencing you David? Also kinda scary lol, what is he yapping about? 2/10 Track 9. (Art Decade) no. goddamn. lyrics. please im getting tired of this. also very eery, maybe I'm not cool enough for this, but whatever. 2.5/10 Track 10. (Weeping Wall) so your actually fucking with me now, likeeee no lyrics again?!?!? ok bye, girl. I get one, maybe one or two silent interludes, max 3 mintutes but this is borderline unlistenable. its giving i saw alien spaceships. 2.3/10 Track 11. (Subterraneans) yeah okay, not any better, 18 words and 5 minutes long, it's not even a good instrumental. so dissapointed tbh. bye. 3.5/10 Notes: really sad this album wasn't good, sorry not sorry I wanted it to be, and I really thought it would be getting a 5 stars, more like 1 or 2. Final score: 4.8/10

Much better than black star

I liked it, had forgotten about this one and i would recommend if someone is looking for a trip down memory lane

holy NOTHING BURGER. this album feels like bowie got bored halfway through the recording session and decided to contact his mother ship. favorite song: breaking glass least favorite song: art decade

Good

Nothing really stands out to me. The electronic stuff I’m sure was new for the time but the songs are ok.

One of the best Bowie albums I have heard.

sound and vision is one of my favourite bowie songs but i found this difficult to stay with otherwise

An interesting but uneven album that's hard to review, considering the huge difference between A-side and B-side. A-side is pure Bowie art rock, enjoyable but also quite predictable. The inclusion of weird krautrock sounds is welcome, but can sometimes feel a bit artificial (and clearly copied on some of the music Bowie could hear in Berlin). It’s in B-side that things get interesting. The Bowie-Eno collaboration is at its best here. They really captured the quintessential mood of krautrock and new-age ambient music, going into Tangerine dream (or even minimalism) territory with otherworldly sonorities and beautiful, meditative loops. Warszawa, Weeping Wall and Subterraneans are the real gems of this album in my opinion. Had the whole album been of this calibre, it would have been an instant 5*. But the first half is too conventional for me, so I’ll have to downgrade it a bit. It's still a fascinating and original work, overall ; I’m not surprised Philip Glass made several symphonies about the Berlin trilogy. Bonus points for the cover art from The Man Who Fell to Earth, a strange and beautiful movie where Bowie looks truly alien. 8/10