Low

I like but don't love the Berlin Trilogy, but this is probably my fave from that period. I definitely prefer the '67-76 Bowie era the most. But I appreciate several tracks and the weird Eno-isms on this record

Despite having seen this album cover my whole life, I'm just now noticing he's wearing a hoodie. Always something to discover in Bowie. "Sound and Vision" is one of his best songs, "Speed of Life" his best groove, "Be My Wife" a terrific song I forgot about, "Warszawa" a fully realized chamber piece, and "Weeping Wall" one of his most successful experiments. With all that, a lot of the rest feels a little unfinished, which is in its own right a brave move for a perfectionist, but I'd like to hear "Breaking Glass" as the juggernaut it wants to be.

Hadn't really listened to this Bowie album before and really enjoyed it. Only one of his big hits but the rest of the album holds up with a lot of depth in the sound there.

This is a bowie record i return to a little, even without any huge singles. I think I might like it more than ziggy or diamond dogs.

Bowie!

woah, hed mi recht gflasht… mag mi aber irgendwie nümm mega fescht dra erinnere weiss nurno dasi am morge mega müed gsi bin und mir im minute takt d‘äugli fast zuegheit sind vor‘m compi und am schluss vom album es paar sphärischi tön mich fast endgültig zum ihschlafe bracht hend... aber die moment sind defür recht ihgfahre starchi quatro puntos stimmig macht sich ih mir breit, also guet denn möchemer das doch so

Super spacey album by Bowie which was super cool. Sound and Vision I already knew from it coming up randomly after listening to a different album, excellent song. The last 4 songs made me feel like I was in a Dune movie.

Starts off great first two songs are just fun easy to get into songs. What in the World is kinda a head scratcher. Part of me really likes it but part of me thinks it’s cheesy. The random Nintendo sounds don’t really help. Rare L from Bowie. Happy MAR10 day though. Sound and Vision has always been one of my fav Bowie songs. That guitar riff is just so damn catchy. The back half is soooo much different than the front. Super ambient and electronic, which makes sense since it's my boy ENO. Warszawa feels like it could be in a video game. Also makes me think he's from a different planet. Subterraneans was oddly similar to his final album Blackstar. Bowie is Bowie. Not my favorite by him but still love that every album we've had is all weird and different from each other.

Vibe

8/10 This was good. Better than Heroes in that the second, more electronic, half was much more enjoyable here. Great krautrock drums and sound Best: Sound and Vision

Some songs sound like the talking heads. I can see why sound and vision is the hit on iTunes. Good instrumental music too… you can tell it was experimental. Two different vibes; the first half of the album and the second half. First half was poppy and fun, then it takes an eerie turn.

Big Bowie fan but this is a bit fucking weird in places. Probably needs a few listens. Will continue to give it a go. 3.5

More like No by David No-wie amirite? (This was actually probably the best Bowie we have done but I thought of the joke and couldn't not. It hugely benefits from having multiple tracks with no Bowie on them). Addendum - I wrote this before the last 4 tracks which were all really great, particularly the last one. This is so much better than all the We Could Be Heroes bollocks. Bumping up to a 4.

Different from the other Bowie albums, doesn't hit as strong & as immediate as his other albums, but it does grow on you. Has some really nice, chill ambient tracks.

"Sound and Vision" is among the second-tier Bowie songs that 95% of that artists out there would probably kill to have written. It kind of sums up this album, which is experimentally instrumental in its second half in ways that Bowie returned to on parts of Blackstar.

Känns som att David Bowie än en gång var före sin tid. A- sidan bjuder på kryptiska pop rock låtar medan B- sidan är bara ambient musik. Väldigt bra album. Bästa låten: Be My Wife

Good

Thought this one was pretty entertaining. Pretty sure there's only 1 Bowie album left for us to get

Непоганий альбом,є навіть круті пісні-4 зірки

Astounding use of sound. The man is a musical genius. It’s a four right now because I’ve only heard it once, it’s a bit experimental so didn’t get its permanent hooks in me right away, but I am adding this to my library and am excited to explore more Bowie.

Spacey, vibey, beautifully weird. Just like the good Bowie intended. 3.8/5

Interesting album!

Bit of a mess but a good one.

Love the first half. From Warszawa till the end I care a little less for it. Still solid as a whole!

Enjoyed it. Weird, in a good way

Sometimes it's easy to forget just how *weird* Bowie could be. Low is rightly regarded as a classic, but it starts with an instrumental, the most popular song doesn't feature vocals until nearly 2 minutes in, and the entire second half is unusual mood pieces. Despite that, it's still an incredible piece of work. Sound and Vision is glorious, Subterraneans gives full Blade Runner vibes, A New Career is beautifully longing. Can't quite give it 5 as it feels more like two albums stuck together, and something like Be My Wife still has echoes of his 'gor blimey cockney' era, but it's very very close. 4.49999...

Cinematic and experimental this is an ambitious album, that doesn't always hit the mark for me. Still there are moments of magic

What a delight. One of the few albums that I immediately played again from the start.

everything between ziggy and this is a desert for me on bowie, but this is so dang good from start to finish. there's a bit too much instrumental noodling in a couple places, but it's still at least interesting most of the time

Sound & Vision is one of my favorite songs ever. never in a million years would I have guessed this album would morph into some Koyaanisqatsi-ass soundtrack music by the end, but i'm here for it

I think this is definitely one of Bowie's better albums, and it does a lot of weird stuff. If I'm in the mood it's great, though sometimes it can be a bit too much. Today it was great.

I am totally, 100% in the bag for Bowie. This set of albums (Low/Heroes/Lodger) is not my favorite, but I'm glad I relistened to it. I hope one of the Man Who Sold The World/Hunky Dory/Ziggy Stardust/Aladdin Sane albums comes up so I can give Bowie the 5 he deserves for his entire career.

Not all songs are created equal, synth drenched vibe that captures the era. Side 1 is mind blowing

A slow burner

More strange sounds from Bowie, but interesting.

Some very interesting melodies and rhythms and ideas, but not as immediate or atmospheric as some other Bowie stuff stuff I've heard. Will definitely go back and listen again but I think I need to spend more time with it over the months and years etc. Was nice to be introduced to it because I've always skipped this album.

This is the 4th album from Bowie I’ve gotten on this challenge, and it’s been a mixed bag so far. I think it's my favorite so far, just ahead of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Most of the songs just clicked with me. I really enjoyed the song Sound and Vision.

David Bowie was a mess. A highly successful mess. So what do you do if you're a highly successful mess? Well, many would keep going, but Bowie decided he needed to sort himself out. But would he just go off into a corner while he did it? What do you think? Low really fits as an album title, because this is Bowie at his lowest ebb. The spark is not there, and if the spark is what you want from Bowie you may not end up enjoying this. But it is frank, emotional, and weirdly... chill. The point where you get so fed up about your situation that you stop moaning about doing something, grit your teeth and actually do it. That it remains funky and melodically rewarding really helps too, though the instrumentals lean a bit too much towards expression over memorability for me. (Killer Sax, though) Tangent: I love the irony of Bowie singing 'You're such a wonderful person... but you've got problems' to someone else, given what he was going through. I refuse to believe that he didn't do it on purpose. Fave: Always Crashing in the Same Car Least Fave: What in the World Strong Bad Demerit Count: 0 (I am not counting the instrumentals with vocals; there's a big difference between a song going 'na na na' because you couldn't think of something better and wordless ethereal chanting)

Pretty good, but not the best Bowie album.

ethereal sounding - can hear its influence in a lot of places

Great listen. This was excellently paced, every song was unique and fresh and still adherent to the theme of the album. I really enjoyed this one, but what the fuck happened in the second half? Sounds like he smoked some PCP and started having a psychotic episodes. Completely off cuff. Still, I enjoyed this thing, it was just surprising in the second half.

An exploration into the weirdness of Mr. Bowie. That’s all I can get from this album, really. And by no means is that a negative thing. Aside from the stellar Sound and Vision, most of the remainder of this album is characterised with eerie synths and manipulative stereo sound, strangely rarely pierced with Bowie’s artsy lyrics and vocal operatics. It’s another album where I ask the somewhat rhetorical question; “is there a theme here?” To which I think there is - one of a strange German-infused exploration in all that was eerie in 1970s Berlin. I think. If anything, it’s a very enjoyable listen, just to sink into its vague concept for 40 minutes is enough.

Kind of surprised by this. This part of Bowie's career is new to me, but I was impressed.

Low, my beloved It is good, but I prefer Bowie's vocals and lyrics.

Enjoyed this more than I expected given there’s no well known singles on it.

This was surprising but this might be my favourite David Bowie album so far. His vocals are hit or miss with me , but with this album being basically half instrumental. It really helped. Not to take away from the music this is someone forward thinking stuff. The other album I enjoyed of his “Hunky Dory” was definitely catchier and more straight forward. This album is not and is going in some left field spots. This is ahead of its time and sounds fresh by 2025 standards. It doesn’t sound dated 4/5 . This is a work of art

This is one of my favorite Bowie albums... Love all the ambient experimentation

Still loving this one Side two definitely the better one on a relisten. All the Cold War Berlin feels

Great songs first half, great moods second half

Mooi album, lekker divers!

The songs with vocals are an easy 5. I’m not yet sure where I stand on the instrumental tracks.

Who had a better run in the 70s?: -The Man Who Sold The World -Hunky Dory -Ziggy Stardust -Aladdin Sane -Pinups -Diamond Dogs -Young Americans -Station To Station -"Heroes" -Lodger -Scary Monsters The only artist I can think of that would compare is Neil Young. Anyhow, Low was in the middle of Bowie's run of masterpieces. An album that is somehow more than the sum of its parts, with instrumental interludes that would not fly in today's streaming world. Pitchfork named Low the best album of the 1970s; while I LOVE this record I would at best put it at #4 of the best Bowie album of the 70s, but that's just me...

What a journey. I liked where it led, but I’m not sure if it’s cohesiveness. Repeat listening required

I liked this, mostly for the instrumental parts. 4/5

3/5

Quite possibly my favourite ending track of all time

I can understand those that feel this is Bowie’s crowning achievement, but I personally feel a handful of Bowie albums overshadow Low. While the production is absolutely phenomenal, side B being all ambient Eno-inspired instrumentals really bores me after awhile. If Side B lived up to the high bar set by Side A, Low would be an S-tier album. But unfortunately, it never quite reaches those heights. Still better than most of the albums on this list though. 4.1/5

Weird album, mainly instrumental music but good. Haven't listened to much Bowie other than his big hits Favorite song: Sound and Vision

An enjoyable and different album from David Bowie. I liked Speed of a life the most.

Love David - but not my favourite album of his.

нормалек. вторая половина альбома понравилась намного больше первой. была бы пластинка, слушал бы только сторону Б

pretty interesting experimental music

Veldig eksperimentell, veldig bra første halvdel, kul og ambient slutt.

not quite as good as heroes imo

Gear: Focal Clear (ZMFed) Artwork: 📸🕵️🟧 Production (1999 Remaster): 😐🙂👌 Music: 🌌🇩🇪✨ Rating: 🟧🟧🟧🟧(🟧)/5

One of my favorites of Bowie. Always enjoy listing to his music.

I do enjoy a good broody atmospheric album. The cover captured the vibes well. It's not my favorite Bowie album, but it's a mandatory listen.

4/5

This was another great collaboration between Bowie and Brian Eno. The first half of the album leans more toward pop, though these are fractured versions of pop songs with a heavy experimental, electronic edge. The second half is where Bowie and Eno really dive into the experimental side, creating a deeper ambient soundscape with minimal vocals. One more thing worth mentioning is how much this album was influenced by the German Krautrock scene, which Bowie was really into at the time.

I was not expecting weird samples and a tubular bells esque soundtrack

Pretty good but I would’ve liked more singing. There were a lot of just instrumental tracks toward the end which I wasn’t as big a fan of but they were still good

OK, pretty good album

Super cool, I'm into all the space sounds. It's another good lounging album. Sound and Vision is an all-time fav. That piano in Be My Wife hits hard...the entire 2nd half of the album is so smooth. Strong 4.5, easily could be a 5.

A Bowie album I don't own and not that familiar with. Stellar first half - second half is just a bit meandering for me - maybe with time it will grow on me.

fucking awesome. warszawa is oddly captivating to me - it sounds like it wouldn’t be out of place on a dune soundtrack.

A really good album, the music is imaginative and well executed... Almost meditative and religious in some tracks...

It's a art rock and a touch experimental but the Brian Eno influence works well and I enjoyed this as an album, even if individual tracks didn't necessarily stand out. It's heavily synthesized and there aren't many lyrics.

Eksperimentelt 4/5

Bowie wasn’t of this world

Busn disco. En la línea de Bowie

Weird but in a good way Mostly really great, warszawa is kind of mid though and weeping wall is garbage Not Bowie's usual style, but a good album nonetheless

David Bowie was and is always good. I also find the story between him and Iggy Pop, the ghost, exciting. As always with Bowie, I don't find the whole album catchy. But I liked it very much. I particularly enjoyed Warszawa and Art Decade. 4/5

Part of the trilogy of a stunning run

This is one of few examples where letting a strange man take you on magical trip is a good idea. But to enjoy it to the fullest you have to let Bowie take lead. If you struggle and force it things will be just plain awkward.

I can see how and why this was so ground breaking. I didn't love the second half of the album but understand how this was a pre cursor to modern day electric music. Pretty awesome overall!

spotify auto play shuffled me into some other bowie, but i'm pretty sure i liked the songs from this one

If David Bowie were a genre, I would say this album is pretty generic. But thats not a bad thing! I actually enjoyed the soundscapes on the latter part of the album, overall a good album, woukd recommend at least one listen in a place you wont be interrupted.

Another Bowie album with great songs in the first half and weird soundscapes in the second half. I dug it though! Plus Sound and Vision is great!

Απιστευτες παραγωγες. Αλμπουμ χωρισμενο σε 2 μερη. Θελω να ξανακουσω ολοκληρο το δισκο για να ειμαι σιγουρος για την βαθμολογια μου. Προς το παρων 4 αστερια Rating: A

Mint album. Took me down a joy division rabbit hole too. Which was nice.

Opening with an instrumental and then ending it with a fade out! Like he was gonna peace out after one song! What a bold choice! And this CD is full of bold choices, not the least of which is that it's effectively two entirely different CDs on sides one and two. 1001 had previously assigned me "Heroes", which also had that setup, so I was not entirely caught off-guard (although I was surprised to see it again). I still don't think it's a great idea, but my thoughts on the two halves are so different that I need to take them in turn. Side one is kind of like bizarro sock-hop. The basic template is like bluesy boogie-woogie plus weird synth. Bowie seems to have a thing for hanging on long, extended boogie-woogies, he does that a lot on "Heroes" too. I don't love that style, basically I think it's boring, but he does a better job here mixing it up with strange synth sounds. I especially like whatever weird noise comes in around 0:52 and 1:31 on "Breaking Glass", it just takes what had been kind of a staid blues rocker and turns it upside and shakes it to make sure you're paying attention. But overall, the first half is kind of standard, not-especially-inspired 70s rock. I loved side two, and I'm not totally sure why. I did not like the equivalent section of "Heroes" one bit, I thought it dragged the whole thing down. Relative to that, this is much more melodic, it has much more of a narrative, vs. on "Heroes" the instrumentals are mostly kind of atmospheric. I don't know what it is about it, but I found myself listening to the 2nd side over and over again. You probably don't enjoy it unless you're also a fan of dungeon synth, but it is simply the worst greatest dungeon synth CD ever made. I would play any video game with "Warszawa" in the background ad infinitum, no matter what the game is. Overall I'm kind of confused about why I like this CD so much, I can't explain it, but I really just do. I'm giving it basically a 3 for side one and a 5 for side two.

This album is going to be a grower for me. All of the ambient electronic tracks on Side B didn't do much for me at first, until Subterraneans. That song really got my attention with the dreamy combination of synths and saxophone. I basically started it right over again and picked up on some things I didn't hear the first time.

Maybe the most I've liked this album on this listen. The last 4 songs used to kill it for me, but I didn't hate them this time. 3.75/5

Good start but tapers off in the second half. Shame that the last song are only instrumentals. 4/5

Not my favorite David Bowie album...but...it's David Bowie nonetheless.

Okay it’s actually pretty good I admit it. Did not expect that second half.

November 15, 2024 One day after another 1977 album with Brian Eno: “Can you not be [producing classic albums] for FIVE MINUTES?” NOT first listen; my favourite track the first time was “Warszawa”, and it may still be. The harmonica-laced “New Career in a Small Town” is pretty stiff competition. Overall, while Low introduced this experimental phase of Bowie’s music, I think I enjoy “Heroes” a bit more. Though I’m probably too much of a fan to contest both albums being on this list… HL: “Sound and Vision”, “A New Career in a Small Town”, “Warszawa”, “What in the World”

I like the textures and tones in warszawa and subterraneans

Not his best, but was fine!

I've weirdly always struggled with Bowie and I really want to get "it". This...this I got

Not necessarily as good as I remember but still some amazing tracks

Low opens with an unusual move—an instrumental, Speed of Life, kicking things off. It feels more like a mid-album interlude, leaving me wondering, “Where are you going with this, David?” That question is soon answered with Breaking Glass, where a swaggering drumbeat leads into a funk-infused verse, punctuated by strange sound effects. Bowie seems to declare, “Don’t question me; I do what I want.” The short, fragmented tracks on Side One almost make this feel like a demo tape, as though we’re seeing glimpses into Bowie’s creative process rather than fully-formed songs. It’s intriguing, though it also makes me think I’d understand him better by starting with his earlier work. For me, Side Two is where Low really hits its stride. The atmospheric instrumentals bring out Bowie’s darker, more cinematic side, echoing the mood of a Vangelis score. The Brian Eno and Tony Visconti partnership here is clearly pushing boundaries, and it’s fascinating to see how influential this era of Bowie has become. I also love that Iggy Pop has a cameo on What in the World—it’s a fun detail that adds to the album’s charm. Standout Track: Sound and Vision Score: 4/5

This was another great collaboration between Bowie and Brian Eno. The first half of the album leans more toward pop, though these are fractured versions of pop songs with a heavy experimental, electronic edge. The second half is where Bowie and Eno really dive into the experimental side, creating a deeper ambient soundscape with minimal vocals. One more thing worth mentioning is how much this album was influenced by the German Krautrock scene, which Bowie was really into at the time.

Interessantes Bowie Album, mit sehr viel Soundkreationen und elektrischen Soundelementen. Typisch und gut für das Album ist „A New Career in Town“. Daneben gefallen noch „Be My Wife“ und das mystische „Warzawa“. Bowies Werk ist ein erste Vorgeschmack auf die „Waves“ der frühen 80er und seiner Zeit etwas voraus.

Absent any hit songs, Low would seem to align more with Bowie's last few albums than with, say, Ziggy Stardust. What I mean is that there were occasions in his career when Bowie was willing to shuffle off the Pop Icon garb and explore some interesting musical directions. True artists need to push themselves in new ways, and not do the same ol' thing that everyone expects.

I’ve never really listened to a Bowie album. Just the hits and singles. The opener was an instrumental and really good. This is a really great album. It surprised me with the amount on instrumentals. It sounds modern still today and it wa recorded in 1977. That’s quite a feat

What in the World gives me captain beefhart vibes. Sound and Vision is like, clearly just good. Found myself unintentionally bopping to a New Career in a new Town Warszawa sounds like a track from the Little Inferno ost. You know the dun dun dun du du dun. Good. 4/5

This album was tough for me to get into at first, mainly because I found the songs to be too short and end too soon. Now I realize that my poor initial comprehension of song lyrics made me misjudge this album a lot, as the lyricism here is precisely what makes it work. I'm coming to grips with the fact that there is music out there that doesn't have that strong of a focus on the shape of its voice. Here, the lyrics themselves carry most of the weight, and missing out on them severely degrades the listening experience. I don't hate this, but said observation makes me appreciate how far the music has come over the years and how much the presentation has improved in the meantime. We take a lot for granted these days, and it can make us forget that this all was made on the shoulders of our predecessors. Besides, for Bowie, and perhaps for music at large, it was uncharted territory at the time. He was there right at the dawn of electronic music, and the experimentation present here proved hugely influential, pushing rock music way farther than anyone could imagine at the time and influencing the sound for decades to come. The A-side feels like a chaotic internal monologue, a voice of depression with desperate pleas for attention and love. Now that I'm more familiar with it, I can accept its beauty, its complexity and unevenness. What I initially perceived as unfinished, I now understand as brevity, and it's quite impressive how it manages to paint a complete picture with what are essentially small fragments. The more expansive B-side, though, is what got me to truly appreciate this album. Made with heavy input from the ambient legend Brian Eno, it paints a gloomy landscape of the Cold War era. Thematically, it focuses on the city of Berlin through the lens of the Cold War, attempting to capture the tragedy of the city at the time, when it was still divided by the Berlin Wall. It wasn't Berlin that caught my eye, though. It was another city that got a presence here, Warsaw. The titular track, Warszawa, is a very haunting tune that reminds me a lot of the Blade Runner soundtrack. Much like the movie, it's gloomy, slow-paced, and synth-rich. The only thing missing here is the futurism, as the dystopia portrayed here is specifically of its time and still rather distant from Blade Runner's 80s-style futuristic dystopia.

Today is the day after the 2024 US election and Donald Trump has just been reelected to the White House. This album mirrors my feelings today. What a shame. Good music, though.

Mostly instrumental which was surprising but decent

Turns out David Bowie and Brian Eno are a beast collab. Who would have thought?

Ace record. The second side in particular is so good. Ahead of its time. Favourite tracks: Speed of Life, Breaking Glass, Be My Wife, the entire second side.

This is one of the first albums I distinctly remember not "getting" when I first listened to it, but I also knew to keep trying. Low is a top tier Bowie album and Subterraneans is a top tier Bowie song.

My parents gave me something of a Bowie entry in my early music diet but I realise now that I barely scratched the surface. Changes, The Jean Genie, Major Tom... Bowie snacks. Bowie purée; easily palatable and tasty in small quantities. Then I went off to university and bought a Best of Bowie compilation so I'd know it all. A Bowie buffet. Still nice and tasty and nothing too challenging. (I also bought Hunky Dory, which as far as I could tell, was fairly straightforward but I mostly skipped from Changes to Life On Mars? and gave the rest a miss.) Now this challenge is gradually educating me on Bowie in a way that puts all of my existing knowledge to shame. Full Bowie meals are hearty, complex and unpredictable. The man was obviously a genius and a total innovator, and much more of a nuanced, acquired taste than I ever realised. Listening to full albums is an eye-opener and a fascinating experience. I don't love it all, and some of it I don't really like but he picks a direction and goes for it with all of his creative force, which I can't help but respect. Low is probably my favourite Bowie discovery so far, although it's also challenging in places. There's a definite groove and mood running throughout but it feels hookier and cool in a way that I haven't quite found with his work yet. The experiments are still bizarre but this time, he kept the bass running and the atmosphere similar, so they kind of pull you along. The first half is an easy 4. The second half is more of a 3 but it's a comfortable and interesting 3, so we'll go on the high side.

To me David Bowie has always been Jareth, The Goblin King. Beyond Labyrinth and his few radio hits, I've done little digging into his discography. While this is not my preferred genre of music, I found myself really enjoying it by about the fourth track and looking forward to what came next. It was interesting, and the album as a whole has a good flow to it. The true artistry and experimentation with sound shines through, reminding me in some ways of the "space" portion of a Dead show, conjuring up psychedelic images in my mind, and kind of making me wish I had some mushrooms to accompany the adventure Bowie is taking the listen on. Solid 4/5

Yeah, cool. It seems to be about half Bowie pop songs and half instrumental weirdness which I don't mind at all.

Enjoyed this….

I enjoyed how cinematic this was, especially the instrumental tracks. I don't foresee returning to any individual songs from this because they feel really connected to the album as a whole; it doesn't feel like these were meant to be listened to separately. I think it's cool that he changed his sound so much throughout his career and I enjoyed learning about this kind of experimental ambient moment he had that I didn't know about. Fav tracks: What in the World, Speed of Life

I really liked this one. I will have to give it a few more listens, but this is my first full Bowie project besides blackstar, and I must say I fully get the hype so far.

Gets weirder every track, from rock and roll to avant guard, but still sounds very cohesive. I like it

Now we’re talking, some great tracks on this one and a very interesting split of regulation Bowie and experimental stuff. Admittedly some of the second songs drag on a bit long. The people of 1977 must have thought they were listening to something from the distant future or distant planet!

No, Eno, no! I respect your ability to twiddle the keys and nobs but you’ve gone too far here FFS. I was really loving this (the drum style/sound in particular) until you got too heavily influential in the second half of the album which disappeared into some dull old electro noodling. A 5 album in the making if it wasn’t for you Brian.

I don't want to like this as I have reached peak Bowie but it's good. He must have spent a lot of time in German sex dungeons listening to Krautrock.

Bowie. Berlin. Sober. Eno. Art. Ambient. Visconti. Weird cool drum sound. Some avant-poppyish stuff and some soundscapes, which are actually quite good. Pretty enjoyable overall, influential no doubt. First half doesn’t quit have the consistency for me.

This hits when he's actually playing music. I don't get the filler stuff in the second half of the album. I liked this a lot more than Station to Station

I understand what they were trying to do with the 2 sides of the record contrasting in style, but I think this is one of those rare records that should be listened to on SHUFFLE. Hearing the snippets of rock songs in between the long ambient tunes would give the album a nice flow from song to song. “Alluring” is the best word I can use to describe this one.

I did not expect a David Bowie album to be mostly instrumental music experimenting with electronic sound. There is probably some context for this, I just didn't read up on it. I think the mix of the usual Glam Rock guitars with early electronic stuff works well. It's kind of an alternative take on the Post-Punk trend - same gloomy vibe, but a unique sound. "Sound and Vision" is great as a standalone song too.

I like Bowie

Che carino, molto belli i momenti strumentali

è stata una decisione veramente difficile perchè oscillavo tra le quattro e le cinque stelle, è davvero un capolavoro. il poco "replay value" è ciò che mi ha convinto a decidermi sulle quattro stelle, ma davvero non l'avevo mai ascoltato per intero ed è stata un'esperienza mistica.

Ça ouvre en grand, mais l’énergie se perd au long de l’écoute, contrairement à Ziggy et Station to Station. 100% réécoutable tout de même, ça reste du Bowie

Really dug this album. You can hear the Brian Eno leaking through this album. The electronic sounds are so forward looking too, it’s like the precursor to New Wave. The second half has its moments but is definitely a little too experimental and ambient-y for my tastes. Still excellent!

Great album, although its almost like two albums stuck together.

Good

Pretty solid, great instrumental work and the last 4 songs I really enjoyed!

Gorgeous, varied, Bowie

Finally clicked

This album is interesting, not like the David Bowie material I know best (Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust). While I liked what I heard, I do feel that this album deserves several listens to properly digest. I'll give it a 4 for now because I liked it enough to hear again, but it is hard to know whether I'll still feel that way after more listens.

Überraschend modern für seine Zeit. Schön elektronisch.

A real works of dual personality, the songs (in my view the album's best tracks) and Brian Eno inspired instrumentals have little connection imo. Enjoyable though

No Aladin Sane, but damn fine.

Good album lol

4 out of 5. This album is easier for me to listen to than Heroes, especially in the second half where it feels more like a 70's or 80's fantasy movie.

In my Bowie top ten.

Deeply cool, somewhat unhinged mixture of electronic music and analogue rock. Actual catchy songs emerge fully formed amid sweeping, intriguing soundscapes. The album is great, experimental and addled.

Chilly and bracing.

Bastantes canciones instrumentales. Un 4.

The whole atmosphere created here is magic. One of many peak points for Mr. Jones.. (or “Low” in this case…)

It may just be me, but this feels like the perfect "deep cuts" album. It seems to have hallmarks of his glam rock styles/sensibilities and space age odyssey remnants but mixed with harder rock and weird ambient sounds. Makes sense since Brian Eno got involved as you can hear some Roxy Music influence on this one. This guy doesn't really put out bad music but this is a definite listen.

Everybody’s gotta love Bowie!

What in the World was this? The Sound and Vision of this was Breaking Glass in the Art Decade.

Not a fan. I Liked a few tracks but it was a tad boring overall. Just not for me

Very cool

This is a Bowie album I can get behind. I enjoyed the journey through the album and the exploration of other sounds likely due to the Eno collab. I thought the two worked well together and produced something new and interesting instead of recycling the same Bowie formula.

Yet another excellent album from Bowie…

not as prolific as I expected

This is pretty awesome, I almost gave it a 5 but it dragged at a few points later in the album. Sound and Vision was awesome, lots of cool sounds on here, so unique

enjoyable, lighthearted, "süffig"

Prefer funky Bowie but gotta respect the vision and impact here

I heard the singles but not the album. It was as all Bowie albums are amazing

Hard not to love everything Bowie did in the 70s. The critics may have been divided at the time, but this album really holds up. And the history of it is pretty fascinating too. High marks for difficulty. Sticks the landing.

The first half of this is stellar, the crunchy rock pop is great and balanced with melodic Sound and Vision. The second electronic side for me has always been a bore. I know it is supposed to be a huge achievement but it is not something I really have ever wanted to listen to more than once.

After two consecutive Brian Eno albums, I get...a David Bowie album produced by Brian Eno. And it's a good one. Can really hear Eno starting to develop that ethereal sound which became his trademark in the 90's. As for the album. It's Bowie and it's downbeat and it's great. Unexpected bangers: What in the World, Warszawa, Always Crashing in the Same Car.

I don't quite get it. The veneration for this, or the whole Berlin trilogy, for that matter. Maybe it's because I'm listening for the first time, now and today? It all seems so aimless and random: here are some art rock ideas and here comes Eno. That said, I had a decent enough time with this album and might have liked it better than Heroes (#196). /shrug

Náði þessari ekki fyrr en um tvítugt. Gott. Meira að segja "fillerarnir" hitta í mark hjá mér.

Sound and Vision

Probably my fave Bowie album, although you have to be in the right frame of mind to enjoy the second half. First half is good enough to enjoy whatever your mood. I oscillate between 3 and 5 for this so I'll go down the middle.

While I am familiar with some of David Bowie’s work, I hadn’t listened to anything off of this album until now. Time to fix that. Despite how amazing Station to Station turned out, Bowie was still struggling from his cocaine addiction at the time and it took a toll on his mental health. As a result, he left Los Angeles to move back to Europe, and caught up with Brian Eno. Also tagging along on this journey was Iggy Pop, who was also looking to clean up from his drug addiction as well. Both him and Bowie ended up working together on the former’s album The Idiot, co-mixing with producer Tony Visconti over in West Berlin. Bowie was so infatuated with the area that him and Iggy decided to move there for a while to kick their drug habits, escape the spotlight and work on new material inspired by the German experimental music scene at the time. Thus, the so-called Berlin Trilogy began, with Low being the first of this string of albums. With all that background established, I can comfortably say I enjoyed this rather off-kilter record. Make no mistake in that this album is strange by Bowie’s standards up to this point. Most of Low works in how he allows the other instruments to shine. In fact, the second half is electronically-driven ambience, where Bowie lends his vocal cadence as another instrument to be painted into the scenery. Songs like “Warszawa” and “Weeping Wall” work wonders in this lane, compilmented by the synthesizer work done by Bowie and Brian Eno. There are still tracks where Bowie delivers lyrics, either contemplative about the addiction he battled on “Sound and Vision”, or as more free-form and fractured like on “What in the World” with Iggy on backing vocals. These words may not be the focus of the album, but are a welcoming touch nonetheless. The only problems here are with the first two tracks “Speed of Life” and “Breaking Glass”, which are more like fragments of songs that don’t get fully realized here. They’re not bad tracks, but they could have been fleshed out more. In fact, “Breaking Glass” would later get reworked on a subsequent tour. At the end of the day, Low is still an amazing album, and quite the pleasant surprise for me as a fan of Bowie’s other works. I can see why this album would later be considered influential to the post-rock genre, and it shows in spades. Give it a shot.

Sort of worldwide blade runner vibes, I love Bowie and this is no different.

I've listened to a couple Bowie albums, but he's mostly been one of my musical blind spots. I've really wanted to do a deep dive into his work, but it's always been a little intimidating, much as he fascinates me. I knew this project would help remedy the overwhelm. It's been interesting to contextualize Low by reading about how influential it's been on artists I know and love well, like Radiohead. Low certainly doesn't sound like anything else I've ever heard from that era. I understand that the way they processed the drums through a pitch shifting device (the Eventide H910 Harmonizer) is one of the most notable aspects of this album. I listened a second time with this in mind, because it's an effect I definitely take for granted in a lot of the music that followed. I really loved the instrumental back half the most, particularly Warszawa. Haunting stuff.

Beautiful instrumentation, composition, pacing unlike anything I’ve ever heard from Bowie

There's better Eno ambient out there and better Bowie art rock, but this and "Heroes" (which I think is also on the list) are exceptional blends of the two. This is slightly weaker than the album after it, but features anxious-sounding pop with a noisy edge to it, and Subterraneans is maybe my favourite ambient track in the Berlin trilogy. 8.5/10

Listening to this as a curious tourist. This is not somewhere I'd live, or even visit for long. A unique signpost in Bowie's chameleonic, protean carpet flow. The first few songs are a talking heads impersonation...Sound and Vision gives glimpses of a more layered Bowie, and "Always Crashing in the Same Car" would have been a great song to play on repeat while getting drunk after a breakup in undergrad. I like the schizophrenic variety here, and especially enjoyed the electronic/synthesizer sound experimentations....the instrumental tracks sound like he's trying to compose soundtracks---maybe evolving his concept album efforts beyond language/lyrics?

The first half finally clicked with me after years of trying of trying to get into this album and I listened to it 5 times through. The second half is interesting but can’t see myself revisiting too often.

The first 1/2 of this album was pretty OK for me but the 2nd half, around Warszawa and beyond is amazing but that's probably my love of 70's Brian Eno showing through.

Side A is really strong. Great songs, different styles, not surprising for Bowie but this was a departure from his previous work. Germany seems to have rubbed off on him. Side B is less engaging for me. Instrumentals that are often noisy, synth driven and not as melodic as the first side. Still some great moments but side B lost my attention.

Can tell he was on a come down

Bowie and Eno. The first of the Berlin albums. I didn’t care for this much when it came out. Pretty good in retrospect

like this. I thought it would be depressing but actually it had much more going on than expected.

Often excellent, but definitely not my favourite of his in terms of songwriting, but brilliant for textures and sounds. I loved the sounds and synths, but I enjoyed Heroes more.

Not all that popular, but I’ve always love sound and vision

Love it! 4 stars

When David Bowie enters a studio with Brian Eno, how can it go wrong? A fine cut of art rock/pop with an electro touch.

It had been a while since my last Bowie album here, nice to get one that I hadn't really heard of before. This album has quite a few more instrumentals than I'd expect and is pretty chill throughout. For a 77 album it feels much more modern, but that is a common theme with Bowie. Nice album to end the week with and just relax into the weekend. Favorite track "Sound and Vision" 4/5

Delightful. Wonderful vibes all around. This album is definitely my jam.

Jesus Christ, is Bowie’s entire discography on this list? We’re 250 in and this is, like, the 10th album of his to show up. I initially enjoyed it to the point that I started checking him out more independently. I don’t think he earned this type of representation over a lot of other musicians. Anyway….this is a 4.

Low is David Bowie's eleventh studio album, and it was part of his period of collaborating with Brian Eno. The album had a few successful singles, like "Sound and Vision," but the album met with limited commercial and critical success. Low has been reexamined over time, and has come to be regarded as one of Bowie's best albums - and perhaps his best. The album influenced post-punk and alt-pop, and created a pattern that many 80s and 90s bands explored.

"Low", if I remember correctly, is Bowie's first album in his "Berlin" trilogy. An album made as he was getting sober, it has a lot of darkness below the surface. It manages to be pop with a lot of weird twists (thanks in no small part to Brian Eno), and the latter half of the record devolves into soundscapes with some occasional wordless undulating. It's fine? I have a lot of love for this record since I know it inspired the likes of Nine Inch Nails, however, I can't help but feel the latter half of the record is a slight cop out, even if it is a pretty set of soundscapes. Call it a 3.5. Favorite tracks: "Always Crashing In the Same Car", "Subterraneans"

Elsker Bowie! :) Low er ikke nødvendigvis mit yndlingsalbum, men jeg bliver altid i godt humør af at lytte til Bowie. Jeg nyder hvordan han leger med musikken, instrumenterne og variationerne i det. Jeg savner lidt mere vocal i albummet, til gengæld fortæller selve musikken også sine egne historier. Favoritterne er "Be My Wife", "Warszawa" & "Speed of life". Jeg ser frem til de resterende 8 Bowie album på listen.

Not bad, but too much Eno and not enough Bowie for me. If I wanted an ambient album (or at least Side B), I'd get an Eno album - where is Bowie's voice on Side B: nowhere.

I listened to this a few times and other than Sound and Vision (one of my favorite of his songs) it all sounded new and yet familiar. The second half requires being in the right frame of mind. But still interesting. I liked how the songs fade in and out. Surprisingly Speed of Life is one of my favorites now.

Very different sides. Listened to this a couple of times and it really grew on me. Amazing that this was his *eleventh* album, released in 1977 after his buddy Iggy Pop helped him sober up, and his first album was only 10 years before that. I'm realizing how little of his work I'm familiar with, even though I've heard a lot of Bowie. Probably be listening to a lot more in the future, even if he was keeping a Low Profile.

I’ve always wanted to listen to a David Bowie album but never had the chance to (I was lazy) but now that I have, I can say that I regret not doing so this is just one album that brought me into a futuristic world into a 80s 90s movie set into the future. I loved this album from start to finish. I am excited to listen to more of Bowie’s work in the future.

Loved it!

A breakthrough album for Bowie. Rarely strong melodically, He was always so willing to try new things not afraid to challenge his audience, such as Low. Stronger conceptually, visually than musically.

It was shaping to be my first 5 to a Bowie album, but the second half is too slow and disconnected so it ended up being a 4.

Excellent David Bowie

Super album!

Daora

This was a great experience to listen to, very interesting music being created.

Ambient, dark, haunting, influential, & a ballsy departure from his previous sound (so much so that the label, RCA, initially rejected it & then postponed its release). Maybe not what you think of when you think of David Bowie, but there's a reason he's got the most albums (9) on this list as a solo artist (the other 3 -- John Lennon, Paul McCartney, & Neil Young, are split between solo & band/group releases).

I think out of the Berlin trilogy, Heroes is best, but this is very good too. That echoey snare drum sound that runs throughout irritates me a bit for some reason. Ambient part does sound good through headphones whilst concentrating on something. 4.5/5

Are we sure he was clean when he wrote this?

The bass lines all over this album are fantastic. Classic Bowie quite a few instrumental tracks but overall solid. Stand out tracks: - Sound and vision - Be my wife

Classic Bowie. I’d recognize his quintessential sound anywhere. None of his classics, but still an enjoyable listen.

For me, Bowie’s like Prince, The Beatles, Joni Mitchell and Dylan: if you don’t click with one album it’s no biggie, just wait for the next because they all don’t tend to repeat themselves as artists. Love them for that; it’s amazing how rare that trait is amongst musicians who tend to find a musical lane and pretty much stay there album by album. I like Low, but Station to Station is probably my favorite of his Berlin Trilogy. I could see that changing though; this is the more challenging (rewarding?) listen between them. I definitely found more to focus on and enjoy with Low this time around, compared to my first listen a couple of months ago. Where Station to Station was more cohesive thematically and probably more commercially accessible because of that, Low was clearly Bowie stretching to go beyond where he was with his “Plastic Soul” persona on Young Americans. It’s an album that demands more of me, I can appreciate it for that and can see it growing on me with more listens. You can’t deny its influence on the Ambient and even Punk movements to come, with both its instrumentals and discordant synth chord progressions. Bowie superfans consider this a masterpiece and while I’m not there (at least yet), I can see why.

Great sound, not my favorite Bowie album

Obviously and important transitional Bowie album. Very well liked but not my favorite. I appreciate the instrumental tracks. Still more of a 4/5 for me.

It’s quite experimental and a lot of it is instrumental which is unusual for a Bowie album

The first of the Berlin trilogy and a worthy entry in Bowie's catalogue. I'm glad the generator gave me an Eno album a bit ago so I could hear his touches here. The instrumental second half is a welcome adventure. Not one of my favorite Bowie records, but a great listen and one I plan on revisiting. Highlights: Speed of Life, Breaking Glass, Sound and Vision, Always Crashing in the Same Car, Be My Wife, Warszawa

It was quite good. I wasn’t expecting any less though because it’s David Bowie.

Electronic and ambient-ish Bowie album. Definitely drifts away from his early work. I do enjoy it though, it brings a new angle to his music. Favourite songs include "Sound and Vision", "Always Crashing in the Same Car" and "Be My Wife" (truly catchy tunes — 'Please be mine, share my life. Stay with me, be my wife!')

Low? More like LUSH! This album is like diving smoothly into a lazy-river made of synths and floating around letting the current push you around. Eno's presence is huge in the creation of these layers of tone and texture and pulsating sound and slow swelling rhythm, with Bowie crooning louchely over the top, bringing a bit of edge and charisma to the chilled out mood. Sound and Vision is an all time great electropop song. The rest is a lot less individually memorable though. The first half distills emergent 70s synth pop to forge the foundation of the 80s new-wave sound (it's also a cool extension of the song-writing style and aesthetic on Iggy Pop's the Idiot). The second half is an excursion through krautrock ambience.

Few words, lots of melodic songs, that’s the Bowie I never heard before. A lot of country influences and probably something else that I didn’t even recognise hahahah

The first half of the album is good, but the second half is absolutely phenomenal and some of David Bowie’s best work.

Don't love some of the instrumental stuff, but overall very strong.

It’s Bowie but I’m not so keen on the instrumental stuf. And tbh I’m not in the mood to say anything more

Close to five on first lesson but not quite there warzsaw is a great song thuogh

Maybe I just don't get it, 'cause I love Bowie, but this just isn't it for me.

Certainly a unique soundscape to an album.

brian eno and bowie would be brilliant. really enjoyed a relisten, not bowies best but very high up there. love 'what in the world' more on this listen, and art decade. was subterraneans inspired by kerouac? 4.25

my favorite album of the Berlin trilogy, an extremely experimental album like usual with bowie. most of the album is ambient tracks, which i still enjoy but i wish bowie had a stronger presence on the album, every time he shows up he makes the track even better

On the first listen, I thought this album was O.K., but not my favorite Bowie. I listened to it a couple more times and started to love it. He really plays around with a lot of different styles and emotions. It starts with more commercial rock and pop influences, but then starts to evolve into something more experimental and introspective, closing with an almost trance- like meditation.

Great, really great Side one is brilliant and side two is beautiful. Second best bowie so far. Very very high 4 that will eventually be a 5

‘Our conceptual parameters are not that dissimilar. Brian would often set tasks which would define the movements of the day and then we would work according to that plan, which he would redefine in the studio... Brian’s thing is to break the structure from the beginning of the day and enter into a feeling of improvisation from new places.’ David Bowie in an interview with Paul Gormanis, 1995. Highlights: Speed of Life, Breaking Glass, Sound and Vision, Be My Wife, A New Career in an Old Town, Warszawa, Subterraneans. In a nutshell: the bleak, atmospheric first chapter of the Berlin Trilogy. The quote above is necessary context for creating the Berlin Trilogy (Low, “Heroes” and Lodger). David Bowie meeting Brian Eno and Tony Visconti was one of the best things that happened to Bowie’s career. You can hear some of the rock/funk elements that remain (Sound and Vision). I can feel the sense of displacement- émigré - off A New Career In A New Town, Warszawa and Subterraneans. Low is contemplative. It won’t be for everyone. Give it a chance because Bowie dared himself to try making different music. Overall: 8/10

Bowie’s got those apple bottom jeans and the boots with the fur.

This sounds like it’d be a side 2 of a double album for Labrynth . I have mad respect for Bowie and most of the time I put on one of his albums, I’m left saying to myself “what the fuck are we doing here”? As in I have no idea what direction this album is going and I have no idea how he released a song that sounds like utter trash to me. Not this album. I really enjoyed this one. Warzawa…..not good Choice cut: Sound and Vision

I really liked the first half of this. The second half is a little too Tangerine Dream for me. I read the summary on Apple Music so I understand what Bowie was doing. I just don’t really take to that type of music. Would have been 5 star for me if the second half followed the first.

Genious Artist, verry interesting.

Cool and ambient but not peak Bowie.

Nice ambient/electronica sound, Bowie never ceases to surprise, with each record different from the other, yet distinctly Bowie.

- The second half of this album, which contains the moody, almost entirely instrumental tracks, is divine. It starts strongly with "A New Career in a New Town" and ends strongly with "Subterraneans" and everything in-between is worth listening to. If the entire album sounded like this, then five stars. - The tracks on the first side are fine, even more than fine, and they have way more heart and charisma than the previous album (Station to Station). (This is particularly true of "Speed of Life.") But it just does not match up to or totally coherent with the second half.

A bit haunting but interesting

This is not a criticism, but when we wonder now how David Bowie could put out three albums in two years (the Berlin Trilogy) knowing this album contains 11 tracks and 6 of them are mostly instrumental can help to provide an answer of sorts. Also, drugs. The instrumentals are also not bad. "Speed of Life" is a jam even without words and the feel of the instrumentals does compliment the overall sound of the album. I really like the shorter track times (not just because they are short) as it seems to pack a lot of good music in a small run time. Bowie was incredibly talented at pivoting his sound. I get the feeling Bowie wanted to make music but he was having difficulty expressing himself lyrically. This is my 6th David Bowie album and I have found I enjoy his work much more than I thought I would.

Lots of instrumentals, quite ambient / ethereal.

Original - totalement inconnu (jamais entendu à la radio à l'époque). 4eme album généré pour moi, mais premier que j'aurais envie d'écouter de nouveau. J'aime bien les pistes instrumentales. 14/20

3.5

Had to skip Warszawa but other than that I enjoyed the journey.

Low was very good, though I think it kind of fell off a bit near the end, sadly.

Going into this album I didn't expect to like it terribly much. After all, there was a line on its Wikipedia page about how much it influenced post-punk bands. I haven't disliked every post-punk album I've heard, but I sure as well haven't had a clean track record with it either, so I didn't have exactly high hopes. But then at the beginning of side two, there was this moment where I had to just... Stop what I was doing. Stop, close my eyes, inhale deeply through my nostrils... I have to give all the credit in the world to Brian Eno and the influence he had. Even on an album this gloomy and dark, there are moments in the soundscape I found kind of beautiful, actually. Really, it's a similar reaction I had to the two Eno album my group's gotten before, and it proves I really shoulda paid more attention to the "electronica" genre credit on Wikipedia. HUNKY DORY, largely because I've spent so much time with it, is still my favorite Bowie album, so that's why I'm not giving this a five. However, just the fact alone that it made such a strong case for that spot is incredibly noteworthy.

Bowie is always a nice treat and this album doesn't disappoint. From the instrumental opener, even lacking words, you know this is a Bowie album. His style is very unique and timeless. Definitely an album you can listen to front to back without any regrets. Just great bangers. Standout Tracks: Speed of Life, Breaking Glass, Sound and Vision

Liked it much better than I thought I would

This is such a good listen, but not because it’s a Bowie record. It’s just a very atmospheric and ambient record, unlike anything I’ve ever heard before. I love Bowie, and I honestly knew none of these songs going into this listen. It’s concise, but all of the tracks bleed together and meld so pleasantly that I couldn’t often distinguish one track from the next. I think Bowie was just so in his flow when he was creating this album. It really shows what a unique artist he was, with such nuanced sensibilities. Not my favourite Bowie tracks, but the artistry is undeniable here.

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Interesting album that was very original at the time a highly influential to many genres to follow.

This shit is just so good

Especially those ambient tracks at the end

Another icon and another easy one. I was brought up on Bowie and whilst this doesn't get the full marks, it was a joyous listen.

GUY JUST DOESNT KNOW HOW TO MISS

I always forget just how good this is when considering Bowie’s discography - I guess because other than Sound and Vision it doesn’t feature the big singles that Ziggy and Hunky Dory have in spades. It’s a fantastic set of tracks though - some ambient and immersive; some fleeting - and despite a range of genres they all flow together like a strange opera. It tails off slightly towards the end for me, but is an otherwise fantastic entry to a ridiculously strong body of work

pretty good mostly instrumentals

Familiar with the name but not any of his tunes. I looked up his discography and I do know Fame.

Very mystical project. Half of it is basically all instrumental. Sounds like a movie soundtrack if they were trying to make electronic music sound orchestral. I liked it, and I feel like another listen would give me more appreciation for the album. I can’t say whether or not I wanted more of Bowie’s singing on it, as I feel the album succeeds at what it set out to do. Standouts: Sound and Vision, Always Crashing in the Same Car, A New Career in Town, and Subterraneans.

3.5/5 Best Track: Sound and Vision

This is the first Bowie album I've listened to in full. I'm surprised it's taken me so long to get to but I'm not disappointed. I'm not usually a fan of too many instrumental tracks but I did like these. Favourite track: Sound and Vision

The first Bowie I've actually liked!

This is not one album but two half-albums. The first is decently experimental, and its good even though not to my liking. But I can't even start to find words to describe the second part. Fantastic would be an understatement, mind-blowing, out of this world and yet so familliar. I think Bowie, Eno and others at that time invented the music of the future (which is part of the music of our days now), and allowed to take a small glimpse into it. I wish it was not so small, but that is the only negative thing I can say about the second part.

Oh, I'm so conflicted about this record. The first seven songs are fantastic, ambient art rock that's very danceable and Bowie-esque. It's crazy that this was influenced by Neu! and Kraftwerk, because those guys are pretty horrible but this album rocks. And then... I reach the 8th track, Warszawa. Ah.... this is where the influence is at its peak. What was initially a fun twist on avant garde music became a slew of boring and monotonous sounds. What a shame! Oh well. We'll always have Breaking Glass, Sound and Vision, Always Crashing in the Same Car, Be My Wife, and A New Career in a New Town.

Rating: 8.5/10 Great album overall. The instrumentation and production was amazing throughout, Bowie pushes boundaries yet again on this album to mostly great results. The first half is more classic Bowie, experimental but catchy instrumentation with great vocal melodies. The second is very ambient and interesting musically, a lot of different instruments are used to create a beautiful wall of ambient sound. The second half can be a bit meandering and maybe a bit too long compared to the first but overall this album is great. Favorite songs: Speed of Light, Breaking Glass, Sound and Vision, Always Crashing in the Same Car, Be My Wife, Warszawa, Weeping Wall, Subterraneans. Worst song: What in the World.

Enjoyed it more than I expected. Weird, but listenable. The vibe: "a bunch of friends got tipsy, broke into a recording studio, and made whatever the hell they wanted." Starts loud and bombastic, but slides into dreamscape when the buzz wears off.

The first half of the album was pretty good, but I really loved the second half with its weird atmospheric tracks. Warszawa gave me some serious Final Fantasy vibes. It almost feels like two different listening experiences. I am probably going to give it a 4, but the back half is a five in my heart.

видимо, Боуи настолько пиздат, что сделал кучу разных альбомов и хоть один любимчик найдется для каждого кажется, я впервые проникся его музыкой. ничего до этого меня так не цепляло. я сомневаюсь, что услышу у Боуи что-то лучше но, извините, на 5 все равно не тянет...

Низко. Краут-роково. Смешно.

Floaty tunes, otherworldly sounds.The instrumental tracks were super interesting, possibly my favorite part of the album. I don’t know much about Bowie, looking forward to exploring more.

First half had some solid rock songs. Second half sounded like Paul Atreides was about to start a holy war.

It's good, but the changes in style and tone make it somewhat difficult to enjoy.

Upon first listen, I liked the album overall, but had to listen again to get my final rating. I was going to land on a 3 but I think I'll bump it to 4. There is something about Bowie's experimental sounds that fit so well with his voice.

The first half of this album is very strong with hits like Sound and Vision. Unfortunately, the second half is not as strong.

The first of what I suspect will be many of David Bowie’s albums on this list. Went in with fairly high expectations given that everyone raves about Bowie. Took a few songs to warm up, then Sound and Vision felt like the turning point. Quite surprised by how much of it was instrumental, and really enjoyed subterraneans at the end.

This is the one Bowie album that didn't completely do it for me, which is only disappointing because at times it's pretty damn great. Maybe there's too much Brian Eno influence.

Lovely. I've never paid much attention to the Berlin trilogy before so this was an interesting exploration, which I enjoyed a lot. For now this is definitely my favorite out of those 3 albums. I love the instrumental tracks in the second half, Warszawa is particularly beautiful. According to Wikipedia, "side two was about his musical observations living in Berlin" which I can definitely imagine living in Berlin myself nowadays

Decent, like Bowie

The context of it being in a reformative period for Bowie, Eno is involved and its setting makes this inventive and influential. Ahead of its time somewhat for ‘77 but Zappa meets Bowie, hence Eno. Best experienced with deep surround or good headphones. The $ is in the production.

Love David Bowie, sad to see him go

It's cool. I probably won't remember it later.

Some weirdness, but that's bowie. Still bowie

Rating: 8/10. Great. Listeners of genre should hear this. Genre: Synth/Glam Rock. Psychedelic/Experimental? Notes: Groovy and funky music, fun lyrics. "Cool." Unique and interesting. Feels like a soundtrack, almost psychedelic but not quite. Takes me on a journey in my mind. Started out around 6/10 but went up to 8/10 by the end. My rating has potential to go higher the more I listen to it.

A mostly calm paced, relaxed album. I like the bass highlighting, the vocals are great, though the short length of the songs kind of threw me off at the start. Otherwise a great album, but sadly not something that I'd have in my playlist, personally.

The best album from Berlin trilogy, imo. So much impact on other famous musicians. My personal favorites are Breaking Glass, Sound and Vision, Warszawa

I loved the 70s

I like this, get good vibes from the lofi style electronic elements

Not really a casual/everyday listen. Wasn’t really in the mood for it today, however, it does have some very interesting sections.

Loved the two distinct sides.

Fun listen, Bowie at his best

Eeire and Moody, loves it

Magic. 4.375.

The first half is glittery cheesy synth pop that not quite up to the standard of Bowies 80s mega catchy grooves. The second half is ambient noise and melody in a glorious blend of vibe and feel.

Decent as an album, not likeky to listen to individual songs.

Unsure after a first listen but it's great once you understand

I have never heard this album or these songs before. I thought it was really good and quite different from a lot of his other stuff. I was a little less fond of the instrumentals as they went on a bit. Listens: 2 Fave Track: Sound and Vision Rating: 4

Me gustó bastante, sigue sin ser de mis favoritos pero la calidad del sonido y de la voz de bowie están muyy bien

A trip with a couple of highlights that are revisiting worthy

While a fan of Bowie, I've never given this album much attention. I like this era of Bowie - songs are characteristic of the ones you hear on the Bowie at the Beeb recordings. Seems like there are a few instrumentals on here or at least songs with very little singing, which I find rare with Bowie albums. Glad to have 'discovered' a Bowie album this late in the game.

Seeing another David Bowie record, I always assume I'll know at least a few songs. The only song I recognized on this one was Sound and Vision, which I gotta say isn't one of my favorites. While Side A was just fine, I really got into Side B with its moody atmosphere and limited vocals.

This may be my favorite David bowie album. Very space-y. Lots of instrumentals. Would love to listen to high.

Almost feels like I need to give this two different reviews. The A and B side are vastly different, with the A side typical Bowie rock and the B-side an avant garde mini-album. Very interesting as a whole.

Really interesting album. Liked the orchestrations, but only a few tracks grabbed me.

Funk meets post rock. Two very different sides of an album. But you can here it came straight from the head of Bowie.

A bit of a hidden gem, I had not heard any songs from it before. Was surprised by the number of instrumental tracks, but very cool as part of Bowie's progression

David Bowie is proving that I might not hate electric synthy rock like I thought I did. Low is so sparse. Side 1 is very German synth rock, abusive, industrial almost, clearly a big influence Trent Raznor. Side 2 is a dreamy soundscape, a soundtrack to a post apocalyptic movie. 8.7/10