Reviews (page 8 of 14)
Someone mentions avant guarde and I usually cringe because it has been done so badly. Bowie makes the unusual, alien, and sudden acccessible. Like he knows all those weird parts of each of us and can use that to interface with all the wider weird.
Not my favorite Bowie album. Not one of my 5 favorite Bowie albums. Side 1 is great, but Side 2 is overrated. Too much art, not enough Bowie. Still a very good album, just not that good.
Pretty damn good
Half experimental art rock album. Half dark Brian Eno-esque ambient album (which makes sense since Eno is a producer). Not sure if the two halves create a satisfying whole, but I can easily appreciate the beauty of each side on its own; the former a bit more so than the latter. Second Listen?: Definitely Favorite Tracks: Sound and Vision, Speed of Life, Breaking Glass, Always Crashing in the Same Car
Been a few years since I've heard it. Certainly belongs on the list.
70s Bowie with lots of interesting instrumentals.
Pretty interesting. I think I will like it more and more
Muy bueno
Vrainent un bon album avec beauxoup d'experimentatione t des sons de malaxes. J'adore 4.70
Dobar je
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKoY1fw7yCo sori idiot sam mozak mi je spržen od ispita.
Chill Bowie vibes. Perfect for a lazy Sunday afternoon. Best track: Sound and Vision
This album isn't what I usually think of from Bowie. Almost all of these songs could easily have been in FFVIII
There's a frantic energy to this album. It's a little messier and unpolished than some Bowie albums are. That being said, it's undeniably catchy. The opening instrumental is surprisingly engaging. The album is also very bass-forward. Sound and Vision is the only song on here that I knew already, which is not really that indicative of the rest of the album. It continues Bowie's inter-galactic, alien, space kind of vibe, but it's hardly stale. Interesting listen.
Some good tracks in here. Best Bowie I've heard yet.
not my favorite Bowie it's solid as always.
Crazy how all of David Bowles album sound ahead of their time, futuristic, and emblematic of the time it was made all at once
Loved SOond and Vision
A great start.
People used to give David Bowie crap about being thin all the time, but he just broke through their false barriers. Then he was hounded by the 'false music paparazzi.' The media monkeys and the junky junkies all invited Bowie to play at the plastic pantomime. But, he just threw their invites away and reinvented himself. Two words: eye patch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc4efBM_9JM
More of a dramatic cinematic soundtrack than album but not in a bad way. Again not my favourite Bowie but still incredible enough to justify his placement on the wall with the other gods of good tunes
An interesting and experimental Bowie sound that stays pretty strong for the first 2/3rds. Around Warszawa we get a bit more atmospheric and electronic, but it becomes a bit less interesting and doesn't quite keep up the momentum of the earlier album. Still enjoyable.
4 bowie
Waswazta
Love it, its not what I listen to normally, but I will definetely get on vinyl when my record player arrives. Its an incredible album and I will definetly be listening to the whole thing again.
7/10 interesting album, the atmospheric instrumental parts were nice
7/10. Pleasant album, but a bit boring, at least for driving. So far, definitely a low for David Bowie albums on this list.
A strange spot in Bowie's discography. It's solid but not really special. 7/10
Synth driven instrumentals stand out. Grows on you.
I've always listened to Bowie's earlier eras of music - though, of course, I've heard this album or at least many of the songs on it. This is an interesting transition from the earlier, glam stuff. I love the moody, atmospheric stuff on here. Seems fitting for the soundtrack of Bladerunner. It's a great album that continues to show Bowie's musical depth
What a jam! Fairly straightforward rock on this album (with a couple strange signature Bowie tracks). Loved Breaking Glass! Not his best album ever, but I liked it.
This album (along with Heroes, Lodger, and Lou Reeds’ Berlin) was responsible for me hitchhiking across Europe to Berlin in the summer of 1984.
The third 1977 album I’ve been served this week! And turns out to have been a hell of a fitting followup to Kraftwerk, given some of the production history stuff, influences, etc. Bowie’s another of my major blind spots, and I suspect this might not have been the best jumping-in point if I’m going to be lazy and only learn about him at the pace of the 1001 albums generator. I'm sure I'll get another shot soon.
A lot of fun, I wonder if Trent reznor and Atticus Ross were Bowie fans.
Great mixed album from DB.
Not the most accessible album by Bowie but an interesting sonic exploration - this one needs more than a day to savour but clearly a lot of pedigree
Really enjoyed this. I like Bowie but I enjoyed the instrumentals and wouldn’t necessarily known it was him. Some were contemporary symphonies. 4*
I love this period of Bowie....the Berlin period. And Low is generally regarded as the masterpiece from the Berlin period. But I actually prefer both Station to Station and Heroes. I acknowledge that Low is the more unconventional and atmospheric of the three, but I find myself wondering what the point of songs like; Art Decade and Weeping Wall. Having said that Low is one of the greatest post-punk / New wave albums of all time. Considering that it was released in 1976 three years before post-punk was invented that's something. 4 5 🌟
My brain may be addled, because I find it impossible not to hear Dune in Warszawa and Blade Runner in Art Decade. And in that light, Low is a slightly disjoint effort by Bowie. The goofy hair weirdness is gone from this music, vocal shrieks replaced by guitars. It's a wonderful choice, as the abstraction and applied effects are only really effective on instruments. I am sure that there is a sample or quote of New Career on Blackstar. The weirdness here is more outsider, more Trout Mask Replica. I love it, and the instrumentals somewhat less. Low's a better album than many 4s on this list.
listened to again nice and chill, cool sonic exploration
mais ou menos, boazinha mas não é algo que eu vou pensar “nossa tava afim de ouvir um low by david bowie”
needs more listens, sound is stunning
Second track, I'm looking in the mirror lol Be my wife is sweet I like the synth, very alien along with the cover of the album. Evokes curiosity and exploration a lot of instrumentals which makes for ambient bowie noise Subterraneans interesting, kind of ominous and like a death march on Mars. would make a great soundtrack
Listened to this for the first time when I was 15, after Bowie had passed away. Most recent time was this past Saturday. The album dips a bit towards the end with all the instrumentals, but I've never been big on instrumental music anyway. It took a second listen to really appreciate and feel the emotion of all of them. Tracks like Be My Wife, Sound and Vision, Speed of Life and What in the World are brilliant, and for me it made sitting through Warszawa worth it. Bowie's Berlin period (and the album Station To Station, which preceeded it) was fantastic and it broke ground for the genres of post punk, new wave and 80s indie music. It also appeared to be necessary for Bowie's life in general as it was this period in his life that helped him overcome his crippling addiction to cocaine.
It wasn't the best David Bowie album but it was in fact a David Bowie album which means it was still pretty darn good. I did love the instrumental tracks.
The finest of Bowie’s Berlin trilogy
Could this be the Bowie album for listeners who are not Bowie fans? I've tried (admittedly not *that* hard) over the years to like Bowie, or even "get" him - but aside from a few cuts (mostly Ziggy Stardust) here and there I never enjoyed him and if I could pick only one reason it'd probably be his voice. No getting around his voice, really... unless... he recorded an album that sounded a lot like a focused Brian Eno record (hmm...) and he didn't sing a lot on it and when he did it was mixed down low with every other instrument.... Low! Eno worked on this record with him a lot which after listening to 3 early Eno records over the past few months it's not hard to pick out the similarities. But as referenced above, this is more focused (at least on the first half!). The first "half" (7 songs) are tight songs that are nonetheless not predictable; a lot of which has to do with lack of vocals or even just not having them come in when one might traditionally expect. That second half is weird and I love it - put on some headphones and turn out the lights and you can lose yourself in the sounds; I'd hesitate to call most of these "songs" but there is melody and depth to them. Shocking to me that this is the same guy that sang "Fame" or "Young Americans" - at any rate, the 2nd side is like a different album entirely, yet still fits under the same experimental melodic umbrella. A lot can be read about the production techniques on the album; especially the drum sounds on a few songs; they have a crunchy gated effect that suits the music really well. I enjoy the mix as well (again: headphones). This one surprised me - I saw David Bowie and thought "meh" but what a great surprise and a keeper. 8/10 4 stars.
David Bowie is a weird dude. But as I got into this album, I realized how hard I was vibing with it. Loved how instrumental it was, more listens on the way.
his music has always kinda either grabbed me or missed me entirely; no in-between. but even the stuff i don't care for is amazing, even if it's not to my taste. this album is great, though, from start to finish.
Cet album doit en grande partie sa réussite à l'absence de Bowie près du microphone.
-chill and funky but good to do homework to -not too many words which was unexpected -first time listening to David Bowie 6/10 -2 skips
David good
Here's a question - does the medium of how you listen to an album change your experience of it? ( and by extension, your level of enjoyment). I don't necessarily mean the sound quality of the medium : I just mean your experience in the sense of commitment. For example, when you play a record (or a CD for that matter), you are playing "my" copy, whereas streaming your playing "a" copy; sort of "borrowing it" - so there's perhaps less of an obligation to enjoy it (or even play it all the way through). Anyway that preamble has some context. I recently inherited a bunch of LPs from my late uncle, and Low was one of them. After I cleaned it up, I played it, loved the sound and the gothic texture of the synths and thought it was fabulous record. It transported.e somewhere else. A great experience was had listening on headphones and looking at the artwork. It felt personal. Fast forward a few months and I played the same album via streaming for this review and I didn't feel the same connection. Maybe there's something impersonal about streaming, playing a track that's had X million plays, which is very much a communal thing. Maybe I'm a hopeless romantic with..y love of vinyl. Anyway, it's certainly food for thought for those who care about such things.
More chill than I was expecting. I love the eccentricity.
Loved the first half of the album,not sure about the latter tho
Some classics on this album. The other tracks were pretty good too.
Good album, I only knew Sound and Vision (which I like). Warszawa has some serious Twin Peaks vibes. As many have said: not my favourite Bowie, but still enjoyable.
Haunting
hodne instrumentalek
Loved ambient section
Buenas melodías. Gran voz
a Bowie album that hits my spot a bit, but I can't help but think 5 Bowie albums in this list is a bit much... pick a lane!
Some classic tracks, but moody instrumental tracks interesting but not great
Really good album and the one before Heroes. So it's interesting to see how he developed a sounds on this album already.
8/10
Love Bowie, great songs, some not great
not bad for david bowie. 4/5
Nothing wrong with a bit of psychadelic bowie... at least he's not bad!
I did not know this album from him, but again, Bowie did not disappoint! I did not like the last song though...
Classic Bowie side one, experimental Bowie side two.
Currently at track 5 - very futuristic for the fact it was made in 1977. Bowie's vocals are good but wouldn't be a repeat listen for me as is. I read some things about this being the first of the Berlin Trilogy: I'm very excited to hear the other 2 albums because the ambiance of Subterraneans is fantastic. The general "soul" of the track, the feeling it carries with it is very good in execution. I'd rate this album a 7/10 on first listen, but I can imagine some of these tracks really growing on me soon. Looking forward to listening to the first 3 tracks of the album as I didn't like those at first.
-I like the melody rhythm in "Breaking Glass" -"A New Career in a New Town" and "Warszawa" have a pretty spooky ethereal vibe to them -Generally pretty good, just never god really epicly
Spacey and groovy A good place to start for lesser known Bowie stuff
Absolutely a classic album - who wouldn't want to listen to full Bowie album (answer - me - i'm not sure i've actually listened to anything that wasn't a greatest hits). Minimal 'hits' - i.e. Sound and Vision. It was challenging and fascinating. Look forward to the next Bowie album (must be a few more in the list!)
Top
Berlin-album, står skarpt, kan næsten ikke blive bedre
The start of this was a proper bop. Way more chill towards the end, but it still made good background music. I probably won't come back to the last few tracks though.
Enjoyed side 1; didn't enjoy the noodling on side 2.
Initially, I rolled my eyes at having to listen to a Bowie album, and one I'd never heard of at that. Surprisingly, I found myself quite enjoying it, thought it was a 3. Went back for another listen and I think it deserves more than that. Four stars - Bowie, but not as you know it, and all the better for it.
Когда не можешь сходить на Дюну - самое то
I like this album because it has some classic tunes, but mostly because it loses its shit from track 7 onwards, its as if Bowie finished the album and then left the tape recording and another band came in and recording 5 more tracks onto the end....madness
Hadn't realised the second half was all instrumental. I dig it. I think I'd enjoy whatever imaginary film it's a soundtrack to. Also, Sound and Vision is one of my favourites and worth big points on its own. FOUR STARS.
Bowie and Eno, why am I not surprised. Good album, has its legacy in ambience and electronic, but not as big an album as Station to Station.
not bowie’s best album but really strong and likeable
This is a record that I've heard many times. I think I might own it. But it's never top on the list of Bowie records that I reach for. The sounds are interesting, but in some ways they all feel like short ideas for things that could have become more fully-fledged songs. Because there isn't a lot of change happening in the songs, I'm thankful they are short. I prefer the record before this "Station to Station" and the record after "Heroes." Since this is the first of the Berlin trilogy, I think it gets lumped in with better records. But I guess in the context of the time its pretty remarkable. Highlights: The lead guitar and quirky synths in "Breaking Glass;" The lightheartedness of "Sound and Vision;" The obvious influence of the intro of "A New Career in a New Town" on Radiohead's Kid A (which has to be on this list somewhere, right?); I love how cinematic "Warszawa" is.
A great Bowie era
Decent enough. Quite moody for bowie
Slow jam Instrumental
There might be a reason this isn’t one of the Bowie “canon” albums, but I like it. It’s very different, with electronic instrumental tracks. I think listening to it offers a new perspective on Bowie and a different sort of experience. I approve. Favourite track: “Subterraneans”
Didn't specify 3.5s and 4.5s before now. Previous 3.5s - Sheer Heart Attack, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, The Cars, Dire Straits Previous 4.5s - Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
Good opening track. Wish that Sound and Visions didn't have that hissing noise. The later Eno experimental tracks are interesting, weird but drag on with repeat listens.
Not too catchy but really good as background music, more instrumental than other Bowie albums I've heard
🎸🎙🤵
Für David Bowie Verhältnisse kam mir das Album über weite Strecken regelrecht garagig und roh vor.
Wenn ich mir überlege, dass es seinerzeit etwas ganz Neues war, gefällt es mir sehr. Ich würde es gerne mit den Ohren der 70er hören und noch mehr die neuen Töne entdecken. Ich mag das dünstere und die Geräusche und das man irgendwie darin verschwinden kann.
well, there it is, the good bowie album. only ever listened to him as a greatest hits kind of artist. i bet germay was shit in the 80s and that is what this album nicely conveys.
Had only heard Sound and Vision before, which is a favorite. The whole album has a really nice range from the pop-flavored to the somewhat experimental, with a lot of influence from German synth bands of the 70s. A fun evening listen.
Always love Sound and Vision. The other songs on the album take a little more work to get into, but I do like it. Also it's like half-instrumental.
A triumph of sound and vision
Chyba sie zmowili, w poprzednim piku hejtuje pana brajana eno i od razu dostalem dokladke, tym razem z legendarnego lowa bowiego, ktory otwiera berlinska trylogie, ktora tak w ogole zostala nagrana w wiekszosci we francji, o tej plycie mozna smialo powiedziec, ze ma dwie strony, pierwsze 19 minut klasyczny rokowy bowie, mocno walacy po drumsach w tym wydaniu i z epickimi gitarkami, ktore o dziwo atakuja jedynie lewy kanal, jak na traku breaking glass gdzie slychac to najlepiej, bo takie solowki odjaniepwala pan carlos, ze glowa mala, jako ze eno sie czai w produkcji to synthy mocno weszly jak na what in the world, ale na szczescie wokale bowiego ratuja sytuacje i nie daja sie zawannowac, tak mniej wiecej gra pierwsze 19 minut, potem nastaje druga strona i warszawa, jak czlowiek slyszy cos takiego, to sie zastanawia co tam musial bowie zobaczyc w tych latach 70, ze takie post apo zrobil, najbardziej kojarzy mi sie to z bookiem peanatema, pewnie z powodu tych wokali ktore przypominaja zawodzenie mniszkowe, a matematykowe mnichy z tej ksiazki swietnie pasuja do konceptu, przekazywania info za pomoca notacji muzycznej, kolejne traki rowniez praktycznie w calosci instrumentale lecz juz nie o tak przerazliwym klimacie rowniez trzymaja poziom czegos niespotykanego w muzyce popowej, bo przeciez to jest jednak bowie, nie mam plejki na takie instrumentalne, wiec dam do jednego wora braking glass i warszawke, chociaz to jedna z tych plyt ktore warto przesluchac od openingu do endingu, bo traki maja swietne przejscia i stanowia plynna calosc tworzac unikatowy klimat, ktorego u bowiego nie mozna bylo wczesciej dostac na zadnym albumie
Minimal lyrics, bit Pink Floyd sounding. A new career in a new town added it my liked songs The harmonica part sounds like a tune from Black Star album
Haven't heard this Bowie before. Very different.
A very layered and diverse album with sounds that are very moving and instrumental
Bastantes canciones instrumentales.
Interesante. Mucho mejor de lo que esperaba
bueno
I've not listened to the Berlin trilogy before. I liked this record. Very Blade Runner-y.
Moet je drie keer luisteren
This is really interesting, especially side 2. Giving it 4 stars.
I hadn't heard this album before
No two songs sound alike. lots of variation throughout this album.
So surprisingly upbeat and felt like a complete album. Hardly a stinker on it. Groovin and then reflect on the groovin'. Don't think I had the patience for the end though.
Cool album. Very blade runner esque (pre BR) lot of ambient sounds. Mostly instrumental but I dug it.
Just as odd as you would expect a Bowie album to be. Very space/ambience feel. I like it, but would have to be in the mood for it going forward
Vibey, no words really so we just chillin. Good to listen to while emailing but also could see potential of laying on ur bed high/sober and just contemplating an shit
A couple cool songs. I get this might have been really influential at the time, but idk. Can’t see myself listening to it a ton over the next few years. Some of the ambient stuff is kinda cool, but not like a great tangerine dream album or anything like that.
Lovely, as always.
Enjoyed this a lot more than I remember.
Literally could be a 5 on another day and i'll probably regret giving this a 4, the transition between side a and b is a little jarring still but both are awesome.
My first full album by Bowie was not a disappointment. More artsy than expected. Pretty good.
Psycho
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I like Bowie but this has no sticking power for me
Sound and Vision really carries this album. Overal not a bad album, but compared to the other Bowie albums on this list it falls flat. The second ambient side feels like a different artist.
It was a David Bowie album. It was fine. You can hear some of the prog influence in the electronica, and that’s kind of neat, but as a whole it doesn’t do much to make me love Bowie.
Not what I expected at all. Really experimental and lots of instrumentals. It'll need a few listens to really digest.
Tämä bowtie levy vähän yllätti, koska olin asennoitunut edellisten levyjen tapaan vähän roskahtavaan. Mutta tämä ei ollut niin roskaa. Alkupuolisko oli okei ja loppupuoliskon ambientit maalaili ehkä jotain avaruustaulua, emmätiedä. Mutta kuitenkin, paras bowtie kuunnelluista
A bit too concept/experimental for me, but decent enough
Like all things Bowie… a bit weird. Always feels like music you are supposed to like, but are always trying to figure out. Some good songs , but a bit more techno than I like.
On its own, it’s just fine, but this would have made a killer film score. Also, we just happened to get Ziggy Stardust earlier this week, and it’s hard not to be disappointed in comparison.
One of the things I like about David Bowie generally is that his music is a little strange. This got a little too strange for me.
I’m hit and miss on Bowie. But this one is pretty average
Good concept Good for a more psychedelic vibe Bad for general listening
This album is frequently held up as one of Bowie's best, so I'll be seeing how it holds up to that reputation here. It's definitely one of the more experimental Bowie albums in this list, showcasing him experimenting with different song structures and electronic/kraut-style instrumentation. The first half of the album consists of short and fairly poppy songs, while the second half(beginning at "Warszawa") is more atmospheric in nature. Lyrics are mostly irrelevant to the album's sound, and vocals are mostly added as an extra layer of haunting sounds. This album is pretty good, but it's not really my favorite Bowie album(and a lot of his stuff is overrated in general). This album is ranked #9 of 27 albums for 1977. Other 1977 albums rated by me: Rumours(1/27)-5 Exodus(2/27)-4 The Stranger(3/27)-4 Out of the Blue(4/27)-3 "Heroes"(5/27)-3 Lust for Life(6/27)-4 Talking Heads '77(8/27)-4 Marquee Moon(11/27)-4 Aja(12/27)-3 Zombie(13/27)-4 Bat Out of Hell(15/27)-4 My Aim Is True(16/27)-2 The Idiot(18/27)-3
the contrast between a and b side is wild. when I learned Eno had a hand in this album, it all made sense. not my fav Bowie, but chapeau for experimenting
spox, czillowy album do puszczenia w aucie. warszawa najfajniejsza. 3.5/5
The highlight of this is Sound and Vision and on first listen the rest of the album doesn’t really measure up. What the album does is give an insight to the musical exploration and creativity that would normally be behind closed doors. It feels like we’ve been let in to an early jam session. It doesn’t have nearly enough vocal but also shows some of the versatility of Bowie voice and mind that isn’t always obvious in some of the commercial hits. It takes a bit of patience but for an insight on the process behind Bowie characters and hits this is unique.
En tiiä olinko tätä ikinä aiemmin kuunnellu. Hyvää settiä ja vähän heikompia biisejä välissä
Ihan jänniä soundeja ja ratkasuja. Ei mikään biisi kuuhun mennyt, mutta tasasta tappavaa.
Kunnon game of two halves -liepu. Kokeilevan keittiön äärelle lähtenyt taavetti kun ei oo huvittanut perinteinen väykky. Mut ihan ok.
Because I appreciate Bowies work and I really, really wanted to give it the four stars I gave it a few tries. Side A has some nice tunes and catchy pieces. And "Sound And Vision" and "Be My Wife" are great. But there is too much instrumental stuff on side B that don't catches me at all. So this album lands a bit lower in my rating than expected. 3,5
I like David but this album wasn’t it. Couple bangers but nothing special
I thought there was no such thing as a bad David Bowie album, but this is at best mediocre. It starts well enough, but from Warsawa onwards it turns into an ambient record taking up three quarters of the album. Not even good ambient music. I can’t get myself to rate it below three stars, the album has Sound and Vision after all. But Bowie was pushing it here.
Sound and vision is great. Lots of electronica which I didn’t expect. That’s it was Gary Numan a couple of times! I want to give it more…but it would be just for S&V really…so
I'm glad he took a break from drugs. Didn't mean I loved all of this but I'm still glad.
Liked the first half. Second half bored me. Not bad but I wouldn’t go back to it.
soso
I love David Bowie. A different album than his others with some moodiness to it. Enjoyable as always.
Maybe my favorite David Bowie album probably because he's hardly on it. Sounds like a bunch of musicians playing chord progressions that occasionally resemble songs. Bowie "phones in" some vocals every now and then to remind us we should love this album. All joking aside, it did keep my attention for the entire album and I would listen again. A rare feat from the albums on this list.
I loved all of the instruments and it’s so easy to listen to!! My favorite song was speed of life! The only thing I didn’t like was the vocals
Återigen ett sånt album som uppenbarligen är ett mästerverk och jättestort men som inte riktigt lyckas beröra mig. Känns lite väl smart och genomtänkt för att faktiskt kännas intressant. Inga låtar som fastnar heller. 6/10.
Not Bowie's best, in my opinion, which I know is against the expert view. This album does contain a few good tracks, like Sound and Vision, but it also contains below par tracs.
Definitely an interesting album, more instrumental than lyrical, which I don't like in general, but that is Bowie - he can't be put within confines of a genre and/or of any other kind ⚡
Not his best work, but there's always something interesting to listen to with Bowie.
Middling - none of these songs I had heard before despite listening to quite a bit of bowie. Lacks the punch and catchiness of other albums. Ambient. Subterraneans sounds very EDM at the start - ahead of its time. Not my favourite Bowie album - not sure I'll revisit.
Bowie moves to Berlin and discovers Krautrock. Sound and Vision is good. Too much Eno.
worried this is a hot take...i love david bowie plus sound and vision is one of my favs on this album but besides that i feel like there's not much for me to come back to. i liked some of the instrumentals but again i just don't see myself turning to this bowie album compared to his other works. (i also listened to part of this while on a run so maybe i wasn't the most attentive).
First half definitely sounded Bowie, second half Eno. As a result, rounding down from 3.5*. Aside from, “Sound and Vision,” mostly a “meh” result.
This album started well but got lower in my estimation as it continued, with the majority of the songs having little form and no/limited vocals.
Album is all over the place, some songs don't have any words but still sounded good. Nothing memorable or catchy.
I actually semi liked this album. The instrumentals were actually really interesting and way better than chord chord chord. It had life that’s for sure. Where the album doesn’t stand out to me was Bowies actual singing….his lyrics weren’t the best and more than half the songs were plainly instrumental- which isn’t bad but like I think only 1-2 songs max should only be instrumental not half the album. I would definitely re-listen to the songs that Bowie actually sings in, they were decent
I definitely don't mind the more ambient vibes this album gives. For the most part, I actually preferred them to the first half of the album. This is my first experience with a Bowie album front to back, but I can't say I was really wowed, merely entertained for its duration. Scoring this middle of the road to give ample room in case I'm more impressed with other stuff.
Some interesting moments on this album that don't seem very "Bowie-esque". Specifically the songs Warszawa, Weeping Wall and Subterraneans. Can't say its on the level of Ziggy Stardust, but very few albums are.
Enjoy some songs but other are ambient nonsense which does nothing for me
I have to say I preferred other Bowie's albums. This one is nice to listen to, but nothing caught my attention particularly.
I liked it a lot. It just needed a soupçon of something to get to a 4. Maybe a few more listens.
interesting album. i did not expect this type of music from what i heard of david bowie. i did enjoy it
70s generic Rock slop for the first half, second half actually interesting ideas, nothing too exciting though. Didn't hate it, just not memorable.
It was okay! Didn’t listen much
Iconic album I know but never one which has ever gripped me. Much prefer the second side ambient tracks the pick of which is Subterraneans and which is one of my favourite Bowie tracks. Good and as famous as he is I think that 9 albums on this list is a bit excessive. Hunky, Ziggy, Heroes and Blackstar is all you need to know about Bowie. 3/5 29/7/26
It has its moments but overall an album I can appreciate more than love. Given the man's stellar back catalogue I can only rate accordingly.
Not really my type of music, but I still enjoyed it. It really helped me focus and lock in while doing math homework, and I found myself nodding along to the beat and the instrumentals.
Good not great. Intriguing and stylistically varying, but not Bowie’s best work
Party in the front, electronics in the back
This is tough to rate- overall an enjoyable listen but the synth stuff is not my style
Liked it, especially the low, tired end of the album. But something is missing, even with two listens, maybe it just didn't vibe with me today, or maybe it's because i got a fire-er eno album yesterday.
Can't believe it's barely the 2nd album i get to review of Bowie's. Brian Eno really likes to make this experimental 2 sided album thing similar to the Heads 'Fear of Music' and 'Remain In Light'. Am I crazy to think that he got in the way of making 3 perfect albums and rather indulged into his personal artistic voyage instead of letting Bowie and Byrne land their own projects? Being a fan of Bowie's it's essential to listen to this album one way or another, but in a list of essential albums, i'm affraid that we started with the 2 weakest projects listed with this and The Next Day.
Very few vocals, Music heavy but still decent. 6.5/10
Første gang jeg lyttede til dette var på LP da jeg boede ved Søren og Britter. Kan huske at Søren kom ind med en omgang plader han anbefalede jeg skulle lytte til og der var denne en del af dem. Jeg lyttede til det et par gange husker jeg og læste om hvordan det var en del af hans berlin triologi, hvor han eksperimenterede med elektroniske lyde sammen med Brian Eno blandt andet. På trods af hvor eksperimenterende pladen var nåede den stadig op til nr 2 på hitliste i england. Den har været tydeligt med til at skabe den efterfølgende synthpop og post-punk bølge som Joy Divison og Depeche mode. derfor betragtes det også som at være proto post-punk. Den handler overordnet om manglende kontakt til andre mennesker, omverden og til ens eget tidligere jeg som jeg læser det. Det blev ikke produceret af Eno, men han spiller med på synthesizers. Det var også i denne periode han arbejdede sammen med Iggy pop på hans tracks hvor de også havde de her tørre trommer som der er et gennemgående tema der åbenbart er vigtigt at lytte efter. Ideen med hele albummet var åbenbart, at han gerne ville trække sig fra den store kendte glamour lyd fra glam rocken og ligesom gøre sig selv "smallere" og mindre igen for at opdage en ny musikalsk fremtid. Der er nogle danceable tracks fordi der er lidt funk og rytme over det på f.eks. sound and vision ville jeg sige. Synes det har lidt et stærkt minde i, at det er en af de albums jeg har fået anbefalet af nogle andre og jeg også lyttede til det på LP, det er langt fra alle albums jeg gør det med jo.
I’ve been loving Bowie for a while now but I’m struggling with this one. I know Brian Eno wrote and possibly produced this. The album has my favourite and lest favourite parts of Brian. The first 7 songs are brilliant, catchy and perfect Bowie songs. Then the last 4 instrumental songs do nothing for me and are really boring. Shame
not really my thing
Good.
3,5/5
If I never get another Bowie album, I’ll be happy.
7/10
Let's start with I LOVE DAVID BOWIE, but I've tried "Low" a few times now without understanding or embracing it's genius apparently. It feels more like rough drafts or incomplete songs. "Speed Of Life" is a catchy instrumental to open things up and I absolutely love the music and vocal on "Sound And Vision" which is a masterpiece. "Breaking Glass" and "What in the World" are just odd additions that add no value. The last 4 tracks are just instrumentals and none of them are all that great or enjoyable. Did he need to churn out an album to meet a contract or something? "Weeping Wall" is something I could do in my parents basement on their old Casio. No impressed this time either. 3 stars, it's all ok, but aside from one really catchy song it's slow and boring. It DOES NOT deserve a spot on the Top 1001. And let's all agree the man is good, but no one artist deserves more than 3-4 albums in the Top 1001, and not a single one deserves 7 (seven).
Influenciou muita coisa que veio depois no pós-punk. É uma espécie de odisseia: do quarto (referencia constante nas letras do lado A) a uma nova cidade cuja sonoridade remete a algo extra-terrestre (lado B). É o primeiro da trilogia de Berlim. Não é um disco para ser ouvido frequentemente, mas me agrada.
Very interesting listen. I’ll def have to relisten to this again some time later to see if this should be increased, as I very much enjoyed many of the tracks here.
I may be reaching Bowie fatigue, and this may have scored higher if it arrived in a different order, but here we are.
A: Så glad att dom lät David Bowie ta droger igen. Även om det inte är bra musik så är det helt angenämt att lyssna på #lovewhitenoise. David Bowie lyckades även fånga den LOW man känner då man försöker förnya sin hemförsäkring och elavtal på samma gång. Can't wait fö hans nästa album 3/5 D: It's giving master Bo Wie från bergen i södra Kina. Det började med något intressant men sen blev det lowk ancient monk ambiance. Dom låter honom verkligen göra vad som helst. Gillade början men blev nog väldigt väldigt ambient mot slutet. Skulle aldrig ha gissat att jag inte skulle kunna avgöra ifall David Bowie eller Hans Zimmer spelar. 2/5
A low profile start to the Berlin trilogy.
Was well on its way to at least 4 stars but there are far too many instrumentals. They should be a whole separate project.
Surprisingly fun and interesting. Don't think I was in the right mood for it but I can respect the hustle and innovation. 6/10
Low feels dated because its structure feels dated, not because its sounds are old. The record cuts itself in two. I understand the idea, and I don’t think the second half is worthless. I just don’t love divided albums. An album should feel like one piece. A paragraph can turn, but it still has to stay with itself. The first half does that. It sounds like rock being pushed forward without losing its body. The songs are sharp and strange. The backing tracks have depth. The drones give them motion instead of just mood. Then the album changes shape. The second half has dread and distance, and I can hear what it is reaching for. But it moves me less than it interests me. It feels like an early sketch of ambient as a full language. Eno would make that argument better on Music for Airports. Here, the idea is there, but it still feels unfinished. That is where Low loses me. The first half still feels alive. The second half feels important, but more tied to its moment. I respect it more than I want to return to it. Bowie’s vocals add personality, but they also push against the texture sometimes. They can feel scattered, like he is pulling the song toward himself instead of sinking into it. I don’t think modern vocals have less character. Geese makes the opposite case. The voices are strange and specific, but they still belong to the songs. So Low is interesting, especially song by song. As an album, it feels uneven. The second half matters. It just does not make the record feel whole.
I’ve never heard a single song from this record until now. Much more punk rock influenced or sounding than any Bowie I’ve heard before. Very solid 70s rock album so far. Be my wife is the standout track. I love the combo of rock and roll and alien synth rock sounds. I feel like this album influenced my own style of playing without even having heard it.
Best Track - "Sound & Vision"
First half of the album was pretty nice, but the second half...
Some nice instrumentals and catchy beats
Has some vibey bits sprinkled throughout, however, nothing too special jumped out from this album so best I can do is a 3.
Back to a more guitar led rock here for Bowie. It's all fine, but this is my 4th Bowie album in a month and I'm tiring. Be My Wife has those big bass piano lines, like a pub singalong. A couple of instrumentals too, which is interesting. Warszawa - a long ambient-ish, film-score like piece here. Why? I have no idea.. Okay, so side 2 is entirely instrumental, change is signalled by A New Career in Town. Why? I still have no idea Weeping Wall has fun marimba/xylo with heavy FX synth/guitar on top. Best track - Speed of Life, Be My Wife, A New Career in Town, Weeping Wall 3 stars - an album of two halves, but neither gelled with me.
fine, not really into all this instrumental electronic stuff
3.5 It’s good! I don’t hate it or anything, and I get why it’s important! But is it wrong to say I prefer my Bowie a little more rocking? There’s great soundscapes on here! But I missed Bowie’s lyrics and choruses!!! Sue me!
I can appreciate that this is a critically “good” album but omg it’s not my style. I can see the influence of Bowie on artists I love—Pulp (Party Hard) and Belle and Sebastian (Stay Loose) but I can’t connect to his vocals. I did like “Speed of life” and “Sound and Vision”—both tracks that are worth returning to especially on a drive .
never listened to a full david bowie album before. heard a few songs. i love his song "chubby little loser". opening instrumental track is cool. track 2 has a good groove to it, only a short one though. track 3 isn't for me. it's kinda...... goofy lol track 4 immediately sounds way better. OHHH I LOVE WHEN SYNTHS DO THAT! cascading airy synths are the easiest way to hook me in, seriously. nah this song is great. to think this came out in the 70s is crazy - it reminds me so much of the summery bedroom pop/indie pop i was listening to a lot of a few years ago. artists like gus dapperton, still woozy, boy pablo and so on. really good song. track 5 is really solid too. great stuff. a bit moodier but not oppressively so, still fun to listen to and sonically rich. track 6 'be my wife' isn't bad, maybe a little repetitive. okay nvm, the whole last minute of the song is a huge fantastic guitar solo. gg bowie track 7 wtf? what a gorgeous opening. rest of the song is just... okay to me. the harmonica is actually kind of annoying, and i'm not a harmonica hater or anything like that. it's very repetitive though. warszawa is excellent. very blade runner. art decade is cool. this album has really mellowed out now i feel. interesting how this has virtually become an instrumental album now. i bet this was a hell of a listening experience in the 70s lol. final track, subterraneans, is just a solid ambient kind of thing. this album is cool. really really forward-thinking. kind of shocking that this was released in 1977... but it does sort of feel like the 1st half is one album, and the 2nd half is another entirely. i think it would benefit from a bit more cohesion. the harmonica on track 7 was annoying, and that 3rd track being a bit too goofy and jaunty brings it down for me too. project is a great length, concise without being too short. lots of really good ideas. 3.3/5
Another case of a lot of albums from one artist. It's good but there are so many other albums that missed out for Bowie to have 5+ albums here Fave track: Sound and Vision
It was okay
yeah he sounds real low
Very good album. Top songs are “Sound and Vision” and the mostly instrumental atmospheric “Subterraneans”.
It isn't great, it isn't terrible, but I'm still not sure where on the spectrum I'd put it.
3 - I like this a little more than other Bowie's I've heard.
ahead of its time. great guitar. love sound and vision
I did enjoy this. I'm not usually a Bowie fan and probably wouldn't have this on a rotation, but it was easy to listen to, the album felt smooth and well linked. No stand out tracks though, and from what I heard I didn't identify an overarching theme.
Listen out of order since Spotify licensing shenanigans
Bra! Och med det menar jag första halvan av albumet, andra hälften: not so much. Be my wife, Sound and vision och Speed of Life var bäst! Andra hälften blev flummig, instrumentell och utdragen. Något jag inte gillade.
Different then i expected
chill
I really enjoyed the soundscapes & instrumentals on this album.
Kind of strange album with pop / rock and ambient style songs. But it is David Bowie, what could go wrong...
Speed of life - echt zo begin van een coming of age 2000s film? Breaking glass - lowk goofy guitar maar wel funky ofc WITW - okeee experimentele productie. Komt dat door Berlijn? Sound and vision - jaaa deze kende ik al deze is erg leuk! Wel is de links gepande TSS erg aanwezig. Nu kan ik hem niet meer niet horen. Maar love de synths! Be my wife - kende ik ook al, ook wel leuk. Vind de goofy productie wel leuk. Heb een zwak voor de synths. Warszawa - het nummer waardoor ik dit album soortvan kende. Dat was mega indrukwekkend toen ik dit als kind voor het eerst hoorde. Een soort buitenaardse muziek die me echt omver blies. En nog steeds wel eigenlijk, de mysterieuze synths en alien taal. GEPRODUCEERD DOOR BRIAN ENO? Maar natuurlijk!! Wat een legende. Van daar dat ik deze zo cool vind. Aaaa die vocals zijn zo cooolll. Art decade - ik denk dat ik het einde van het album wel cooler vind omdat het ambient en experimenteel is. Ww- more weird synth shit!! Ook weer goofy en experimenteel, crazy shit. Wel leuk! Lief? Subterraneans - jaaa dit is echt top. Weird scifi ambient, gave vocals, top productie.
I enjoyed this one. Just a gold solid album
Yeah not bad, not crazy for it
*1977 *A little spacey and ethereal, but nothing crazy, and a very easy listen. *Several nice instrumental songs. *Nothing exciting here, but I liked the whole album just fine. RATING - 7/10
Amazing sounds and textures on the instrumental tracks. A couple of recognizable David Bowie vocal cuts..and yeah I can see why folks were divided at the time of release. If this is what writer's block/kicking addiction sounds like..it is a great record. It isn't one I'd return to often,but a must hear in the Big Bowie Picture.
Definitely not what I was expecting, but then again, can you ever predict what a Bowie album is going to sound like if you have never heard it before? I'm not going to keep this in my library, but I can definitely appreciate.
Not Bowie's best album
I kinda like weird, post cocaine Bowie
This is a really peculiar album in Bowie’s discography, and my relationship with it is equally strange. I will start off by saying that one of my all-time favorite Bowie songs is from here. It's "Warszawa". The word "elegia" comes to my mind when I think about it. It's powerful. At the same time the album is uneven. I think it tries a lot of things and that's a good thing. It's ambitious but it's also uneven. I like this part of Bowie. It feels like a much more intimate album. It is the one where there are not theatrics, it's just an artistic self-expression and evaluation. The unevenness comes from the experimentation. It is ambient and grounded. I think that the second part is better that the first one. This album explores a lot of sounds. Some of them would be seminal in the development of various genres. I will need to listen to the whole thing in its entirety a few more times. There's something about this album. I adore "Warszawa" and:"Subterraneans".
It's alright, none of the hits just some experimenting
No he prestado mucha atención pero creo que es todo instrumental, me cansa un poco
C'est frustrant, mais je suis en processus d'acceptation que j'ai pas le niveau pour apprécier Bowie (et Eno). Je commence à être un peu tanné de ces deux là.
Elle me semble surfaite la réputation de cette fameuse trilogie Berlinoise… en fait à ce jour je ne suis pas certain de comprendre le « phénomène » Bowie…
Very instrumental, some of the tracks sound like a movie soundtrack. The final track subterraneans sounds very cinematic
The start was really good, but the second half is a very specific mood which I’m excited to listen to a certain sentence but doesn’t keep up for me in general daily place and replability
3 because it has *Sound and Vision* Seriously, although I love Bowie's music and I have the upmost respect for him and his career, this album shouldn't be here, IMHO. With the exception of that known theme, all the other songs felt a little bit on the boring side, a little bit depressing and on the low end, you know? Maybe that's the purpose of Low, I don't know, I didn't investigate nor did I read the reviews prior to listen to it and write my own :-(
Did not enjoy this as much as I expected to.
Probably need to listen again
It was unique. Neither liked it nor disliked it. It had many sounds layering on each other. Sound and vision was probably the best one on the album. Would be great for reading novels.
David Bowie is an odd one. I liked this better my first listen, but on the second while there were a few standouts it seems very steady and consistent. Nothing I dislike about the album at all, but it doesn’t give me a whole lot of reasons to listen again. The back half of the album does almost remind me of the back half of Abbey Road in the sense that it is very different and not full “songs” so to speak. They don’t blend together but they are discrete instrumental pieces. That’s interesting but again not super compelling.
nice album
Päris põnev enamjaolt sõnadeta album David Bowie'lt. Vokaali on minimaalselt ja tundub, nagu plaat sobiks kenasti mingile David Lynchi filmi soundtrackiks. Tore kuulamine ja mõned lood sattusid mu Liked Songs esitusloendisse, aga väga paljut siin kõrva ei jäänud. 3.4/5
This is the third Bowie album I've gotten in two weeks. Bowie fatigue is real. Still like Ziggy better.
Sound was greatly made. Lots of tracks had incredible beats and sounds. They can be used in cinematic products. However, vocals were not the best in this album. I preferred tracks without vocals in this album.
I think would enjoy more with more dedicated listens - the second half is ominous
overall rating: 6/10! very funky very different very groovy! the second half isn't my sorta vibe but the first half definitely is! i rate it a 6 only bc literally half the songs are instrumentals and i love songs with words so... sorry but not sorry david i love ya!
Perfekt att plugga till. Mycket instrumentellt, inte alls fokus på texterna. Väldigt cohesive, känns som ett riktigt album! Let him cook (literally), favoriten var Sound And Vision.
The worst David Bowie record I’ve ever heard. It’s still… pretty good, but pretty good is real step down.
I'm having a bit of a crisis as I go through all of the David Bowie albums on here. I have small periods of time where a David Bowie song will really resonate with me. I really want to like this more than I do. There's definitely something interesting in here that is in the same vein as Iggy Pop's 'The Idiot'. The opening track comes the closest but I just feel like it wasn't fully realized.
I never know how to rate instrumental albums as I never come back to actually listen to them. With this one being half instrumental I guess I would give it a 6/10
This is the most Brian Eno thing I've heard that wasn't actually made by Brian Eno
Some strong standouts, particularly in the middle stretch. A fascinating experiment, and if half such attempts produced something as half as brilliant as Sound of Vision, I would gladly listen to a 1000 more.
David Bowie is certainly one of the great ones in the history of rock and pop. I like some of his songs. But generally I'm no big fan.
Album 272/1089 and already my 6th Bowie. It's becoming clear to me that the author of this list is a big fan of Bowie and Bowie-inspired artists/groups. On first listen, this was not a winner for me, changing from short bursts of song in the first half to dark instrumentals in the second half. The second time around, however, it began to resonate, especially after I read about some of the background (addiction recovery, the Berlin trilogy). It took on a new life for me at that point, as something to absorb rather than pick apart. That said, it's not something I would come back to, although Warszawa is great for remembering Cold War vibes.
очень удобный альбом чтобы дремать! песен не услышала (но ничего и не взбесило)
He throw some nice pop into the experimental ambient album Highlights: "Sound and Vision", "A New Career in a New Town"
It started good but got bored after a few songs.
Instrumenteel hoogstandje, waar ik die visie van inzie, maar mij gewoon niet pakt door mijn tiktokbrein. Warszawa deed wel wat met me, maar lang niet genoeg om dit in de nabije toekomst nog een keer aan te zetten. Ik bewaar deze voor als ik zwaar aan de LSD zit
good but i didn’t like that there was no lyrics
Really enjoyed the first half of the album but the second half of the album lost me, I'll give this a 3/5
Sir David have some betters albums in his catalogue, but its still David 7/10 Will I add this album to my library? no
I had to go back to see just how many Bowie records I have reviewed thus far... this will be the seventh. Look, I am a Bowie fan but are we doing his entire discography? I doubt it as his later discography is often dismissed which is a shame. As a complete album I happen to think 1. Outside (The Nathan Adler Diaries: A Hyper Cycle) is better than this. All of that being said there is a very repetitive theme in all of my reviews of the Bowie albums suggested thus far, I might as well copy and paste one of them.... "I LOVE David Bowie. That doesn't mean I'm not honest with myself when it comes to his albums. Just like most of his catalogue there are 1 or 2 GREAT songs on here and a couple of fantastic sections in other songs that are otherwise good to poor. Very uneven throughout. The great vastly outweighs the bad though because when Bowie is on he's genius." 3 stars.
I do love some Bowie. Don't own this one yet. The influence of Eno is real clear in the second half of this record. Nothing wrong with it.
Good songs, good jazzz but wouldn’t listen again
Que genio Ziggy Stardust, por fin toca un disco suyo. Había arrancado bien el disco, pero la segunda mitad salió de la nada... casi me duermo.
Pretty chill, I can dig it. Some clever use of synth and stuff
If I did drugs, this would go super crazy
Die erste Hälfte war ganz gut, die zweite Hälfte mit den Atmosphärischen Tracks war einigermaßen interessant, aber hat mich nicht so angesprochen.
pretty unremarkable in my opinion. i didn’t hate it and even added “a new career in town” to a playlist, but overall this was nothing to write home about. i don’t really get the hype around bowie tbh.
Strange little record. Pretty neat, cool soundscapes, very ambient on the B-side (Brian Eno is a persuasive man). Bowie has a lot of different sounds in his head and that's cool. Not sure how much there really is to come back to, but not bad by any means.
I'm a huge Bowie fan, but this statement comes with an asterisk that I suspect many Bowie fans have in their (not so) secret hearts. That is, that Bowie's fearless tendency to take risks and constantly reinvent himself is a double-edged sword. He is an artist in the truest sense of the word. I suspect I am more of a minority when it comes to which Bowie albums I'm not a huge fan of, amd which I gravitate towards. I've always been ambivalent towards his so-called Berlin trilogy of which this was the first, and sort of dismissed them. Upon relisten to "Low" with mature-er ears I sort of agree with my initial reaction, but for different reasons. I remember intensely disliking side B, for instance. Isn't it basically just an Eno record at this point? But now side B is my favorite part. Many of the songs on Side A seem...half-baked? I put the question mark there as a sort of flinch, anticipating the waves of psychic hate rippling from all ends of the earth towards me. "Sound and Vision" is great, but feels underwritten to this know-nothing listener. Anyway, not the worst thing I could be listening to. So a 3 it is.
Jaahas, taas yksi Bowie levy. Suurin osa kappaleista instrumentaalisia, se varmaan ainakin eroaa muista Bowien levyistä. Kappaleissa ihan jännä tunnelma, varsinki Warszawa kappale. Sound and Vision oli sitten taas tosi erilainen, letkeä kesäkappale. Parhaat: Sound and Vision, A New Career In New Town, Warszawa
Big Bowie fan but this one didn’t fully land for me. A couple of highlights though. Sound and Vision is great, love the swinging style of it backed by a funky bass line. Subterraneans is the other standout, that mellow sax with the atmospheric synth underneath creates something really ethereal. Other than that it sits pretty far down my list of favourite Bowie records.
It was so ambivalent, sometimes generic off the road nonsense and then masterpiece like the last track. The ending is abrupt anyway. What is this?
Begon matig, maar op het eind een aantal prachtige instrumentale ambient nummers
I love the instrumentals. It feels like he's bored a lot of the times.
Loved this. Need to listen again.
I like the way Bowie moves his music on in the first side but goes a bit far for me on the second. I’d rather hear his lyrics and voice.
Ashamed to say this is the first time I've listened to this. But that at least gives me a clean slate for the review. And honestly, I want to give it a 4 for the innovation and especially the guitar work. But some of that innovation, especially in the last few tracks, drifts a bit too far into ambient. With which I have an ambiguous relationship at best. So the jury's out really. And that's a somewhat heretical 3*
Love side A, but side B isn't for me.
Not my fav
I liked it. Would like to hear it on vinyl. I listened to the remastered version on Spotify and it seems like the dynamics got reduced.
ten album brzmi jakby nagrał go spongebob, ma bardzo kańciaste brzmienie posypane szczyptą głupotki skład zespołu: Sandy wiewiórka przygrywa na tym pianinku z rurą do dmuchania Gary ślimak gra główne skrzypce w "Warszawie" Spongebob na gitarach Córka pana kraba Perła na perkusji tylko Skalmara brak....
Listened a couple of times and the songs grew in me. Less bothered about the ambient tracks, may well have been ground breaking at the time but found them a bit dull.
I really enjoy DB overall but I will admit this wasn’t a fav of mine.
Warszawa - ciekawy utwór Tak to mi nie siedzi
Not his genre
It got better as the album progresses. The first half was personally just not my taste.
Cool! but not my fav of Bowie
First Listen; 3.5; Herky jerky and nervous, the first half of this album has an angular new wave sound that is fun. The second half is ambient, instrumental tracks. These are interesting, and while I enjoyed them well enough, there's just something about them that doesn't put it into the "great" category for me. I really enjoyed the first half of this album, and thought the second half was interesting. Favorite Track: Breaking Glass
Unexpected instrumentals featuring synth pads and some vocals. Other tracks groove but also feature synth textures maybe experimental at the time. Enjoyed the album. Favorite tracks: Subterraneans, Warszawa, Art Decade
Ok, another Bowie album! Speed of life was a nice opening instrumental track! Breaking Glass and What in the World were good opening tracks for this album. Sound and vision seemed slightly out of place as it was another mostly instrumental. I didn’t love Bowies vocals on this one. Be my wife was a banger and the vibes of a new career in a new town were immaculate. Warszawa had a really cool tone to it. Art Decade was another cool instrumental track. The last two tracks fit well within the vibe. I expected more vocals but I was not disappointed. 3.5/5 ⭐️ 108/1089
This album was very interesting, and it was not what I expected it to be. I wasn't a fan of the first half, it's just not for me, and that's ok. I really enjoyed the second half however. There's just a certain atmosphere that the electronic instrumentals created that really resonated with me. It felt as if time had stopped moving while I was listening.
This is my first Bowie album. I would describe it as having some classic rock sounds mixed together with lots of synths and other sounds. I also hear some pop sentiments. It's weird, of course, because it's Bowie and all I've heard about him is how unique and eccentric his music is. It's not too weird for me, though. There are several instrumental songs that are sonically interesting and at times, beautiful. I actually preferred them to the lyrical songs. "Warszawa" sounds like a piece from a film score, and I thought it was lovely to listen to. I liked the atmospheric feel of the music, for the most part.
After multiple tries, I guess I just don’t like Bowie
I thought I didn't like David Bowie, and then I listened to the first half and was like "maybe I do" and then the last few songs were "wait no" so i'm very confused
Interesting! Very atmospheric, not much singing. The synth felt very 70s/80s in a mysterious and whimsical way, but also sort of eerie and ominous. I haven't seen Labyrinth, but I noticed myself imagining that kind of high-concept fantasy landscape. Sad undertones made me wonder what was up in his life at this point. Ask Max what he thinks!
The first half didn't do much for me. The second half is what elevated this album in my mind.
Not the best Bowie album. Some sounds phoned in a bit. It's still definitely worth a listen. He's definitely experimenting with his sound here. It's interesting, but overall not great.
Dreamy, wavy, psych. This record sounds like a movie soundtrack and I really dig it. Bowie's vocals are the usual level of greatness, but they are sparse on this album and he allows the music to run the show. The creative sounds that are used is really awesome, setting such different moods throughout. The sequencing works so well together. I like this one a lot.
I guess I am just not so much of a Bowie fan. Second record, now an older one, and it is also fine but not something I would return to.
Me gusto bastante. Me sorprendi. No escucho tanto a David Bowie y algo que siempre sentí, es que me cuesta su tono de voz. Me sirvió para escucharlo desde otro lado, musicalmente. Y si bien los temas parecen cortos, es un disco corto, me parece que cada uno habla un idioma o cuenta una atmosfera. Mi favorito: Always Crashing In The Same Car.