Low

Interesting sounds

I know Bowie was weird, I just wasn't expecting so much instrumental synth music... I know people love this one, I got bored.

En del småmærkværdige instrumentalnumre, men jeg kan egentligt godt lide det legende element i albummet.

Speed of life, 1# track, probably the best one. Different from what davie had done. I think it inspired the joy division band, which is one of my favourite band General overall, its a good album. Lots of guitar synthesised sounds, wich is not to my taste. Overall 11 out of 20.

I feel like I'd want to experience this album live in a small, intimate venue.

some nice sounding stuff, but i dont quite think it comes together as neatly as id want

The worst thing for an artist is reaching a status where "your record starts working for you": you can do anything, journalists will approve, and the public will go wild. David Bowie also succumbed to this sin. While the first half of this album is short, somewhat understated, but still pleasant songs, typical of the glam-funk Bowie, the second half begins the "Experiments" section: oppressive ambient interspersed with throat singing in an invented language, sounding like the soundtrack not just to a film, but to a David Lynch film. As expected, Brian Eno "did a favor"; he'll still confuse many good artists with his gimmicks... And yet, years later, the album is considered practically the peak of Bowie's creativity! Basically, Low is Kid A for boomers. Both decent albums, but would anyone have praised them so much if the artists' names weren't on the covers? Of course not.

i feel like there’s been enough david bowie

A bit disappointed by my enjoyment of this album. I normally like Bowie a lot, but this project had a big background-noise vibe unfortunately.

meh. doet niet veel voor me

warszawa was my fav. pretty cool and i enjoyed listening but i wouldn't put it on again

Way more instrumental then I was expecting

Nothing particularly noteworthy here by Bowie standards.

His best

Not my favorite Bowie album. First 1/3 not bad, wanes through the second 1/3, closing 1/3 just super melancholy instrumental work that does nothing for me. Could be a 2 but I can't bring myself to do that.

It was too much plain music for me. I really appreciate something more lyrical and storytelling rather than just music.

Se sintió tranqui. Buen instrumental y como acompañamiento mientras leo. El David? Un vato con un teclado y un sueño. Hubo temas que se sentían nostálgicos o como cuando estás tratando de darle sentido a la vida a través del ahora después de una depresión severa que te prohibió apreciar las pequeñas cosas. Me gustó, pero a la vez me pregunto dónde está la liRicA

Some of this album is great, the rest is very forgettable. Not bad, but somewhat uninteresting.

A good mix of familiar early 70s bowie and experimental bowie. Its a very interesting album, eerie and mysterious at points, jazzy, ethereal... Fav Tracks: Speed of Life, Be My Wife Sadly, didn't care too much for the back third of the album. It honestly seemed a little out of place compared to the first 2/3rds

Sound and vision elite. More so an Eno album for side B, for better and for worse

Está bueno, tiene buena instrumental aunque no tanto canto pero está bueno

Its bowie thays for sure but it might be the least interesting bowie for me at least. Like i turn it on and get a tiny bit of the man who's name is on the cover but not alot. Sure he arranged all this and wrote the songs but having 97% of this without him singing makes me feel a bit ripped off. But the songs are almost all interesting in some way or another. Alot of them are pretty and do have some motion. But its too much of this intumental stuff for me. Im sure there are a million people who would say this is their favorite bowie album and I get it. This thing has to be your thing though. And its not mine. When it was over and it played the next song like the closer it was Brian eno and that put the whole thing into context for me. Of course its like him. And I dont hate eno but im also very weary every time I put on a new eecord of his. Sometimes its a great record with compelling songs and sometimes its droning nothingness for an hour. And this bowie record sits somewhere in the middle of those highs and lows. The low here isnt all that low but do many other bowie records are much much much more engaging.

Honestly, I just got tired of Bowie and didn't want to listen to this expecting it to be his usual kacke, but this really surprised me. Mostly the second half

>Deep in your room >You never leave your room Very true. I liked the instrumental part in the latter half a lot. The sung parts in the first half not as much.

Ok

Feels like the most non-Bowie Bowie album. Got a sense of what's to come.

OK, not his best work

Very ethereal and atmospheric for much of it. It's not at all what I expected when I saw that it was a Bowie album. It wasn't my favorite, overall, but it's far from the worst in this list. Very middle of the road.

always thought to be one of the loveliest albums from David Bowie, I don't know how it fits into his whole artistry, as I haven't listened to him religiously enough. But it just feels me with magic, of the Twin Peaks variety.

Experimental Sinfónico Electrónico Distinto

I did not like this album the first time I heard it. Though I didn't know it, it was likely Brian Eno's influence. I was also not a fan of "Remain In Light" by Talking Heads because I felt like he had his hands too much in the production. Anyway, once I spent more time with Eno's music from his early glam days to his ambient era, I fell in love with pretty much every thing he's done. So when revisiting this, it was a lot more palatable for me, and it was such a great marriage of Bowie's sensibilities with Eno's ambient production. Still not my favorite Boeiw, BUT I liked it a hell of a lot more this time around, and I can imagine it growing on me the more I listen to it. Will be in my regular rotation.

album rock klasik yang mungkin cocok bagi pecinta rock 70an

I've heard some other David Bowie albums and they are a lot better, but i still enjoyed it. Sound & vision the highlight track

Efter 8 albums med David Bowie er det ok at erkende at han bare ikke er noget for mig... Lige meget hvor meget jeg gerne ville passe i kassen af Bowie fans. Det er ikke godt, det er ikke specielt, men heller ikke dårligt. Desværre bare fint nok..

Bowie bliver nok aldrig en albums artist for mig. Bundniveauet er for lavt, der er for mange ligegyldige numre på mange af pladerne. Men det er helt okay når man har været så produktiv over så lang tid som han var. Og så kan der jo samles en Greatest Hits med rent guld.

Sound and Vision // Be My Wife //

je me disais bien aussi ça faisait longtemps

I understand where he is going here, and liked the sonic landscape overall, but I gotta have more David Bowie on a David Bowie album.

הקטע אמביאנט היה יותר מגניב

Too much ambience. I don’t think every Bowie album needs to be on here.

This is my seventh Bowie album, and my favorite (so far?). I think it's because he doesn't sing much in this one.

Not a listener of Rock, but the album is very interesting and since it's not really lyric, it's an enjoyable moment

I like the mix of instrumental music between the songs, but this CD I think falls flat more than I want. Maybe it is because I was listening to it in the gym, but the songs were slow and none of them jumped out to me as highlights when I finished the album.

Feels colder and more detached than previous work and with the exception of “Sound and Vision”, lacking what sounds like hits. I can imagine this one growing on me upon further listens, but not as immediately compelling as the albums recoded with the Spiders from Mats.

Once again a Bowie album that suffers from not being hunky dory, but I like the first side of this one better than yesterday’s.

Enjoyed this slightly more than the last! Some bangers, some clunkers, overall good.

Interesting album! Not my fave, I was surprised by the amount of sound tracks but there were tracks I liked.

I mean it’s ok

(4/7) c'mon dude you can do better

159/1001 First listen. Better than expected. Love Bowie’s hits but haven’t explored much beyond those songs. Maybe I’ll branch out from here. 5/10

I did not knoe David Bowie made this kind music at some point (Sven was shocked that I didn't). Not my personal favorite, but interesting!

I know that Bowie changed his sound a lot throughout his career, so I was kind of excited to hear what direction he went in for this album. It was interesting, but I just felt sort of meh about it overall. I wasn't expecting there to be so many instrumental songs. There were a couple of songs I liked though.

Love a good David Bowie Albumn, enjoyed this one and might listen again

Went by to fast need to listen 2-3 more times to fully get the hear this album.

A couple good hits in this album ‘sound and vision’ being the main highlight, the other sons with vocals were still decent enough. There were quite a few instrumental tracks, whilst they sounded kinda cool as soundscapes I was hoping for more vocals from Bowie. Overall, a good listen but just felt a bit average.

Pretty good. Not for me.

Mysterious sounding. Very movie soundtrack.

Surprisingly a lot of instrumentals. But still a good album.

David Bowie is David Bowie so its good. Had it on working on some assignments so it helped me cruise through it.

I know they share a producer and all, but I never realized until today how much this album sounds like Fear of Music in places. Unfortunately Bowie, though he may be rock music's most well-known chameleon, just isn't as interesting to me as David Byrne. It's above his typical standard, but it still leaves me cold.

third Bowie album for me and still not a fan of his style - but the ambient part of the album was really enjoyable

David Bowie, britischer Musiker, veröffentlichte Low 1977 als elftes Studioalbum. Die Aufnahmen entstanden hauptsächlich im Château d’Hérouville in Frankreich sowie in den Hansa Studios in West-Berlin; einzelne Vorarbeiten gehen auf Sessions in den Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles zurück. Produziert wurde das Album von Bowie und Tony Visconti, mit wichtigen Beiträgen von Brian Eno. Musikalisch bewegt sich Low zwischen Art Rock, Avant-Pop, elektronischer Musik und Ambient. Die erste Albumhälfte besteht aus kurzen, fragmentierten Songs mit klaren Pop-Strukturen, während die zweite Seite stärker von instrumentalen Klanglandschaften geprägt ist. Synthesizer, verfremdete Schlagzeugklänge und reduzierte Arrangements prägen den Sound und markieren einen deutlichen Bruch mit Bowies früheren Glam- und Soul-Phasen. Zu den bekanntesten Stücken gehören „Sound and Vision“, „Be My Wife“ und „What in the World“. Daneben stehen instrumental geprägte Titel wie „Warszawa“, „Art Decade“ oder „Subterraneans“, die eine kühl wirkende, teilweise melancholische Atmosphäre erzeugen und stark von elektronischen Experimenten beeinflusst sind. Das Album wirkt wie eine bewusste Neuorientierung: kurze Songskizzen treffen auf ausgedehnte Klangflächen. Gerade diese Kombination aus Popfragment und atmosphärischem Experiment macht Low zu einem eigenständigen Werk innerhalb von Bowies Diskografie. Ein großartiger Meister seines Fachs und Visionär!

it was pretty good.

Love the first half - yeah, "that" drum sound is great, especially on the sublime single, Sound And Vision. The second half, with it's mostly instrumental synth tinkering, I can take or leave, to be honest. I'm listening to this straight after Autobahn, so I'm a bit "pioneering electronic shit"-ted out at the moment. Not Bowie's best long player for me, but probably the best of his "Berlin" trio.

I liked the first half but not the second. If I’m listening to Bowie I want to hear him sing.

Yeahhh. little too artsy for me like i just like a simple little song with words and energy but i grt why somrone would rly like this. maybe if i listened more id like ti more. i like sound and vision

Better in second listen but still lacking grooves.

Side 2 was really cool At various points on the album I was reminded of Roxy Music, Iggy Pop, Kraftwerk, Dead Can Dance, and XTC.

honestly really good and now i’ll have sound and vision stuck in my head for the rest of the day

I really wanted to love this album - and indeed the second half instrumental section was engaging - but overall just sort of feels mid as my kids would say. It's nice but not great. Perhaps those feelings will change on further listens but rating this anything more than 3 right now would be a disservice to my other 4s. 3/5

Not the best but I like the experimentation

probably my least favorite of 70s era bowie.

Like most Bowie, i like but don’t love it. It’s sometimes challenging but i like this era with the back end of the albums being instrumental. I think i need to spend more time with Bowie, to “get it”

Not the Bowie I was expecting but mucho original for its time i would suspect

My heart says two stars but my brain says three. I like David Bowie. I like Brian Eno. But this was a challenge. Still I can recognize some brilliance here.

This was an odd one and not my favorite by Bowie.

Bowie forgets how to sing and instead plays synth. Kinda vibey, and ahead of its time. No bangers tho

this was l8ser bowie where he forgot how to write a lyric, was recovering from being a bung-destitute-cocaine loving L.A. dropout. I think in and amongst that haze, he had some sense of purpose though. he must've. this album still has meaning, albeit tragic. 3.5/5. highlight: sound and vision.

Pleasantly good

It was solid, but a bit to hippy dippy for me

sound and vision is great, but a lot more of the album is just sound. Not my favorite Bowie.

A couple of good songs but quite forgettable

Étrangement, un des albums les plus en avance sur son époque qu'une des oeuvres les plus "meh" de Bowie. C'est la graine plantée pour les Strokes ("Sound and Vision" par exemple) ET Franz Ferdinand (via "Breaking Glass") sans être une des oeuvres phares du bon David. Faut quand même le faire!

No bangers :(

David Bowie try not to ruin the back half of a great album with drug-fueled introspective music challenge (impossible) (Ok, the cliff that this album fell off of was not quite as steep as the one that Heroes did, but it was still enough to take this album from a 4 to a 3)

Quite okay

Erste Hälfte super, zweite ein wenig langatmig - Das Album wirkt damit länger, als es eigentlich ist

Sound and Vision slaps. Fun vocals throughout, very interesting changes throughout with electric sound mixed with classical vocals? Can be very ethereal, and cool ambient style at the end. but not really my style.

It does get a bit low at the end

По итогам этого месяца я прослушаю в 3 раза больше альбомов Боуи, чем за всю жизнь (раньше слушала только последний). В отличие от прошлой попытки этот lp понравился значительно больше, вторая инструментальная половина поразила. Все же здорово, что раньше большие артисты могли творить всякую дичь, даже ожидая коммерческого провала, и стояли на своём в творческом смысле. Где - то даже бьорк повеяло

Первая часть на 4, вторая на 2 - в среднем получаем 3.

Instrumental and very bowie, kinda boring

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

3.75

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

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

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

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

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

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

i can enjoy it, nice album

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

Decent

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

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

just a whimsical man

Good return from Bowie with the Eno collaboration.

Still processing - to be determined later

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rv

Much better now that I’m older.

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

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

Good until it goes a bit weird at the end.

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

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

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

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

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

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

That was a thoroughly enjoyable and relaxing ambient album.

70

Standouts Speed of Life Sound and Vision

good david bowie album

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

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

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

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

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

Artsy and experimental but doesn’t blow me away

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

Sad Bowie is so sad

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

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

mama liebts 💕

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

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

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

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

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

Kinda funky, not bad.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Average Bowie album. Not the best, not the worst

its okay

Interesting progression from start to finish

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

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

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

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

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

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

Good

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

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

Didn't expect this album to turn into a beautiful, spacey, ambient, and somewhat jazzy fusion by the second half of it.

Bon, il n'a pas enregistré mon commentaire, heureusement, je peux le rajouter à posteriori, mais ça casse un peu les noix. Donc, je disais, c'est un peu bizarre, comme album, parce que franchement, la première face, ça m'a semblé assez osef et je commence vraiment à me demander ce que les gens trouvent de si extraordinaire à David Bowie. Puis la face B arrive et là, c'est tout de suite plus intéressant. Cette fois, on passe à de la musique plus ambient, réalisée en collaboration avec Brian Eno, ceci expliquant cela. Donc finalement, c'est plutôt sympathique.

First half pop. Second half ambient. All shot through his electronic influences. Best of the 3 Bowie I've had so far.

Be My Wife

top 3: - sound and vision - subterraneans - breaking glass I enjoyed this album and think the instrumental tracks were beautiful but maybe slightly too many in a row for me personally. I don’t know if it’s an album I’d come back to often except for specific tracks but it was definitely worth listening to.

songs with words not bad, didn't grab me with the first listen.

Ja, det er jo et album... med bakgrunnsmusikk?

Mycket instrumentalt, inte riktigt min grej.

Endo yay, that's about it

Maybe need to come back didn’t love it in this time frame

There are lots of strong moments in this Bowie record but as a collective it left me feeling a bit confused and lost, especially over the last 3-4 conceptual, atmospheric instrumental tracks. First 4 tracks - great examples of Bowie's songwriting, topped off with my favourite track of the album ‘Sound and Vision’. The remainder of the record - confusing and inconsistent. Bowie was clearly being experimental with this album, but for me this is a strong 5, soft 6.

the purely musical tracks are SO GOOD but I fear the actual songs kinda lacked for me

Gillar sound and vision mycket. Resten behöver jag nog sitta mer med

I didn't expect this album to be so ambient. It's like a mixture of feelings in instrumentals with very few lyrics. Good album overall.

very……. fine 3.4/5

last couple of songs were pretty cool, made me think of brian eno. turns out he also helped on this album.

Starts strong but the instrumental tracks are so so.

Low was overly ambitious. While it had really high highs , it also had really low lows, balancing each other out, but overall making a mediocre listen.

3.5 This was pretty good. I never listened to Bowie before, this was my first. For an experimental album, it’s a pretty easy and enjoyable listen. I’m also partial to electronic and ambient music, but there’s still hardcore guitars like in Be My Wife, as well as pianos, harmonicas and other live instruments so it’s a good mix. Very interesting melodies and sounds that makes for an overall very theatrical sound.

I like the first half

I appreciate what Bowie was charting out to do here, and I appreciate the instrumentals on the back half, but I don't think this album lands as more than a curiosity through his discography. I mean truly, aside from the die hards, what Bowie fan is gonna dig this out of their stack of vinyl over something else? It's good, but doubt I'll ever find my way back to it.

No private session used for Spotify. I am into a lot of Bowie albums, but never got into this one. It's more experimental and less poppy, without that mainstream anchor song a lot of his albums have.

Different Bowie - reminded me of an trippy Radiohead like sound

Strong start. Weird end. Would listen again.

3.27/5 Stars Top Songs: Be My Wife, Sound and Vision, and What in the World

The first of the Berlin trilogy of albums. Good not sure they break any new ground but well produced good songs.

Ok

Fucking weird man.

Alright. As a Bowie album I find it more listenable overall, but it lacks in my mind a killer single to elevate it. Feels like background music overall so it all balances out I guess.

Very different halves to this album, both with their strengths.

I was going to write something here about the album but when looking at the Wiki track listing to get the track names right, I saw that Brian Eno was on my highlight song - Warszawa. So I'll just say: All tunes, especially on this list, lead to Eno

Nice retro rock/jazz, pretty good

Found this a little weary in places.

This was fine. I'm finding myself increasingly using ZZ Top as the ultimate point of reference for rock that wasn't bad but didn't necessarily hit me in the same way as some of the better music I've listened to. Some good riffs in here but wish the vocals played a more prominent role throughout the album.

Interesting but not my favourite Bowie personally. I think it's hugely admirable that someone who has an image as a huge rock front man did an album with a huge amount of instrumental material. I would absolutely think that I'd be the target market. In this case unfortunately, I don't think I gell with the instrumental style so much. It has a lot less grove than young American era Bowie, less harmonic interest than hunky dory era, and yet it doesn't have a stark aesthetic like ambient artists. Falls between the gaps a little bit for my tastes. Still great music.

It’s kinda weird and feels like it was specifically made for each song to be used in a movie.

Was kind of surprised when the album ended: not much stuck to me, but what was there was pleasant and often a vibe to listen to.

A rather classic bowie first half coupled to a dark and sombre second. Sound and visions was most enjoyable to me, props to the instrumentals. In the second half some building on the ambiance would have been nice.

Low follows a similar structure as its successor, and my unpopular opinion has always been that this is a worse album than Heroes. Both sides are worse on this. The rock side is full of interesting sounds and perfectly produced bass and percussion. Despite how nice it sounds though, the songs feel underdeveloped, with few memorable melodies or choruses. "Sound and Vision" is the exception, it slowly builds into the best song on the album. The second side is ambient-adjacent electronic. Even if I was a fan of ambient I'm not sure I'd want to listen to it after the rock side; "A New Career in a New Town" acts as a decent transition but the two sides feel a bit like two albums smushed together. Maybe Bowie's best sounding album, but not among his best overall.

cool instrumentals mr bowie

I really wanted to like this album. Bowies awesome and ahead of his time and as others have said he is from another planet (in so many wonderful ways). Side B is alien spooky Film Music for alienating filmscapes (from what I can tell) and it creeped me out a little. He always lived his life as a true artist. It doesn't make this album essential or especially enjoyable listening (except for deep Bowie fans or those who want encyclopaedic coverage of emergence of each individual sound and substyle in the western canon, which even the majority of listening here aren't). IMHO doesn't belong here...

It was interesting to listen to a version of Bowie I hadn’t heard before, but this sound just wasn’t for me. It felt a little too silly at times, but overall definitely not bad. Best Track: Sound and Vision

The Low point of Bowie for me. Not bad but not the Bowie I prefer.

One of the Berlin Trilogy. Influences by Tangerine Dream.

First half great, second half fucking stupid. Would’ve given it a 2 if I hadn’t gone back and listened to the first half again.

3.0 - Ok

Enjoyed listening to the whole of this album, I have sound + vision single from this album, funnily enough I’ve just read a Biography of Bowie

Inventive and ambient and weird. Let em never know ur next move.

Ok decent experiment

Couple of gems but jamming, ambient Bowie isn’t my favorite Bowie.

I love Bowie, but didn’t really love this one. It wasn’t bad (still Bowie), but not great, to me.

if I wanted a soundtrack to a bad 80s scifi movie then I'd just watch one

A couple of nice melodies, but it’s so forgettable. Too may instrumental only tracks here. Bowie’s voice was wonderful and this did not showcase that godt enough. It’s the epitome of “fine”.

Also very good, also doesn't fully hold my attention

Okay so this was something I was pretty excited to listen to. In middle school I listened the shit out of Space Odity and Starman. Past that tho I didn’t know anything about David Bowie’s music. I’m happy that I took the time to listen to this pretty thoroughly, I’ve heard every song at least 3 times and side one I’ve heard many more times. I definitely liked it more than I thought I would on first listen. Favourite tracks in order best to worst: Sound and Vision, Breaking Glass, Always Crashing the Same Car, Speed of Life

I swear I like David Bowie's voice, I really do. However, the vocal tracks on this album don't catch me, but the instrumental, experimental tracks? Incredible. Warszawa, Art Decade, Weeping Wall, and Subterraneans are amazing. The soundscapes are dreamy, invocative, otherworldly. If this album were only songs like this it'd be a 5/5 for me. Overall, it's closer to a 3.5 than a 3.

Another Bowie album that I understand why it's on that list. Quirky at times, well paced at first and then a change into instrumental ambient music. Well done. I just don't enjoy Bowie very much. 3 stars

Its definitely good music but i'm not crazy about it...

Very experimental album. Not a big fan of half the songs being instrumentals. Sound and vision is a great song, I really like the repetitive, stuck instrumentals a lot of the songs have. Bowie never fails to be cool, love the otherworldy sounds and themes of Low.

Really great

I like this more than other Bowie albums because there's less of his vocals.

Was pretty excited about his one. A Bowie album I'm not familiar with and with a description that sounded pretty cool. That being said, it's FAR from my favorite of his material. Experimentation is cool and all, but a lot of this just didn't do it for me.

Nice album

Fav: sound and vision Second part good for reading

Not bad, 3/5 mostly instrumentals? which i dont really associate with bowie idk

It's alright, pretty different but still Bowie. Not an album I was familiar with, knew a couple of the songs without realising they were him. Big fan of the moody tone overall, just not that many big hitters here.

It's pretty good, yes, but frankly I like Bowie's words. He doesn't use them here. It sounds more Brian Eno than Bowie, which I don't mind, but I wanted Bowie from this. If I wanted Eno I would've listened to Eno or Passengers.

I'm starting to notice a pattern with Bowie's music. I get an album, get super excited, then when I listen to it, realize I'm not vibing with it as much as I thought I would. Don't know what it really is, but a lot of his music sounds pretty dated to my ears. Which is interesting, because he basically either pioneered these sounds, or perfected them. Just happens to have picked genres that have aged IMO, rather than feel timeless. It's a solid album. Tracks like Speed of Life and Always Crashing in the Same Car are great. But most of the vibes of these songs just aren't hitting my ears. Felt the same way with Heroes. Ziggy Stardust is about the only album of his so far where I've been able to enjoy the majority of the album. Will say the second half of the album is more interesting. In kind of a reverse of Heroes, where the instrumentals were the weak part, this one has the instrumentals be the better side. Somewhat Kraftwerk-y sci-fi vibes while also being jangly. Can definitely see Sufjan Stevens being influenced by this album. So yeah. Good stuff, just not really interesting me much.

weird. 6/10

Helt ok.

If you hadn't listened to Bowie before this wouldn't be the best first album to listen to. But having known the history of the album and listened to other Bowie I enjoyed it and heard some songs I'd never heard before so a nice way to listen to even more Bowie.

Wasn't in the mood for this one. I'll enjoy it more in the future.

It was alright. But not the worst thing I've heard this week. Lots going on. Give it a 3 for being unusual

Great

Viel elektronische Experimente, einige Instrumental-Stücke. 3/5

Not overly familiar with this one, not fantastic. Lost me with the last 3 tracks

A relaxing album, maybe not what I seek from Bowie but a interesting change of pace.

it's named after the rating I'm giving it.

Not my fav Bowie, another fine album.

Uma experiência interessante

This album is pretty good, but there's no need to have this many Bowie albums on the list

Given how much I like Hunky Dory, it's weird to me how little interest I've had in Bowie's other work. Glad I'm finally being pushed to give it a try. Listening notes: -There's so much going on here. Jazzy influences, Kosmische influences. Not sure it comes together seamlessly, but its cool. -Yeah kinda a hodgepodge, with a few very boring tracks mixed in -Lyrically not that compelling Review: The first and second halves of this album feel broadly unrelated to each other. Some really interesting pop-rocky songs in the first half, and some nice weird ambient in the back half. Altogether, less than the sum of its parts.

Amazing

Low will be my ninth (ninth! There are *nine* David Bowie albums on this list! If I could insert a gif of Jeffery Jones as Principal Rooney saying 'nine times' into my review, I would) and final David Bowie album to review. Look, I like David Bowie, but nine albums is a ton. A couple of them have been great (Station to Station and Ziggy Stardust), one has been a dud (Heroes, don't come at me), and the rest have been fine. The man was one of the best musicians to ever live, and he was an icon, but Jesus, he's over represented on this list. I have no idea if I'll love or hate this album, but based on the fact that I didn't like the only other album from the Berlin Trilogy that I've heard, I'm approaching this with... *low* expectations. Another Bowie album, another middle-of-the-road result. Low wasn’t really my cup of tea. I appreciate what it meant for David Bowie’s career, and it was cool to hear more of his work with Brian Eno, but in a general sense, I thought that Low was just fine. I felt like Low was an uneven experience, mostly due to the more traditional songs that were peppered in with the avant-garde and experimental songs. I didn’t mind the avant-garde songs, but they’re not the type of things that I would want to listen to again, especially when I can fire up other works of Bowie’s. My enjoyment of the guitar playing and synthesizers ebbed and flowed quite a bit over the course of this album, and it was pretty rare that everything clicked for me. I think I enjoyed the second side of Low more than the first side, mostly because it was a more even experience. It was weird, but most of it was beautiful in its own strange way. “Sound and Vision” and “Be My Wife” were my favorite songs on the album. On “Sound and Vision,” I really loved that steam hiss percussion sound, and the guitars were excellent. The vocals were great, and there was a great groove to the song as well. I really liked the bluesy sound of “Be My Wife,” and the bass groove was really excellent too. Low was an interesting experience, but I think it’s a one-and-done for me.

Ik vind dit album altijd wel tekenend voor een unieke fase in een carrière gekenmerkt door opvallende wendingen. De eerste helft pakt het concept krautrock, en infused dat met early new wave en indie rock. Het is echt een geluid dat we bijvoorbeeld veel terug horen bij LCD Soundsystem. Echt veel 'hits' staan er niet op deze plaat, maar het werkt wel goed. De tweede helft van de plaat is natuurlijk de geest van Eno die de vingers aan de knoppen heeft, waar hij volledig ambient is. Dit luistert uiteraard heel anders dan kantje één, maar je wist waar je aan toe was als je deze plaat op voorhand al kende. 'Warszawa' is wel een verdomd kille song, en onvergetelijk. Het eindvonnis is dat het een beetje een vreemde plaat is, heel eigenzinnig, zonder de échte hits (Sound and Vision komt in de buurt) die - al was Bowie vaak cutting edge - altijd wel aanwezig zijn op zijn albums. Kantje één een 7, kantje twee een 6. 6,5/10 Highlights: Sound and Vision Always Crashing in the Same Car Warszawa

En weer is daar Eno in deze lijst. Zijn invloed is echt niet weg te denken. Low is dan ook de aftrap van hun samenwerking en tevens meest artistieke periode van Bowie. En ook al zijn sommige tracks iets te eigenzinnig en ambient for my taste heb ik wel genoten van het bijzondere 'geluid' van Low. Het zet voor de tijd waarin het is gemaakt een nieuwe sound neer, wat hij deels heeft kunnen experimenteren bij Iggy. Ik heb nog een paar luisterbeurten nodig om Low echt goed te doorgronden maar ben aardig positief. 7/10 Highlights Sound and Vision

This is David Bowie. One minute I am grooving out to Sound and Vision, then things get weird. The second half just seems like the Jazz Odyssey scene from Spinal Tap. Thus is the price for experimentation.

I kind of like the slinky oddball electronic songs on the back half and thought the first half was solid.

Good vibes

A lot of instrumentals

Uh oh. David Bowie isn’t doing it for me. Plus, way too many instrumentals.

I really liked "Warsaw" and songs after Warsaw, calmer and darker ones

Another solid entry from David Bowie. I didn’t enjoy this one as much as others but it’s still really good. I think this would be a good headphones album.

Wasn’t expecting an instrumental Bowie album. Sounds much like spa music that wants to give you just a bit of a creepy vibe.

Not really my favorite Bowie album. Seemed very low energy and slow.

Definitely one to listen to with the wired earbuds. Another atmospheric and ambient sound from the Berlin trilogy. I was into the beeps and boops, not as into the chanting and low humming like I was on trial before the ancient alien council. The songs that do have lyrics are pretty sparse and I like it that way. Sound and Vision is obviously the commercial hit here and is hands down one of my favorites of all time.

The album is fine but doesn't rise to the level that other Bowie albums did for me (e.g. Blackstar). The album is split, with the first half being more standard rock/pop tunes (with vocals) and the back half being instrumentals. This kind of division made more sense back in the day of records, where there was an A side and a B side. My favorite track is from the back side, an instrumental called Art Decade (which, amusingly, is the *least* Spotify-played track on the album). Interesting to read the back-story about how Bowie and Iggy Pop were such besties - they moved to Europe together to try to detox, and Bowie spent some time as Iggy's keyboardist on tour.

Very Eno-esque jaunty instrumentals in some parts, but a lot of the instrumentals just faded into the background when not anchored by Bowie's always excellent vocals. The only song that really stood out (for me and apparently everyone else) was 'Sound & Vision.' But this is definitely a Bowie album only super fans would pay attention to, and it really shouldn't be on this list given the other (better) Bowie albums represented.

Loved the first half. Side 2 was unexpected. Very moody and very few vocals. Love the moodiness, but miss Bowie's vocals. Seems almost like Eno had a huge hand in that side.

It's fine, but Bowie is way over represented on this list.

Somewhat artsy and lazy, but some good moments.

Hate to say it but we’ve had too much Bowie lately. While I’ll always love his voice, I honestly don’t like a lot of his songs overall or find them quite forgettable. (2.5 stars)

Easy to listen to.

It was fine

Maybe a touch overrated? To my continued surprise it’s just never clicked for me. I admire and appreciate its influence and what he (and to a lesser extent, Visconti and Eno) were up to but the songs alone never quite do land the way a lot of his catalog does.

While I like a lot about this, after a while the numerous instrumentals kind of makes it recede into the background. It's an interesting listen, and yeah, the Eno influence is palpable. I appreciate what Bowie was doing, even if it isn't necessarily something I'd seek out. I added several songs from it to my Instrumentals playlist, so that's something.

I have a feeling this album will grow on me with more listens. Always extra stars for sax.

At least I got the total junk Bowie--his 234th and 235th albums--out of the way a couple weeks back. Way back at his 11th album now, at least the stuff sounds a little more inspired. The first two songs are pretty rocking. Third track is pretty whack. A New Career in a New Town is like proto-house in the beat. At some point the album starts sounding like the movie score for an explorative science fiction in the 80s. I guess heroine is a hell of a drug. 3/5, as one of the better Bowie albums I've heard from the 400 on this list.

No moze grac w tle w pracy

Speed of Life - 10/10 Breaking Glass - 7/10 What in the world - 7/10 Sound and vision - 8.5/10 Always crashing - 7.5/10 Be My Wife - 8.5/10 A new career - 8/10 Warszawa - 10/10 Art Decade - 6.5/10 Weeping wall - 7.5/10 Subterraneans - 10/10

3/5. Eerste deel matig tot goed. Tweede deel vooral saai en vervelend

An absolutely fascinating project in that its second half is demonstrably more captivating than its first half. It seems like two of Bowles friends were big inspirations for this one: Iggy Pop & Brian Eno. The front side of Low sounds like the Iggy side; standard proto-punk rock that was a slog to get through. But the back half is soooo worth it; mostly lyricless, electronic, ambient, and experimental. Seriously, as soon as “Warszawa” starts off side B, things get interesting. Dramatic, suspenseful, and eerie. “Art Decade” has the same drum machine sound that much of Eno’s “Another Green World” has. “Weeping Wall” continues to sound like a progenitor for AGW, with some waiting-room-style keys and bells. “Subterraneans” closes the project out on a climactic note, I love the horns coming in at the end of it all. Really hard to be fair about this one, as I enjoyed none of the first half, while I loved the second half. Let’s go 3/5, Bowie seemed to be reaching for things more than executing an exact idea to his usual standard of perfection. But always a good day when it’s a Bowie album regardless

A solid 70's record, it's easy to have this play in the background. But then, I have to compare this to other Bowie records, and then it's just mediocre. Would not be in my Top 5 Bowie picks.

I appreciate the experimentation.

Very strange instrumental start that didn't really do it for me. Glad to get onto Sound and Vision for some singing. End tracks were instrumental but interesting.

I'm positive that the song Be My Wife has never helped anybody obtaining a wife. It's odd. I don't know much Bowie but I like this, different sounds but a few songs are just instrumental which is also unique.

This one is an interesting choice for me. I return to "Low" less often than I do to its predecessor "Station to Station" and its successor "Heroes," which is probably my favorite Bowie album. It was quite a daring move for the pop star to begin the album with an instrumental composition and have a second side that seemed like a soundtrack to an unrealized movie project. While the A side tracks have fine moments ("Sound and Vision" is a favorite), I'm distracted by some lyrics that run counter to the futuristic vision Bowie had seemed to be about. Phrases like "little girl" and "be my wife" seem to harken back to older, more conservative values than we'd heard from him before. Maybe he was always this sexist and middle class. I think there may be more of Bowie in another album he produced around the same time: Iggy Pop's "The Idiot" (Iggy contributed vocals to the "Low" track "What in the World").

Half this album was instrumental which I like as long as there’s lyrics anywhere in the song. Some of them took 3 min to start singing or just didn’t sing at all. The songs that did have lyrics were pretty good. Very 70’s vibes

Very vibey album. If I am in the right headspace I would listen again.

Grateful that this stuff exists! It is prog pop like we know from Bowie. After a few songs it more moves to being a Brian Eno album though. I thought it not to be distinctly Bowie and more general ambient-like. Not necessarily bad it was fine but it takes away from the vibe I got at the start of this record.

Good, but not special.

More Bowie that gets me in a good place. Surprised once again with these Berlin albums as to how much instrumental music is on it. Much broader use of instruments on this one compared to Heros. Liked it.