- Audio CD (Oct 12 1999)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Enhanced
- Label: Virgin Records Us
- ASIN: B00001OH7W
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (63 customer reviews)
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#1,683 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #9 in Music > Miscellaneous > Experimental Music
- #12 in Music > Alternative Rock > Hardcore & Punk > Proto Punk
- #48 in Music > Rock > Progressive > Progressive Rock
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Track Listings
| 1. Speed Of Life (1999 Digital Remaster) |
| 2. Breaking Glass (1999 Digital Remaster) |
| 3. What In The World (1999 Digital Remaster) |
| 4. Sound And Vision (1999 Digital Remaster) |
| 5. Always Crashing In The Same Car (1999 Digital Remaster) |
| 6. Be My Wife (1999 Digital Remaster) |
| 7. A New Career In A New Town (1999 Digital Remaster) |
| 8. Warszawa (1999 Digital Remaster) |
| 9. Art Decade (1999 Digital Remaster) |
| 10. Weeping Wall (Instrumental) (1999 Digital Remaster) |
| 11. Subterraneans (1999 Digital Remaster) |
Product Description
From Amazon.co.uk
The first part of a loosely affiliated trilogy (Heroes and Lodger were to follow), Low is in part a synthesis of 1970's disco, funk and New Wave as well as a brave foray in to wordless electronic ambience. The opening salvo of songs and up-tempo instrumentals contains the single "Sound and Vision", which shudders under the archness of Bowie deadpan vocals. Elsewhere, Bowie inhabits the brilliantly starchy European funk of "Breaking Glass" and "Always Crashing in the Same Car". That Bowie found a like mind in the eternally innovative Brian Eno is no surprise; the success of the four instrumental pieces that close Low can be attributed in no small way to the production contributions of the ex- Roxy Music keyboard player turned ambient pioneer. Bowie and Eno's experiments in a Berlin recording studio would have a massive influence on the music of subsequent decades. For this reason alone, Low is an essential David Bowie album. --James Littlewood
Chronique amazon.fr
Premier volet de que l'on appelle la trilogie berlinoise, Low annonce la new (cold?) wave de groupes comme Joy Division. Co-réalisé avec Brian Eno dans la veine des "stratégies obliques" de Taking Tiger Mountain et Here Come The Warm Jets, Low reprend les choses où l'électronique robotique de Kraftwerk les avait laissées. Sur le vinyle original, une face chantée compilait des morceaux ultra- courts ("Speed Of Life", "Sound And Vision") alors que l'autre était presqu'essentiellement instrumentale. On parle alors de musique environnementale et "Warszawa" exprime la désolation. De la pop à l'indus via l'ambient, Bowie s'impose comme un révolutionnaire défricheur de contrées encore vierges. --Philippe Robert
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5.0 out of 5 stars
One of My Desert Island DIscs,
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This review is from: Low (Audio CD)
Back in the spring of 1977 I bought this album not suspecting just how much Bowie had changed his style of music, again. I put the needle on the turntable and when the opening chords of Speed of Life began playing my first thought was, Wow! I remained seated by the record player through the entire two sides of this album and have loved this disc ever since. This was totally different from any of his previous works and it was the first recording of what was to become known as Bowie's Berlin Trilogy. I loved, and still do, how some of the songs were fragments, while others were cerebral landscapes but they all managed to gel together as one cohesive work of art. It's not surprising to me that all these years later Bowie's Berlin Trilogy still ranks as one of rock's classic recordings and this is the disc that started it. This Rykodisc version is especially gratifying as it contains extra tracks that were not on the original. The songs, Some Are, All Saints and a remixed version of Sound and Vision round out this CD beautifully. It's number one on my list of top ten desert island discs.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic,
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This review is from: Low (Audio CD)
My favorite Bowie album. This is rock music at its finest. The first half of the album contains upbeat yet complex pop songs, each one of which is a soulful masterpiece. The second part takes a dark transformation into experimental soundscapes which feature some stunning synthesizer work. This record does have a very 80s sound to it, but in the best possible way. It is more than a rock album, it's a timeless work of art by a musical genius.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Yes, it took >25 years for me to admit it, but yes, 5 Stars,
By copycat (land of green ginger) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Low (Audio CD)
I bought it when it came out. A piece of vinyl; that week's purchase. Played it to my friends; we weren't so sure; we weren't saying 'No', but we weren't saying 'Yes' either.Slide the timer forward to now. I can look back and realise it's one of those albums which has been in my brain for all that time. Hovering in the background. Understated , but always there in the subconscious. How do I know? I just picked it up again afer a long hiatus and found out, for the first time, what I had always suspected ~ what a wonderful, wonderful album this is. I think I'd better say that again, in case you weren't listening - What a wonderful album this is.
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