David Bowie Low Vinyl Review

Definitely a departure from bowie s early work as he was struggling with addiction and working exclusively in west berlin.

David bowie low vinyl review.

But this really is just a great reissue really nice case comes with a wax paper cover to prevent scratching a nice reprint of the old bowie fanclub card. It s cool its enigmatic it s experimental its everything bowie was. Throughout the record s first half the guitars are jagged and. And this tony visconti remastered reissue sounds better than the original.

Following through with the avant garde inclinations of station to station yet explicitly breaking with david bowie s past low is a dense challenging album that confirmed his place at rock s cutting edge. The uk first edition david bowie low has a cover that uses a modified version of the us cover the catalogue present in the top rh front corner of the us cover has been masked over artifacts are visible. Rca ayl1 3856 series. In light of david bowie s passing pitchfork commissioned reviews of several of his classic albums compared to its predecessors david bowie s 11th studio album is noticeably reserved.

Side one is the meat and potatoes if you like bowie this is the easier side to dance drive groove to. Top 3 for sure. I love low for so many reasons. The fan club insert of the uk edition uses a different font where catalogue numbers differ from the us numbers the uk spine copies the us spine and adds additional information.

Best buy series format. Low was a 1977 breakthrough album by david bowie which contained avant garde tracks rich with experimental synthesizers and unique compositional approaches the album was co produced by bowie and tony visconti and is considered the first of bowie s berlin trilogy along with heroes later in 1977 and lodger in 1979. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 1982 vinyl release of low on discogs. All three of these albums were collaborations with composer.

Driven by dissonant synthesizers and electronics low is divided between brief angular songs and atmospheric instrumentals. Low might be bowie s best album. Electronic rock style. Part of a trilogy heroes and lodger being the other two this was the beginning of his big brian eno collaboration and i think it is very much it s own thing entirely from the rest of his career.

Low is as amazing an album as ever and just to have a vinyl of it is awesome.