Low

Bowie is a referent. I didn't know he mades instrumental songs.

Love Bowie just not this album

The songs are great, but the synthy stuff at the end is all Radiophonic Workshop outtakes - tuneless noodling.

3/5 Slow tempo

Nice abstract album

good theme throughout a little experimental but no outstanding moments in my mind

My stance on this one is the same as for Heroes: I really like the typical David Bowie, but the synth-ambient Bowie just doesn't do it for me. First half 4 stars, second half 2.5 stars.

Good background, probably wouldn’t seek it out on it’s own. Decent within-album variety.

My first time listening to this album and my first impression is squarely on the "meh" side of things. There's something about it, though, that makes me think it becomes better the more you listen to it, so I'm going to give this a slightly higher score than my gut says I should.

Good listen, musically. The album seems incomplete between the short and fading out tracks, general lack of lyrics, and different concepts on each side.

Is this what a concept album is? Kinda weird but not unenjoyable to listen to..

Worth listening to as a whole album. Most tracks are familiar, but together they really feel on that Low feeling. If you are listening to this regularly, you probably need to take up a team sport or something to get you out of the house.

I love the first half of the album with all of it's spiky post punk attitude but the soundscape instrumentals though should be applauded by someone of Bowie's level to try new avant garde ideas, they are just lacking something. Maybe I need to do loads of blow and listen to them again... Best Tracks: Breaking Glass; Sound and Vision; Always Crashing In The Same Car

Listened 27/9/21

Very instrumental, first song gorillaz second song of Montreal

3/5

Great album with awesome instrumentals, it’s clear this album has tons of artistic merit. As good as it is, I don’t see myself coming back to listen to it for fun very often, but still a good listen.

While this Album still has great innovation and Bowie's mastermind, the end result from a music standpoint is just not my cup of tea

Very interesting - seemingly mostly instrumental (didn't keep track of how much), there's a mix of ambient sounds with straightforward beats. It still sounds like Bowie even without the voice.

Just the right amount of weird for me. I appreciated all the instrumentation, both real (bass lines were rocking through most of the album) and synthentic. Most of the songs were between 2-3 minutes, which I think was perfect - it was just long enough for me to think "hey, this is pretty cool" and then it would end before I got bored. Last few tracks lost me though. In general, I wish I would have heard more of Bowie's voice - most of the time I felt like I was listening to a movie score.

Of course I know David Bowie, but I think every track on this album was new to me. It was different than what I've heard from Bowie before. "Weeping Wall" almost sounds like Prog Rock. I have no idea what "Warszawa" was supposed to be (weird). "Sound and Vision" came up as the favorite from this album, but overall this album gets an official "okay".

not my favorite

Rating: 6/10 Best songs: Be my wife

Short and sweet

I have listened to some Bowie before but I hadn't listened to this particular album. It's a good album but to be honest nothing really special about it at the first listen atleast. For now I would rank it a weak 3.

Not a big fan of Bowie, could not find non remastered versions.

Nothing crazy on this album, lots of instrumental, good listening.

First half is meh 70s rock. 2nd half is epic/atmospheric synth music. I love the 2nd half

Background Bowie, but good

Cool ambient jams

Sound and Vision

Is it artsy? Yeah! Is it good? Debatable. I love me some ambient music, but after listening to this I don't really care to hear it on the regular. I think it's a neat album and can see why Bowie fans praise it since it expands his already wide range. It just isn't catchy and isn't memorable. It's cool as hell, but I wouldn't want to purchase it or anything. Sorry you had a bad time, Bowie.

A more mainstream and poppy sound than what I was expecting. The last couple of numbers are more experimental but I enjoyed it all.

Bisher kannte ich Bowie nicht so instrumentell. Man verfällt schnell in Trance bei dem Album. Kann man sich anhören.

Nicht mein Lieblingsalbum von Bowie, mir gefallen seine Glamrock-Songs besser. Aber allein die Vorstellung, wie er durch das Berlin der 70er spaziert und neue Sounds ausprobiert, ist toll.

It was okay, but I didn't really love it.

Escuchado...

Interesting? Yes. I don't know how important this is as a stand alone album, other than that it's hard to say how his later works would have turned out without this period. It's definitely a different listen...

Excellent themes, but a little slow

Zo engels dat ik het niet serieus kan nemen XD

Great album but some of the tracks just drag for a bit too long. The album has great peaks, Warszawa is an incredible, chilling track. 3.5/5.

Surreal. Felt Eno inspired. This is s Bowie album I've never heard.

Pretty good

Not my fave Bowie, but it gets an extra star for sound and vision

Creative. Ambient, sountrack

Disco instrumental con sonido muy de la época

5

I enjoyed it, but it didn't particularly move me. Frustrated by Spotify turning everything into a radio station. I just want it to stop when the album is over. Almost thought Rebel Rebel was on this album.

#First Random Album from m0n0d3lc0ng0 DR. Music of the 70s nice experience.

Not my favorite Bowie album but I do appreciate its inventiveness and I think if it I wasnt already in love with Bowie's other work I would probably like it more. I knew sound and vision but not any other song. I thought this might be one of the albums he worked with Brian Eno on and I'm right! It's the first one. I believe they used some of Enos Oblique Strategies to develop the songs.

No conocía este disco de Bowie y veo que ninguna de sus canciones está entre las más famosas de él. Me ha sorprendido lo moderno que suena siendo del año 1977. La electrónica que incluye me gusta y está Brian Eno, capaz de lo mejor y de lo otro también. Tiene un aire Talking Heads interesante. Canciones como What in the world o Sound and vision están bien. La cara B del vinilo tiene temas sorprendentes como Warszawa, Art decade o Subterraneans experimentales y más parecidos a New Age o banda sonora que a algo que relacionemos con Bowie.

Not my favorite stuff from Bowie, but Sound and Vision and Warszawa are pretty nice

Pretty good interesting wasn’t Much singing

uneven but you just know that was the aim

I know Bowie was a legend or whatever, but I thought this album was kind of meh

Not for me at all. Just got bored through most of it

Switches between psychedelic and manic.

A good, not great Bowie album. I don't understand why people think all Bowie albums have to be great just because Ziggy Stardust is so amazing.

Good album, with the single Sound and Vision. The lasts tracks are more « ambient » music

Fav Song: Sound and Vision

Very "artsy". OK album but will probably not put on when I feel like listening to some David Bowie.

I don't know much Bowie but I feel like this isn't his best work

Ironically had recently added this to my private list of albums to “check out later”— an ongoing never-finished project- so I was glad to give this one a listen. The beginning of the “Berlin trilogy”, so I added all three incl. Heroes and Lodger. Bowie was newly sober for this record, which makes me think of my own ongoing relationship with substances. It’s forward-sounding, extremely unique stuff clearly influenced by loads of other music. I like this one a lot, 4 stars on its own but 5 in the grander context of these three records

As with most Bowie, I liked it... OK. I actually love his voice, but his music is pretty often on the "too weird to listen to regularly" side. However, I like this better than the Waits album. Still, can't give it 4 stars.

Not really Bowie hits I had heard before, but it had the original sound and vision which I enjoyed since I had only heard the cover. I can definitely hear how this album may have influenced future artists. It definitely has some elements that feel more modern than I might expect from an album from 1977.

Wasn’t my favourite Bowie, but not the worst.

7/10

första 6 bra resten meh

Ok David Bowie album, not my favorite but good.

To-delt, punk rock/ambient, Brian Eno, innovative trommer

More disjointed than I typically enjoy Bowie albums but he still fits the album sound to his personal style well

Nyt oli jo vähän parempaa Bowiee, pari kertaa pysty putkeen kuuntelee tuskastumatta ja tahtiakin tuli naputeltua menemään paikoin.

this is the second time this has given me a Bowie album, and the second time I've been impressed. But before listening to these albums, every song I'd heard from him (I guess all radio hits ofc) was kinda shit. would have given 4/5 but the last few songs were kinda pointless spacey not-quite-synthwave ambient duds.

Actually didn't grab me. Bit disappointing

Moyen

Kind of weird.

an interesting album from Bowie. Largely instrumental with a couple of vocals. Some good stuff, some forgettable stuff as well. Not sure I would listen again nor would I buy this

Welcome to an Alien planet -David Bowie

1 David Bowie Album would have been enough.

Better than I remember. It's a lot, but there's some good parts. Second half is bizarre... only the last track stuck with me. BUT I think it was my favourite song on the album. First half was alright and second half wasn't exactly my thing. An interesting experience

Very instrumental focused album didn’t enjoy certain parts and felt very okay about others. Feels like a 2.5/5 to me.

This is Blondie's favorite album. The arcade noises on What in the World are not a welcome addition. They sound like sped up King Hippo noises. Just when I think I'm liking this album more, it has a track like Warszawa and I feel differently. I get the video game noises now. Art Decade could be the score for Final Fantasy VIII. These mostly instrumental sides on Heroes and Low just aren't great. The whole second side is like an emo video game soundtrack.

A few good songs but most of the album just faded into the background as weird instrumental music for me. I feel like an uncultured swine giving this a 2 but damn. Miss for me. Fave Song: Sound and Vision

I liked this less than the David Bowie album from two days ago.

Had some decent tunes but the last few really dragged and brought down my overall opinion of the album.

I didn't really enjoy this one. But also didn't listen to it with the most attention.

Not really my jam but shout out to the goat

Isch halt de Bowie. Ich weiss nicht warum diese Platte hier gelistet ist.

Too much droning

what the hell, sure

A reminder that even the legends can do some very average things.

Some enjoyable tunes in there but I found myself not too enthralled

Ugh. When I read "It didn't sell but the critics later loved it" I know into what I'm walking.

I've found a lot to like from Bowie in this list, but this ain't it.

This is too spacey for me. Do not like.

Ok?

lots of experimental sounds in this album track 3 caught me off guard and not in a good way, the experimental chip tune sound was not the vibe The classics on this album do bump it up a bit for me

Just because Bowie is an icon, doesn't mean everything he touches is gold. Half-written songs and snippets of lyrics in the first half, turgid ambient soundscapes in the second half. They're only on there because he'd already written a movie soundtrack and couldn't bear to throw it away. Rubbish. The thin white emperor isn't wearing any clothes

First half decent, second half weird.

Ультра претенциозная арт-хуйня, собранная из эмбиентов, звуков окружающего мира и каких-то заунывных рок-аккордов. Чувствуется что чел делал это на отходосах с наркотиков.

Pretty weak. Not my kind of thing with some endless soundscapes. Sound and Vision is the only banger on the album.

I mean I love The Duke and all but this smells of a passion project more than an album. I'm devastated.

Idk really know, it was just not really it …

Good listen if you’re floating through space or tripping balls

So very 80s... But it was 1976. So ahead of his time.i imagine this didn't set the world on fire when it dropped but picked up steam over the years. Apart from that though there isn't really a lot of substance here. There are better Bowie albums, I assume they will all show up here eventually. Curator must be a Bowie fan. I wonder who missed out so this could be included.

I don’t care for the man

Not for me

Highlights: Sound and Vision 2.6

No muy mi estilo, aburrido

I liked it, but it’s not the best Bowie album

Medio depre

mostly just vibes and noise but you know what, hell yeah

2/5

No es el mejor trabajo de Bowie, en serio quería que me gustara

Not my favorite, love sound and vision but that’s the only song worth listening to on this album

They can keep their weird little British artists the themselves. Just not sharing the appeal here.

There are some things Bowie made that I like, but no fan. Of Eno, either, by the way. There was nothing like that on this album, which was pretty boring, I must admit.

Bizarre Bowie album

Eh

There are many David Bowie albums on this list. Many of them are deservingly so, but for 'Low' it feels to me as if this list could have done without it. There is just too little on this album which is standing out. Tomorrow pretty much all of this album will be forgotten. 'Sound and Vision' is the most famous track on this album and the most memorable one. In addition to that one there is not a lot here. 2/5

есть вайб но я ниче не добавил

I guess I just don’t get it.

I guess I never realized how much of Montreal ripped off early Bowie.

Real sci-fi, space feeling music. Lots of songs without lyrics. Surprised me that Jez may be fond of this album, wouldn’t expect it from him.

Not terrible. A couple songs that weren’t bad but overall a bit inconsistent.

I just realized that this is the EIGHTH Bowie album I've gotten here. Already, I can tell that this wasn't one of his most commercial albums, despite being the start of his "Berlin Trilogy" in which tony Visconti and Brian Eno came together to help collaborate. That should pretty much tell you the story here. This is a very artsy and more electronic album that sort of zips by in the first half, then takes strange directions and opts for more melancholic ambience in the second half. Vocally, this is the least present Bowie has ever been on one of his own albums. That honestly soured me a bit. Bowie's vocal presence is what captivates us, not a bunch of moody synthesizers. The instrumentals were fine, don't get me wrong, but this was hardly a Bowie album in my eyes (despite his instrumental presence in the latter half). Can't help but be overly critical here.

Not a Bowie guy.

I really appreciate David Bowie but I’ve never been a huge fan of his music. The last half of this album resonated more for me. 2.5

Influential electro-rock album, but didn’t hit the sweet spot for me. I am again guilty of not having the best audio set-up, but still, this album felt very meandering and random to me. I’m a David Bowie fan, but this one just felt quite random and disjointed, and I couldn’t settle into its mood. Not my cup of tea

A Bowie album that I have never listened to, it was ok

4/10 I enjoyed this significantly less then the first Bowie album, the standout parts for me where the songs without lyrics.

no me gusto

no thanks lol

great background music

An interesting concept for this album with the back half being so abstract. I didn’t particularly enjoy that though.

I think Davids later stuff was a lot better most of this is just ambient sounds and for the 70s it was fine but it aged like milk.

Entry #4 from David Bowie (not to mention the Iggy Pop ones). All these songs are new to me. The first part of the album includes standard rock songs, and the last part includes instrumental/electronica music, which would be perfect for a museum or planetarium. I enjoyed the planetarium music more than the rock tunes, but none of it is memorable.

Firsy half a bit dull, nothing standing out Barren second handful, some nice sounds Ideal length

Well clearly this was a forgettable album because I don't really remember much of it. I remember Warszawa being very weird and not pleasant to listen to.

the generator must have been listening to me last night when I said "I guess I do like Bowie" and said now wait a second! Let's show you some of the stuff you won't like as much. Here we are. Third Bowie album and I am sure it won't be the last on this list. Least favorite so far and I think it'll get more and more 80s from here.

Idk not a huge fan tbh, i like the saxophones in some of the songs like subterraneans

Very vibes based, went a bit odd at the end.

Я знаю Дэвида по старому паблику ВК с названием "Дэвид Боуи и салатники". Мне нравится его стиль, но музыка никогда не нравилась, просто не находила отклика внутри меня. Вот и здесь ничего не отозвалось. Когда я вижу в описании что-то вроде "11 альбом британского исполнителя", то мне заранее становится страшно. Дэвид, мне очень жаль, правда.

Nota mental: puntuación Low, como el título del disco 😑

די משעמם

I didn't get it....

Except for Sound and Vision, doesn't do anything for me. It was experimental, and I guess he liked the results, because he did the same thing on Heroes.

This album lost me on a wave of phase. Not sure why this is thought to be the first time any of the sounds were heard on an album. Countless UK prog bands were experimenting with various early synths, Be Bop Deluxe used phasers on guitar. Don't get the praise for what is to me maybe experimental for Bowie, but not for the general music of that era. Not an unlistenable album, but way overrated by some, as is most of Bowies work.

Good start, not sure what happened on the back half. Terrible

Tracks 2 and 3 are decent. The second half of the album is atmospheric but not engaging. Maybe it was good at the time?

Love David Bowie but this cup of tea ain’t mine.

1: Be My Wife 2: Breaking Glass 3: A New Career in a New Town

I think for 1977 this is incredibly ambitious. Nothing really hits the spot as much as sound and vision and thats because his screeching is kept to a minimum. As usual with Bowie if you like him you will love this. I do not and would rather not listen to this bobbins

As a huge Bowie fan, this album was unforgettable. Mostly instrumental, but not in any fun experimental way that I've come to anticipate from him.

Por momentos puede estar bien, pero nunca excepcional. La segunda mitad es mayormente instrumental, y podría llamarme más pero no lo hace. Una especie de álbum diferente? No sé, sigue siendo Bowie. No volvería a escucharlo.

Artists being artsy.

Not a bad album by any means, just very instrumental heavy. I think I just missed Bowies voice.

Starts off decently enough with a couple of good songs (Sound and Vision being the best), but then it devolves. A lot of it sounds like improvised experimentation. The second half of the record gets very tedious with long boring instrumentals. Bowie is an all-time great, but I don’t think this album is.

This............is disappointingly bad. 2.

Liked it more than Station to Station, but still doesn’t do much for me

Very extraterrestrial sci fi vibes

this is unlike anything bowie released prior, and i'm kinda happy he never went back to this style.

Sound and vision is good! The rest of this is not my favorite, like I can't hear the lyrics, hard to hum along to, and none of the storytelling I like about the Bowie songs I like. Great album cover tho he's so pretty. No! A weird 7 min song? Skip. The last three tracks on this I had to skip because they were too aggressively weird and boring. I think for 1977 this is like wildly out of the box, and that's cool, but I'd rather hear Hunky Dory or Ziggy, please.

Sound and Vision was the only song that was actually good

Not your best work man, “be my wife” cool tho

Ich fülle David Bowie einfach nicht.. finde das weitgehend uninspirierend.

Woah Bowie mag ja seiner Zeit immer voraus gewesen sein und das hier hat auch schöne Ambient Momente, aber ich weigere mich das hier zu feiern nur weil Bowie drauf steht. Es langweilt mich vorallem wenn es in der zweiten Hälfte nur noch Ambient ist. Das Album dauert keine 40 Minuten und es fühlt sich an als wären 2h vergangen

Never been a huge Bowie fan, like some of his songs. This is not a favorite album for sure.

Meh 5.4/10

Didnt gel with me. Not terrible. Not amazing.

I really dont care for this experimental era bowie had, the weird instrumentals on the back half make this album feel way longer that it actually was. Its just not for me

I'm not saying I would be mad if this album was playing but I also don't see myself waking up in the morning desperate to hear it, you know??

O fost ok

Not a fan of this. I bet Bolan would a done it better.

Naaahhhh. Wtf

I've not listened much to David Bowie before going into this, but of course I've heard his classics such as Space Oddity, so I went in expecting something similar, a poetry meets music kind of experience. However I was quite disappointed to find out that not only is it not poetry, there's barely any lyrics, I swear, he says like 2 full sentences through the entire album. And when your music is slow and monotonic, that's kind of a death sentence. I can see why people like it and I don't think its bad music, not by a long shot, but I expected more and it was really hard for me to not fall asleep while listening to it.

It's... fine. Kind of boring to me, mostly because it's not my sound really. Still a good album, so lowering the score just because it's not my kind of music would be rude of me. Favs: Sound and Vision

He made some goated songs but not this time fr what the hell

Aødri skjøt mæ på bowie. Bortsett fra det som e bra såklart

raro, muy musical, definitivamente no es mi estilo, 2/5

Umm the album was not appealing to me

4/10

I hate to give this album such a ¨low¨ ranking but it's a fucking slog, isn't it? I can see what he was going for, I respect it, I don't enjoy most of it.

Yeah I think this seals it. I’m just not a Bowie fan. I think this is the 4th(?) Bowie album I’ve had and it’s one the better ones but I still didn’t love it. Good moments but not much more than that for me.

I just don’t get it.

i would say listen to this album if your a fan of experimenting with new instruments and music styles but me personally i didn’t find this album intriguing as it didn’t have any lyrics

If you are a classic Bowie fan, then this is an interesting offering. I like hearing hints of electronica that be more popular in the 1980s. Many of the tracks are whimsically dark instrumentals which may serve as good background music for thoughtful dream like videos. At the end of the day, it will probably not be an album I'd put in my top 100.

Ehhhh not really my style but it was a good listen. I enjoyed dancing around my kitchen while baking & listening to this (while singing made up songs to the beats, to my cats lol) Objectively it's a good album, subjectively...? I really just didn't like it. Favorite song(s) - Art decade Rating 1-5 ~ 2 (OBJECTIVELY!)

Naturally, very strange and all over the place.

ehhhh....

Not his best

Found it quite boring tbh

Ben buna da yükselmedim… space oddity dışında Bowie yok mlsf

Just not my listen. I like spots of the recording.

Not really my cup of tea. I more so prefer Bowie’s energetic, space-sounding music. The instrument only songs were especially dreadful to me. I’m sorry, but I cannot listen to 5 minutes of the same experimental jazz sequence. Bowie has all of my respect, but this was not good.

Not into all the instrumentals Faves probably Sound And Vision and Be My Wife

mood neige prime mais sinon trop d’instru pour moi

A little too experimental for my taste, I can appreciate what people do like about it, however it doesn’t tickle my ear the right way

🫤

I enjoyed the electronic nature to the album, there were a lot of instrumentals though which is not usually my preference

Very whimsical reminds me of a movie soundtrack

The uniqueness and tone of this block of songs does make it riveting, but many songs sound the same and fall flat for me. It grew on me and I will listen again.

A few cool moments, but really not Bowie's best.

The first half felt disjointed and not very “organic” (probably intentionally), but it’s not for me. I preferred the ambient side: the atmosphere works and is quite evocative overall, but it’s not something I’m likely to feel like revisiting

not my vibe pero def no es un mal álbum, no soy fan de tantos temas full instrumentales, es un álbum como trippy or wtv

2.5 - ok but ambient music ain’t very interesting

Started off not for me, but enjoyed the last 4 songs.

Not a fan of bowie

Very low

not my favourite type of genre, but i like the song always crashing in the same car

Track 1. (Speed of Life) Other than the fact that it has no lyrics, it's a good intro to what the album will sound like. Can't really rate it fairly tho since it's not an actual song. Fire melody tho. 6/10 Track 2. (Breaking Glass) very short and hardly any lyrics but still a banger tbh. but like it's so short I can't really rate it too high 6.7/10 Track 3. (What in the World) interesting instrumental, can't tell if I like it or not. veryyy 70's, which I do like. It's hard not to be biased because David is one of my favourite artists ever, so I still like this song. 6.9/10 Track 4. (Sound and Vision) Love the instrumental so much its just cool and catchy. Annoyingly long intro, so it doesn't leave much for David's actual singing, but that's fine. 7.2/10 Track 5. (Always Crashing in the Same Car) Cool, very David again. Not many lyrics again, mostly just instrumental, and the lyrics were lowkey random lol. 6.5/10 Track 6. (Be My Wife) I can't lie, the lyrics are just borderline dumb and don't make sense, not in a campy way but just in a bad way. I mean its not so bad, but not amazing, which is my standard for David, is probably higher than most artists. 5.4/10 Track 7. (A New Career in a New Town) Interesting instrumental, but I like it. God, why does David hardly sing in this album? His voice is something that makes his music so good and stands out. Whatever, it had so much potential, so why no singing ugh... 4/10 Track 8. (Warszawa) also... literally no lyrics... 20 words to be exact in a bloody 6 MINUTE SONG. please why are they silencing you David? Also kinda scary lol, what is he yapping about? 2/10 Track 9. (Art Decade) no. goddamn. lyrics. please im getting tired of this. also very eery, maybe I'm not cool enough for this, but whatever. 2.5/10 Track 10. (Weeping Wall) so your actually fucking with me now, likeeee no lyrics again?!?!? ok bye, girl. I get one, maybe one or two silent interludes, max 3 mintutes but this is borderline unlistenable. its giving i saw alien spaceships. 2.3/10 Track 11. (Subterraneans) yeah okay, not any better, 18 words and 5 minutes long, it's not even a good instrumental. so dissapointed tbh. bye. 3.5/10 Notes: really sad this album wasn't good, sorry not sorry I wanted it to be, and I really thought it would be getting a 5 stars, more like 1 or 2. Final score: 4.8/10

holy NOTHING BURGER. this album feels like bowie got bored halfway through the recording session and decided to contact his mother ship. favorite song: breaking glass least favorite song: art decade

Two years after the funky Young Americans, Bowie comes back with something different, but it still very much sounds like Bowie, and I expected something colder and darker. The electronic elements are pretty light during the first half, and there’s still a lot of organic, groovy material. I think I would’ve preferred something more radical, more Berlin-style. The second half leans more in that direction, but it feels closer to film music without the rock elements and you can clearly feel Brian Eno’s touch. Slightly disappointing since I was expecting something closer to Neue! (a band I really enjoyed). I don’t dislike it but I don’t like it either.

Totally wasn't in the mood for this. Also felt a bit disjointed. All the songs were trying to be something that didn't fit together for me. Very mythical and 80s. Maybe a version of the Labyrinth soundtrack?

This was his 11th studio album? How many fucking albums did this guy make?

Atmospheric and more background music than serious listening

What the??? Not good at all. 2

Meh, this was fine. Sounded more like a soundtrack to a space movie than an actual album I would want to sit down and listen to.

I know I’m going to catch some flack for this, but I just can’t get into David Bowie. It’s not him, it’s me. This album actually started off pretty strong, and for a minute I thought this might be the one that finally clicks. Then the second half hit, and it kind of lost me. Once it turns into mostly synthesizers and atmosphere, my interest just dropped off. I get what he was going for, and I understand why people respect it, but it just didn’t do much for me as a listener. I respect Bowie’s influence and creativity, but this ended up being more of a chore than an enjoyable listen.

A couple of these tracks have been in my instrumental focus playlist. But overall, it's...weird and makes me sleepy. This is not the Bowie for me. Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): Sound and Vision ⭐⭐: Didn't like it, didn't hate it. Saved no tracks.

Maybe this is the one. That once in a million album that finally ignites your passion for David Bowie. From now on you’re going to throw out your Tom Petty shirts and wear Bowie shirts It only took 9 other Bowie albums for this!! Update: this is not the one

Never liked that brit

I don't like david bowie He shoot arrowie with his bowie

I like Bowie but this album is not it

I’m not a huge David Bowie fan but this one is pretty good.

not the best bowie.

Oh god. The heroin addled Bowie tries to convince us he matters! Later and earlier he did but this album seems to me to be the worst excesses of Eno and the worst excesses of Bowie. I know it’s a trilogy, but heroes is enough. I will admit Bowie might be in that rare coterie who could take up 3 or 4 spaces on this list. But not with this one.

Strange. I don’t love the vibes.

Очередной альбом Боуи. Но я ожидал услышать хотя бы старый рок. А услышал странное инструментальное чёрт знает что.

Might be my least favorite Bowie album. Lots of atmosphere but not a lot of Bowie. I get that it’s him experimenting with electronic music but almost half of it is instrumental. Not exactly what I’m looking for from a Bowie album.

Im sorry but i really dont like david bowie idk why maybe its too experimental for me idk

only liked subterraneans.

didnt connect with this at all. started to appreciate it more on the backhalf, but it was a slog to get there for me. could see it being a 3 for some point, but i can't give it on merit

Gotta be honest, that was kinda boring. I'm starting to question why Bowie was so famous, sure he had a few cool songs, but....

It's Bowie, which means it has to be great, right? Except for when it isn't. This was a mediocre album. Interesting in that there were two distinct sides to this record, but the front half was vastly superior to the second half. He was pretty experimental on the back side, but this didn't really hit at all for me. Just long, drawn out tunes that didn't have a whole lot to them. Frankly, I found them all to be wastes of space. The actual songs on the front of this record were decent, but nothing was spectacular. Pretty average. So 1/2 X 3 + 1/2 X 1 = a 2-star record. He's made much better music than this.

lots of interesting sounds in this album, but didn't enjoy quite that much

1. Speed of Life - 5 It's an instrumental but there's nothing overly fantastic about it. There's some interesting but defintiely out of place sounds used on the track. The guitars are in that classic Bowie style though and they're probably the highlight of the track alongside the drums. 2. Breaking Glass - 3 It's a really short but very dull track. Lyrically it's nothing phenomenal and instrumentally it's not very good either. 3. What in the World - 4 Not a very good track. Slightly better than Breaking Glass but it's still lyrically all over the shop and there's some instrumentals used on the track that are unpleasant. 4. Sound and Vision - 5 It's okay. Nothing about this is anything extraordinary. Instrumentally it's a lot more enjoyable than the previous three tracks but it's overall still missing the spark a normal Bowie track has. 5. Always Crashing in the Same Car - 5 It's another okay song. Lyrically it's the strongest so far but it's still nothing overly phenomenal. A lot of this album so far has been very bang average. 6. Be My Wife - 6 I love the way this track starts, especially with the piano. Outside of that it's okay. Not the best love song you'll ever hear. 7. A New Career in a New Town - 4 Fluff of an instrumental track. 8. Warszawa - 7 Much better instrumental track. Very moving at times but also sounds quite dated now. It's still a decent track overall. 9. Art Decade - 3 Like a bad 80s futuristic movie track. Almost like something that belongs on a Blade Runner soundtrack. 10. Weeping Wall - 3 Exactly the same problem as Art Decade. 11. Subterraneans - 4 I like the sax on here but that's about the only redeeming thing on the track. Average Rating: 4.45 Adjusted to 5-Point Scale: 2.23 Rounded Down: 2 Stars

Listened to it while unpacking the suitcase after coming home - was more irritated by the indsrumentals than anything else. I‘d expect the album could grow on me by listening to it more carefully. As background it‘s more creepy than enjoyable.

I don’t know what to say about this one. Bit disappointed. Strange album although not entirely sure what I was expecting.

Very different to his mean stream things, listening in the car mostly. More instrumentals than I expected, and didn't enjoy it that much. I think he has better albums.

interesting

It is a good Bowie album but I am not a fan of Mr. Bowie.

Marginally okay

I am so tired of David Bowie!

I like Bowie a lot. I did not care for this album

I just do not understand Bowie. I'm trying, but I just don't get the appeal.

Not his finest work in my opinion. Nothing else to say really.

Love sound and vision, can that one track make this an essential album? Side A is good, carried by a great backing band, however some songs seem unfinished. The B side is rough with a lot of experimental plinking and plonking.

Some of the material on here blew me away considering this was made in the 70's, especially the last song, however a lot of it felt kinda boring.

I hold Bowie in fairly high regard. Lots of people hold this album in very high regard. I'm not one of them. It has a few good tracks, but the Eno-influenced/-provided keyboards overall don't do it much good. My least favourite of the Berlin trilogy.

Just not a Bowie fan…

I can't say I'm the biggest Bowie fan, I need to do a deeper dive on him one day but it doesn't grip me at this point in my life

This one was pretty experimental. Not sure that it was for me.

I'm in the extreme minority as someone that doesn't get/like Bowie and this is the center point of my reasoning. This album is a very niche approach to making music. 2.5/5

A bit too abstract for my taste.

Not a big fan.

Não gostei muito mas pronto

Bowie is a music god but this felt like Temu Bowie!

just struggle with bowie. always have, sadly i presume i always will

Not really this one

A low point in David Bowie's career. Favorite Track: "Speed Of Life".

A couple of decent songs and some good guitar work. "Low" is an apt title for this album as I felt lower than a snake's belly in a ditch after listening to the second half of it.

Nettamente peggio dell'altro. Non so il perché

1,7/5

meh

I love Bowie but man what a snoozer. Why listen to a Bowie album when it does not highlight the best part of listening to a Bowie album which is Bowie himself. Instrumentals from a pop singer is dumb.

Name reflects my opinion of it.

I’m instrumental part of the album was great.

Sorry Bowie I just dont like your music

Bowie took more risks on this album than his previous ones I’ve gotten, and it does not pay off for him in my opinion

Bowie has better albums!

Meh. Didn't need to hear this before I died tbh.

Indeed a low!

I bit too jittery for my taste

5/10

An interesting listen without having any stand out classics. You can feel the influence on later works here, especially in the latter half of the album, but there wasn't a lot to really hold my attention. Minus one star for a needless sax solo.

Weird is all I can say. I can appreciate wanting to experiment with different sounds, but this one fell flat for me.

Not his best album, but it was interesting

really boring sounds like something that would be playing in a star wars scene. not my thing i almost fell asleep.

Can't say I loved this

it wasn’t too memorable! I think David Bowies songs/singles stand out. plus a lot of instrumentals that didn’t vibe with me

This album feels very incoherent. Not sure what his head space was during the making of this one. Some good individual tracks but they don’t vibe with each other. The mood is all over the place.

Not one of his good albums.

It's kinda like if David Bowie did a soundtrack for an indie movie and he had a sore throat so he couldn't sing at all that day.

Complex album. First listen I did not liked much/at all, sounded like some rolling stones the opening track, then some instrumental, too much too flashi.. however, I gave a secong and even third listening, and it grows on you. It will not be more thatn a 3,5 starts. But to be frank with the other records I judged on a first listenint this is a 2 star. Definitely not my favourite Bowie album.

Never a huge David Bowie fan and this album confirms my general sentiment. Was hoping to find at least one “new” song that I’d want to listen to again. Favorite track probably “A new career in a new town” but purely instrumental, which is really not my thing, and repetitive. C-

Disappointed with this album

Overall quite disappointed with this one. Definitely my worst Bowie album so far. The instrumental tracks at the end genuinely bored me. Top Track - Sound And Vision

Low as in a low point for Bowie. This didn’t work for me.

Overrated

dårlig bowie

Pretty low on my list of Bowie albums tbh Best Song: Be My Wife Rating: 4.0/10 Stars: 2/5

Oh, it's THIS David Bowie album. Sound And Vision is the first track I recognise, good tune (first on the album), like it. Everything else is ok at best. The second half of this album seems dominated by the Brian Eno / Krautrock sound, but I like both of those things more than I like this take on them. Wikipedia has a very long article on this and then every individual track on it bar one. I think that's too much attention.

Weird even for Bowie

Zuhause, Heidenheim, Deutschland. Ja, geht so.

This album was like walking back to your car with your wife after eating dinner at a restaurant. Your car is in a parking building and you're not 100% which level you parked on. After about 10 minutes, you find your car, only to realise your wife has been talking to you non-stop along the way. You haven't really been listening to her conversation.

This album has enough standing and history for it to be genius. But I didn't get it at all.

Crazy that this dude is a pedophile.

This is Blondie's favorite album. The arcade noises on What in the World are not a welcome addition. They sound like sped up King Hippo noises. Just when I think I'm liking this album more, it has a track like Warszawa and I feel differently. I get the video game noises now. Art Decade could be the score for Final Fantasy VIII. These mostly instrumental sides on Heroes and Low just aren't great. The whole second side is like an emo video game soundtrack.

Weird. But not what I normally think of Bowie weird to sound like. Ambient boring weird. Wasn’t offensive weird, mostly just forgettable. We hit another Low moment with this album