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Track Listings

1	Speed Of Life
2	Breaking Glass
3	What In The World
4	Sound And Vision
5	Always Crashing In The Same Car
6	Be My Wife
7	A New Career In A New Town
8	Warszawa
9	Art Decade
10	Weeping Wall
11	Subterraneans

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Remastered 1977 Classic Fts : "Always Crashing in the Same Car","Warszawa","Sound & Vision" & "Be my Wife"

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.89 x 5 x 0.39 inches; 3.53 ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Virgin
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 2126387
SPARS Code ‏ : ‎ DDD
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ December 7, 2006
Label ‏ : ‎ Virgin
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00001OH7W
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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D. Pankratz

Great music, good condition, easy transaction.

Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2024

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J. Gunning

SHARE BRIDE, FAILING STAR

Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2007

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I would not describe Bowie's presence as either "absent" or "alarmingly in your face" as the editorial review does. Having composed, or co-written, each of the 11 tracks and singing on at least 7, David Bowie is hardly absent. The sheer beauty of this record belies any alarm, even when Bowie "post-punks" it out on the short tracks of the first half, exposing himself more than any listener, and hence, inoffensive yet stunning. There is a haunting beauty and yet a bleakness to the tone of this record, coupled with a deep and gorgeous humanity within a foreboding futuristic urban-scape, wracked with anxiety, decay and hope. Post modern, indeed, LOW is the first commercially viable Post Modern statement (if there is such a thing.)

Interestingly, the album opens with a textured instrumental "Speed Of Life" which emphasizes the album's focus on music, and presumably not words. "Speed Of Life" also sounds the sense of an epilogue. The after-story is fascinating, starting with the violent so-called "post-punk" less-than-two-minute "Breaking Glass" revealing a strutting Bowie who chooses to place such sensibilities in the mainstream. I thought the lyric went "Don't look at the carpet; I "THREW" something awful on it. . ." However, it goes "Don't look at the carpet; I "DREW" something awful on it...!" The punk throws. The artist draws. LOW is Bowie discovering his artist, punk influenced certainly, but much more pop contemporary, and fascinated by technology and production. Bowie was as "cutting edge" as his artist has yet been.

Sound is paramount here; perhaps more so than song writing, but fortunately we have equal measures of both. We quickly learn here is merely an insightful economy of words, presumably born of the cut-up technique. Note the "new" sound from video games like Space Invaders on "What In The World" a sound no one would dare include on a record today, or even by the end of 1977, as it quickly became hackneyed. Here, it remains a relic revealing a remarkable innovation, not quite forgotten 30 years later and appreciated all the more. "Sound and Vision" flopped on the charts, but nonetheless captured the essence of that era, a little bit of the old 70s homage doo-wop, a danceable beat, and a great rock tune. Lyrically it describes the state Bowie must have been in ("blue, blue . . . pale blinds drawn all day, wondering what to say . . . blue, blue") looking for a new direction, "...waiting for the gift of sound and vision." "Sound and Vision" is so deconstructed it's almost produced backwards, brilliant. "Always Crashing in the Same Car" includes savvy vocalizing by Bowie round a tune that is barely sung, revealing the poet in the pauper. "Be My Wife" is a nostalgic return to the pauper's life, and perhaps the strongest song on the album. Its directness is punk in attitude, yet really a catchy roadhouse piano tune, and a surprisingly perfect fit here.

"A New Career In A New Town" is contextual, subverting the tone of the album away from the new direction (read "new wave") pop of the first half to internal monologue, most accurately termed "ambient," of the second. This track is commuting on a cold morning to a new job, the first day of school, past error and regret, resigned but introspective and sensitive. Notice the harmonica, Bowie brings an earthiness into this whole album with direct piano tunes, or guitar liquors, or his own strong harmonica, such as here, mixed with ambient electronica. This track closes side one of the short, unexpected rockers, all echoing the same tone, a mixture of completely modern and textbook.

The gentle, determined, and insightful "Art Decade" may be the most sophisticated of all of the second half, comprised of four tracks: the elegant "Warszawa" the nearly unbearable and haunting "Weeping Wall," and, finally, the inevitable and fitting funeral of our civilization and the dialogue between the modern world and the infinite, "Subterraneans." Our world is revealed a world subverted, and I suspect in 1977, and today, deluded. Bowie was an artist fully realizing himself, who saw how the world to come, here now, more and more evident, would strip away any artifice, plunder the personality, and hollow out humanity `til there was nothing left but our beautiful artifacts.

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Jason R. Conger

The most original album of the 70's

Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2008

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David Bowie is quoted as saying "Cut me and I bleed Low," which is a very ironic statement considering the fact that Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars is considered his most famous album. Bowie is one of the most often quoted and bewildering figures this side of Madonna in all of pop and this quote is truly a head-scratcher. What could he mean by that? I think it is because of all his albums, Low is probably the one Bowie album that is most ahead of its time. At the time it was made, Bowie was recovering from his cocaine addiction and the title Low is very fitting since low is the opposite feeling a person gets when they snort cocaine. Low is the sound of a man struggling with his demons. Back in the late 70's, artists sometimes recorded side one of a vinyl or 8-track for their hits and side two for their more adventurous songs (or filler). On Low, Bowie somewhat gives in to the formula, except that side one is considered more accessible than hit-friendly and side two is just completely non-commercial altogether. This is Bowie's artiest album by far. You could even say this is his "Anti-Let's Dance", since although "Sound and Vision" got radio play, (but not a big hit by any means) it was intentionally not supposed to be heard across the airwaves. Bowie was recovering from his cocaine habit, so I am guessing that album sales were the furthest thing from his mind at the time. I think Bowie was attempting an album of catharsis, an album that could prove to the world that cocaine wouldn't tear down his artistic integrity and in turn, making the album would help him on his path to sobriety. I am guessing that working on an album of this magnitude would be one of the most rewarding challenges possible during his attempt at redemption. The challenge paid off. Side 1 consists not of songs, but song fragments and contains Bowie at his most personal. If Lodger is considered Bowie's most personal and revealing album, than Low is his album that implies. "Always Crashing in the Same Car" and "Weeping Wall" are great examples of his implications. The first song implies his problems with eroticism; "crashing" being a less controversial way of saying "orgasm", but the way Bowie sings the song, it sounds as if the sex isn't doing anything for him at all since cocaine is ruining his life. "Weeping Wall" from side 2 is pure schizophrenia. It sounds like a man experiencing a withdrawal from drugs-all at once anxious and fidgety. The best song on the album, however, is "A New Career in a New Town" (symbolic title of Bowie escaping to Berlin to rid himself of his cocaine dealers), which closes side 1. Amidst the turmoil and chaos of the other songs on the album, the musically upbeat song offers the possibility of hope and getting through it all. At nearly three minutes, the song is perfect in both structure and melody and the hypnotic nature of it captivates from beginning to end. There really is no other song in rock quite like it. The Brian Eno touches on Low are apparent throughout, but this is clearly a Bowie album all the way since side 1 is so personal. I am not going to get into side 2's instrumental soundscapes too much. I will just say that the tone of the last four songs on Low is very brooding and sounds like a man struggling with his personal demons, which reiterates this being a Bowie album, but having said that, it is far more riveting than depressing. Elton John was the 70's most popular solo artist, but Bowie was the best and Low is further testimony to that argument. Low is perhaps the best example of electronics incorporated into rock and roll ever recorded and based on that alone it shares its place alongside the other great albums of the 70's. Add the element of catharsis to that synthesis and you have a one-of-a-kind work of art that will amaze listeners for years to come.

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David Bradley

Don't You Wonder Some Times?

Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2002

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While ZIGGY STARDUST will always be my favorite Bowie record, LOW and HEROES rank a close 2nd.
What I find most impressive about LOW is that, unlike some of Bowie's later work and almost all of the second-rate 1980's techno-junk which LOW inspired, this synthed-up record retains some swing and some rythm.
It also dulls me to tears to hear about Bowie's "bravery" in releasing these albums, as if there were some commercial risk involved. While he may have been stepping off stylistic cliffs, he gave himself great, nearly infallible parachutes by including great Pop singles on each LP. ZIGGY had "Suffragete City," LOW has "Sound and Vision," and HEROES had its title tune. They were all classic singles and, at the time, the market was still largely singles-based. Bowie may have been a challenging musician who liked to push the edges of the envelope, but he has always also been a smart businessman.

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Low cd

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 22, 2024

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Plays perfectly,case is good, thanks.

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Reviewed in Mexico on August 19, 2017

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Sin duda uno de los mejores discos de David Bowie. En realidad tengo poco escuchando la música de Bowie y este es uno de los discos que más me han impresionado. Se nota la influencia de Brian Eno. En cuanto al envío. No demoró casi nada y llegó antes de lo previsto. Me gusta comprar cosas en Amazon porque no tienes incremento de precios y lo que pides te llega en poco tiempo. Los precios son accesibles, tratándose de un disco importado. Me saldría más costoso comprar un disco en otro lugar, ya que vivo en provincia. Recomendando 100%

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Juan J

Obra maestra indiscutible, adelantado a su tiempo.

Reviewed in Spain on June 21, 2019

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Low es el pináculo de su período de experimentación / post-punk y la mejor entrada en su "Trilogía de Berlín".
El productor Tony Visconti realizó algunos trucos de magia para crear un sonido impactante y cavernoso que nunca se ha duplicado.
Lo que también vale la pena mencionar es la gran cantidad de instrumentación electrónica, la mayor parte manejada por Brian Eno. Aquí es donde surge la característica más notable de Low : hay una gran división estilística entre los dos lados del álbum. El primero está ocupado únicamente por material orientado al pop. El segundo lado, sin embargo, utiliza estos instrumentos electrónicos para hacer material ambiental.
"Sound and Vision" es una obra maestra del pop, divertido y memorable. "Warszawa" es otro clásico de David Bowie inspirada en la desolada ciudad de Varsovia, que atravesó en 1973 y 1976.

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Correspond parfaitement à la description

Reviewed in France on April 28, 2017

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Vinyl d'occasion qui correspond parfaitement à la description et à mes attentes.
Pochette en bon état et son qui correspond à ce qu'on attend d'un vinyl de 77 bien entretenu.
Colis soigné.

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Andrea

Primo album della triligia Berlinese!

Reviewed in Italy on October 13, 2015

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"Low" è il primo dei tre album chiamati la trilogia berlinese e soprattutto della collaborazione del musicista inglese con Brian Eno, chitarrista e polistrumentista che farà la fortuna di Bowie! In teoria Low è stato registrato in Francia, solo il successivo "Heroes" è stato registrato a Berlino, e "Lodger" in Svizzera, ma entrambi sono stati concepiti nella città del Muro. Dopo il periodo in America ed un album non all'altezza come "Young Americans" il cantante è fuggito dal nuovo continente a causa delle sue dipendenze dalle droghe e dall'anfetamina per trasferirsi nella natia Europa e riacquistare la creatività persa a causa delle sue dipendenze, ed il risultato è stato soddisfacente dapprima con un album come "Station to Station" e poi i suddetti tre dischi grazie ad una nuova sobrietà che gli ha permesso di riacquistare una creatività ormai persa! "Speed of light" strumentale che apre le danze ci introduce "Breaking Glass", un buon brano, ma è con la successiva e ritmata "What in the world" che la creatività di Bowie raggiunge ottimi apici, per non parlare di "Sound and Vision", davvero molto buona. Anche Always crashing in the same car" ci consegna un Bowie ispiratissimo e intimista; "Be my wife" e la seguente "A new career in a new town" sono canzoni ascoltabili e piacevoli, ma è con la successiva e quasi psichedelica "Warzava" scritta a quattro mani con Eno che si raggiungono picchi di creatività eccelsi, stessa cosa per i successivi brani (quasi tutti strumentali), "Art decade", "Weeping wall" e "Subterraneans", tra l'altro facenti parte della colonna sonora del film cult "Noi, i ragazzi dello zoo di Berlino". Un gran disco che sancisce la rinascita di Bowie e la collaborazione con Brian Eno vero artefice di questo e dei successivi successi del cantante! "Low" insieme ai successivi "Heroes" e "Lodger" non devono assolutamente mancare nella collezione non solo dei fan dell'artista in questione ma di chiunque ami il Rock di alta fattura!

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