Low (Enhanced, Original Recording Reissued)

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studio album
First released:
Jan 1977

Overview Edit

Low is a 1977 album by British musician David Bowie. Widely regarded as one of his most influential releases, Low was the first of the "Berlin Trilogy", a series of collaborations with Brian Eno (though the album was actually recorded mainly in France and only mixed in West Berlin). The experimental, avant-garde style would be further explored on "Heroes" and Lodger. The album's working title was New Music Night and Day.

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Version description:
Enhanced, Original Recording Reissued
Record label:
Catalog number:
21907
Release dates:
  • Sep 28 1999

Genres

Ambient, Electronica, Progressive Rock, Proto Punk, Psychedelic, Art Rock, Classic Rock, Experimental, Krautrock, Rock, Dance. Vote on Genres

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5 stars The Sound of Things to Come
"Low", the first album of David Bowie's stunning collaboration with soundscape specialist Brian Eno, is easily the most "plastic" of the trilogy -- that was, and still is, the point. Modern music's chameleon, who has changed personas more times than some people change their socks, bent and manipulated the course of music once again with "Low", and the effects are likely never to cease being felt. In a career that has been all about breaking new ground, this is arguably Bowie's finest hour.

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Written by Stephen Caratzas
2 stars I don't like it
I've tried to like it, but I just found some good but unfinished ideas. A new career in a new town is the best song. The other tracks can hardly be called "songs". The second part is just boring. Maybe it's my limit, but I think the love around this album is more nostalgia for many fans, and its importance in music history is just its experimental approach and sound which anticipate the eighties, not so much for the "songs" themselves.
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Track listing Edit

Credits Edit

  1. composer

    1. Brian Eno [Warszawa, Some Are, All Saints]
  2. engineer

    1. Brian Eno [mixing]
  1. producer

Other versions Edit

Low 11 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: EMI Group
catalog number: 21907
release dates: Sep 28 1999
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14 tracks format: 1 x CD
release dates: 1991 in United Kingdom
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Low 11 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Virgin Records US
catalog number: 21907
release dates: Sep 28 1999
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Low 14 tracks format: 1 x CD
release dates: Aug 20 1991
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