Why did no one tell me that half the album was instrumental? This is awesome!
Best bowie album by a significant margin. The sound of Low still amazes me to this day for how creative the production is
>>129077574Station to Station and Heroes are on par with Low. Ledger and Scary Monsters are a step down but not by that much.
>>129077574aside from the synth work in the second half, the drums are something i wish bowie would've played with on future albums. they sound explosive here>>129077617>Heroesheroes has probably some of the best production on a 70s rock album, but side A is significantly weaker than anything off low.
OP here. Something so incredible on this album too is that, at surface level, the songs don't seem interesting at all. Especially on the first play through. But got damn, it really clicked on the second play through in the car. I am loving it. I am astounded as to how the songs are so good because on paper they seemed generic at first. But my goodness, every song on the second time through has me taken aback. So good. I've been sleeping on Bowie for a while. Because Ziggy Stardust just didn't click with me. This album has me reconsidering everything though.
Bowie was a fucking poser flavor of the weak fucking follower >Oh but look At his faceLook at the state of his face - Lennox Lewis
I call it a Thunder Stick. It can discharge a bolt of lightning every five seconds, each one should be powerful enough to stun a dragon's testicles. Then we can roast and eat them like marshmallows.
>>129077617Station to Station I can definitely see but Heroes, nah. The ambient songs aren't as good in total and it sounds like Bowie was trying too hard to be experimental with Neukoln to appease eno or something>>129077630Everything on the album sounds flawless, each instrument is finely tuned or treated. The bass sounds so great on Breaking Glass or Be My Wife
>>129077801Wtf are you talking about, Charlie?
The perfect fall album
>>129077555instrumental music > lyrical pop slopvery often or at least its good to have instrumental bridge sections they really add to a song. If you can't really write good lyrics in a section just dont write them, let me appreciate the music.
>>129077555You didn't ask. And yes, it's a masterpiece (one of at least five). Try Ziggy again. And Aladin, Station and more. RIP David. 10 years gone today and I'm still missing him.
>>129077555This one and Hunky Dory were his masterpieces.
>>129077574funny how it sounds SO good, because i think it's easily his most minimalist album. they left it really raw. didn't use the studio-trickery of the time to overproduce it. just synths, drums, bass, some guitar, minimal overdubs. all onto plain old tape. nothing fancy. it sounds so good BECAUSE it's not overdone.
>>129077555Also to add to my other post (>>129082126). Try The Idiot and Lust for Life (Iggy Pop, with music written and keys and sax played by DB). Brian Eno's rockier 70s albums – Here Come Warm Jets, Tiger Mountain, Another Green World (this especially) and Before and After Science scratch a similar itch in some respects. You should definitely listen to All Saints, Collected Instrumentals. It is what it says on the tin – all David's instrumental from "Heroes", Low and lots of other albums. And lastly check out the live versions of the Low and "Heroes" instrumentals. I've got (from TPB) A New Career in a New Town box set, which had them. They sound incredible and I wish I could have experienced them. You'll see what I mean.
Station to Station is my favorite Bowie albumin a perfect world, no tracklist would go beyond 8 songs if the album is under 45 minutes long
