| Artist |
David Bowie |
| Album Title: |
Low |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Art Rock |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
01/14/1977 |
| Reissue Date |
08/20/1991 |
| Label |
Rykodisc |
| Catalog No |
RCD 10142 |
| Bar Code No |
0 14431-0142-2 2 |
| Reissue |
Yes |
| Remastered |
Yes |
| Packaging |
Jewelcase |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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Speed of Life (2:46)
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| 2.
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Breaking Glass (1:53)
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| 3.
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What in the World (2:23)
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| 4.
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Sound and Vision (3:03)
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| 5.
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Always Crashing in the Same Car (3:33)
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| 6.
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Be My Wife (2:56)
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| 7.
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A New Career in a New Town (2:55)
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| 8.
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Warszawa (6:23)
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| 9.
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Art Decade (3:47)
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| 10.
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Weeping Wall (3:28)
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| 11.
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Subterraneans (5:42)
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| 12.
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Some Are (3:16)
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| 13.
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All Saints (3:38)
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| 14.
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Sound and Vision (1991) (4:41)
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| Date Acquired |
08/30/1991 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Down In The Valley |
| Purchase Price |
14.00 |
Web Links |
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Discogs Entry: |
Notes |
Comes in a standard jewel case with a black tray with no inner tray art, as opposed to the green transparent Ryko cases
Recorded at The Chateau and Hansa by the Wall.
Mixed at Hansa by the Wall.
Originally released on LP in 1977.
Tracks 12 and 13 previously unreleased tracks recorded 1976-79 and mixed in 1991.
Backcover, CD and final page misspells "Bewlay Bros. Music" as "Belway..."
'Manufactured in the USA' on back of booklet and on back cover.
CD made in USA.
foobar2000 1.2.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
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Analyzed: David Bowie / Low
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 0.00 dB -14.56 dB 2:47 01-Speed of Life
DR16 0.00 dB -18.89 dB 1:53 02-Breaking Glass
DR14 0.00 dB -15.23 dB 2:23 03-What in the World
DR13 0.00 dB -15.45 dB 3:04 04-Sound and Vision
DR12 0.00 dB -14.45 dB 3:33 05-Always Crashing in the Same Car
DR13 0.00 dB -14.38 dB 2:57 06-Be My Wife
DR14 -0.25 dB -17.33 dB 2:55 07-A New Career in a New Town
DR10 0.00 dB -14.64 dB 6:24 08-Warszawa
DR12 -2.19 dB -16.91 dB 3:47 09-Art Decade
DR12 -1.40 dB -17.33 dB 3:29 10-Weeping Wall
DR12 0.00 dB -15.28 dB 5:42 11-Subterraneans
DR12 -4.22 dB -20.63 dB 3:16 12-Some Are
DR11 0.00 dB -14.10 dB 3:38 13-All Saints
DR15 -0.21 dB -17.84 dB 4:42 14-Sound and Vision (remixed version)
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Number of tracks: 14
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 875 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review:
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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. Driven by dissonant synthesizers and electronics, Low is divided between brief, angular songs and atmospheric instrumentals. Throughout the record's first half, the guitars are jagged and the synthesizers drone with a menacing robotic pulse, while Bowie's vocals are unnaturally layered and overdubbed. During the instrumental half, the electronics turn cool, which is a relief after the intensity of the preceding avant pop. Half the credit for Low's success goes to Brian Eno, who explored similar ambient territory on his own releases. Eno functioned as a conduit for Bowie's ideas, and in turn Bowie made the experimentalism of not only Eno but of the German synth group Kraftwerk and the post-punk group Wire respectable, if not quite mainstream. Though a handful of the vocal pieces on Low are accessible -- "Sound and Vision" has a shimmering guitar hook, and "Be My Wife" subverts soul structure in a surprisingly catchy fashion -- the record is defiantly experimental and dense with detail, providing a new direction for the avant-garde in rock & roll.
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