David Bowie - Low
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.
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