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Album of the month - Low
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Ok, so it has been a while since I've done this, so let me get in the groove here. In the past these essential album threads have included The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds, The Orb - The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld and I think we must have done a Pink Floyd one that included Ummagumma, because that is my favorite Floyd album.
This months essential album of the month is...
David Bowie - Low
if this image doesn't work, let me know
Now, the reason I have chosen Low rather than Ziggy Stardust or another album is one, this is Bowies first collaboration with Brian Eno (who should be expected to pop up on this album of the month list sometime in the future) and two, this album really brings together a variety of style, yet still manages to flow as a complete album rather than just a collection of good songs tossed together into a mediocre album, it is a collection of good songs blended together into a great album.
Now, the first time I heard Low was back in high school when the only Bowie I was really familiar with was Changes and Ziggy and Bowie was pretty much not very interesting to me. I was in a local Pasadena record shop called Poo-Bahs which at the time was being run out a guys house he converted into a record store and I was making a purchase when I heard Sound and Vision playing over the store stereo. I asked the stoner behind the counter what this was and I purchased my gold edition cd of Low. At the time, I really only knew of Eno from some of his work with U2 and after heaing Low, I was a definite Eno fan.
Low has a wikipedia page if you so desire to check it out.
David Bowie - Low
All in all, I would highly recommend that Low be in any music collectors collection of gems. It is a great album experiment from its era that has been highly influential throughout the years (wikipedia says so, it must be true).
Go forth and listen!
disclaimer - I am just some asshole who really likes this album, if you have a differing opinion, say so and if you have gems you think every music collector should have, discuss it. starfuck out!
This months essential album of the month is...
David Bowie - Low
if this image doesn't work, let me know
Now, the reason I have chosen Low rather than Ziggy Stardust or another album is one, this is Bowies first collaboration with Brian Eno (who should be expected to pop up on this album of the month list sometime in the future) and two, this album really brings together a variety of style, yet still manages to flow as a complete album rather than just a collection of good songs tossed together into a mediocre album, it is a collection of good songs blended together into a great album.
Now, the first time I heard Low was back in high school when the only Bowie I was really familiar with was Changes and Ziggy and Bowie was pretty much not very interesting to me. I was in a local Pasadena record shop called Poo-Bahs which at the time was being run out a guys house he converted into a record store and I was making a purchase when I heard Sound and Vision playing over the store stereo. I asked the stoner behind the counter what this was and I purchased my gold edition cd of Low. At the time, I really only knew of Eno from some of his work with U2 and after heaing Low, I was a definite Eno fan.
Low has a wikipedia page if you so desire to check it out.
David Bowie - Low
All in all, I would highly recommend that Low be in any music collectors collection of gems. It is a great album experiment from its era that has been highly influential throughout the years (wikipedia says so, it must be true).
Go forth and listen!
disclaimer - I am just some asshole who really likes this album, if you have a differing opinion, say so and if you have gems you think every music collector should have, discuss it. starfuck out!
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and he's still like a million times cooler than you will ever be
I really should get more of his albums.
Thanks for the post, Odoe. It was really informative.
(Although I would have chosen The Blow's Paper Television. It's fucking awesome.)
yeah me too
Same. I got into him really late too. Like I bought the Seu Jorge/Life Aquatic album after watching the movie, and bought some David Bowie cds to listen to the songs in english (what a silly ass reason). I knew I should have bought all of his cds right after I rewatched Labyrinth a bunch of times in high school.
You're so Indy hipster your shit has better taste in music then 90% of us.
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One of the best albums ever
I don't know too many indie bands or influential indie albums. Are they still indie if they become really influential? I don't know how that stuff works. I do have a Decemberists album I have not listened to yet because they seem to give Deni chubbies. Indie bands I can think of as being unfluential that I really like, At the Drive-In and The Pixies (everyone loves the Pixies and they're indie right). Yeah, I don't know.
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Jordan of Elienor, Human Shaman
should be the next album of the month. Listen to it if you haven't already, it's my favorite of all time.
EDIT: For the record, I think Hunky Dory will always be my favorite bowie album
Damn it is an awesome album