LOW

Bowie is one of my heroes in music. Because of his personality, his aura and his specifical voice. And because of music. In plenty of his changes he found new faces, often they are perfect. So, what about "Low"?

Ok, wellknown facts - it's a beginning of his so-called "Berlin era "and collaboration with Brian Eno. I respect Eno for many things, still from his Roxy Music time. But what do we get in this collaboration?

First of all, I think true name of the author of this album should be written as "Brian Eno feat. David Bowie". Because there mainly are instrumental , often quite long tracks with dark Eno ambient mixed with some "New Wave "elements. If you ever listened "Ultravox "albums from that time, you know what I am speaking about. OK, comparing with "UltravoX " ( produced by the same Eno) music there is less commercial, less rhythmic and ... less focused. Some tracks sound just as blueprints for future songs, kind of experimentation with sounds and mixing. Eno is wellknown because of that kind of works, but Bowie? What is Bowie doing there? All in all, he sings one hit "Sound and Vision " and gave some vocal lines for few more faceless songs? Ok, as it is written on album cover, he is musician here as well, but ( to tell true) who is interested in Bowie as in musician, not singer ?

Yes, "Warszawa" ( original, polish name for "Warsaw") is very interesting instrumental with some etno-vocals ( the only strange, that this etno line is more middle-east, not western- slavian). But again, how did it connected with Bowie?

All in all, I am really disappointed with this album. It is not bad music, but often placed as Bowie's one of the top works - are you joking?