Talk:Low (album)

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The following comments were left by the quality and importance raters: (edit · refresh) There are a number of errors in this article: 1) It's not true that the album was "only mixed" in Berlin. "Weeping Wall" was written and recorded in Berlin, and the vocals to "Always Crashing In The Same Car" were recorded in Berlin (reference: Hugo Wilcken's book on Low for the 33 1/3 series, pages 91 and 123) 2) Side 2 does not comprise "mostly instrumentals": only one track (Art Decade) is entirely instrumental; the other three feature vocals. (reference: listen to the bloody album!) 3) Most of the music was not "intended for the soundtrack to Man Who Fell To Earth": only the reverse base part of Subterraneans was a hold-over from the aborted Man Who Fell To Earth soundtrack. (reference: Bowie interview in Uncut, 2001, and also Wilcken's book). 4) The reason Bowie's soundtrack for The Man Who Fell To Earth wasn't used had nothing to do with "time constraints". It was rejected by the film's director Nic Roeg. (reference: Wilcken, page 18-19) 5) The album was not "written off by many mainstream critics at the time". It received praise from all of the U.K.'s music weeklies at the time. 6) I don't think Bowie and Eno assisted Glass in the creation of his Low Symphony, although I don't have a reference for that.

There are a number of errors in this article:

1) It's not true that the album was "only mixed" in Berlin. "Weeping Wall" was written and recorded in Berlin, and the vocals to "Always Crashing In The Same Car" were recorded in Berlin (reference: Hugo Wilcken's book on Low for the 33 1/3 series, pages 91 and 123)

2) Side 2 does not comprise "mostly instrumentals": only one track (Art Decade) is entirely instrumental; the other three feature vocals. (reference: listen to the bloody album!)

3) Most of the music was not "intended for the soundtrack to Man Who Fell To Earth": only the reverse base part of Subterraneans was a hold-over from the aborted Man Who Fell To Earth soundtrack. (reference: Bowie interview in Uncut, 2001, and also Wilcken's book).

4) The reason Bowie's soundtrack for The Man Who Fell To Earth wasn't used had nothing to do with "time constraints". It was rejected by the film's director Nic Roeg. (reference: Wilcken, page 18-19)

5) The album was not "written off by many mainstream critics at the time". It received praise from all of the U.K.'s music weeklies at the time.

6) I don't think Bowie and Eno assisted Glass in the creation of his Low Symphony, although I don't have a reference for that. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.217.96.47 (talk • contribs) 16:26, 17 November, 2006 (UTC).

Whoever you are (why not get a user name?), most of your criticisms are valid and sourced, so why not be bold and edit the page? Re. item 2, given that most of the vocals were effectively wordless, describing Side 2 as being "largely instrumental" rather than comprising "mostly instrumentals" may be the best way to put it. Re. item 5, I think you'll find US critics were a bit less enthusiastic but it was certainly well-received in the UK. Re. item 6, believe you're right; Glass himself in his CD liner notes for the symphony makes no reference to any active participation in its development by Bowie/Eno. Cheers, Ian Rose 23:27, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kid A reference

I dont know about that, Kid A (which i own and adore) sounds really nothing like Low, Low is actually, despite the title, quite upbeat and funky, Its amazing aswell; but Kid A is alot more moody. Plus the fact theres no reference proving the theory. Terrasidius (talk) 15:00, 28 February 2008 (UTC)