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Posted by G lib on 2007-06-18 18:58:41 +0000

I have to say, I have officially dropped out of the immersion. Maybe I'll start again at some point...

Posted by tommy on 2007-06-19 12:39:13 +0000

This is borderline unlistenable. The worst so far. Bring back "Uncle Arthur"!

Posted by MF DU on 2007-06-19 12:54:21 +0000

I like a lot of this - 'Little Wonder', 'I'm Afraid Of Americans'*, 'Seven Years In Tibet'. Around this tour, Bowie turnwed 50 and was really into his drum and bass thing. I saw DB at the orpheum on this tour which is really when I started getting into him. * The more popular version of this tune with Trent Reznor is only on a four song EP which also has Ice Cube as a collaborator on one remix.

Posted by virtue on 2007-06-19 14:48:50 +0000

But which is included in the download...I'm not crazy about this album, although not as opposed as tommy--but I might have liked it better if I hadn't listened to all of the remixes. It's not like the mono/stereo twofer of Pet Sounds, where you're perfectly happy to listen to the whole album again immediately after listening to it once.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-06-19 14:50:59 +0000

oh - ok - I stand corrected. Most of the listening I have done on this immersion has come right from my cd shelf - not too many gaps in my bowie collection. Kudos to Epoisses for making it all avail in one place, though.

Posted by Rory_Stark on 2007-06-19 15:39:00 +0000

Reeves is a pretty awesome guitarist for what he does and he's from Boston. I liked a bunch of this when it came out.

Posted by Chopper on 2007-06-20 14:33:17 +0000

Earthling returns Bowie to the forefront of contemporary music. Granted, it's not as "before its time" as Diamond Dogs, however, almost everything here is contemporary sounding dance music with huge power chords, hard hitting arrangements, along with fast-paced synthesized parts. Barely past a year from "Outside," Bowie switched gears and came out clubbing. "Out" was the dark and foreboding atmosphere of Detective Nathan Adler's diaries, and "in" was a very British romp through jungle and bass dance music - very cool for the period. Unfortunately, every tune is a five or six minute tune. Reeves Gabrel's guitar is mixed way too loud, even on the down-tempo mood piece "Seven Years In Tibet." Although the lyrics are all his, he hands over the production credit to Gabrels and engineer Mark Plati, who also have co-credits on most of the music. The single "Little Wonder" actually IS a great song but the only really memorable effort is the exciting, unusually politically charged rocker "I'm Afraid Of Americans". Indulgent, and oh-so-European, this ear-splitting, already dated effort isn't a career low like Never Let Me Down, but it's remarkably weak compared to Outside. The band again includes Mike Garson, who adds some characteristically interesting piano, Gail Ann Dorsey on vocal and bass and young drummer Zachary Alford. THE NEXT THREE AND FINAL ALBUMS ARE WORTH STICKING AROUND FOR. THAT'S A PROMISE FROM CHOPPER (WHO EVER I AM) ....

Posted by MF DU on 2007-06-20 15:19:39 +0000

SHOW YRSELF - CHOPPER!