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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0724352190904
Format: Enhanced, Original recording reissued
Item Dimensions: 23
Label: Virgin Records Us
Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us
MPN: 21909
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Virgin Records Us
Release Date: September 28, 1999
Studio: Virgin Records Us
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First of all, I want to say I will NOT be listening to these late 70's David Bowie albums very often (Heroes, Low, and Lodger) because for some reason, they give me incredibly severe nightmares.
But, when I don't mind having nightmares and find the courage to give them a shot, I find myself preferring Lodger over the other two. Yeah yeah, unpopular opinion. I'm no stranger to going against the norm!
The opening song is probably the prettiest and saddest song Bowie ever ... Read More
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The "Berlin" trilogy - and David Bowie's collaboration with Brian Eno - was a penniless and weary traveler by the time of this May 1979 release.
Gone was the experimental edginess and creative power of Low and Heroes, which was replaced by a bland pop framework. Only the excellent Red Money dares to venture into a unique soundscape.
The first single - Boys Keep Swinging - is as bland as DJ - the follow-up 45 rpm - is energetic. The solid Look Back In Anger remains a Bowie gem ... Read More
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This is the last of 3 albums Bowie did with Eno (his "Berlin" period, although this one was not recorded in Berlin. This is my favorite one of the three, and possibly my favorite Bowie album period. This one has no instrumental pieces, like on "Low" and "Heroes". The first half of the album has a vague "travel" theme to it. In several songs Bowie mixes in bits of African drumming or arabesque sounding string synthesizer sounds. These are all rock or pop songs, but they are all "deconstructed" pop ... Read More
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It's hard to pinpoint which of Bowie's albums deserves the title "greatest"...there was a period from 1970 to 1980 where pretty much everything he released was an instant classic. From the timespan between "The Man Who Sold the World" and "Scary Monsters", the man could do no wrong.
"Lodger", the last piece in Bowie's Berlin Triology(following "Low" and "Heroes")is probably Bowie's most overlooked album, which is a shame as it's one of his best. Beautiful compositions such as "African Nightflight" ... Read More
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"Lodger" is the third and final collaboration between David Bowie and Brian Eno in the 1970s. Recorded two years after the landmark "Low" and "Heroes" albums, "Lodger" does not quite live up to the legacy the previous two albums allowed for it, as though taking time out of the studio to tour somehow derailed the Bowie/Eno partnership a bit. Having stated that, had this is a great album.
I think perhaps my reason for feeling this way is that while "Low" and "Heroes" were mapping out new territory, "Lodger" ... Read More
