Tin Machine [ECD]

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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0724352191000
Format: Enhanced, Original recording reissued
Item Dimensions: 22
Label: Virgin Records Us
Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us
MPN: 21910
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Virgin Records Us
Release Date: September 28, 1999
Studio: Virgin Records Us


 

Average Rating:

Rating: - ECD Version vs. Original CD
OK, so as a long time Bowie fan I must cop to the fact that I really, really like this album. Alright, I love most of it. There. Now somewhere in some box in the basement I still have the cassette tape I bought back in the day when it came out... After watching some YouTube videos of Tin Machine live I am feeling inspired to update and get the CD of this excellent album.

But... what I remember from the tape [granted quality was not so great on commercial tapes etc.] was that the mix ... Read More

Rating: - Auralscorch
The thing about Tin Machine is this: it's not a David Bowie project. It's a band for which Mr. Bowie sings and generally contributes as any band member contributes to his or her collective. The guitars on this album are insanely good; they are versatile, innovative and unrelenting. The drums are punk without being overly 4/4 (over simplistic and repetitive). That bass NEVER stays still, never looses the groove and is out-thinking you before you start. Lastly, The vox here are literate, snarlish, crooning ... Read More

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Rating: - Out of time, but never out of place
Even by the standards of the chameleon-like David Bowie this was an unexpected move: eschewing his increasingly mainstream solo career, forming a hard-rock band to play in small clubs, and recording an album that was less about 'concept' and more about improvisation. That he did so at the end of the 1980s makes it doubly surprising: the sound Tin Machine generated was, depending on how you look at it, 10 years too late or 5-10 years too early. After all, 1989 was the year in which the biggest hits were a ... Read More

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Rating: - Go away, Tin Machine bashers....
This is an unfairly maligned album. I've always really liked it. I think it's one of David's best albums, certainly one of the best from the 1980's. It's raw, angry, powerful, and passionate. It feels real. It's not fake, and it's not Bowie trying to act like an angry young man. He's an angry middle aged man here, and he really kicks it. Reeve Gabriels and the Sales Brothers (sons of Soupy Sales) are a great backing band for Bowie. He's written some of his best material here. The title track, Crack ... Read More

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Rating: - Appropriate name
I love Bowie, but the music in Tin Machine is just so... harsh. Tin Machine is an appropriate name for it, more so than, say, heavy metal. I can easily listen to Heavy Metal, rock, hard rock, etc. but this stuff almost hurts my ears. It is not an easy listen, I'm afraid to say.
Still, for hard core Bowie fans, You'll probably want to hear it at some point.