'Low' is the eleventh studio album by David Bowie, co-produced by Bowie and Tony Visconti. Widely regarded as one of Bowie's most influential releases, 'Low' was the first of the "Berlin Trilogy", a series of collaborations with Brian Eno (though the album was mainly recorded in France and only mixed in West Berlin). The experimental, avant-garde style would be further explored on 'Heroes' and 'Lodger'. The album's working title was 'New Music Night and Day'.
1976 at Château d'Hérouville, Hérouville, France, and Hansa Studio by the Wall, West Berlin.
Personnel:
David Bowie – vocals, guitar ("Be My Wife", "Art Decade", "Weeping Wall", "Subterraneans"), pump bass ("Be My Wife"), saxophones ("Sound and Vision", "Subterraneans"), xylophone ("Weeping Wall"), vibraphone ("Weeping Wall"), harmonica ("A New Career in a New Town"), pre-arranged percussion ("Art Decade"), keyboards: ARP synthesiser ("Speed of Life", "Weeping Wall"), piano ("A New Career in a New Town", "Art Decade", "Weeping Wall", "Subterraneans"), Chamberlin (credited on the album sleeve notes as "tape strings", "tape-cello" and "tape-horns"; "Speed of Life", "Always Crashing in the Same Car", "A New Career in a New Town")
Brian Eno – vocals, guitar treatments ("Always Crashing in the Same Car"), synthetics ("A New Career in a New Town"), keyboards: splinter Minimoog ("Breaking Glass", "Warszawa", "Art Decade"), report ARP ("What in the World", "Subterraneans"), piano ("A New Career in a New Town", "Warszawa", "Art Decade", "Subterraneans"), Chamberlin ("Warszawa", "Art Decade"), other synthesisers
Carlos Alomar – rhythm guitar ("Speed of Life", "What in the World", "Sound and Vision", "Always Crashing in the Same Car", "Be My Wife", "A New Career in a New Town"), guitar ("Breaking Glass")
Dennis Davis – percussion ("Speed of Life", "Breaking Glass", "What in the World", "Sound and Vision", "Always Crashing in the Same Car", "Be My Wife", "A New Career in a New Town")
George Murray – bass ("Speed of Life", "Breaking Glass", "What in the World", "Always Crashing in the Same Car", "Be My Wife", "A New Career in a New Town", "Subterraneans")
Ricky Gardiner – guitar ("What in the World", "Always Crashing in the Same Car", "Be My Wife", "A New Career in a New Town"), rhythm guitar ("Breaking Glass"), bass ("Sound and Vision")
Roy Young – piano ("Speed of Life", "What in the World", "Always Crashing in the Same Car", "Be My Wife", "A New Career in a New Town"), Farfisa organ ("What in the World", "Always Crashing in the Same Car")
The album has been released three times on CD, the first between 1984 and 1985 by RCA Records, the second in 1991 by Rykodisc (with three bonus tracks on silver CD and later on AU20 Gold CD), and the third in 1999 by EMI (featuring 24-bit digitally remastered sound and no bonus tracks).
