Audio CD review:
David Bowie - Earthling

David Bowie - Earthling

Band: David Bowie Title: Earthling Rating: Release Date: 11 February, 1997 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Little Wonder 2: Looking For Satellites 3: Battle For Britain (The Letter) 4: Seven Years In Tibet 5: Dead Man Walking 6: Telling Lies 7: The Last Thing You Should Do 8: I'm Afraid Of Americans 9: Law (Earthlings On Fire)

Editoral Review While the album has garnered attention for incorporating elements of drum and bass, its most striking feature is truly Bowie himself as he recaptures an edge he hasn't shown since 1979's Scary Monsters. Shrugging off an uneventful decade of boring, archaic, projects, Earthling returns Bowie to the forefront of contemporary music. From the addictively danceable "Little Wonder" to the appropriately unnerving "Seven Years in Tibet," the album is full of the genius that made him so remarkable to begin with. As for the loops and samples, it's less a novelty and more Bowie's willingness to open his music to new tools. Granted, it's not as "before its time" as 1974's Diamond Dogs, but acid-laden vocals, hard-edged guitars, and arrangements that constantly border on the edge of chaos all show a pretty striking return to form from an artist who many had written off as a dinosaur. --Bill Snyder .. You can see a complete list of all David Bowie discography, or go back to the David Bowie tabs