EARTHLING
| David Bowie
EARTHLING
Earthling (stylised as EART HL I NG) is the 20th studio album by English recording artist David Bowie. It was originally released in February 1997 on Arista Records. The album showcases an electronica-influenced sound partly inspired by the industrial and drum and bass culture of the 1990s.[8] It was the first album Bowie self-produced since his 1974 album Diamond Dogs. - WIKIPEDIA
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RollingStone
Earthling doesn’t break any new ground, but it certainly captures the mood of contemporary popular culture — from the anguish of American industrial rock to the ecstasy of British dance music.
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AV/MUSIC
Earthling is an exceptional electronic album.
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Smells Like Infinite Sadness- 20th Anniversary
Earthling isn’t the most enduring effort from Bowie, and its trendy electronic window dressing may sound dated, but the compositions hold up.
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popMATTERS- remastered
he was caught between rock and a hard beat, attempting to play catch-up; Earthling is what emerged. With this endeavor, Bowie wasn't attempting to outduel Goldie, but was instead picking at the bones of a rotting, albeit intriguing genre carcass. The result could have been worse, but it still left him open to attacks of dilettantism.
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sputnik music
Influences from urban music of the entire 20th century make [i]Earthling[/i] a beautiful, restless experiment.
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ALL MUSIC
the record falls short of its goals, and it doesn't offer enough intrigue or innovations to make Earthling anything more than an admirable effort.
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Only Solitaire
This is where Bowie hits the Nineties with all his might. A few songs that MIGHT have been decent among seas of generic trash
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John Mcferrin
So ok, I can't say I love this album, and I'm not even sure I would recommend it, but if you can cut through the jungle of, um, jungle, there's some awfully good material here. If you can find it for a couple of dollars (and believe me, you probably can), consider getting it.
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Adrian Denning
My rating reflects this, a few standout tracks, a couple of worthy tracks and three or four slices of mediocre filler.
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Don Ignacio
even when I thought this album was one of the world's most atrocious albums, I've always had a liking for “I'm Afraid of Americans.” Since this album helped pioneer Internet sales of mp3s, I'd recommend ceremoniously buying that single and then forgoing the purchase of everything else.
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Post-Punk.com
The album was an experimental exploration between Bowie and his long-serving musical partner—guitarist Reeves Gabrels—whom he had starting working with in the band Tin Machine.
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Music Box
While Earthling wasn’t as adventurous, nor was it as strong, an album as Outside, it still was a vast improvement over much of David Bowie’s output in the preceding 16 years.
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Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews
Pretentious, indulgent, and oh-so-European, this ear-splitting, instantly dated effort isn't a career low like Never Let Me Down, but it's remarkably weak compared to Outside.
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TREBLE
in my opinion, one of the best albums of his career in Earthling.
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