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David Bowie - All Saints
9 July 2001 | 0:00:00 GMT/UTC

'All Saints'All Saints is a collection of David Bowie's instrumental tracks from 1977-1999. It was originally compiled in 1993 as a Christmas present for Bowie's family and friends.

The album opens with A New Career In A New Town from Low. Featuring synths, a harmonica and fantastic drums.

Following is V-2 Schneider from Heroes, featuring military-style drumming, saxophones and great guitars. Similar to (the single) Heroes actually.

Track four is another instrumental from Low. Weeping Wall was inspired by Philip Glass. Featuring a vibraphone and xylophone, both played by Bowie along with all of the other instruments on this mysterious track.

Skipping to track eight we have Brilliant Adventure from David's most recent album, 1999's hours.... Has a Japanese feel.

The next three tracks - Sense Of Doubt, Moss Garden and Neukoln - all segue into each other on Heroes. The first is very 'disturbing'. The second, again, has a Japanese feel and features a koto. The third is entitled Neukoln, an area in former East Berlin populated in the main by Turkish immigrants.

The Mysteries follows. Taken from the album Buddha Of Suburbia it is a very slow, ambient instrumental.

Warszawa is another slow track. This time Bowie has attempted to capture the essence of the Polish capital and it's countryside in general. It features Bowie singing in a non-existent language similar to the 'Sound Poetry' developed by the Dadaists in the 1910's.

The album ends with Some Are from Low. This is the long orchestral version arranged by Philip Glass from his Low Symphony.

A nice idea, some music you would not normally associate with David Bowie. A real gem for Bowie fans.


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