Tin Machine II [Import]

Tin Machine | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Jvc Victor
• ASIN: B0000074HN
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #705,207 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Baby Universal

2. One Shot

3. You Belong In Rock N' Roll

4. If There is Something

5. Amlapura

6. Betty Wrong

7. You Can't Talk

8. Stateside

9. Shopping For Girls

10. Big Hurt

11. Sorry

12. Goodbye Mr. Ed

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing overlooked album, December 20, 2001

By 

Eric Simms (Taos, Nm USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tin Machine II (Audio CD)

Tin Machine was not what Bowie fans expected and that was the point. This was Bowies saving grace where he returned to being just part of a whole and not the lead man in charge. With Tin Machine I & II Bowie excaped the "POP Star" tag and in the process rejuvinated himself to take the new millineum by storm.

Both Tin Machine albums are amazing because they are demonstrations of an artist searchng and finding associations within himself. This was a very risky thing to do in my opinion. Imagine Madonna joining Radiohead for two albums or Prince teaming up with Ministry. These things never happen. Only someone like David Bowie could have pulled Tin Machine off.

Tim Machine is and exercize in "Intellectual Chaos" or "Educated Punk". The lyrics are some of Bowies best and the songs are an intergration of Reeves Gabrels, Hunt Sales, Tony Sales and David Bowies combined talents.

The Cd starts out with "Baby Universal" a driving spacerock story about a man searching for himself (sound familar?). Next comes "One Shot" a rocking lament to lost love. "You Belong In Rock & Roll" pulls you in and makes you move( The title tells it all.) "If There Is Something" sounds like a classic from the start with lots of inuendos and hooks. "Amlapura" is a sweeping rock colored epic ballad with lyrics that paint a world with Bowies eyes. "Betty Wrong" is a nasty grinding sax touched torch song. "You Cant Talk" twists lyrics and guitar strings with a driving beat. "State Side" a bluesrock song that casts Bowie as backup singer with Hunt Sales on lead vocals. "Shopping For Girls" rolls out Bowies gift for adstraction. "A Big Hurt" thunders out mixing metal and blues riffs seamlessly( Ziggy Stardusts Ghost?.) "Sorry" haunts with an almost middeastern sounding sax and acoustic guitar( Hunt Sales On lead vocals) very passionate ballad. "Goodbye Mr. Ed" an odd driving mesh of sadness and rock acoustics. The album caps off with a secret insrtamental track from on of their jam sessions.

An Album well worth having and full of inspirations.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars why? why the bad reviews?, January 16, 2006

By 

Alex Newton "Anewt" (Connecticut, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tin Machine II (Audio CD)

After a successful Sound + Vision, everyone expected David Bowie to deliver the goods again...and they were disappionted by Tin Machine, which was understandable. Shortly thereafter, Tin Machine II was released, and nobody even payed attention to it; it should have-would have-been a success, if only it had gotten beyond the fans of Bowie. A solid hard-rocking album highlighted by "One Shot", "If There is Something" and "Stateside", it delivers 13 songs, most of them good-to-exceptional, with great musical variety. Either of the first two of those could have been a hit single, as Reeves Gabrels shines in "If There Is Something" with terrific soloing. This is a great addition, however anonymous, to any rock-fan's collection, and worth every cent of the 10-to-20 dollars one would pay for it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tin Machine is an excelent band, January 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Tin Machine II (Audio CD)

Not as good as some of what Bowie has done but much better than that dribble from the 80's prior to this. It's grunge before grunge was a type of music, it's punk it's metal it's blues. Above all it's damn fun to listen to.