MB Bowie Classics: "Tin Machine II" by Tin Machine

Trollheart · 06-09-2018, 10:29 AM

Spoiler for NFSW Heil Google!:

And here's the other one. I'll post up the next pure Bowie album too.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 06-09-2018, 10:34 AM

Never heard this one either

I don't know why but neither seem like albums I want to listen to.

~~MicShazam~~ · 06-09-2018, 11:27 AM

This album is sadly not available on Spotify.

There's a Youtube playlist version here that might do the trick:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W17E...8F00C86A707EF1

Trollheart · 06-09-2018, 11:40 AM

I'm enjoying this even more than the first one!

Psy-Fi · 06-09-2018, 12:31 PM

When Tin Machine released their first album, Bowie mentioned that they had recorded enough songs for a double album and I suspect that this album was made up of the extra songs that didn't make the grade for their debut. It's not bad but only two songs; "Amlapura" and "Sorry" really caught my ear. The rest of the album just went in one ear and out the other.

Rather "meh" overall. 2/5

Trollheart · 06-09-2018, 12:45 PM

Another excellent TM album. Some of Bowie's best work in years. Annoying that it's only on YT so you have mismatched sound levels, and one song is live, but hey, still a great album.

~~MicShazam~~ · 06-09-2018, 02:26 PM

I think the best tracks on here beat out the first Tin Machine album, but overall, I'm still not that into it to be honest. "You Belong in Rock and Roll" is my favorite track on Tin Machine II, but there's not much else I'm really going to get up and root for. "Baby Universe" is pretty cool though.

I also feel slightly peeved by the somewhat poor attempt at covering Roxy Music's actually very good song "If There Is Something". Bowie's take removes all the sexy swagger and swinging rhythm of the verses and unnecessarily tames a mid section vocally, while not transforming it into anything new, for a quite disappointing result.

Overall, I like the sound of this album better than the previous one, but there's just not enough songs that really stick out as anything all that good.

3/5 again.

Spoiler for previous ratings:

Trollheart · 06-09-2018, 02:46 PM

Just a suggestion: as someone whose sigs at one point almost attained self-awareness and took over my profile, and which had to be navigated around by Spanish galleons, your thing about Bowie is making your posts very long and it's quite distracting. Maybe think of spoilering it? Just an idea.

~~MicShazam~~ · 06-09-2018, 02:58 PM

Really? It's just for the one review post I do in each of these threads? But allright then.
Less white noise is always better. Actually, I'm removing my sig now as well. It's about time.

Trollheart · 06-09-2018, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

Really? It's just for the one review post I do in each of these threads? But allright then.
Less white noise is always better. Actually, I'm removing my sig now as well. It's about time.

No offence, but when I look at it it's a long list of maybe twenty or thirty albums, plus your little explanation. I understand you only add one each time, but the entire thing remains and so yeah, it looks really long and awkward (how many girls have told you that?)

Nothing but an observation. I was made aware by other posters of how annoying and distracting my sig was at one point (an "eyesore" was how Bat described it, and looking at it, it was) so I just wanted you to know how others may have been viewing it. Or I might be the only **** complaining about it. Well, more letting you know about it really.

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06-09-2018, 10:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	MB Bowie Classics: "Tin Machine II" by Tin Machine Spoiler for NFSW Heil Google!: And here's the other one. I'll post up the next pure Bowie album too. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

06-09-2018, 11:40 AM	#4 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	I'm enjoying this even more than the first one! __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

06-09-2018, 12:45 PM	#6 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Another excellent TM album. Some of Bowie's best work in years. Annoying that it's only on YT so you have mismatched sound levels, and one song is live, but hey, still a great album. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

06-09-2018, 02:26 PM	#7 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	I think the best tracks on here beat out the first Tin Machine album, but overall, I'm still not that into it to be honest. "You Belong in Rock and Roll" is my favorite track on Tin Machine II, but there's not much else I'm really going to get up and root for. "Baby Universe" is pretty cool though. I also feel slightly peeved by the somewhat poor attempt at covering Roxy Music's actually very good song "If There Is Something". Bowie's take removes all the sexy swagger and swinging rhythm of the verses and unnecessarily tames a mid section vocally, while not transforming it into anything new, for a quite disappointing result. Overall, I like the sound of this album better than the previous one, but there's just not enough songs that really stick out as anything all that good. 3/5 again. Spoiler for previous ratings: _Previous ratings:__________________ (Rated on a scale relative to only Bowie's own discography, where 1 means the worst he's done and 5 means the best he's done.) David Bowie: 1/5 Space Oddity: 2/5 The Man Who Sold The World 4/5 Hunky Dory 3/5 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust 3/5 Aladdin Sane 3/5 PinUps 2/5 Diamond Dogs 2/5 Young Americans 1/5 Station to Station 4/5 Low 5/5 Heroes 4/5 Lodger 3.5/5 Scary Monsters 3/5 Let's Dance 3/5 Tonight 1/5 Labyrinth OST 4/5 Never Let Me Down 1/5 Tin Machine 3/5 Tin Machine II 3/5 Black Tie White Noise /5 1. Outside /5 Earthling /5 Hours /5 Heathen /5 Reality /5 The Next Day /5 Blackstar /5 Last edited by MicShazam; 06-09-2018 at 02:57 PM.

06-09-2018, 10:34 AM	#2 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Never heard this one either I don't know why but neither seem like albums I want to listen to.

06-09-2018, 11:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	This album is sadly not available on Spotify. There's a Youtube playlist version here that might do the trick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W17E...8F00C86A707EF1

06-09-2018, 02:46 PM	#8 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Just a suggestion: as someone whose sigs at one point almost attained self-awareness and took over my profile, and which had to be navigated around by Spanish galleons, your thing about Bowie is making your posts very long and it's quite distracting. Maybe think of spoilering it? Just an idea. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

06-09-2018, 02:58 PM	#9 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	Really? It's just for the one review post I do in each of these threads? But allright then. Less white noise is always better. Actually, I'm removing my sig now as well. It's about time.