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Earthling
Rock · 1997 · 22 tracks · 2h 4m

Earthling

A high-velocity collision of 90s jungle breakbeats and industrial rock. Aggressive, digital, and restless, it captures the frantic pulse of the pre-millennium city.

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Hyper-kinetic drum and bass breakbeats and abrasive industrial textures collide in a high-octane digital assault. This lean, self-produced effort trades the sprawling narrative of the recent past for a bright, aggressive immediacy, plugging a veteran voice directly into the frantic, sampler-driven pulse of late-nineties underground club culture.

Tracklist · 22 Tracks · 2h 4m
01
Little Wonder (censored video edit)
4:09
01
Little Wonder
6:02
02
Little Wonder (Junior Vasquez club mix)
8:18
02
Looking for Satellites
5:21
03
Little Wonder (Danny Saber dance mix)
5:33
03
Battle for Britain (The Letter)
4:49
04
Seven Years in Tibet (Mandarin version)
4:00
04
Seven Years in Tibet
6:22
05
Dead Man Walking (Moby mix 1)
7:33
05
Dead Man Walking
6:50
06
Dead Man Walking (Moby mix 2)
5:27
06
Telling Lies
4:50
07
The Last Thing You Should Do
4:58
07
Telling Lies (Feelgood mix)
5:09
08
Telling Lies (Paradox mix by a Guy Called Gerald)
5:10
08
I’m Afraid of Americans
5:00
09
Law (Earthlings on Fire)
4:49
09
I’m Afraid of Americans
5:13
10
I’m Afraid of Americans (Nine Inch Nails V1 mix)
5:30
11
I’m Afraid of Americans (Nine Inch Nails V1 clean edit)
4:14
12
V‐2 Schneider
7:16
13
Pallas Athena
8:19
Moments Worth Listening For
01Little WonderThe frantic, high-speed breakbeats on 'Little Wonder' establish a relentless jungle rhythm that underpins the track's distorted guitar work.
Reviews
Pitchfork8.0/ 10
Rolling Stone3.5/ 5 stars
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Select1/ 5 stars
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The Philadelphia Inquirer3/ 4 stars
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Chicago Tribune2.5/ 4 stars
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The Guardian3/ 4 stars
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NME6/ 10
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How does Earthling sound next to the rest of David Bowie's catalogue?

Drum Machine+3.9σ

A frantic reliance on the synthetic snap of the drum machine replaces traditional percussion, driving the record's cybernetic pulse with a relentless, mechanical velocity.

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