"Low," the first volume in what Bowie fans refer to as the Berlin Trilogy, sees the artist taking an entirely new direction.  The heavy-duty glam rock persona is stripped bare here as Bowie experiments with synthesizers and ambient music.  Particularly notable cuts include "Be My Wife" and "Always Crashing in the Same Car" -- not for any lyrical brilliance, but for the then-outrageous bare-bones styling.  "Low," along with the other two Berlin albums ("Heroes" and "Lodger") shows Bowie's progress as a musician ... and as he "cleans out" from heroin.  (Bowie himself says of the years immediately preceding his move to Berlin:  "David Bowie is alive and living only theory.")  A vital addition to any fan's disc collection.