The first half of "Low" is original and cutting edge stuff. Lyrics that could mean anything serve as a Rorhshach for the listener to make out of them as he wishes. The music is wonderfully avant garde-short,  dynamic pieces that stick with you long after the cd is over. If you liked  Gary Numan's "Cars", you will have a fair idea of what this album  is like-new sounding even years after its release. This is "New  Wave" at its best. I must have played these songs hundreds of times.  The second half of the CD is not as successful as the first. After the fast  paced, quick changing, break necked pace of side one (on the record album),  side two contains long, brooding pieces full of synthesizer  and odd  vocalising. Some of it is enjoyable, some of it I never returned to after  two or three listens. Essential Bowie. This was made when he was interested  in and able to produce strikingly original records.