Low is the 11th studio album by the English musician David Bowie,
released on 14 January 1977 by RCA Records. Grounded in art rock and
experimental rock, Low features Bowie's first explorations in electronic
and ambient styles. Recording sessions began at Château d'Hérouville
in northern France in September 1976 and ended in October at Hansa
Studios in West Berlin. The cover artwork, a profile of Bowie from the
film The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), was intended as a visual pun,
meaning "low profile". RCA refused to issue Low for three months,
fearing it would be a commercial failure. Upon release, it divided
critical opinion and received little promotion from either RCA or Bowie.
Nevertheless, the album reached number two in the UK and number eleven
in the US. Two singles were released: "Sound and Vision" and "Be My
Wife". In later decades, critics have rated Low one of Bowie's best
works, and it has appeared on several lists of the greatest albums of
all time.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_%28David_Bowie_album%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1900:
Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca, based on the play La Tosca by
French dramatist Victorien Sardou, premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in
Rome.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tosca>
1939:
Norway claimed Queen Maud Land, a 2.7-million km2
(1.0-million sq mi) region of Antarctica, as a dependent territory.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Maud_Land>
1957:
Hindu spiritual leader Kripalu Maharaj was named the fifth
original jagadguru, meaning 'world teacher'.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kripalu_Maharaj>
1973:
Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite was
broadcast live, setting a record as the most watched broadcast by an
individual entertainer in television history.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_from_Hawaii_via_Satellite>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
darkly:
1. With a dark appearance.
2. Faintly seen in the dark.
3. (figuratively) In a morbid manner; morbidly, sinisterly.
4. (figuratively) Mysteriously; forebodingly, ominously.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/darkly>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Faith which refuses to face indisputable facts is but little
faith. Truth is always gain, however hard it is to accommodate ourselves
to it. To linger in any kind of untruth proves to be a departure from
the straight way of faith.
--Albert Schweitzer
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Schweitzer>
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