Earthling

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  David Bowie

  Neil Hopkins

  If long term Bowie fans were surprised by Tin Machine then the drum ‘n’ bass opening to this will have knocked their Union Jack socks off. This is Bowie at his most confident, surfing the wave of Britpop cool and pushing boundaries again. This probably has the ultimate Bowie backing band for me - Reeves Gabrels, Carlos Alomar, Mike Garson, Zack Alford and Gail Ann Dorsey are super tight on this. Bowie produced this himself and seems to have been focussed on getting the most out of his cut-up process for song writing and experimenting with new sounds. He also broke new ground as the first artist to release a track on the internet in September 1996 with a 250,000 downloads - an amazing number for the era of slow dial up modems.