David Bowie: Tin Machine 1&2

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David Bowie: Tin Machine
Both Studio Albums:
Tin Machine – 23 May 1989 (UK #3, US#28)
Tin Machine II – 2 September 1991 (UK#23, US #126)

Tin Machine was a rock band formed in 1988, famous for being fronted by singer David Bowie. The group recorded two studio albums before dissolving in 1992, when Bowie returned to his solo career. Drummer Hunt Sales said that the group's name "reflects the sound of the band," and Bowie stated that he and his bandmates joined up "to make the kind of music that we enjoyed listening to."

Despite some reports that Bowie was unhappy working in the band, Bowie stated multiple times over his years with Tin Machine that he was happy working in that medium.
Bowie used his time with the band as a way to revitalize himself and his career, which he would later call a "lifeline", citing Reeves Gabrels as a source of his new-found energy and direction:

"Reeves took me aside and spent many hours explaining it in very simple terms. 'Stop doing it' was, I think, the key phrase he used. 'Stop doing it.' 'But you know, I've got all these shows I've got to do, and I hate having to do these hits, and ...' 'Stop doing it.' That was essentially the reasoning, which I found extremely complicated to understand at first. And then it dawned on me--he meant stop...doing...it. And I did." —March 1997

The band itself, despite earning mixed reviews during its existence, has, in later years, often been found "unjustly" harshly reviewed.

Form your own opinion with these hard-to-find-in-NZ CDs. I like 'em but I also need to raise some cash for Oxfam and think they'll sell quite well.

Tin Machine II has the uncensored European cover, not the US version. If that makes a difference.