I LOVE HOW
SHE MOVES ME
IT MAKES ME FEEL ALRIGHT
Tin Machine II
is the second
and final
studio album
by the Anglo-American
rock band
released on
September 2nd 1991
through Victory Music.
The band,
composed of
Reeves Gabrels
on guitar
and brothers
Tony Fox
and
Hunt Sales
on bass and drums,
respectively,
recorded it in
Sydney, Australia,
in late 1989
at the conclusion of
the Tin Machine Tour.
After Bowie
completed his solo
Sound+Vision Tour
in late 1990,
recording resumed in
Los Angeles, California,
until March 1991.
The production was handled by
Tin Machine
and
Tim Palmer,
who produced their
debut studio album
(1989),
with additional production
by Hugh Padgham on
"One Shot".
While the album
musically retains a
hard rock sound,
the songs are more
melodic compared to
its predecessor,
with lyrics focusing on love.
The cover artwork
features four
Greek Kouroi
and was controversial
in the US
due to the statues' genitalia.
Tin Machine II
received mostly
mixed reviews from
music critics,
with many highlighting
individual tracks
but considering the project
as a whole mediocre.
Some recognised it as an
improvement over
Tin Machine.
Supported by three singles,
the album peaked at
number 23
in the UK
and number 126
in the US.
The band's accompanying
It's My Life Tour
received mixed reviews;
a live album from the tour,
Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby,
was released in 1992.
At the tour's completion,
Tin Machine
disbanded and Bowie
resumed his solo career,
releasing his
eighteenth studio album,
Black Tie White Noise
(1993).
Gabrels remained
Bowie's collaborator
for the rest of the 1990s.
Bowie's biographers
have given
Tin Machine II
mixed reactions,
with most recognising it
as inconsistent in quality
and panning two tracks
sung by
Hunt Sales.
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