After flirtations with the plastic soul-funk of a surprising Young Americans (1975) and a phenomenal Station To Station (1976), David Bowie decided to move from Los Angeles to Europe. He finally settled down in West Berlin, sharing an apartment with his friend Iggy Pop. Both thought that the German city would be a good place …
‘Lodger’ is the final album in the Bowie/Eno trilogy of Berlin albums starting with Low (1977) and Heroes (1977). Each of them heavily is influenced by the zeitgeist of (West-) Berlin, whereas title and cover of Lodger are a direct reference to Roman Polanski’s movie ‘The Tenant’ from 1976. West Berlin’s underground scene was burgeoning with …
