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Tin Machine II by Tin Machine
Tin Machine II is an album by Tin Machine, released in 1991. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 17 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Baby Universal”, on 9 lists with a best position of #89.
Tin Machine II, the second and last studio album from David Bowie's hard-rock band, came out on Victory on 2 September 1991. It was pieced together in two stretches: sessions in Sydney in late 1989, as the Tin Machine Tour wound down, then Los Angeles after Bowie's solo Sound+Vision Tour, running until March 1991. Tim Palmer produced alongside the band again, with Hugh Padgham lending a hand on "One Shot".
The lineup held: Bowie singing and blowing sax, Reeves Gabrels on guitar, and the Sales brothers, Tony on bass and Hunt on drums. The riffs are still hard and loud, but there are real tunes this time, the songs mostly turn to love, and Gabrels' guitar squalls and slashes around them. Reviews were mixed, and Bowie's biographers later called it uneven, knocking the two songs Hunt Sales sings. The sleeve's four Greek kouroi, anatomy and all, stirred up trouble in America. After the tour the band split, and Bowie went back to his solo career with Gabrels at his side through the '90s.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Tin Machine II on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baby Universal | 9 | #89 | – | 1991–2005 | |
| 2 | One Shot | 4 | #1730 | – | 1999–2002 | |
| 3 | Goodbye Mr. Ed | 4 | #1778 | – | 1999–2002 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.