Let's Dance 1983- EMI

Track Listing:
1. "Modern Love" – 4:46
2. "China Girl" (Bowie, Iggy Pop) – 5:32
3. "Let's Dance" – 7:38
4. "Without You" – 3:08
5. "Ricochet" – 5:14
6. "Criminal World" (Peter Godwin, Duncan Browne, Sean Lyons) – 4:25
7. "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" (Bowie, Giorgio Moroder) – 5:09
8. "Shake It" – 3:49

It is a post-disco album with co-production by Chic's Nile Rodgers. The title track of the album became one of Bowie's biggest hit singles, reaching number 1 in the UK, the US and various other countries. Further singles included "Modern Love" and "China Girl", which both reached number 2 in the UK. "China Girl" was actually a new version of a song which Bowie had co-written with Iggy Pop for the latter's album The Idiot. The album also contains a rerecorded version of the song "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" which had been a minor hit for Bowie a year earlier. Let's Dance is also notable as a stepping stone for the career of the late Texas blues guitar virtuoso Stevie Ray Vaughan, who played on the album



Modern Love


China Girl


Let's Dance

I know it is cool to say this but I love this album, I think it is cool that Bowie took a one eighty in direction and it worked. I also think the signals are great, the production is flawless and it is nice to hear SRV incorporate his style to Bowie tunes, also this was my first exposure to David Bowie

This was actually probably one of the last Bowie albums I've gotten (to date) I thought it was alright but at the same time I have no real opinion of it as I probably should give it a few more spins

But its very cool to see Bowie work with all these people, Luther Vandross, SRV, Lennon, Iggy Pop, Dave Grohl to name just a few......

An absolute pop masterpiece. This one rekindled my interest in Bowie. In Jr. High I had picked up the early releases but could never get into the Berlin albums.

I was blown away when I first heard Low it remains one of my alltime favorite bowie albums, I credit that album as one of the forefathers of 80s new wave synth sound

I am huge Iggy Pop fan, maybe even a bigger fan of Pop then I am of Bowie but I think Bowie's version of 'China Girl' is superior to the original.

Your probably right addy but I never got into that new wave sound much.

I perfer Bowie's version as well but I do love Iggy Pop's version as well


Nazgul- I can understand that

Gonna throw 2 on one post


Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture 1983- RCA

Track Listing:

1. "Hang on to Yourself" – 2:55
2. "Ziggy Stardust" – 3:09
3. "Watch That Man" – 4:10
4. "Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud" – 3:17
5. "All the Young Dudes/Oh! You Pretty Things" – 3:18
6. "Moonage Daydream" – 6:17
7. "Space Oddity" – 4:49
8. "My Death" (Jacques Brel, Mort Shuman) – 5:45
9. "Cracked Actor" – 2:52
10. "Time" – 5:12
11. "Width of a Circle" – 9:35
12. "Changes" – 3:35
13. "Let's Spend the Night Together" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:09
14. "Suffragette City" – 3:02
15. "White Light/White Heat" (Lou Reed) – 4:06
16. "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" – 4:20

30th Anniversary 2CD Set (2003) track listing
Disc 1

1. "Intro" (incorporating Beethoven's Ninth Symphony arranged and performed by Wendy Carlos) (Ludwig van Beethoven) – 1:05
2. "Hang on to Yourself" – 2:55
3. "Ziggy Stardust" – 3:19
4. "Watch That Man" – 4:14
5. "Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud" – 3:15
6. "All the Young Dudes" – 1:38
7. "Oh! You Pretty Things" – 1:46
8. "Moonage Daydream" – 6:25
9. "Changes" – 3:36
10. "Space Oddity" – 5:05
11. "My Death" (Brel, Shuman) – 7:20

Disc 2

1. "Intro" (incorporating William Tell Overture) (Gioacchino Rossini) – 1:01
2. "Cracked Actor" – 3:03
3. "Time" – 5:31
4. "The Width of a Circle" – 15:45
5. "Let's Spend the Night Together" (Jagger, Richards) – 3:02
6. "Suffragette City" – 4:32
7. "White Light/White Heat" (Reed) – 4:01
8. "Farewell Speech" – 0:39
9. "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" – 5:17

corresponding to the film of the same name. The music was recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon in London on 3 July 1973 (1973-07-03), although the album was not issued by RCA Records until 1983. Prior to that it had existed in bootleg form, notably His Masters Voice - Bowie and the Spiders From Mars' Last Stand.

The album documents the final show which Bowie performed in his Ziggy Stardust persona. Just before the final track, he announces, "Not only is it the last show of the tour, but it's the last show that we'll ever do. Thank you." Many in the audience believed that Bowie himself was retiring.


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Golden Years 1983- RCA Records

Track Listing:

1. "Fashion" – 4:51
2. "Red Sails" (Bowie, Brian Eno) – 3:47
3. "Look Back in Anger" – 3:07
4. "I Can't Explain" (Pete Townshend) – 2:14
5. "Ashes to Ashes" – 4:26
6. "Golden Years" – 3:59
7. "Joe the Lion" – 3:08
8. "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)" – 5:14
9. "Wild Is the Wind" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 6:00

A Compilation album released in 1983

I have not listened to that 'Ziggy Stardust soundtrack album in years!! I remember liking it and also surprised how raw and heavy the band sounded.

I have kept meaning to grab the DVD of this concert and will update the vinyl copy to DVD, not much to add except to say it is a great concert that RCA rushed released almost 11 years after it was recorded in order to take advantage of Bowie's new found commerical success, great album but IMO really for die hard fans and not a place for a newbie to Bowie to begin with.

I have the Concert on DVD and it's a good show most definitly and VH1 Classic will on occassion show this concert but I agree that for people new to Bowie this is not a good place to start

Tonight 1984 EMI

Track Listing:

1. "Loving the Alien" (David Bowie) – 7:11
2. "Don't Look Down" (Iggy Pop, James Williamson) – 4:11
3. "God Only Knows" (Brian Wilson, Tony Asher) – 3:08
4. "Tonight" (Bowie, Pop) (performed by David Bowie and Tina Turner) – 3:46
5. "Neighborhood Threat" (Bowie, Pop) – 3:12
6. "Blue Jean" (Bowie) – 3:11
7. "Tumble and Twirl" (Bowie, Pop) – 5:00
8. "I Keep Forgettin'" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:34
9. "Dancing with the Big Boys" (Carlos Alomar, Bowie, Pop) (performed by David Bowie and Iggy Pop) – 3:34
10. "This Is Not America" (1985 single release) – 3:51
11. "As the World Falls Down" (from the Labyrinth soundtrack 1986) – 4:46
12. "Absolute Beginners" (from the Absolute Beginners soundtrack 1986) – 8:00

released in 1984. The album features a collaboration with Tina Turner on the title track, and a cover of the Beach Boys' song "God Only Knows". The album was derided by music critics who condemned it as a lazy effort, dashed off by Bowie as an attempt to recapture the chart success of his 1983 album Let's Dance. However, the album bore the Top 10 hit "Blue Jean" whose long-form video, a 22-minute short film directed by Julien Temple, reflected Bowie's long-standing interest in combining music with drama. It also featured the minor hit "Loving the Alien", a deep song about religious conflict and one of the few songs from Tonight to later return to Bowie's stage repertoire. The album also has a pair of dance version rewrites of "Neighbourhood Threat" and "Tonight", old songs Bowie wrote with Iggy Pop, both of which originally appeared on Lust for Life.


Loving The Alien


God Only Knows (Beach Boys Cover)


Blue Jean


Dancing With The Big Boys

This is the worst David Bowie album in his discography, that being said that are few good tracks such as 'Loving the Alien' which is certainly not a throw away track and the hit single 'Blue Jean' is a very good track.

It is not completely horrid, actually it is quite entertaining but far from his best work. It seems like for the first time David Bowie was trying to repeat himself.

The cool thing about this thread is it making me dig out my old vinyl copies and another album I need to grab on CD

I have to disagree on this being his worst at least in my opinion but i do agree its not his best work.

I like

Loving the Alien
Blue Jean

I even like his beach boys cover which is probably one of the only Bowie covers I like

I am spinning the album as we speak and it is not a great album by Bowie standards.

I was surprised how many Iggy Pop songs are on this album, since he co wrote them I am not sure if they could rightly be called covers but I was surprised:

Don't Look Down
Tonight
Neighborhood Threat
Dancing with the Big Boys
Tumble and Twirl

I do believe the last two Pop and Bowie wrote brand new for 'Tonight'

It is not a bad album but Bowie is alot better artist then this album demonstrates

Now we're to the era I only know the singles so i'm very interested in what you write. Except Labyrinth, I know that album.

That actually might be the next one on the list is Labyrnth well 2 EPs which ill do on a single post then itll be Labyrinth which would put it up to 1986

I've Always liked "This is Not America" which originally appeared on The Falcon and The Snowman Soundtrack and, I beleive, is a collaboration with Pat Metheny(Cool soundtrack BTW).

That is a good song most definitly

Gonna do another 2 in 1 post



Love You Til Tuesday 1984 Deram

Track Listing:

1. "Love You Till Tuesday" (Single version) – 2:40
2. "The London Boys" – 3:18
3. "Ching-a-ling" – 2:02
4. "The Laughing Gnome" – 3:03
5. "Liza Jane" – 2:14
6. "When I'm Five" – 2:07
7. "Space Oddity" – 3:45
8. "Sell Me A Coat" – 2:53
9. "Rubber Band" (Single version) – 2:05
10. "Let Me Sleep Beside You" – 3:25
11. "When I Live My Dream" – 3:55


(Taken from Wikipedia)

Love You Till Tuesday was a compilation of material by David Bowie, issued as a companion to the belated video release of Bowie's 1969 promotional film Love You till Tuesday.

Deram, Bowie's record label from 1966 to mid-1969, released the soundtrack to the film. Due to its release when Bowie was a star, this has often been confused with his debut album. It does share some songs with the 1967 LP, but most of it was remixed in 1984. It was the first release to feature the original version of "Space Oddity", "Ching-a-Ling" and "When I'm Five", and also included previously unreleased versions of "Sell Me a Coat" and "When I Live My Dream".


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Fame & Fashion 1984 RCA

Track Listing:

1. "Space Oddity" – 5:15
2. "Changes" – 3:33
3. "Starman" – 4:10
4. "1984" – 3:24
5. "Young Americans" – 5:10
6. "Fame" (Bowie, Carlos Alomar, John Lennon) – 4:00
7. "Golden Years" – 4:03
8. "TVC 15" – 5:29
9. " "Heroes" " (Bowie, Brian Eno) – 6:07
10. "D.J." (Bowie, Eno, Alomar) – 3:59
11. "Fashion"– 4:51
12. "Ashes to Ashes"– 4:21

A Greatest Hits released by RCA in 1984 nothing really noteable about it

Labyrinth Soundtrack 1986 EMI

Track Listing:

1. "Opening Titles Including Underground" (Bowie, Jones) – 3:21
2. "Into the Labyrinth" (Jones) – 2:12
3. "Magic Dance" (Bowie) – 5:13
4. "Sarah" (Jones) – 3:12
5. "Chilly Down" (Bowie) – 3:46
6. "Hallucination" (Jones) – 3:02
7. "As the World Falls Down" (Bowie) – 4:51
8. "The Goblin Battle" (Jones) – 3:31
9. "Within You" (Bowie) – 3:30
10. "Thirteen O'Clock" (Jones) – 3:08
11. "Home at Last" (Jones) – 1:49
12. "Underground" (Bowie) – 5:57

I should have waited as this was actually was released in 1989 the movie in 1986 Anyways......Im actually watching the movie now as I type this

Never owned this soundtrack but the movie is kind of cool

One of the most fun albums ever. It fits better if you've seen the movie of course.

Within you is one of my top Bowie songs I got the soundtrack for Within You and for As The World Falls Down