David Bowie (January 8, 1947 – January 10, 2016) was an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actor with a career in music and the performing arts that spanned more than fifty years. He played in a sequence of mid-sixties beat groups and released two self-titled albums, charting first with the 1969 opus “Space Oddity.” Between […]
Iggy Pop is an American rock singer who rose to infamy as the frontman of proto-punks The Stooges, which released three albums between 1969 and 1973. He launched his solo career in 1977 with The Idiot, recorded in Berlin with David Bowie and containing the cult hits “Nightclubbing” and “China Girl” (later recorded by Bowie). […]
Lodger is the twelfth studio album by English vocalist/songwriter David Bowie, released in 1979 on RCA. Tracklist: A1. “Fantastic Voyage” (2:55) A2. “African Night Flight” (2:54) A3. “Move On” (3:16) A4. “Yassassin” (4:10) A5. “Red Sails” (3:43) B1. “DJ” (3:59) B2. “Look Back in Anger” (3:08) B3. “Boys Keep Swinging” (3:17) B4. “Repetition” (2:59) B5. […]
Young Americans is the eighth studio album by English vocalist/songwriter David Bowie, released in 1975 on RCA. “Right” – syncopated drum pattern/percussion, snaky single-string guitar figure forming Fmaj7 tonality (dropping to Em and back) against the root-note bassline… soaring Sanborn sax cuts in at :18, billowing like smoke in a dark, neon-lit alley… Bowie enter […]
Station to Station is the ninth studio album from English vocalist/musician David Bowie, released in 1976 on RCA. Tracklist: A1. “Station to Station” (10:08) A2. “Golden Years” (4:03) A3. “Word on a Wing” (6:00) B1. “TVC15” (5:29) B2. “Stay” (6:08) B3. “Wild Is the Wind” (5:58) Credits: David Bowie — vocals, guitar, tenor saxophone, alto […]
Low is the tenth studio album by English musician/vocalist David Bowie, released in January 1977 on RCA. Tracklist: A1. Speed of Life (2:45) A2. Breaking Glass (1:42) A3. What in the World (2:20) A4. Sound and Vision (3:00) A5. Always Crashing in the Same Car (3:26) A6. Be My Wife (2:55) A7. A New Career […]
Heroes is the eleventh studio album by English musician/vocalist David Bowie, released in October 1977 on RCA. Tracklist: A1. Beauty and the Beast (3:32) A2. Joe the Lion (3:05) A3. “Heroes” (6:07) A4. Sons of the Silent Age (3:15) A5. Blackout (3:50) B1. V-2 Schneider (3:10) B2. Sense of Doubt (3:57) B3. Moss Garden (5:03) […]
The Idiot is the debut solo album by American rock vocalist Iggy Pop, produced by David Bowie and released in March 1977 on RCA. Recorded in Berlin concurrently with the Low sessions, the two albums mine similar sonic territory. Tracklist: A1. “Sister Midnight” (4:19) A2. “Nightclubbing” (4:14) A3. “Funtime” (2:54) A4. “Baby” (3:24) A5. “China […]
Lust for Life is the second solo album by American rock vocalist Iggy Pop, produced by David Bowie and released in September 1977 on RCA. Tracklist: A1. “Lust for Life” (5:13) A2. “Sixteen” (2:26) A3. “Some Weird Sin” (3:42) A4. “The Passenger” (4:44) A5. “Tonight” (3:40) B1. “Success” (4:25) B2. “Turn Blue” (6:56) B3. “Neighborhood […]
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) is the thirteenth studio album by English vocalist/songwriter David Bowie, released in 1980 on RCA. Tracklist: A1. “It’s No Game (No. 1)” (4:20) A2. “Up the Hill Backwards” (3:15) A3. “Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)” (5:12) A4. “Ashes to Ashes” (4:25) A5. “Fashion” (4:49) B1. “Teenage Wildlife” (6:56) B2. “Scream […]
The Man Who Sold the World is the third album by English vocalist/songwriter David Bowie, released in 1970 on RCA. B5. “The Supermen” (3:39) Woodmansey heralds the song. Two bars in, he sets a rhythmic pattern of snare, kick drum, and booming timpani. Seven seconds in, Bowie howls upward from the distance as a root-fifth […]
Hunky Dory is the fourth album by English vocalist/songwriter David Bowie, released in 1971 on RCA. Tracklist: A1. “Changes” (3:37) A2. “Oh You Pretty Things” (3:12) A3. “Eight Line Poem” (2:55) A4. “Life on Mars” (3:54) A5. “Kooks” (2:53) A6. “Quicksand” (5:06) B1. “Fill Your Heart” (3:07) B2. “Andy Warhol” (3:56) B3. “Song for Bob […]
Transformer is the second solo album by New York singer/songwriter Lou Reed, produced by David Bowie and released in 1972 on RCA Victor. Tracklist: A1. “Vicious” (2:55) A2. “Andy’s Chest” (3:17) A3. “Perfect Day” (3:43) A4. “Hangin’ ‘Round” (3:39) A5. “Walk on the Wild Side” (4:12) B1. “Make Up” (2:58) B2. “Satellite of Love” (3:40) B3. […]
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars is the fifth album by English vocalist/songwriter David Bowie, released in 1972 on RCA. Tracklist: A1. “Five Years” (4:42) A2. “Soul Love” (3:34) A3. “Moonage Daydream” (4:40) A4. “Starman” (4:10) A5. “It Ain’t Easy” (2:58) B1. “Lady Stardust” (3:22) B2. “Star” (2:47) B3. […]
