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David Bowie returned to relatively conventional rock & roll with Scary Monsters, an album that effectively acts as an encapsulation of all his '70s experiments. Reworking glam rock themes with avant-garde synth flourishes, and reversing the process as well, Bowie creates dense but accessible music throughout Scary Monsters. Though it doesn't have the vision of his other classic records, it wasn't designed to break new ground -- it was created as the culmination of Bowie's experimental genre-shifting of the '70s. As a result, Scary Monsters is Bowie's last great album. While the music isn't far removed from the post-punk of the early '80s, it does sound fresh, hip, and contemporary, which is something Bowie lost over the course of the '80s. [Rykodisc's 1992 reissue includes re-recorded versions of "Space Oddity" and "Panic in Detroit," the Japanese single "Crystal Japan," and the British single "Alabama Song."]
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Robert Fripp, Guitar - Carlos Alomar, Guitar - Chris Porter, Backing Vocals - George Murray, Bass Guitar - Dennis Davis, Percussion - JEFF HENDRICKSON, Recording Assistant - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Larry Alexander, Recording Assistant - David Bowie, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, RecordingEngineer - Tony Visconti, Producer, Backing Vocals, MasteringEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Lynn Maitland, Backing Vocals - Hisahi Miura, Translator - Michi Hirota, Voice
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 1980, 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Robert Fripp, Guitar - Carlos Alomar, Guitar - Chris Porter, Backing Vocals - George Murray, Bass Guitar - Dennis Davis, Percussion - JEFF HENDRICKSON, Recording Assistant - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Larry Alexander, Recording Assistant - David Bowie, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, RecordingEngineer - Tony Visconti, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals, MasteringEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Lynn Maitland, Backing Vocals
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 1980, 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Robert Fripp, Guitar - Carlos Alomar, Guitar - Chris Porter, Backing Vocals - George Murray, Bass Guitar - Dennis Davis, Percussion - JEFF HENDRICKSON, Recording Assistant - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Larry Alexander, Recording Assistant - David Bowie, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, RecordingEngineer - Tony Visconti, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals, MasteringEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Lynn Maitland, Backing Vocals
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 1980, 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Carlos Alomar, Guitar - Chris Porter, Backing Vocals - George Murray, Bass Guitar - Dennis Davis, Percussion - JEFF HENDRICKSON, Recording Assistant - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Larry Alexander, Recording Assistant - David Bowie, Producer, Keyboards, Backing Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, RecordingEngineer - Tony Visconti, Producer, Backing Vocals, MasteringEngineer, RecordingEngineer - ROY BITTAN, Piano - Lynn Maitland, Backing Vocals - Chuck Hammer, Guitar - Andy Clark, Synthesizer
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 1980, 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Robert Fripp, Guitar - Carlos Alomar, Guitar - Chris Porter, Backing Vocals - George Murray, Bass Guitar - Dennis Davis, Percussion - JEFF HENDRICKSON, Recording Assistant - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Larry Alexander, Recording Assistant - David Bowie, Producer, Keyboards, Backing Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, RecordingEngineer - Tony Visconti, Producer, Backing Vocals, MasteringEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Lynn Maitland, Backing Vocals - Andy Clark, Synthesizer
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 1980, 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Robert Fripp, Guitar - Carlos Alomar, Guitar - Chris Porter, Backing Vocals - George Murray, Bass Guitar - Dennis Davis, Percussion - JEFF HENDRICKSON, Recording Assistant - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Larry Alexander, Recording Assistant - David Bowie, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, RecordingEngineer - Tony Visconti, Producer, Backing Vocals, MasteringEngineer, RecordingEngineer - ROY BITTAN, Piano - Lynn Maitland, Backing Vocals - Chuck Hammer, Guitar
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 1980, 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Carlos Alomar, Guitar - Chris Porter, Backing Vocals - George Murray, Bass Guitar - Dennis Davis, Percussion - JEFF HENDRICKSON, Recording Assistant - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Larry Alexander, Recording Assistant - David Bowie, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, RecordingEngineer - Tony Visconti, Producer, Backing Vocals, MasteringEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Lynn Maitland, Backing Vocals - Andy Clark, Synthesizer
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 1980, 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
TOM VERLAINE, Writer - Robert Fripp, Guitar - Carlos Alomar, Guitar - Chris Porter, Backing Vocals - George Murray, Bass Guitar - Dennis Davis, Percussion - JEFF HENDRICKSON, Recording Assistant - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Larry Alexander, Recording Assistant - David Bowie, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Backing Vocals, MainArtist, RecordingEngineer - Tony Visconti, Producer, Backing Vocals, MasteringEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Lynn Maitland, Backing Vocals
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 1980, 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Carlos Alomar, Guitar - Chris Porter, Backing Vocals - George Murray, Bass Guitar - Dennis Davis, Percussion - JEFF HENDRICKSON, Recording Assistant - Pete Townshend, Guitar - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Larry Alexander, Recording Assistant - David Bowie, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, RecordingEngineer - Tony Visconti, Producer, Backing Vocals, MasteringEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Lynn Maitland, Backing Vocals - Andy Clark, Synthesizer
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 1980, 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Robert Fripp, Guitar - Carlos Alomar, Guitar - Chris Porter, Backing Vocals - George Murray, Bass Guitar - Dennis Davis, Percussion - JEFF HENDRICKSON, Recording Assistant - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Larry Alexander, Recording Assistant - David Bowie, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, RecordingEngineer - Tony Visconti, Producer, Backing Vocals, MasteringEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Lynn Maitland, Backing Vocals - Hisahi Miura, Translator
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 1980, 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Album review
David Bowie returned to relatively conventional rock & roll with Scary Monsters, an album that effectively acts as an encapsulation of all his '70s experiments. Reworking glam rock themes with avant-garde synth flourishes, and reversing the process as well, Bowie creates dense but accessible music throughout Scary Monsters. Though it doesn't have the vision of his other classic records, it wasn't designed to break new ground -- it was created as the culmination of Bowie's experimental genre-shifting of the '70s. As a result, Scary Monsters is Bowie's last great album. While the music isn't far removed from the post-punk of the early '80s, it does sound fresh, hip, and contemporary, which is something Bowie lost over the course of the '80s. [Rykodisc's 1992 reissue includes re-recorded versions of "Space Oddity" and "Panic in Detroit," the Japanese single "Crystal Japan," and the British single "Alabama Song."]
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:45:43
- Main artists: David Bowie
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 1980, 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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