Let's Dance (David Bowie album)
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| Studio album by David Bowie | |||||
| Released | April 14, 1983 | ||||
| Recorded | Power Station, New York, December 1982 | ||||
| Genre | Pop rock, dance | ||||
| Length | 39:41 | ||||
| Label | EMI America Records (1983) Virgin Records (1995) EMI (1999) |
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| Producer | David Bowie and Nile Rodgers | ||||
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Let's Dance is an album by David Bowie, released in 1983. It is a post-disco album with co-production by Chic's Nile Rodgers. The first three songs on the album, "Modern Love", "China Girl", and its title track, respectively, have become standards and three of Bowie's 80's classics. "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. Let's Dance is also notable as a stepping stone for the career of the late Texan blues guitar virtuoso Stevie Ray Vaughan, who played on the album. It was also available as a limited edition Picture Disc which on one side shows the album front cover photo along with the track listing, while on the other side it says "Serious Moonlight Tour '83" along with a concert photo.
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[edit] Track listing
All tracks written by David Bowie except as noted.
- "Modern Love" – 4:46
- "China Girl" (Bowie, Iggy Pop) – 5:32
- "Let's Dance" – 7:38
- "Without You" – 3:08
- "Ricochet" – 5:14
- "Criminal World" (Peter Godwin, Duncan Browne, Sean Lyons) – 4:25
- "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" (Bowie, Giorgio Moroder) – 5:09
- "Shake It" – 3:49
[edit] Reissues
In 1995 Virgin Records re-released the album on CD with "Under Pressure" as a bonus track. EMI did the second re-release in 1999 (featuring 24-bit digitally remastered sound and no bonus tracks).
The Canadian version of the 1999 EMI release included a data track, so that when the CD is loaded on a Windows PC, the user was presented with a promotion of internet access services and other premium content from the davidbowie.com website. This marks one of the earliest attempts by a mainstream artist to combine internet and normal promotion and distribution methods.
There was a further reissue in 2003 when EMI released the album as a hybrid stereo SACD / PCM CD.
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Performance
- David Bowie – lead vocals, saxophone, guitar, keyboards
- Carmine Rojas – bass guitar
- Omar Hakim, Tony Thompson – drums
- Nile Rodgers – guitar
- Stevie Ray Vaughan – lead guitar
- Rob Sabino – keyboards
- Mac Gollehon – trumpet
- Robert Aaron, Stan Harrison – tenor saxophone, flute
- Steve Elson – baritone saxophone, flute
- Sammy Figueroa – percussion
- Frank Simms, Geoge Simms, David Spinner – backing vocals
- David Bowie, Nile Rodgers – horn arrangements
- Bernard Edwards – bass guitar on "Without You"
[edit] Technical
- David Bowie – producer
- Nile Rodgers – producer
- Bob Clearmountain, Nile Rodgers, David Bowie – engineering/mixing
[edit] Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Peak Position |
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| 1983 |  Billboard Pop Albums |
4 [2] |
| 1983 |  UK Albums Chart |
1 [3] |
| 1983 |  Norway's album chart |
1 |
| 1983 |  Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart |
1 |
Single
| Year | Single | Chart | Peak Position |
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| 1983 | "Let's Dance" | UK Singles Chart |
1 [3] |
| 1983 | "Let's Dance" | Norway's single chart |
1 |
| 1983 | "China Girl" | Norway's single chart |
7 |
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Let's Dance - Blender". Blender. http://www.blender.com/guide/back-catalogue/53972/lets-dance.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-16.
- ^ "allmusic (((Let's Dance > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums)))". http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3ifqxqq5ldae. Retrieved on 2008-07-09.
- ^ a b "UK Top 40 Hit Database". http://www.everyhit.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-09.
| Preceded by Faster Than the Speed of Night by Bonnie Tyler |
UK Albums Chart number one album April 23, 1983 – May 13, 1983 |
Succeeded by True by Spandau Ballet |
| Preceded by Go for It by Various artists |
Australian Kent Music Report number-one album April 25, 1983 – May 1, 1983 |
Succeeded by Cargo by Men at Work |
