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 Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:44 pm
 Let's DanceFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 5:36 pm
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)
Producer David Bowie and Nile Rodgers
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Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 5:37 pm
Styles and Themes
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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Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 5:39 pm
Track listing
All tracks written by David Bowie except as noted.
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
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.
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Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 5:40 pm
Personnel
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"
Technical
David Bowie – producer
Nile Rodgers – producer
Bob Clearmountain, Nile Rodgers, David Bowie – engineering/mixing
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Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 5:45 pm
Charts
Album
Year------------Chart---------------Position
1983----Billboard Pop Albums------------------4
1983----UK Albums Chart---------------------1
1983----Norway's Ablum Chart------------------1
1983----Autralian Kent Music Report Chart------1
Single
"Let's Dance"
Year------------Chart---------------Position
1983----UK Singles Chart--------------1
1983----Norway Singles Chart------------------1
"China Girl"
Year------------Chart---------------Position
1983----Norway's Singles Chart------------------7
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