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 Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:46 pm
 Never Let Me DownFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 7:56 am
Studio album by David Bowie
Released April 27, 1987
Recorded Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland 1987
Genre Rock, Pop rock
Length 53:07
Label EMI America Records
Producer David Bowie and David Richards
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Stardust girrl Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 7:58 am
Reception
Never Let Me Down is an album by David Bowie, released April 1987. It drew some of the harshest criticism of Bowie's career, condemned by critics as a faceless piece of product and ignored by the public — Bowie himself openly apologised in an interview for the album being so bad. However, it featured more of Bowie's own compositions than its' predecessor, Tonight.
Tracks from Never Let Me Down formed the backbone of Bowie's highly theatrical Glass Spider world tour in 1987 (an official "video album" was released from this tour which was also called Glass Spider). The album's second track, "Time Will Crawl", was also used in the French arthouse movie Les Amants du Pont Neuf (The Lovers on the Pont Neuf).
Describing the album, critic Ira Robbins wrote "although this casual loud-rock outing... seems on first blush to be slapdash and slight, the first side is actually quite good, offering provocative pop-culture lyrics delivered with first-take enthusiasm and carefree backing."
Quote from Bowie on Never Let Me Down
“ [The great public esteem at that time] meant absolutely nothing to me. It didn't make me feel good. I felt dissatisfied with everything I was doing, and eventually it started showing in my work. Let's Dance was an excellent album in a certain genre, but the next two albums after that [Tonight and Never Let Me Down] showed that my lack of interest in my own work was really becoming transparent. My nadir was Never Let Me Down. It was such an awful album. I've gotten to a place now where I'm not very judgmental about myself. I put out what I do, whether it's in visual arts or in music, because I know that everything I do is really heartfelt. Even if it's a failure artistically, it doesn't bother me in the same way that Never Let Me Down bothers me. I really shouldn't have even bothered going into the studio to record it. [laughs] In fact, when I play it, I wonder if I did sometimes. ”
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Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:00 am
Track listing
All tracks by David Bowie unless otherwise noted.
LP: EMI / AMLS 3117 (UK)
1."Day-In Day-Out" – 4:38
2."Time Will Crawl" – 4:18
3."Beat of Your Drum" – 4:32
4."Never Let Me Down" (Bowie, Carlos Alomar) – 4:03
5."Zeroes" – 5:46
6."Glass Spider" – 4:56
7."Shining Star (Makin' My Love)" – 4:05
8."New York's in Love" – 3:55
9."'87 and Cry" – 3:53
10."Too Dizzy" (Bowie, Erdal Kizilcay) – 3:58
11."Bang Bang" (Iggy Pop, Ivan Kral) – 4:02
released digitally for the first time in 2007 on iTunes (minus "Too Dizzy")
CD: EMI / CDP 7 46677 2 (UK)
1."Day-In Day-Out" – 5:35
2."Time Will Crawl" – 4:18
3."Beat of Your Drum" – 5:03
4."Never Let Me Down" (Bowie, Alomar) – 4:03
5."Zeroes" – 5:44
6."Glass Spider" – 5:30
7."Shining Star (Makin' My Love)" – 5:04
8."New York's in Love" – 4:32
9."'87 and Cry" – 4:18
10."Too Dizzy" (Bowie, Kizilcay) – 3:58
11."Bang Bang" (Pop, Kral) – 4:28
Reissues
The album was one of the first to feature different mixes on vinyl and CD, with the latter being generally longer. "Too Dizzy" has the dubious status of being deleted from subsequent reissues of the album, most likely because of the irony-free borderline misogyny of the lyrics. Bowie himself has said of the song "It's a throw-away." In 1995, Virgin Records rereleased the album on CD with three bonus tracks. EMI did the second rerelease in 1999 (featuring 24-bit digitally remastered sound and no bonus tracks).
CD: Virgin / CDVUS98 (UK) (1995 Reissue)
11."Girls" (Bowie, Kizilcay) (1987 B-side of "Time Will Crawl" single) – 5:38
12."Julie" (1987 B-side of "Day-In Day-Out" single) – 3:45
13."When the Wind Blows" (from the When the Wind Blows soundtrack 1985) – 3:36
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Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:02 am
Personnel/Production credits
Producers:
David Bowie
David Richards
Musicians:
David Bowie – vocals, guitar, keyboards, tambourine, background vocals
Carlos Alomar – guitar, guitar synthesizer, tambourine, background vocals
Erdal Kizilcay – keyboards, drums, bass, trumpet, background vocals, violins
Peter Frampton – lead guitar
Philippe Saisse – piano, keyboards
Carmine Rojas – bass
Earl Gardner – flugelhorn
Crusher Bennet – percussion
Stan Harrison – alto saxophone
Laurie Frink – trumpet
Steve Elson – baritone saxophone
Lenny Pickett – tenor saxophone
Robin Clark, Loni Groves, Diva Gray, Gordon Grodie – background vocals
Sid McGinnis – lead guitar on Bang Bang, Time Will Crawl and Day-In Day-Out
Mickey Rourke – mid-song rap on Shining Star (Makin' My Love)
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Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:03 am
Charts
Year------------Chart---------------Position
1987----Norway Album Chart------------------3
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