David Bowie – Let’s Dance

Name: David Bowie - Let's Dance
SKU: 1053183074
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After summing up his maverick tendencies on Scary Monsters, David Bowie aimed for the mainstream with Let’s Dance. Hiring Chic guitarist Nile Rodgers as a co-producer, Bowie created a stylish, synthesized post-disco dance music that was equally informed by classic soul and the emerging new romantic subgenre of new wave, which was ironically heavily inspired by Bowie himself. Let’s Dance comes tearing out of the gate, propulsed by the skittering “Modern Love,” the seductively menacing “China Girl,” and the brittle funk of the title track. All three songs became international hits, and for good reason — they’re catchy, accessible pop songs that have just enough of an alien edge to make them distinctive. However, that careful balance is quickly thrown off by a succession of pleasant but unremarkable plastic soul workouts. “Cat People” and a cover of Metro‘s “Criminal World” are relatively strong songs, but the remainder of the album indicates that Bowie was entering a songwriting slump. However, the three hits were enough to make the album a massive hit, and their power hasn’t diminished over the years, even if the rest of the record sounds like an artifact.

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SKU: 1053183074 Categories: Rare & Collectable, Rock & Roll Tags: Bob Ludwig, David Bowie, Nile Rodgers, Stevie Ray Vaughan

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EMI America 1C 064-400 165, 400165 LP, Album Europe 1983

Side 1.

1. Modern Love 4:46
2. China Girl 5:32
3. Let’s Dance 7:36
4. Without You 3:09

Side 2.

1. Ricochet 5:13
2. Criminal World 4:24
3. Cat People (Putting Out Fire) 5:05
4. Shake It 3:51

Credits:
Arranged By [Horn Arrangements] – Bowie, Rodgers
Baritone Saxophone, Flute – Steve Elson
Bass – Carmine Rojas
Design [Package Design] – Mick Haggerty
Drums – Omar Hakim, Tony Thompson
Engineer – Bob Clearmountain
Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Dave Greenberg
Guitar – Nile Rodgers
Keyboards – Rob Sabino
Lead Guitar – Stevie Ray Vaughn
Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
Mixed By – Bob Clearmountain
Mixed By [Assisted By] – David Bowie, Nile Rodgers
Painting [Painting On Cover] – Derek Boshier
Percussion – Sammy Figueroa
Photography By – Greg Gorman
Producer – David Bowie, Nile Rodgers
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Robert Arron, Stan Harrison
Trumpet – Mac Gollehon
Vocals – David Spinner, Frank Simms, George Simms

Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Glossy cover

Engineered for Fast Forward Productions.
Mastered at Masterdisk, New York City.

Omar Hakim appears courtesy of Columbia Records.
Bernard Edwards appears courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corporation.
Nile Rodgers appears courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corporation.

Tracks A1, A3 to B1 and B4 © Jones Music ASCAP.
Track A2 © 1977 Bug Music/James Osterberg Music/Jones Music/Fleur Music Ltd. BMI.
Track B2 © 1978 Logo Songs Ltd.
All rights for the U.S. and Canada are administered by The Hudson Bay Music Company BMI.
Track B3 © 1982 MCA Music, a division of MCA, Inc/Music Corporation of America, Inc, New York, New York.

Made in EEC.

Includes printed and pictured inner sleeve with lyrics and credits.

first cat#: spine, label and cover.
second catalog#: vinyl runout and inner sleeve.

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Rights Society GEMA
Rights Society STEMRA
Rights Society ASCAP
Rights Society BMI
Label Code LC 5717
Other EMI
Matrix / Runout 1C 064-400 165 A
Matrix / Runout 1C 064-400 165 B
Matrix / Runout 400165-A2
Matrix / Runout 400165-B1
Matrix / Runout 400165-A1
Matrix / Runout 400165-B2
Matrix / Runout 400165-A2 1
Matrix / Runout 400165-B1 2
Matrix / Runout 400165-A1 2
Matrix / Runout 400165-B1 1
Matrix / Runout 400165-A1 1