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Artist: David Bowie
Label: RCA Victor
Catalog#: CPL1-2030
Format: Vinyl
Country: US
Released: 1977-01
Tracklist
A1 Speed Of Life 2:45
  Notes:

George Murray - Bass
Roy Young - Piano
Carlos Alomar - Rhythm Guitar
David Bowie - Synthesizer [Arp], Tape [Tape Horn And Brass], Synthesizer [Synthetic Strings]

A2 Breaking Glass 1:42
  Notes:

George Murray - Bass
Carlos Alomar - Guitar
Dennis Davis - Percussion
Ricky Gardiner - Rhythm Guitar
Brian Eno - Synthesizer [Splinter Mini-moog]
David Bowie - Vocals

A3 What In The World 2:20
  Notes:

George Murray - Bass
Ricky Gardiner - Guitar
Dennis Davis - Percussion
Roy Young - Piano, Organ [Farfisa]
Carlos Alomar - Rhythm Guitar
Brian Eno - Synthesizer [Report Arp, Rimmer E.m.i.]
David Bowie - Vocals
Iggy Pop - Vocals

A4 Sound And Vision 3:00
  Notes:

Ricky Gardiner - Bass
Dennis Davis - Percussion
Roy Young - Piano
Carlos Alomar - Rhythm Guitar
David Bowie - Synthesizer [Synthetic Strings], Vocals, Saxophone
Brian Eno - Vocals
Mary Visconti - Vocals

A5 Always Crashing In The Same Car 3:26
  Notes:

George Murray - Bass
Brian Eno - Effects [Guitar Treatments], Synthesizer [E.m.i.]
Ricky Gardiner - Guitar
Dennis Davis - Percussion
Roy Young - Piano, Organ
Carlos Alomar - Rhythm Guitar
David Bowie - Tape [Tape Cellos]

A6 Be My Wife 2:55
  Notes:

George Murray - Bass
David Bowie - Guitar
Ricky Gardiner - Guitar
Roy Young - Piano
Carlos Alomar - Rhythm Guitar
David Bowie - Vocals, Bass [Pump Bass]

A7 A New Career In A New Town 2:50
  Notes:

George Murray - Bass
Brian Eno - Electronics [Other Synthetics]
Ricky Gardiner - Guitar
Dennis Davis - Percussion
Brian Eno - Piano
Roy Young - Piano
Carlos Alomar - Rhythm Guitar
David Bowie - Tape [Tape Sax And Section], Harmonica, Piano

B1 Warszawa 6:17
  Notes:

Brian Eno - Synthesizer [E.m.i., Mini-moog], Piano, Keyboards [Chamberlain]
David Bowie - Vocals

B2 Art Decade 3:43
  Notes:

Eduard Meyer - Cello
Brian Eno - Keyboards [Chamberlain]
David Bowie - Keyboards [Chamberlain]
Brian Eno - Synthesizer [E.m.i., Mini-moog], Piano
David Bowie - Synthesizer [Synthetic Strings], Guitar, Piano, Percussion [Pre-arranged]

B3 Weeping Wall 3:25
  Notes:

David Bowie - Synthesizer [Arp], Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Vibraphone, Xylophone

B4 Subterraneans 5:37
  Notes:

George Murray - Bass
Carlos Alomar - Guitar
David Bowie - Guitar
David Bowie - Piano
Peter And Paul - Piano
Peter And Paul - Synthesizer [Arp]
David Bowie - Vocals

Credits

Greg Calbi - Mastered By
David Bowie - Producer
Tony Visconti - Producer
Brian Eno - Written-By
David Bowie - Written-By
Dennis Davis - Written-By
George Murray - Written-By

Notes

Recorded at The Chateau and Hansa By The Wall.
Mixed At Hansa By The Wall.
Issued with printed inner sleeve with credits. Some copies included a fan club flyer; some copies had track list sticker on back.

Strawberry Bricks Entry: 
Throughout his career, David Bowie always had one eye on stardom and the other on his music. His art, however, was a careful balance of the two; his popularity rarely wavered throughout the vast swings of his musical offerings. In the 60s, he ventured from R&B artist to singer-songwriter, culminating with Rick Wakeman's Mellotron on the classic "Space Oddity." In 1970, he released an incredibly progressive album of hard rock, The Man Who Sold The World, before launching into glam rock and the Spiders from Mars. In the mid-70s, Bowie turned to both a writing collaboration with Brian Eno and, more surprisingly, the krautrock of Germany for inspiration. In 1976, Bowie and Eno headed to Europe with longtime producer Tony Visconti and a backing band to record two albums, both released in 1977. First up in January was Low, recorded in France and mixed in Berlin. Bowie provided the songs on the first side, but it was mostly Eno and his studio alchemy for their veneer. While there's modern, electronic Euro-ness afoot, it's still unmistakably tuneful; there's no denying the "Sound and Vision" the pair generate. The second side takes an abrupt left turn towards the ambient: Song-less and drum-less, the side shows Bowie and Eno following their artistic muse, painting the musical canvas with sound. The melody of "Warszawa" has a passing familiarity, one that's entirely romantic; while "Art Decade" travels over the gentle pulse of the Chamberlain, an early sampler. The eerie "Weeping Wall" is 100 percent Bowie, and the cinematic "Subterraneans" could go on forever-Bowie also provides sax on the track. Turns out, the formula was a success, as the album reached No. 2 in the UK and No. 11 in the US. Recorded at Hansa Tonstudio in Berlin, the grittier Heroes followed in October, with Robert Fripp's thick-toned guitar the unmissable addition. It reached No. 3 in the UK, yet dipped to No. 35 in the US. Bowie and Eno would reunite for a final collaboration in their so-called Berlin trilogy, the more conventional Lodger, in 1979. After one final dalliance with art rock on Scary Monsters in 1980, Bowie would sanitize his act and move into commercial territory for the remainder of the 80s.
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