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― System, Monday, 20 June 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
I have that Criminal World by Metro, some place...
― Mark G, Monday, 20 June 2011 23:39 (twelve years ago) link
PerformanceDavid Bowie – lead vocals, saxophone, guitar, keyboardsCarmine Rojas – bass guitarOmar Hakim, Tony Thompson – drumsNile Rodgers – guitarStevie Ray Vaughan – lead guitarRob Sabino – keyboardsMac Gollehon – trumpetRobert Aaron, Lenny Pickett, Stan Harrison – tenor saxophone, fluteSteve Elson – baritone saxophone, fluteSammy Figueroa – percussionFrank Simms, George Simms, David Spinner – backing vocalsDavid Bowie, Nile Rodgers – horn arrangementsBernard Edwards – bass guitar on "Without You"
TechnicalDavid Bowie – producerNile Rodgers – producerBob Clearmountain, Nile Rodgers, David Bowie – engineering/mixing
― it's a meme i made and i like (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 00:00 (twelve years ago) link
For some reason I thought it was all of Chic playing back-up (esp. "Let's Dance"), but wiki says Bernie only plays bass on "Without You".
Nile must have taught Rojas the Let's Dance bass line ya?
― it's a meme i made and i like (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 00:02 (twelve years ago) link
Are those credits correct? Bowie has said repeatedly that this was the album on which he played "not a damn thing"; it was his singer album.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 00:02 (twelve years ago) link
It is wikipedia, it must be true.
― it's a meme i made and i like (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 00:03 (twelve years ago) link
Heading over to AMG...
I mean, I take Bowie at his word: you can usually distinguish his untutored playing from everyone else's, and this album epitomizes studio perfectionalism.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 00:04 (twelve years ago) link
Meh... just as sloppy over there. Discogs is no help either.
― it's a meme i made and i like (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 00:06 (twelve years ago) link
Criminal World is damn good.
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 03:13 (eleven years ago) link
And Shake It is damned weird.
There's more than a little Young Americans to Bowie's vocals on this record.
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 03:20 (eleven years ago) link
re: the credits discussed above, this is what the '99 remaster lists:
Personnel:Carmine Rojas (bass)Omar Hakim, Tony Thompson (drums)Nile Rodgers (guitar)Stevie Ray Vaughn (lead guitar)Rob Sabino (keyboards)Mac Gollehon (trumpets)Robert Arron, Stan Harrison (tenor and flute)Steve Elson (baritone and flute)Sammy Figueroa (percussion)Frank Simms, George Simms, David Spinner (backing vocals)David Bowie, Nile Rodgers (horn arrangements)Bernard Edwards (bass on 'Without You')
― willem, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 08:12 (eleven years ago) link
Would have went with 'Modern Love'.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:49 (eleven years ago) link
The first side of this album is basically perfect. never really been so keen on the second though.
― president of the people's republic of antarctica (Arctic Mindbath), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 02:07 (ten years ago) link
comes down to "modern love" and "without you" for me.
― president of the people's republic of antarctica (Arctic Mindbath), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 02:08 (ten years ago) link
if Alfa Anderson had sung "Without You" it'd be a keeper. As it is it's an arrangement in search of a singer.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 02:10 (ten years ago) link
the bass on "china girl" is all time
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 03:27 (ten years ago) link
This record could really use "Blue Jean".
― vmajestic, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 03:41 (ten years ago) link
Tonight could really use "Without You."
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 03:47 (ten years ago) link
I've only just clocked how good Richochet is.
― chap, Monday, 21 August 2017 11:43 (six years ago) link
David Bowie, 1983 by Greg Gorman. pic.twitter.com/uWT0GTmRsg— David Bowie News (@davidbowie_news) September 7, 2017
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 9 September 2017 13:32 (six years ago) link
China Girl has always sucked, eh?.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 17 December 2017 03:01 (six years ago) link
I was about to put forth a theory that the mediocre "China Girl" and "Let's Dance" must have been riding a wave started by the awesome "Modern Love," but I just checked and discovered that ML was the *third* single released from the album, after those other two. I guess people actually like those songs, then?
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Sunday, 17 December 2017 03:22 (six years ago) link
A telling sign that ML was a third single was that while LD and CG both had splashy big-budget narrative videos, it got the lip-synched "live concert clip" treatment.
― Never Learn To Mike Love (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 17 December 2017 04:15 (six years ago) link
haha yeah
Let's Dance rules though, as do the vocals on China Girl
― niels, Sunday, 17 December 2017 10:08 (six years ago) link
Sorry this is a really poor album...even the cover of ‘Criminal World’ (which is a great song) changes the lyrics so the subversive nature is lost...and I’ll say this quietly but I really dislike Stevie Ray Vaughan’s playing...it’s just somehow rong’...
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Sunday, 17 December 2017 11:03 (six years ago) link
...and I thought I couldn’t love Bowie any more
https://tidal.com/track/82969018
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 13:54 (six years ago) link
'Ricochet' was robbed.
― Bobby Buttrock (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 14:16 (six years ago) link