Scary Monsters

by David Bowie

Overview

David Bowie returned to relatively conventional rock & roll with Scary Monsters, an album that effectively acts as an encapsulation of all his '70s experiments. Reworking glam rock themes with avant-garde synth flourishes, and reversing the process as well, Bowie creates dense but accessible music throughout Scary Monsters. Though it doesn't have the vision of his other classic records, it wasn't designed to break new ground -- it was created as the culmination of Bowie's experimental genre-shifting of the '70s. As a result, Scary Monsters is Bowie's last great album. While the music isn't far removed from the post-punk of the early '80s, it does sound fresh, hip, and contemporary, which is something Bowie lost over the course of the '80s. [Rykodisc's 1992 reissue includes re-recorded versions of "Space Oddity" and "Panic in Detroit," the Japanese single "Crystal Japan," and the British single "Alabama Song."] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	02/23/2018
Label:	Rhino
UPC:	0190295842611
Rank:	575

Tracks

1. It's No Game, Pt. 1
2. Up the Hill Backwards
3. Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
4. Ashes to Ashes
5. Fashion
6. Teenage Wildlife
7. Scream Like a Baby
8. Kingdom Come
9. Because You're Young
10. It's No Game, Pt. 2

Album Credits

Performance Credits

David Bowie   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards,Saxophone,Vocals (Background)
Roy Bittan   Guest Artist,Piano,Keyboards
Carlos Alomar   Guest Artist,Guitar
Robert Fripp   Guest Artist,Guitar
Pete Townshend   Guest Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Andy Clark   Synthesizer
Chris Porter   Vocals (Background),Vocals (Background)
Tony Visconti   Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Dennis Davis   Percussion
Lynn Maitland   Vocals (Background)
Chuck Hammer   Guitar
Michi Hirota   Vocals,Voices
George Murray   Bass
Andrew Clark   Synthesizer
Hisahi Miura   Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
Lynn Maltland   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Ted Jensen   Mastering Engineer
Bertolt Brecht   Composer
Larry Alexander   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Tony Visconti   Engineer,Producer,Recording,Mastering Engineer
Jeff Hendrickson   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Peter Mew   Engineer,Remastering,Digital Remastering,Remastering Engineer
Nigel Reeve   Engineer,Remastering,Digital Remastering,Project Coordinator,Remastering Engineer
David Bowie   Artwork,Composer,Engineer,Producer,Recording,Cover Art Concept
Michi Hirota   Translation
Kurt Weill   Composer
Ray Staff   Mastering Engineer
Tom Verlaine   Composer
Kevin Cann   Design,Package Design
Richard Sharah   Make-Up
Hisahi Miura   Translation
Greg Gorman   Photography
Edward Bell   Artwork,Cover Art,Illustrations
Brian Duffy   Photography,Cover Art Concept