Never Let Me Down
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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. Defenders of the album maintain that many of its songs are underrated and that Bowie at this time was simply facing the inevitable backlash of an overexposed superstar and argue that the singles "Day-In, Day-Out" and "Time Will Crawl" are actually rather good songs. The album certainly works better as a coherent piece compared to its predecessor, Tonight.
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.
Tracks from Never Let Me Down formed the backbone of Bowie's highly theatrical Glass Spider world tour in 1988.
Track listing
- "Day-In Day-Out" (Bowie) – 5:14
- "Time Will Crawl" (Bowie) – 4:17
- "Beat of Your Drum" (Bowie) – 5:03
- "Never Let Me Down" (Bowie, Alomar) – 4:04
- "Zeroes" (Bowie) – 5:44
- "Glass Spider" (Bowie) – 5:30
- "Shining Star (Makin' My Love)" (Bowie) – 5:04
- "New York's in Love" (Bowie) – 4:31
- "'87 and Cry" (Bowie) – 4:18
- "Too Dizzy" (Bowie, Kizilcay) – 3:59
- "Bang Bang" (Pop, Kral) – 4:29
Reissues
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).1995 reissue bonus tracks
- "Girls" (Bowie, Kizilcay) (1987 B-side of "Time Will Crawl" single) – 5:38
- "Julie" (Bowie) (1987 B-side of "Day-In Day-Out" single) – 3:45
- "When the Wind Blows" (Bowie) (from the When the Wind Blows soundtrack 1985) – 3:36
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
- * Phillipe 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 Makin' My Love
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