Side One
1 Modern Love,
4:47
2 China Girl,
5:33
3 Let’s Dance,
7:37
4 Without You,
3:09
Side Two
5 Ricochet,
5:12
6 Criminal World, 4:24
7 Cat People (Putting Out Fire), 5:10
8 Shake It,
3:47
Bonus Track
(on Virgin
re-release 1995, CD VUS 96)
9 Under Pressure, 3:56
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Recorded: Power Station Studios, New
York
(December 1982)
Musicians: David Bowie, vocals
Nile Rogers, guitar
Stevie Ray Vaughan, guitar
Carmine Rojas, bass
Tony Thompson, drums
Ray Sabino, keyboards
Mac Gollehon, trumpet
Robert Arron, tenor sax, flute
Sammy Figueroa, percussion
Bernard Edwards, bass (on Without
You)
Frank Simms, backing vocals
George Simms, backing vocals
David Spinner, backing voices
Producers: David Bowie, Nile Rogers
Released: 14 April 1983
Label: EMI AML 3029
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Bowie's debut for EMI lives up
to the tantalizing promise of the title single, already a deserved smash with
multiformat muscle: in teaming with co-producer Nile Rodgers, the
influential stylist restores the directness of his mid-'70s plunge into
richly r&b-inflected dance music without abandoning the textural
subtlety of his subsequent pioneering swing into electronic pop. Here, that
visionary stance brings authority to Bowie's most accessible music in
years, pared with propulsive economy by Rodgers' own arranging
contributions and liquid, insistent guitar. Whether tender ("China
Girl"), tough "Richochet," "Criminal World") or in
between, the music is bracing, state-of-the-art urban dance rock. Bowie's
first tour in five years will only enhance sales fire.
Billboard
Originally reviewed for week ending 16 April 1983
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