Lodger

Side One

1          Fantastic Voyage, 2:55

2          African Night Flight, 2:54

3          Move On, 3:16

4          Yassassin, 4:10

5          Red Sails, 3:43

 

Side Two

6          D.J., 3:59

7          Look Back In Anger, 3:08

8          Boys Keep Swinging, 3:17

9          Repetition, 2:59

10        Red Money, 4:17

 

Bonus Tracks

(on RYKO/EMI re-release 1991, EMI 064 7 97724 1 - LP)

11        I Pray, Ole (Previously Unreleased), 3:53

12        Look Back In Anger (New Version 1988), 6:56

 

Recorded:               Mountain Studios, Montreaux, Switzerland

                               Record Plant Studios, New York, USA

(September 1978 – March 1979)

Musicians:        David Bowie, vocals, piano, synthesizer, Chamberlain, guitars

                               Carlos Alomar, guitar, drums

                               George Murray, bass

                               Dennis Davis, percussion

                               Sean Mayes, piano

                               Adrian Bewley, mandolin, guitar

                               Simon House, mandolin, violin

                               Brian Eno, ambient drone, prepared piano and cricket menace,

                               synthesizers and guitar treatments, horse trumpets, Eroica horn,

                               piano

                               Stan, saxophone

                               Roger Powell, synthesizer

                               Tony Visconti, mandolin, backing voices, guitar

Producers:              David Bowie, Tony Visconti

Released:               18 May 1979

Label:                     RCA BOW LP 1

 

 

"Lodger" represents the final album of the David Bowie/Brian Eno trilogy that began with "Low" and "Heroes." Bowie's style here incorporates just about every style he's experimented with including a few straight-forward narratives, some songs made up of what seems like chants, and some mainstream rock tunes. Overall, the tone of the album is less foreboding than his more recent musical excursions into progressive realms. In some ways this represents a departure for Bowie, and in other ways a continuation of previous recordings. Most tunes were penned by Bowie and Eno with musical support consisting of bass, guitars, piano, synthesizer and strings used on a few cuts. Best cuts: "D.J.," "African Night Flight," "Boys Keep Swinging," "Fantastic Voyage." Dealers: Bowie has a large following.

 

Billboard

Originally reviewed for week ending 9 June 1979