CD Only
1 Buddha Of Suburbia, 4:28
2 Sex And The Church, 6:23
3 South Horizon, 5:24
4 The Mysteries, 7:12
5 Bleed Like A Craze, Dad, 5:22
6 Strangers When We Meet, 4:58
7 Dead Against It, 5:48
8 Untitled No. 1,
5:02
9 Ian Fish U.K. Heir, 6:27
10 Buddha Of Suburbia, 4:19
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Recorded: Mountain Studios, Montreaux,
O’Henry Sound, Burbank
(Summer 1993, 6 days)
Musicians: David Bowie, vocals, guitar, keyboard,
synthesizers,
alto and baritone sax,
keyboard
percussion
Erdal
Kizilcay, keyboards, trumpet, bass,
guitar,
live drums, percussion
Mike
Garson, piano
3D
Echo, drum, bass, guitar
Lenny
Kravitz, guitar
Producers: David Bowie, David Richards
Released: 8 November 1993
Label: Arista/BMG 74321 170042
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DAVID BOWIE Buddha
Of Suburbia Arista. Not exactly the soundtrack of the current BBC
drama, but more of an extrapolation based upon the ideas therein.
And if that sounds like a
poncy sentence, you should read Bowie´s own hugely entertaining and
mockacademic discourse on contemporary pop culture in the booklet
accompanying this surprisingly excellent record.
Apperantely written and
recorded in six days, this is Bowie at his most liberated and wierd. Aside
from the majestic title song (unnecessarily duplicated here with a guest
apperance by Lenny Kravitz) and the superb "Dead
Against It" and "Untitled No.1"
- which recall his late '70s heyday - there's all kinds of
semi-instrumental fun. "Sex And The Church"
is mad and funny, "South Horizon" is a kind of corrupted modern
jazz and "Ian Fish, U.K. Heir" has an opaque, ambient atmosphere.
If Dave carries on like this he's in grave danger of becomming cool again.
Stuart
Macoine
Select Magazine, 1994
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