Product Overview
David Bowie – The Next Day / ISO Records Audio CD 2013 / 88765461922
UPC 88765-46192-28
Product Details:
The Next Day is the 24th and penultimate studio album by English musician David Bowie, released on 8 March 2013 on his ISO Records label, under exclusive licence to Columbia Records. Co-produced by Bowie and longtime collaborator Tony Visconti, the album was recorded in secret at The Magic Shop and Human Worldwide Studios in New York City between 2011 and 2013. It is primarily a rock album, featuring elements of art rock. The cover art is an adapted version of his 1977 album "Heroes", featuring a white square with the album's title obscuring his face. It was announced on Bowie's 66th birthday, 8 January 2013. Bowie's website was updated with the video for the lead single, "Where Are We Now?", and the single was immediately made available for purchase on the iTunes Store.
It was Bowie's first album of new material in ten years, since 2003's Reality, and surprised fans and media who believed he had retired. The album was streamed in its entirety on iTunes days before its official release. The Next Day Extra, an additional disc featuring four more tracks, and remixes of songs from the original album, was released in November. The Next Day was met with critical acclaim, and earned Bowie his first number-one album in the United Kingdom since 1993's Black Tie White Noise. It was ranked as the second best album of 2013 (in a tie with Blue October's Sway) by German music magazine Kulturnews and was also nominated for the 2013 Mercury Prize.[6] The album was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 2014 Grammy Awards and for MasterCard British Album of the Year at the 2014 Brit Awards.
The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Tracklist:
| 1 | The Next Day
Arranged By [String Arrangement] – David Bowie, Tony Visconti, Bass – Gail Ann Dorsey, Drums – Zachary Alford, Guitar – David Torn, Gerry Leonard, Strings – Anja Wood, Antoine Silverman, Hiroko Taguchi, Maxim Moston, Written-By, Vocals, Guitar – David Bowie |
3:26 |
| 2 | Dirty Boys
Baritone Saxophone – Steve Elson, Bass – Tony Levin, Drums – Zachary Alford, Guitar – Earl Slick, Gerry Leonard, Tony Visconti, Written-By, Vocals – David Bowie |
2:58 |
| 3 | The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
Acoustic Guitar, Arranged By [String Arrangement] – David Bowie, Tony Visconti, Backing Vocals – Gail Ann Dorsey, Janice Pendarvis, Baritone Saxophone, Contrabass Clarinet – Steve Elson, Bass – Gail Ann Dorsey, Drums – Zachary Alford, Guitar – David Torn, Gerry Leonard, Recorder – Tony Visconti, Strings – Anja Wood, Antoine Silverman, Hiroko Taguchi, Maxim Moston, Written-By, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – David Bowie |
3:57 |
| 4 | Love Is Lost
Bass – Gail Ann Dorsey, Drums – Zachary Alford, Guitar – Gerry Leonard, Written-By, Vocals, Keyboards – David Bowie |
3:57 |
| 5 | Where Are We Now?
Bass – Tony Levin, Drums – Zachary Alford, Guitar – Gerry Leonard, Piano – Henry Hey, Strings – Tony Visconti, Written-By, Vocals, Keyboards – David Bowie |
4:09 |
| 6 | Valentine’s Day
Bass – Tony Visconti, Drums – Sterling Campbell, Guitar – Earl Slick, Written-By, Vocals – David Bowie |
3:02 |
| 7 | If You Can See Me
Backing Vocals – Gail Ann Dorsey, Bass – Tony Levin, Drums, Percussion – Zachary Alford, Guitar – David Torn, Gerry Leonard, Written-By, Vocals, Keyboards – David Bowie |
3:12 |
| 8 | I’d Rather Be High
Bass – Tony Levin, Drums – Zachary Alford, Guitar – Gerry Leonard, Written-By, Vocals – David Bowie |
3:44 |
| 9 | Boss Of Me
Backing Vocals – Gail Ann Dorsey, Janice Pendarvis, Baritone Saxophone – Steve Elson, Bass – Tony Levin, Drums – Zachary Alford, Guitar – Gerry Leonard, Recorder – Tony Visconti, Vocals – David Bowie, Written-By – David Bowie, Gerry Leonard |
4:09 |
| 10 | Dancing Out In Space
Bass – Gail Ann Dorsey, Drums – Zachary Alford, Guitar – David Torn, Gerry Leonard, Written-By, Vocals, Keyboards – David Bowie |
3:21 |
| 11 | How Does The Grass Grow?
Bass, Backing Vocals – Gail Ann Dorsey, Drums – Zachary Alford, Guitar – David Torn, Gerry Leonard, Vocals, Keyboards – David Bowie, Written-By – David Bowie, Jerry Lordan |
4:34 |
| 12 |
(You Will) Set The World On Fire
Backing Vocals – Gail Ann Dorsey, Janice Pendarvis, Bass – Tony Visconti, Drums, Tambourine – Sterling Campbell, Guitar – Earl Slick, Gerry Leonard, Written-By, Vocals – David Bowie |
3:32 |
| 13 | You Feel So Lonely You Could Die
Backing Vocals – Gail Ann Dorsey, Janice Pendarvis, Bass – Gail Ann Dorsey, Drums – Zachary Alford, Guitar – David Torn, Gerry Leonard, Guitar, Arranged By [Strings Arrangement] – Tony Visconti, Piano – Henry Hey, Strings – Anja Wood, Antoine Silverman, Hiroko Taguchi, Maxim Moston, Written-By, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – David Bowie |
4:37 |
| 14 | Heat
Arranged By [String Arrangement] – Tony Visconti, Bass – Gail Ann Dorsey, Drums – Zachary Alford, Guitar – David Torn, Gerry Leonard, Strings – Anja Wood, Antoine Silverman, Hiroko Taguchi, Maxim Moston, Written-By, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – David Bowie |
4:25 |
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Bonus Tracks |
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| 15 | So She
Arranged By [String Arrangement] – David Bowie, Tony Visconti, Drums – Zachary Alford, Guitar – David Torn, Guitar, Bass – Tony Visconti, Guitar, Keyboards – Gerry Leonard, Strings – Anja Wood, Antoine Silverman, Hiroko Taguchi, Maxim Moston, Written-By, Vocals, Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar – David Bowie |
2:31 |
| 16 | Plan
Drums – Zachary Alford, Written-By, Keyboards, Guitar, Percussion – David Bowie |
2:02 |
| 17 | I'll Take You There
Backing Vocals – Janice Pendarvis, Bass, Backing Vocals – Gail Ann Dorsey, Drums – Zachary Alford, Guitar – David Torn, Gerry Leonard, Tony Visconti, Percussion – Alex Alexander, Vocals, Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar – David Bowie, Written-By – David Bowie, Gerry Leonard |
2:41 |
More Details:
- Design [Cover Design] – Barnbrook
- Engineer – Mario McNulty
- Engineer [Assistant] – Brian Thorn, Kabir Hermon
- Mastered By – Dave McNair
- Mixed By, Engineer – Tony Visconti
- Photography By – Jimmy King (6)
- Photography By [Portrait Of David Bowie On "Heroes"] – Sukita
- Producer – David Bowie, Tony Visconti
About the Artist:
David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer-songwriter and actor. He was a leading figure in the music industry and is considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. He was acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his innovative work during the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, with his music and stagecraft having a significant impact on popular music. During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at over 100 million records worldwide, made him one of the world's best-selling music artists. In the UK, he was awarded ten platinum album certifications, eleven gold and eight silver, and released eleven number-one albums. In the US, he received five platinum and nine gold certifications. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. Rolling Stone placed him among its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time and following his death in 2016, Bowie was dubbed "The Greatest Rock Star Ever" by the magazine.
Born in Brixton, South London, Bowie developed an interest in music as a child, eventually studying art, music and design before embarking on a professional career as a musician in 1963. "Space Oddity" became his first top-five entry on the UK Singles Chart after its release in July 1969. After a period of experimentation, he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with his flamboyant and androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust. The character was spearheaded by the success of his single "Starman" and album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, which won him widespread popularity. In 1975, Bowie's style shifted radically towards a sound he characterised as "plastic soul", initially alienating many of his UK devotees but garnering him his first major US crossover success with the number-one single "Fame" and the album Young Americans. In 1976, Bowie starred in the cult film The Man Who Fell to Earth, directed by Nicolas Roeg, and released Station to Station. The following year, he further confounded musical expectations with the electronic-inflected album Low (1977), the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno that came to be known as the "Berlin Trilogy". "Heroes" (1977) and Lodger (1979) followed; each album reached the UK top five and received lasting critical praise.
After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had UK number ones with the 1980 single "Ashes to Ashes", its parent album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), and "Under Pressure", a 1981 collaboration with Queen. He reached his commercial peak in 1983 with Let's Dance; the album's title track topped both UK and US charts. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Bowie continued to experiment with musical styles, including industrial and jungle. He also continued acting; his roles included Major Jack Celliers in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), Jareth the Goblin King in Labyrinth (1986), Pontius Pilate in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), and Nikola Tesla in The Prestige (2006), among other film and television appearances and cameos. He stopped touring after 2004 and his last live performance was at a charity event in 2006. In 2013, Bowie returned from a decade-long recording hiatus with The Next Day. He remained musically active until he died of liver cancer at his home in New York City, two days after his 69th birthday and the release of his final album, Blackstar (2016).
