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This is an Enhanced audio CD which contains regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Digitally remastered by Peter Mew and Nigel Reeve (1999, Abbey Road Studios, London, England).
After having spent the the mid-'80s putting on his acting shoes for Absolute Beginners and Labyrinth, Bowie returned to music by grabbing his usual henchmen Carlos Alomar and Carmine Rojas and joining forces with old schoolmate Peter Frampton. NEVER LET ME DOWN found Bowie writing or co-writing everything with the exception of Iggy Pop's "Bang Bang." Songs such as "Day-In Day-Out" and "Time Will Crawl" were perfect Bowie songs that worked opposite ends of the spectrum; the everyday reality of a struggling woman living on the periphery of society versus the ambiguity of time itself. Although the creamy synths and slick production are occasional reminders that NLMD was cut in the '80s, these flourishes work especially well on "Zeroes" and the title track. The only hint of indulgence comes in the semi-mythical "Glass Spider" and the rap duet vignette with Mickey Rourke (!) that Bowie drops into the middle of "Shining Star (Makin' My Love)." After that chilling encounter, Bowie fled the solo life for the safer confines of Tin Machine in 1989.
Never Let Me Down is enhanced, digitally remastered and contains previously unseen or rare photographs in addition to many used in the original album with full lyrics. ***NOW AT BUDGET PRICE!!***
Recorded at Mountain Studios, Switzerland. Originally released on EMI America (46677).
Personnel: David Bowie (vocals, guitar, keyboards, tambourine); Mickey Rourke (rap vocals); Carlos Alomar (guitar, synthesizer, tambourine, background vocals); Peter Frampton, Sid McGinnis (guitar); Erdal Kizilcay (violin, trumpet, keyboards, bass, drums, background vocals); Stan Harrison (alto saxophone); Lenny Pickett (tenor saxophone); Steve Elson (baritone saxophone); Earl Gardner (trumpet, flugelhorn); Laurie Frink (trumpet); Phillipe Saisse (piano, keyboards); Carmine Rojas (bass); Crusher Bennett (percussion); Robin Clark, Loni Groves, Diva Gray, Gordon Grodie (background vocals).
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. David Bowie Never Let Me Down Songs Never Let Me Down Music Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)   never let me down
I love this cd
The sound is brilliant!
The eighties sound takes me way back and I never grow tired of listening to it. Everything David Bowie does is wonderful so I got exactely what I was expecting!
Submitted by bowiepassion (Knoxville, Tennessee, USA) 
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Never Let Me Down is probably the most pilloried album of Bowie's career. And yet it is not really that bad-it's probably his most consistent album,even if it's his most consistently average.
Kicking off with hit single Day-In,Day-Out,the album immediately sets out its stall as a bright,poppy,synthy 80's rock album. the rather frothy Day-In... is followed by what is probably the album's most troubling and dark songs,the haunting Time Will Crawl,which chronicles the 20th century's obsession with pushing the limits of man,evinced in the couplet about making a jet pilot fly "Til He Burst".Beat Of Your Drum passes undisturbingly,a harmless,competent pop song. Never Let Me Down(The Song) is a beautiful ballad for David's manager,Coco Schwabb,and is really quite touching. This is chased by the most heavy-hitting song of the set,Zeroes,which by way of some fantastic chrod sequences,manages to be quite devastating.
Glass Spider is the song of this part of Bowie's career that is probably the most reviled,although this still mystifies me. the gorgeous,ethereal spoked intro to the song is exquisite,especially the comment on the spiders "Blue eyes,like a human's,that wept at the wintered turn of the centuries" which is utterly heartbreaking,as is the peice about the spider's ornaments of bones,dewdrops and crystals,which,as the wind blew,emitted "Tiny wails,Tiny cries".
Side two of the album slides seamlessly into sameyness,but side one makes up for it,and there are no real stinkers in the set. although it may not be my favourite Bowie CD,it is far from bad,and gets
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