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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).
LODGER (1979) was third in Bowie's Berlin trilogy, his collaboration with legendary producer/experimentalist Brian Eno, which began with HEROES and LOW (both released in 1977). While those dark records were heavy on alien-sounding instrumentals, LODGER had none, and even contained songs that seemed relatively straightforward. Considered inaccessible at the time, LODGER now sounds like a classic, transitional Bowie album, if only for its rich spirit of experimentation. From the Middle Eastern strains of "Yassassin" to the bizarre wordplay of "African Night Flight," LODGER feels like a journey through strange lands.
Songs like "Boys Keep Swinging" (later covered by ex-Bangle Susanna Hoffs) and "DJ" have the structure of traditional rock songs, but the odd textures, rough edges and dissonant elements make them into something richer and stranger. "Look Back in Anger," with fierce guitar playing by Adrian Belew, became a staple of Bowie's live concerts for years to come. "Red Money" is Bowie's adaptation of Iggy Pop's decadent, futuristic "Sister Midnight" from THE IDIOT. The anthemic "Red Sails" (co-written with Eno) has a majestic sense of forward motion, its glorious crescendo and fadeout providing the record's most spine-tingling moments.
Recorded at Mountain Studios, Montreaux, Switzerland.
Personnel: David Bowie (vocals, guitar, piano, Chamberlain, synthesizer); Tony Visconti (guitar, mandolin, background vocals); Adrian Belew (guitar, mandolin); Brian Eno (guitar, trumpet, horn, piano, synthesizer, sound effects); Carlos Alomar (guitar); Simon House (mandolin, violin); Stan (saxophone); Sean Mays (piano); Roger Powell (synthesizer); George Murray (bass); Dennis Davis (percussion).
Composer: David Bowie.
Lyricist: David Bowie.
Personnel: David Bowie (vocals, guitar, saxophone, piano, chamberlin, synthesizer, background vocals); David Bowie; Brian Eno (guitar, trumpet, horns, piano, synthesizer, unknown instrument); Reeves Gabrels (guitar); George Murray (bass guitar); Erdal Kizilcay, Erdal Kizilgay (drums); Tony Visconti (guitar, mandolin, background vocals); Adrian Belew (guitar, mandolin); Carlos Alomar (guitar, drums); Simon House (mandolin, violin); Sean Mayes (piano, keyboards); Roger Powell (synthesizer); Dennis Davis (drums, percussion).
Audio Mixers: David Bowie; David Richards .
Audio Remasterers: Nigel Reeve; Peter Mew.
Recording information: Moutain Studios, Montreux, Swit.
Photographer: Bruce Weber.
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.Q (p.108) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Bowie's natural bumptiousness is clearly back on 'DJ' and 'Boys Keep Swinging'..."
Q (10/91) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...a crucial part of rock history..."
Uncut (p.114) - "It's an album that captures the sound of a restless, skittering mind clutching at rhythms and stimuli as they float upriver, picking them up and staring them out with cool elan." Lodger Music | List Price | $11.94 (You save $0.25) | | Category | Rock Albums, Pop CDs, Rock/Pop, Art Rock, Enhanced CD | | Label | Virgin | | Orig Year | 1979 | | All Time Sales Rank |  14501  | | CD Universe Part number | 1032960 | | Catalog number | 21909 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 28, 1999 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | David Bowie; Tony Visconti | | Engineer | Tony Visconti; David Richards; Greg Calbi; Rod O'Brien | | Recording Time | 45 minutes | | Personnel | Brian Eno, Adrian Belew, Carlos Alomar, David Bowie, Tony Visconti, Stan Harrison, Dennis Davis, Roger Powell, Simon House, George Murray, Reeves Gabrels, Erdal Kizilcay, Sean Mayes | | Additional Info | Enhanced CD |
Lodger Music Review Average Rating: (4.7 out of 5 stars)   perfect final of trilogy
this is the perfect final act of the Berliner trilogy; personally, I prefer this one to the other 2, it's really amazing and some songs are really the best of that period.
Submitted by Daniele, samp91 (Venice, Italy)
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 Where was Bowie?
This record is as difficult to pidgeonhole as any in the master's opus. At times manically playfull, it sounds as though Bowie is blowing the dust from his voice after the preceding, better known albums. Although some songs don't really gel (DJ) this album as a whole is entertaining, edgy and strangely unsettling. Worth repeated listenings, far better than its reputation allows, and more interesting than 'Scary Monsters'.
Submitted by Tom (Canberra, Australia)
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A Searching Bowie In Berlin
David Bowie is reallly doing some of his best experimental music with touching songs like 'Move On' which has great lyrics, and intense songs like 'DJ' and Look Back in Anger. Bowie's Singing is almost desperate at times and he and Eno are working in the sound textures to give Lodger a timeless sound. Really great!
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