DAVID BOWIE

 

SCARY MONSTERS 

(AND SUPER CREEPS)

1980

U.K.

MUSICIENS :

David Bowie – vocals, synthesisers, mellotron, electric piano, piano, synth-bass, sound effects, backing vocals, saxophone

Dennis Davis – drums

George Murray – bass

Carlos Alomar – lead and rhythm guitars

Chuck Hammer – guitar synthesiser (on "Ashes to Ashes" and "Teenage Wildlife")

Robert Fripp – lead guitar (on "Fashion", "It's No Game", "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)", "Kingdom Come", "Up the Hill Backwards", and "Teenage Wildlife")

Roy Bittan – piano (on "Ashes to Ashes", "Teenage Wildlife", and "Up the Hill Backwards")

Andy Clark – synthesiser (on "Fashion", "Scream Like a Baby", "Ashes to Ashes" and "Because You're Young")

Pete Townshend – guitar (on "Because You're Young")

Tony Visconti – acoustic guitar (on "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)" and "Up the Hill Backwards"), backing vocals

Lynn Maitland – backing vocals

Chris Porter – backing vocals

Michi Hirota – voice (on "It's No Game (No. 1)")

TITRES :

1. It's No Game (Part 1)

2. Up The Hill Backwards

3. Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)

4. Ashes To Ashes

5. Fashion

6. Teenage Wildlife

7. Scream Like A Baby

8. Kingdom Come

9. Because You're Young

10. It's No Game (Part 2)

Bonus:

11. Space Oddity (single B-side, re-recorded version, 1979)

12. Panic In Detroit (re-recorded version, 1979, previously unreleased)

13. Crystal Japan (Japanese single A-side, 1979)

14. Alabama Song (UK single A-side, recorded 1978)

"Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)" est sorti le 12 septembre 1980 et est souvent considéré par les critiques et les fans comme le dernier d’une grande série d’albums "classiques", série ayant débuté en 1969 avec l’album "Space Oddity".

Après 3 albums très expérimentaux, la Trilogie Berlinoise, excellente mais plutôt difficile d’accès, Bowie a pour intention de remonter aux sommets des charts quand il enregistre cet album. Certes il ne va pas proposer une collection de hits singles sur l’album et se laisser de la place pour l’expérimentation, mais on sent que "Scary Monsters" est pensé pour être un peu plus accessible, un peu plus grand public. (RTBF)