Reality (album)
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| Studio album by David Bowie | ||
| Released | 16 September 2003 | |
| Recorded | Looking Glass Studio, New York City, New York | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 49:25 | |
| Label | Iso | |
| Producer(s) | Tony Visconti | |
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| Heathen (2002) |
Reality (2003) |
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Reality is an album by the British singer-songwriter David Bowie, released in 2003.
Over the promotional period, the album was released in a variety of formats. The standard release was a single jewelcased CD version, followed by the CD with a three track bonus CD in digipak format. The album was then released as a multichannel hybrid SACD, and then reissued with a bonus live DVD featuring a performance at The Point in Dublin, Ireland.
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[edit] Track listing
All songs written by David Bowie, except where noted.
- "New Killer Star" – 4:40
- "Pablo Picasso" (Jonathan Richman) – 4:06
- "Never Get Old" – 4:25
- "The Loneliest Guy" – 4:11
- "Looking for Water" – 3:28
- "She'll Drive the Big Car" – 4:35
- "Days" – 3:19
- "Fall Dog Bombs the Moon" – 4:04
- "Try Some, Buy Some" (George Harrison) – 4:24
- "Reality" – 4:23
- "Bring Me the Disco King" – 7:45
[edit] Limited edition bonus disc
- "Fly" – 4:10
- "Queen of All the Tarts (Overture)" – 2:53
- "Rebel Rebel" (2002 re-recording) – 3:10
[edit] Limited DVD tour edition
The DVD features a promotional gig where the whole album was played live track by track. It was recorded at the Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London, 8 September 2003. On the regular CD a recording of The Kinks song "Waterloo Sunset" was released as a bonus track. On the Canadian reissue, the live DVD was a truncated down to five tracks, while the Japanese release did not include "Waterloo Sunset" as a bonus.
[edit] DualDisc edition
A DualDisc edition was released initially in the Boston and Seattle regions of the US only. The CD-side contains the album, whereas the DVD-side contains the album in 5.1 surround sound and bonus material (photo gallery, lyrics, biography and discography). Of most interest is the otherwise unavailable Reality film featuring full length videos of "Never Get Old", "The Loneliest Guy", "Bring Me the Disco King" and "New Killer Star". About half a year later this edition was released countrywide in the US.
[edit] Production credits
- Producers:
- David Bowie
- Tony Visconti
- Musicians:
- David Bowie – vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion, sax, stylophone and synthesizer
- Earl Slick – guitar
- Mike Garson – piano
- David Torn – guitar
- Gail Ann Dorsey – background vocals
- Sterling Campbell – drums
- Matt Chamberlain – drums on "Bring Me the Disco King" and "Fly"
- Catherine Russell – background vocals
- Tony Visconti – bass, guitar, keyboards, vocals
- Gerry Leonard – guitar
- Mark Plati – bass, guitar
- Mario J. McNulty – additional percussion and drums on "Fall Dog Bombs the Moon"
- Carlos Alomar – guitar on "Fly"
| David Bowie |
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| Studio Albums |
| David Bowie | Space Oddity | The Man Who Sold the World | Hunky Dory | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | Aladdin Sane | Pin Ups | Diamond Dogs | Young Americans | Station to Station | "Heroes" | Low | Lodger | Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) | Let's Dance | Tonight | Never Let Me Down | Black Tie White Noise | Outside | Earthling | 'hours...' | Heathen | Reality |
| With Tin Machine |
| Tin Machine | Tin Machine II |
| Live Albums |
| David Live | Stage | Ziggy Stardust - The Motion Picture | Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby | Santa Monica '72 | Bowie at the Beeb | LiveAndWell.com |
| Soundtracks |
| Christiane F. | Labyrinth | The Buddha of Suburbia | |
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