Tonight (album)

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Tonight
Studio album by David Bowie
Released	1 September 1984
Recorded	1984
Genre	Rock
Length	36:01
Label	EMI
Producer(s)	David Bowie, Derek Bramble and Hugh Padgham
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (C) link
David Bowie chronology
Ziggy Stardust - The Motion Picture (1983)	Tonight (1984)	Never Let Me Down (1987)

Tonight is a 1984 album by David Bowie, featuring collaborations with Tina Turner and a cover of the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows". Critics slammed it as a lazy effort, dashed off by Bowie simply to recapture Let's Dance's chart success. Yet the album bore the minor hit "Blue Jean", whose long-form video, a 22-minute short film directed by Julien Temple, reflected Bowie's long-standing interest in combining music with drama. It also featured the minor hit "Loving the Alien", a deep song about religious conflict and one of the few songs from Tonight to later return into Bowie's stage repetoire. The album also has a pair of dance version rewrites of "Neighbourhood Threat" and "Tonight", old songs Bowie wrote for Iggy Pop, both of which originally appeared on Lust for Life, possibly to recreate the success of his earlier rewrite, "China Girl".

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Reissues 2.1 1995 reissue bonus tracks 3 Production credits

[edit] Track listing

1. "Loving the Alien" (David Bowie) – 7:11
2. "Don't Look Down" (Iggy Pop, James Williamson) – 4:08
3. "God Only Knows" (Tony Asher, Brian Wilson) – 3:06
4. "Tonight" (Bowie, Pop) – 3:50
5. "Neighborhood Threat" (Bowie, Pop) – 3:12
6. "Blue Jean" (Bowie) – 3:08
7. "Tumble and Twirl" (Bowie, Pop) – 5:00
8. "I Keep Forgettin'" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:34
9. "Dancing With the Big Boys" (Carlos Alomar, Bowie, Pop) – 3:52

[edit] Reissues

In 1995 Virgin Records rereleased the album on CD with three bonus tracks. EMI did the second rerelease in 1999 (featuring 24-bit digitally remastered sound and no bonus tracks).

[edit] 1995 reissue bonus tracks

1. "This Is Not America" (1985 single release) – 3:51
2. "As the World Falls Down" (from the Labyrinth soundtrack 1986) – 4:46
3. "Absolute Beginners" (from the Absolute Beginners soundtrack 1986) – 8:00

[edit] Production credits

• Producers:
  • David Bowie
  • Derek Bramble
  • Hugh Padgham

• Musicians:
  • Carlos Alomar: Guitars
  • Derek Bramble: Bass guitar, Guitar, Synthesizer, Background Vocals
  • Carmine Rojas: Bass guitar
  • Sammy Figueroa: Percussion
  • Omar Hakim: Drums
  • Guy St. Onge: Marimba
  • Robin Clark, George Simms, Curtis King: Vocals
  • David Bowie, Tina Turner: Vocals on Tonight
  • David Bowie, Iggy Pop: Vocals on Dancing With The Big Boys

• The Borneo Horns:
  • Stanley Harrison: Alto sax, Tenor sax
  • Steve Elson: Baritone sax
  • Lenny Pickett: Tenor sax, Clarinet
  • Arif Mardin: Arrangement of strings, Synthesizers

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