Let's Dance (David Bowie album)

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Let's Dance
Studio album by David Bowie
Released	April 14, 1983 (1983-04-14)
Recorded	Power Station, New York, December 1982 (1982-12)
Genre	Rock Pop Pop rock Dance Blue-eyed soul
Length	39:41
Label	EMI America Records (1983) Virgin Records (1995) EMI (1999)
Producer	David Bowie and Nile Rodgers
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (B) link Rolling Stone link
David Bowie chronology
Christiane F. (1981) Let's Dance (1983) Ziggy Stardust - The Motion Picture (1983)

Let's Dance is an album by David Bowie, released in 1983. It is a post-disco album with co-production by Chic's Nile Rodgers. Its title track has become a standard, and the album also featured the singles "Modern Love" and "China Girl", the latter causing something of a stir due to its suggestive promotional video. "China Girl" was actually a new version of a song which Bowie had co-written with Iggy Pop for The Idiot. Let's Dance is also notable as a stepping stone for the career of the late Texan blues guitar virtuoso Stevie Ray Vaughan, who played on the album. It was also available as a limited edition Picture Disc which on one shows side the album front cover photo along with the track listing, while on the other side it says "Serious Moonlight Tour '83" along with a concert photo.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Reissues 3 Production credits 4 Charts

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by David Bowie except as noted.

1. "Modern Love" – 4:46
2. "China Girl" (Bowie, Iggy Pop) – 5:32
3. "Let's Dance" – 7:38
4. "Without You" – 3:08
5. "Ricochet" – 5:14
6. "Criminal World" (Peter Godwin, Duncan Browne, Sean Lyons) – 4:25
7. "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" (lyrics: Bowie, music: Giorgio Moroder – 5:09
8. "Shake It" – 3:49

[edit] Reissues

In 1995 Virgin Records re-released the album on CD with "Under Pressure" as a bonus track. EMI did the second re-release in 1999 (featuring 24-bit digitally remastered sound and no bonus tracks).

There was a further reissue in 2003 when EMI released the album as a hybrid stereo SACD / PCM CD.

[edit] Production credits

• Producers:
  • David Bowie
  • Nile Rodgers

• Musicians:
  • Carmine Rojas: bass guitar
  • Omar Hakim, Tony Thompson: drums
  • Nile Rodgers: guitar
  • Stevie Ray Vaughan: lead guitar
  • Rob Sabino: keyboards
  • Mac Gollehon: trumpets
  • Robert Arron, Stan Harrison: tenor, flute
  • Steve Elson: baritone, flute
  • Sammy Figueroa: percussion
  • Frank Simms, Geoge Simms, David Spinner: vocals
  • David Bowie, Nile Rodgers: horn arrangements
  • Bernard Edwards: bass on "Without You"

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1983	UK Albums Chart	1
1983	Norway's album chart	1

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	"Let's Dance"	UK Singles Chart	1
1983	"Let's Dance"	Norway's single chart	1
1983	"China Girl"	Norway's single chart	7

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