Loving the Alien (1983–1988)

Tracklist

• CD 1: Let’s Dance
• 1
  Modern Love
  4:48
  4.4 ★
• 2
  China Girl
  5:33
  4.2 ★
• 3
  Let’s Dance
  7:37
  4.4 ★
• 4
  Without You
  3:09
  3.0 ★
• 5
  Ricochet
  5:13
  3.6 ★
• 6
  Criminal World
  4:25
  3.8 ★
• 7
  Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
  5:09
  3.8 ★
• 8
  Shake It
  3:52
  3.0 ★
• CD 2: Serious Moonlight (live ’83)
• 1
  Look Back in Anger
  3:07
• 2
  “Heroes”
  4:53
• 3
  What in the World
  3:44
• 4
  Golden Years
  3:31
• 5
  Fashion
  2:43
• 6
  Let’s Dance
  4:34
• 7
  Breaking Glass
  3:00
• 8
  Life on Mars?
  4:07
• 9
  Sorrow
  2:49
• 10
  Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
  4:20
• 11
  China Girl
  5:27
• 12
  Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
  3:42
• 13
  Rebel Rebel
  2:24
• CD 3: Serious Moonlight (live ’83)
• 1
  White Light/White Heat
  5:36
• 2
  Station to Station
  8:58
• 3
  Cracked Actor
  3:58
• 4
  Ashes to Ashes
  3:51
• 5
  Space Oddity / Band Introduction
  6:32
• 6
  Young Americans
  5:25
• 7
  Fame
  5:36
• 8
  Modern Love
  3:54
• CD 4: Tonight
• 1
  Loving the Alien
  7:12
  4.5 ★
• 2
  Don’t Look Down
  4:11
  3.8 ★
• 3
  God Only Knows
  3:09
  3.2 ★
• 4
  Tonight
  3:45
  3.8 ★
• 5
  Neighborhood Threat
  3:12
  3.5 ★
• 6
  Blue Jean
  3:11
  3.7 ★
• 7
  Tumble and Twirl
  4:58
  3.2 ★
• 8
  I Keep Forgettin’
  2:35
  3.2 ★
• 9
  Dancing With the Big Boys
  3:34
  3.2 ★
• CD 5: Never Let Me Down
• 1
  Day‐In Day‐Out
  5:39
  3.9 ★
• 2
  Time Will Crawl
  4:20
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Beat of Your Drum
  5:06
  2.8 ★
• 4
  Never Let Me Down
  4:05
  3.0 ★
• 5
  Zeroes
  5:47
  3.2 ★
• 6
  Glass Spider
  5:34
  2.8 ★
• 7
  Shining Star (Makin’ My Love)
  5:06
  2.8 ★
• 8
  New York’s in Love
  4:34
  2.5 ★
• 9
  ’87 and Cry
  4:21
  3.0 ★
• 10
  Bang Bang
  4:30
  3.4 ★
• CD 6: Never Let Me Down (2018)
• 1
  Day‐In Day‐Out
  5:26
• 2
  Time Will Crawl
  4:26
• 3
  Beat of Your Drum
  5:27
• 4
  Never Let Me Down
  4:26
  3.0 ★
• 5
  Zeroes
  5:06
• 6
  Glass Spider
  6:53
• 7
  Shining Star (Makin’ My Love)
  5:32
• 8
  New York’s in Love
  4:33
• 9
  ’87 and Cry
  4:25
• 10
  Bang Bang
  4:42
• CD 7: Glass Spider (live Montreal ’87)
• 1
  Up the Hill Backwards
  3:51
• 2
  Glass Spider
  5:55
• 3
  Day‐In Day‐Out
  4:34
• 4
  Bang Bang
  4:02
• 5
  Absolute Beginners
  7:08
• 6
  Loving the Alien
  7:14
• 7
  China Girl
  4:55
• 8
  Rebel Rebel
  3:30
• 9
  Fashion
  5:04
• 10
  Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
  4:52
• 11
  All the Mad Men
  6:39
• 12
  Never Let Me Down
  3:56
• CD 8: Glass Spider (live Montreal ’87)
• 1
  Big Brother
  4:47
• 2
  ’87 and Cry
  4:07
• 3
  “Heroes”
  5:10
• 4
  Sons of the Silent Age
  3:10
• 5
  Time Will Crawl / Band Introduction
  5:23
• 6
  Young Americans
  5:06
• 7
  Beat of Your Drum
  4:37
• 8
  The Jean Genie
  5:23
• 9
  Let’s Dance
  5:01
• 10
  Fame
  7:05
• 11
  Time
  5:11
• 12
  Blue Jean
  3:26
• 13
  Modern Love
  4:53
• CD 9: Dance
• 1
  Shake It (re‐mix AKA long version)
  5:21
• 2
  Blue Jean (extended dance mix)
  5:20
• 3
  Dancing With the Big Boys (extended dance mix)
  7:31
• 4
  Tonight (vocal dance mix)
  4:31
• 5
  Don’t Look Down (extended dance mix)
  4:55
• 6
  Loving the Alien (extended dub mix)
  7:15
• 7
  Tumble and Twirl (extended dance mix)
  5:05
• 8
  Underground (extended dance mix)
  7:54
• 9
  Day‐In Day‐Out (Groucho mix)
  6:28
• 10
  Time Will Crawl (dance Crew mix)
  5:34
• 11
  Shining Star (Makin’ My Love) (12″ mix)
  6:27
• 12
  Never Let Me Down (dub / a capella)
  6:02
• CD 10: Re:Call 4
• 1
  Let’s Dance (single version)
  4:09
  4.0 ★
• 2
  China Girl (single version)
  4:17
  4.1 ★
• 3
  Modern Love (single version)
  3:59
  4.0 ★
• 4
  This Is Not America (the theme from ‘The Falcon and the Snowman’)

  David Bowie / Pat Metheny Group
  3:51
• 5
  Loving the Alien (re‐mixed version)
  4:43
• 6
  Don’t Look Down (re‐mixed version)
  4:06
• 7
  Dancing in the Street (Clearmountain mix)

  David Bowie and Mick Jagger
  3:11
  3.4 ★
• 8
  Absolute Beginners
  8:04
  3.6 ★
• 9
  That’s Motivation
  4:19
• 10
  Volare
  3:15
• 11
  Labyrinth Opening Titles / Underground
  3:20
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Magic Dance
  4:14
• 13
  As the World Falls Down
  4:51
• 14
  Within You
  3:29
• 15
  Underground
  5:57
  4.5 ★
• CD 11: Re:Call 4
• 1
  When the Wind Blows (single version)
  3:35
• 2
  Day‐In Day‐Out (single version)
  4:14
• 3
  Julie
  3:43
• 4
  Beat of Your Drum (vinyl album edit)
  4:34
• 5
  Glass Spider (vinyl album edit)
  4:56
• 6
  Shining Star (Makin’ My Love) (vinyl album edit)
  4:06
• 7
  New York’s in Love (vinyl album edit)
  3:59
• 8
  ’87 and Cry (vinyl album edit)
  3:55
• 9
  Bang Bang (vinyl album edit)
  4:02
• 10
  Time Will Crawl (single version)
  4:03
• 11
  Girls (extended edit)
  5:34
• 12
  Never Let Me Down (7″ remix edit)
  3:59
• 13
  Bang Bang (live – promotional mix)
  4:07
• 14
  Tonight (live)

  Tina Turner with David Bowie
  4:19
• 15
  Let’s Dance (live)

  Tina Turner with David Bowie
  3:25

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Release credits

• A. Marie Foster
  background vocals [15]
• Alan Childs
  drums (drum set) [7.1, 7.4-12, 8.1-13]
• Alan Winstanley
  producer [7-9]
• Albert Collins
  guitar [15]
• Alex Haas
  assistant [10.6, 9.5-6]
• André Gauchat
  assistant [5.1-10, 11.2-11]
• Andy Mackintosh
  baritone saxophone [8]
• Andy Thomas
  additional [15]
• Anton Corbijn
  photography
• Arif Mardin
  arranger [9.8, 10.15], conductor [1, 3, 9], producer [9.8, 10.11-15], strings [1, 3, 9], synthesizer [4.1-5, 4.5, 4.7, 4.9, 9.7]
• Arthur Baker
  additional [3], remixer [3]
• Bernard Edwards
  bass [4]
• Beverly Ferguson
  background vocals [15]
• Bob Clearmountain
  engineer [1.1-8, 10.1-3, 10.7], mix [2.1-13, 7.1, 7.4-12, 10.1-4, 10.7, 1.1-8, 11.2-11, 11.13, 5.1-10, 3.1-7, 8.1-13], sound [3]
• Bob Feit
  electric bass guitar [14-15]
• Bob Gay
  alto saxophone [15]
• Brian Gascoigne
  keyboard [11]
• Carlos Alomar
  additional [4, 7], background vocals [6, 9], cuatro [9.7, 4.7], guitar [2.1-13, 3.1-8, 4.1-9, 5.1-10, 7.1, 7.4-12, 8.1-13, 11.3, 11.11, 9.7]
• Carmine Rojas
  bass [3.1-8, 1.1-3, 1.5-8, 2.1-13, 10.3], electric bass guitar [8.1-13, 7.1, 7.4-12, 9.7, 4.1, 4.3-4, 4.6-7, 4.9]
• Chaka Khan
  background vocals [15]
• Chalkie Davies
  photography
• Chips
  assistant [11], recording [11]
• Chris Lord‐Alge
  remixer [10]
• Cindy Rosenthal
  photography
• Cissy Houston
  background vocals [15]
• Clive Langer
  producer [7-9]
• Crusher Bennett
  chimes [9], congas [4, 7], percussion [5.1-10, 11.11], rhythm sticks [4, 6], wood block [4]
• Curtis King
  background vocals [9.7, 4.1-8]
• Dann Huff
  guitar [12-13]
• Daphne Rubin‐Vega
  background vocals [15]
• Dave Greenberg
  assistant [1-8]
• David Bowie
  Moog [6], acoustic guitar [2.1-13, 3.1-8], arranger [10.15, 9.8], assistant [1.1-8, 10.1-3], background vocals [11.1, 11.3, 11.11, 5.1-2, 5.4-7, 5.9, 10.8, 10.10-13, 10.15], guitar [7.1, 7.4-12, 8.1-13, 5.8-9], harmonica [4], horn [1, 3, 5, 8], keyboard [5.1-8, 5.10, 11.3, 11.11], lead vocals [1.1-8, 11.1, 11.3, 11.11, 4.1-9, 5.1-10, 10.1-3, 10.7-13, 10.15, 9.7], mellotron [6], mix [4.1-9, 9.11], percussion [9], performer [14-15], phonographic copyright [4.4, 4.6-7, 4.9, 10.1, 10.3, 10.8, 5.4, 11.3, 1.2-4, 1.6-8], producer [11.1-13, 7.1, 7.4-12, 8.1-13, 10.1-8, 10.10-15, 9.1-12, 2.1-13, 4.1-9, 5.1-10, 1.1-8, 3.1-8, 6.1-10], synthesizer [4], vocal [3.1-8, 10.4, 10.14, 11.1, 11.14-15, 7.1, 7.4-12, 8.1-13, 2.1-13]
• David Cole
  additional [9], keyboard [9]
• David Eiland
  alto saxophone [11.12, 9.12]
• David Lawson
  keyboard [11]
• David LeBolt
  keyboard [3.1-8, 2.1-13]
• David Richards
  assistant [5.1-10, 11.2-11], engineer [1, 3], mix [11], producer [5.1-10, 6.1-10, 11.1-12, 9.9-12]
• David Spinner
  background vocals [1.1-8, 10.3]
• David Torn
  guitar [3, 6-7, 10]
• Denis O'Regan
  photography
• Derek Bramble
  analog synthesizer [1, 1-2, 2, 9], bass [1-2], electric bass guitar [4.4, 4.6-7, 4.9, 9.7], guitar [1-2, 4, 6, 8-9], keyboard [9.7, 4.1, 4.3, 4.7, 4.9], piano [2], producer [10.5-6, 4.1-9, 9.2-7], synthesizer [1-2, 2, 4-5, 9]
• Diva Gray
  background vocals [5.1-3, 5.5-10, 10.12, 11.3, 11.11]
• Don Weller
  baritone saxophone [8], solo [8], tenor saxophone [9]
• Earl Gardner
  trumpet [11.11, 5.1, 5.3, 5.5, 5.10]
• Earl Slick
  guitar [2.1-13, 3.1-8, 10.7]
• Eddie Garcia
  assistant [10.15, 9.8]
• Erdal Kızılçay
  bass [5.1-3, 5.5-10, 10.10, 11.1, 11.3, 11.11], bongos [10], congas [7.1, 7.4-12, 8.1-13, 11.1], drums (drum set) [10.10, 5.1-7, 5.7-10, 11.1, 11.3, 11.11], guitar [11.1, 10.10], handclaps [10], horn [1], instrument [1], keyboard [7.1, 7.4-12, 10.10, 5.1-3, 5.6-10, 8.1-13, 11.1, 11.3, 11.11], marimba [10], organ [7-8], producer [10], sampler [11.1, 11.3, 11.11, 5.1, 5.1-2, 5.2-3, 5.3, 5.5, 5.5-7, 5.7-8, 5.8-9, 5.9-10, 5.10], strings [1], synthesizer [11.1, 11.3, 11.11, 5.1-3, 5.5-10], trumpet [8.1-13, 7.1, 7.4-12], violin [8.1-13, 5.10, 7.1, 7.4-12]
• Ernesto Valenzuela
  assistant [1-10]
• Eunice Peterson
  background vocals [15]
• Fonzi Thornton
  background vocals [12, 15]
• Frank Simms
  background vocals [1.1-8, 10.3, 3.1-8, 2.1-13]
• G.E. Smith
  guitar [7]
• Gabriel Cabezas
  cello [3-4, 10]
• Garcia Alston
  background vocals [15]
• Gary Barnacle
  tenor saxophone [8]
• George Simms
  background vocals [2.1-13, 10.3, 3.1-8, 4.1-6, 4.8-9, 1.1-8], vocal [4.7, 9.7]
• Gil Evans
  horn [9]
• Gordon Grody
  background vocals [11.3, 11.11, 5.1-3, 5.5-10]
• Gordon Murphy
  baritone saxophone [8]
• Gosha Usov
  assistant [1-10]
• Greg Gorman
  photography
• Gregor Kitzis
  strings [2]
• Guy St. Onge
  marimba [4.1, 4.3-4, 4.6-9, 9.7]
• Harold Fisher
  drums (drum set) [11], membranophone [11]
• Helena Springs
  background vocals [7]
• Henry Marquez
  art direction
• Herb Ritts
  photography
• Hugh Padgham
  photography, engineer [10.5-6, 9.2-7, 4.1-9], mix [1-9], producer [9.2-7, 10.5-6, 4.1-9]
• Iggy Pop
  lead vocals [9]
• Ira McLaughlin
  assistant [7]
• Jack Bruno
  drums (drum set) [14-15]
• James Glenn
  background vocals [15]
• James Ralston
  guitar [14-15], vocal [14-15]
• Jamie West‐Oram
  guitar [14-15], vocal [14-15]
• Janet Armstrong
  background vocals [8]
• Jason Corsaro
  mix [8]
• Jay Burnett
  engineer [3]
• Jeff Mironov
  guitar [13]
• Jellybean
  remixer [2]
• Jeremy Smith
  mix [12, 15]
• Jim Henson
  executive [11]
• Jimmy Maelen
  percussion [7]
• Jimmy McLean
  percussion [7]
• John Regan
  electric bass guitar [7]
• Jon Goldberger
  assistant [11.2-11, 5.1-10]
• Justin Shirley‐Smith
  assistant [5.1-10, 11.2-11]
• Kenny Moore
  piano [14-15], vocal [14-15]
• Kevin Armstrong
  guitar [7-9]
• Krista Bennion Feeney
  violin [2]
• Lani Groves
  background vocals [11.3, 11.11, 5.1-3, 5.5-10]
• Laura Lutzke
  violin [3-4, 10]
• Laurie Anderson
  spoken vocals [7]
• Lenny Pickett
  baritone saxophone [7], clarinet [9], horn [2.1-13, 3.1-8], tenor saxophone [4.1-3, 4.6-9, 11.11, 9.7, 10.7, 5.1-3, 5.5, 5.9-10]
• Lew Hahn
  mix [13-14], recording [12-14]
• Luther Vandross
  background vocals [15]
• Luís Jardim
  percussion [8-9]
• Lyle Mays
  piano [4], synthesizer [4]
• Mac Gollehon
  trumpet [10.3, 10.7, 1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.8]
• Malcolm Pollack
  additional [5.1-10, 11.2-11], engineer [3]
• Marc Stevens
  background vocals [15]
• Marcellus Frank
  mix [11], recording [11]
• Marcus Miller
  background vocals [15]
• Mario J. McNulty
  mix [1-10], percussion [1, 3-5, 7-10], producer [1-10], recording [1-10]
• Mark Pender
  flugelhorn [9], trumpet [4.1-3, 4.6-9, 9.7]
• Mark Saunders
  engineer [7-8]
• Martha Mooke
  viola [2]
• Martin O’Donnell
  assistant [11]
• Mary Davis Canty
  background vocals [15]
• Matthew Goeke
  cello [2]
• Matthew Seligman
  bass [8-9], electric bass guitar [7]
• Michael Barbiero
  additional [9.8, 10.7], engineer [4, 7], remixer [10.5-6, 9.5-6, 9.8]
• Michael Childers
  photography
• Michael O’Reilly
  assistant [12-14], mix [13], recording [9.8, 10.15]
• Mick Haggerty
  design
• Mick Jagger
  additional [7], lead vocals [7]
• Mickey Rourke
  guest [7], lead vocals [7]
• Mike Diehl
  design
• Nadia Sirota
  viola [3-4, 10]
• Neil Conti
  drums (drum set) [7-9]
• Nick Moroch
  guitar [13-15]
• Nico Muhly
  strings [3-4, 10]
• Nile Rodgers
  additional [7], assistant [1.1-8, 10.1-3], guitar [10.3, 1.1-8], horn [1, 3, 5, 8], mix [8], producer [1.1-8, 9.1, 10.1-3]
• Omar Hakim
  drums (drum set) [1.1-3, 9.7, 4.1-9, 10.3]
• Pat Metheny
  acoustic guitar [4], electric guitar [4], guitar synthesizer [4], producer [4]
• Patrick Jones
  photography
• Paul Smykle
  remixer [9]
• Paul Weimar
  tenor saxophone [8]
• Paul Wertico
  drums (drum set) [4], percussion [4]
• Paul Westwood
  bass [11], bass guitar [11]
• Pedro Ortiz
  percussion [7]
• Peter Frampton
  electric sitar [5, 10], guitar [7.1, 7.4-12, 11.3, 11.11, 8.1-13, 5.2-3, 5.5-10]
• Phil Castellano
  assistant [10.12, 10.15, 9.8]
• Philippe Saisse
  keyboard [2], piano [11.11, 5.1, 5.3, 5.5, 5.8-10]
• Ray Russell
  guitar [11]
• Ray Staff
  mastering, re
• Reeves Gabrels
  acoustic guitar [5, 9], guitar [1, 3-10]
• Rennele Stafford
  background vocals [15]
• Richard Cottle
  keyboard [7.1, 7.4-12, 8.1-13], saxophone [8.1-13, 7.1, 7.4-12]
• Richard Sullivan
  assistant [7]
• Richard Tee
  Hammond organ [15], piano [15]
• Rick Wakeman
  piano [8]
• Rob Moose
  violin [3-4, 10]
• Rob Sabino
  Hammond organ [3], analog synthesizer [4, 8], keyboard [10.3, 1.2-8], organ [8], piano [1]
• Rob Yale
  synthesizer [1, 3]
• Robbie Buchanan
  arranger [10.12-13, 10.15, 9.8], guitar [15], keyboard [12-15], programming [12-14], synthesizer [12-15, 15]
• Robert Aaron
  flute [3], tenor saxophone [1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.8, 10.3]
• Robert Chausow
  violin [2]
• Robin Beck
  additional [13], background vocals [13]
• Robin Clark
  background vocals [11.3, 11.11, 4.1-5, 4.7-9, 5.1-3, 5.5-10, 9.7]
• Sammy Figueroa
  congas [9.7, 1.3-5, 1.8, 4.1, 4.3, 4.7, 4.9], percussion [10.3, 4.4-5, 1.2], tambourine [1.3, 4.8], wood block [4.1-3, 4.7, 9.7, 1.3, 1.7-8]
• Scott Minshall
  design
• Sid McGinnis
  guitar [1-2, 10]
• Simon Lloyd
  synclavier [11]
• Spencer Bernard
  additional [9.12, 11.12], synthesizer [11.12, 9.12]
• Stan Harrison
  alto saxophone [10.7, 5.1-3, 5.5, 5.10, 9.7, 11.11, 4.1-3, 4.6-9], flute [3], horn [2.1-13, 3.1-8], tenor saxophone [10.3, 10.7, 4.9, 1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.8]
• Stephen Benben
  engineer [7]
• Sterling Campbell
  drums (drum set) [1-5, 7-10]
• Steve Boyer
  assistant [7]
• Steve Elson
  background vocals [9], baritone saxophone [11.11, 9.7, 4.1-3, 4.6-9, 5.1-3, 5.5, 5.9-10, 1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.8, 10.3], flute [3], horn [3.1-8, 2.1-13]
• Steve Ferrone
  drums (drum set) [12-15], percussion [14-15]
• Steve Hodge
  additional [11.12, 9.12], engineer [9.12, 11.12], keyboard [9.12, 11.12]
• Steve Nieve
  keyboard [7-9], piano [8-9]
• Steve Rapport
  photography
• Steve Rodby
  acoustic bass guitar [4], electric bass guitar [4]
• Steve Thompson
  additional [9.4-8, 10.6-7], remixer [9.4-8, 10.5-6]
• Steven Wolf
  bass [6], drums (drum set) [6-7]
• Stevie Ray Vaughan
  guitar [1.2-8, 10.1-3], solo [1-2]
• Terry Britten
  producer [14-15]
• Tessa Niles
  background vocals [7]
• The Borneo Horns
  horn [4.1-3, 4.6-9, 9.7]
• The Coquettes
  background vocals [5]
• Tim Cappello
  keyboard [14-15], percussion [14-15], performing orchestra [14-15], saxophone [14-15]
• Tim Lefebvre
  bass [1, 3-5, 7, 9-10]
• Tina Turner
  lead vocals [4], performer [15], vocal [14-15]
• Tony Thompson
  drums (drum set) [1.4-8, 2.1-13, 3.1-8]
• Trevor Jones
  arranger [11], conductor [11], keyboard [11], orchestrator [11], producer [11]
• Will Lee
  background vocals [12], bass [12-13, 15]
• Willie Garnett
  tenor saxophone [8]
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  (Combined release view)
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  L
  Loving the Alien 1983–1988

  11x CD
  12 October 2018
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  L
  Loving the Alien (1983–1988)

  8x Digital Media
  12 October 2018
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  L
  Loving the Alien (1983–1988)

  8x Digital Media
  12 October 2018