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Scary Monsters
Cover:
Production:
David Bowie and Tony Visconti
Labels:
RCA
Rykodisc
Release Dates:
EMI:
September 12, 1980 (UK)
1980(US)
Virgin Records:
1992 (US)
Chart Ratings:
UK:
Peak: 1
No. of Weeks in Chart: 32
US:
Peak: 12
No. of Weeks in Chart: 27
Musicians:
David Bowie: Vocals + Keyboards, Vocal Backing
Dennis Davis: Percussion
George Murray: Bass
Carlos Alomar: Guitar
Lynn Maitland, Chris Porter: Vocal Backing
Additional Musicians:
Chuck Hammer: Guitar on "Ashes To Ashes" and "Teenage Wildlife"
Robert Fripp: Guitar on "Fashion", "It's No Game", "Scary Monsters", "Kingdom Come",
"Up The Hill Backwards" and "Teenage Wildlife"
Roy Bittan: Piano on "Teenage Wildlife", "Ashes To Ashes" and"Up The Hill Backwards"
Andy Clark: Synthesizer 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 "Up The Hill Backwards", Vocal Backing
Michi Hirota: Voice on "It's No Game (Part 1)"
Versions:
United States:
Scary Monsters Vinyl 1980
AQL1-3647
Scary Monsters CD 1992
RCD 20147
7" Singles:
United Kingdom:
Ashes To Ashes
Fashion
Up The Hill Backwards
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
United States:
Ashes To Ashes
Fashion
12" Singles:
United States:
Fashion JD-12140
Fashion PD-12145
Promotional:
United States:
David Bowie Interview Vinyl
Released Songs Album/Singles:
Ashes To Ashes
Because You're Young
Crystal Japan 1979 Single
Fashion
It's No Game (Part 1)
It's No Game (Part 2)
Panic In Detroit 1979 Re-recorded Version
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Scream Like A Baby
Space Oddity 1979 Re-recorded Version
Teenage Wildlife
Up The Hill Backwards
Released Songs Album/Singles:
Alabama Song 1979 Single - Brecht/Weill
Kingdom Come - Tom Verlaine
Tracklisting:
1. It's No Game (Part 1) (4:15)
(Bowie)
2. Up The Hill Backwards (3:13)
(Bowie)
3. Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (5:10)
(Bowie)
4. Ashes To Ashes (4:23)
(Bowie)
5. Fashion (4:46)
(Bowie)
6. Teenage Wildlife (6:51)
(Godwin/Browne/Lyons)
7. Scream Like A Baby (3:35)
(Bowie)
8. Kingdom Come (3:42)
(Verlaine)
9. Because You're Young (4:51)
(Bowie)
10. It's No Game (4:22)
(Bowie)
Bonus Tracklisting 1992 Rykodisc Release:
11. Space Oddity (4:57)
(Bowie)
12. Panic In Detroit (3:00)
(Bowie)
13. Crystal Japan (3:08)
(Bowie)
14. Alabama Song (3:51)
(Brecht/Weill)
Vinyl Version:
Side 1:
1. It's No Game (Part 1) (4:15)
(Bowie)
2. Up The Hill Backwards (3:13)
(Bowie)
3. Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (5:10)
(Bowie)
4. Ashes To Ashes (4:23)
(Bowie)
5. Fashion (4:46)
(Bowie)
Side 2:
1. Teenage Wildlife (6:51)
(Godwin/Browne/Lyons)
2. Scream Like A Baby (3:35)
(Bowie)
3. Kingdom Come (3:42)
(Verlaine)
4. Because You're Young (4:51)
(Bowie)
5. It's No Game (4:22)
(Bowie)
Notes:
The Rykodisc bonus songs of "Space Oddity" and "Panic In Detroit" were re-recorded versions
for The Kenny Everett Show in 1979.
The 1992 Rykodisc bonus songs are released for the first time on CD.
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