Scary Monsters David Bowie

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  • Release Date: 09/28/1999
  • Original Release: 1980
  • Sales Rank: 3,465
  • Label: VIRGIN RECORDS US
  • UPC: 724352189502

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Scary Monsters

1LISTENIt's No Game, Pt. 1 4:20
2LISTENUp the Hill Backwards 3:15
3LISTENScary Monsters (And Super Creeps) 5:12
4LISTENAshes to Ashes 4:25
5LISTENFashion 4:49
6LISTENTeenage Wildlife 6:56
7LISTENScream Like a Baby 3:35
8LISTENKingdom Come 3:45
9LISTENBecause You're Young 4:54
10LISTENIt's No Game, Pt. 2 4:22

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David Bowie returned to relatively conventional rock & roll with Scary Monsters, an album that effectively acts as an encapsulation of all his '70s experiments. Reworking glam rock themes with avant-garde synth flourishes, and reversing the process as well, Bowie creates dense but accessible music throughout Scary Monsters. Though it doesn't have the vision of his other classic records, it wasn't designed to break new ground -- it was created as the culmination of Bowie's experimental genre-shifting of the '70s. As a result, Scary Monsters is Bowie's last great album. While the music isn't far removed from the post-punk of the early '80s, it does sound fresh, hip, and contemporary, which is something Bowie lost over the course of the '80s. [Rykodisc's 1992 reissue includes re-recorded versions of "Space Oddity" and "Panic in Detroit," the Japanese single "Crystal Japan," and the British single "Alabama Song."] Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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Scary Monstersby Anonymous

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April 09, 2004: Mmm, if someone asked me about one piece of art of the 80's I would say him: just listen "Scary Monsters". Totally perfect, totally sweet, totally mystic.

Scary Monstersby Anonymous

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February 16, 2003: This is a musical masterpiece from the genius of David Bowie and arguably one of the best albums of the 1980's. From the starting track it's clear that this will be no ordinary walk through the park. The album has a very stripped down and simplistic sound but is still able to create a dense and haunting atmosphere. The songs contained within pull the listener in to a dark subversive world filled with musings of love, doom and darkness. By far the best hits are "Ashes to Ashes" where we find out that "...Maj. Tom's a junkie, strung out in Heaven's high, hiting an all time low". "Fashion" is a danceable, synth heavy song that serves as a biting stab at the fashion industry and the pretty, but vain, shallow and selfish people that make it their only world. The title track "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)" is a rockable guitar driven song that is dark and somehat scary in its lyrics and melodies. Another notable track is the song "Up The Hill Backwards" that has a melancholy sound but an uplifting chorus ("up the hill backwards, it'll be alright"). This is an excellent album with a detached sound a hard rock theme mixed in, but is still easily accessible by rock/music lovers from all over. That is evident as this was a hit album when released in 1980. Though it was released in the height of the punk era, it still has the ability to captivate without being too punk or commercial. The lyrics are moody and interesting without being too artsy or pretentious. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!