Loving the Alien (1983–1988)

Loving the Alien (1983–1988)
Box set by David Bowie
Released 12 October 2018
Recorded 1982–1988
Genre
Label Parlophone
Producer Producer varies from album to album
David Bowie chronology
Welcome to the Blackout (Live London '78)
(2018)		 Loving the Alien (1983–1988)
(2018)		 Glastonbury 2000
(2018)

Loving the Alien (1983–1988) is a box set by David Bowie, released on 12 October 2018.[1][2] A follow-up to the compilations Five Years (1969–1973), Who Can I Be Now? (1974–1976), and A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982), the set covers the period of Bowie's career from 1983 to 1988, his most commercially successful period, and includes eleven compact discs or fifteen LPs, and will be offered as a digital-only download. Exclusive to the box set are Never Let Me Down 2018, a re-engineered version of his 1987 album, Dance, a previously planned but scrapped 12" collection, and live albums from his Serious Moonlight and Glass Spider tours from 1983 and 1987, respectively. The set also includes Re:Call 4, a compilation of non-album singles, single versions, and B-sides from his albums and soundtrack releases for Labyrinth, Absolute Beginners and When the Wind Blows, all from 1986.

The box set also includes remastered editions of Let's Dance (1983), Tonight (1984) and Never Let Me Down (1987).

Track listing

All the songs on each of the albums included are written by David Bowie, except where noted.

Let's Dance (2018 remaster)

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Modern Love"  
2."China Girl"Bowie, Iggy Pop 
3."Let's Dance"  
4."Without You"  
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Ricochet"  
6."Criminal World"Peter Godwin, Duncan Browne, Sean Lyons 
7."Cat People (Putting Out Fire)"Bowie, Giorgio Moroder 
8."Shake It"  

Serious Moonlight (Live '83)

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Look Back in Anger"Bowie, Brian Eno 
2.""Heroes""Bowie, Eno 
3."What in the World"  
4."Golden Years"  
5."Fashion"  
6."Let's Dance"  
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Breaking Glass"Bowie, George Murray, Dennis Davis 
8."Life on Mars?"Bowie, Eno 
9."Sorrow"Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer 
10."Cat People (Putting Out Fire)"Bowie, Moroder 
11."China Girl"Bowie, Pop 
12."Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)"  
13."Rebel Rebel"  
Side 3
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."White Light/White Heat"Lou Reed 
15."Station to Station"  
16."Cracked Actor"  
17."Ashes to Ashes"  
Side 4
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
18."Space Oddity" (with band introduction)  
19."Young Americans"  
20."Fame"Bowie, Carlos Alomar, John Lennon 
21."Modern Love"  

Tonight (2018 remaster)

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Loving the Alien"  
2."Don't Look Down"Pop, James Williamson 
3."God Only Knows"Brian Wilson, Tony Asher 
4."Tonight"Bowie, Pop 
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Neighborhood Threat"Bowie, Pop, Ricky Gardiner 
6."Blue Jean"  
7."Tumble and Twirl"Bowie, Pop 
8."I Keep Forgettin'"Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Gil Garfield 
9."Dancing with the Big Boys"Bowie, Pop, Alomar 

Never Let Me Down (2018 remaster)

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Day-In Day-Out"  
2."Time Will Crawl"  
3."Beat of your Drum"  
4."Never Let Me Down"Bowie, Alomar 
5."Zeroes"  
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Glass Spider"  
7."Shining Star (Makin' My Love)"  
8."New York's in Love"  
9."'87 and Cry"  
10."Bang Bang"Pop, Ivan Kral 

Never Let Me Down 2018

Side 1
No.TitleLength
1."Day-In Day-Out"5:26
2."Time Will Crawl"4:26
3."Beat of your Drum"5:27
Total length:15:19
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
4."Never Let Me Down"Bowie, Alomar4:26
5."Zeroes" 5:06
6."Glass Spider" 6:53
Total length:16:25
Side 3
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Shining Star (Makin' My Love)" (featuring Laurie Anderson) 5:32
8."New York's in Love" 4:33
9."'87 and Cry" 4:25
10."Bang Bang"Pop, Kral4:42
Total length:19:12

Glass Spider (Live Montreal '87)

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Up the Hill Backwards"  
2."Glass Spider"  
3."Day-In Day-Out"  
4."Bang Bang"Pop, Kral 
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Absolute Beginners"  
6."Loving the Alien"  
7."China Girl"Bowie, Pop 
8."Rebel Rebel"  
Side 3
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
9."Fashion"  
10."Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)"  
11."All the Madmen"  
12."Never Let Me Down"Bowie, Alomar 
Side 4
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Big Brother"  
14."'87 and Cry"  
15.""Heroes""Bowie, Eno 
16."Sons of the Silent Age"  
17."Time Will Crawl" (with band introduction)  
Side 5
No.TitleLength
18."Young Americans" 
19."Beat of Your Drum" 
20."The Jean Genie" 
21."Let's Dance" 
Side 6
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
22."Fame"Bowie, Alomar, Lennon 
23."Time"  
24."Blue Jean"  
25."Modern Love"  

Dance

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Shake It" (Re-mix aka Long Version)  
2."Blue Jean" (Extended Dance Mix)  
3."Dancing with the Big Boys" (Extended Dance Mix)Bowie, Pop, Alomar 
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
4."Tonight" (Vocal Dance Mix)Bowie, Pop 
5."Don't Look Down" (Extended Dance Mix)Pop, Williamson 
6."Loving the Alien" (Extended Dub Mix)  
Side 3
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Tumble and Twirl" (Extended Dance Mix)Bowie, Pop 
8."Underground" (Extended Dance Mix)  
9."Day-In Day-Out" (Groucho Mix)  
Side 4
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."Time Will Crawl" (Dance Crew Mix)  
11."Shining Star (Makin’ My Love)" (12” mix)  
12."Never Let Me Down" (Dub/Acapella)Bowie, Alomar 

Re:Call 4 (remastered tracks)

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Let's Dance" (single version)  
2."China Girl" (single version)Bowie, Pop 
3."Modern Love" (single version)  
4."This Is Not America" (The theme from The Falcon and the Snowman) (David Bowie/Pat Metheny Group)Bowie, Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays 
5."Loving the Alien" (re-mixed version)  
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Don't Look Down" (re-mixed version)Pop, Williamson 
7."Dancing in the Street" (Clearmountain mix) (David Bowie and Mick Jagger)Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson, Ivy Jo Hunter 
8."Absolute Beginners" (from Absolute Beginners)  
9."That's Motivation" (from Absolute Beginners)  
10."Volare" (from Absolute Beginners)Domenico Modugno, Franco Migliacci 
Side 3
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Labyrinth Opening Titles/Underground" (from Labyrinth)Trevor Jones, Bowie 
12."Magic Dance" (from Labyrinth)  
13."As the World Falls Down" (from Labyrinth)  
14."Within You" (from Labyrinth)  
15."Underground" (from Labyrinth)  
Side 4
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
16."When the Wind Blows" (single version) (from When the Wind Blows)Bowie, Erdal Kızılçay 
17."Day-In Day-Out" (single version)  
18."Julie"  
19."Beat of Your Drum" (vinyl album edit)  
20."Glass Spider" (vinyl album edit)  
Side 5
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
21."Shining Star (Makin' My Love)" (vinyl album edit)  
22."New York's in Love" (vinyl album edit)  
23."'87 and Cry" (vinyl album edit)  
24."Bang Bang" (vinyl album edit)Pop, Kral 
25."Time Will Crawl" (single version)  
Side 6
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
26."Girls" (extended edit)Bowie, Kızılçay 
27."Never Let Me Down" (7” remix edit)Bowie, Alomar 
28."Bang Bang" (live - promotional mix)Pop, Kral 
29."Tonight" (live) (Tina Turner with David Bowie)Bowie, Pop 
30."Let's Dance" (live) (Tina Turner with David Bowie)  

References

  1. ↑ "David Bowie 1980s Boxed Set, 'Loving the Alien,' Due in October". MSN. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "David Bowie Loving The Alien (1983 – 1988) due October". davidbowie.com. July 17, 2018.
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