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Heathen
Heathen cover
Studio album by David Bowie
Released 11 June 2002
Recorded Allaire Studios, Shokan, New York
Looking Glass Studios, New York City, New York
Genre Rock
Length 52:08
Label ISO
Producer Tony Visconti, David Bowie
Professional reviews
  • All Music Guide 3.5/5 stars link
  • Pitchfork Media (7. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Glen Tonche is an estate atop Mount Tonche near Shokan, Ulster County New York. Shokan is a hamlet (and Census-designated place) located in the Town of Olive in Ulster County, within the Catskill Park. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The City of New York New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Iso is a Record label created by David Bowie after he left Virgin Records, which has been bought by Sony. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Anthony Visconti (born April 24, 1944) is an American Record producer and sometimes a Musician or Singer. allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork, is a Chicago -based daily Internet publication devoted to music criticism and commentary 8/10) link
  • Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars link
  • Robert Christgau (C+) link
David Bowie chronology
'hours...'
(1999)		 Heathen
(2002)		 Reality
(2003)
Singles from Heathen
  1. "Slow Burn"
    Released: June 3, 2002 (2002-06-03)
  2. "Everyone Says 'Hi'"
    Released: September 16, 2002 (2002-09-16)
  3. "I've Been Waiting for You"
    Released: October 2002 (2002-10)

Heathen is an album by the British singer-songwriter David Bowie, released in 2002. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published Robert Christgau (born April 18 1942) is an American Essayist, Music journalist, and the self-declared "Dean of American David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. 'Hours' is a 1999 album by British musician David Bowie. It was released on Virgin Records. Reality is an album by the British singer-songwriter David Bowie, released in 2003 " Slow Burn " is a song written by David Bowie for the album Heathen in 2002. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. " Everyone Says 'Hi' " is a song written by David Bowie for the album Heathen ( 2002) the only single from the album that was available Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. " I've Been Waiting for You " is a song written by Neil Young for his debut solo album in 1968 David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. It marked the return of record producer Tony Visconti who co-produced with Bowie several of Bowie's classic albums. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Anthony Visconti (born April 24, 1944) is an American Record producer and sometimes a Musician or Singer. The last album Visconti co-produced was Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) from 1980. Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps is an album by David Bowie, released in September 1980 by RCA Records.

Heathen was considered to be something of a comeback for Bowie in the U. S market; it was his highest charting album (#14) since Tonight in 1984, and, generally, his most critically acclaimed album since Scary Monsters. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Worldwide, it sold over 2 million copies, and experienced a 4 month run in the UK charts.

Originally, Bowie had recorded the album Toy for release in 2000/2001. This album was meant to feature some new songs and remakes of some his lesser-known songs from the 1960s. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 Although Toy remains unreleased, a few tracks that include "Afraid" and "Slip Away" (then titled "Uncle Floyd") appeared on Heathen. Some other re-recorded songs were included as B-sides to the singles from Heathen. A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s

Most of the song lyrics found in Heathen are focused on the degradation of mankind and the world. This is evidenced in songs like Slow Burn, Afraid, A Better Future and the title track.

The album contains three cover versions: "Cactus" by The Pixies; "I've Been Waiting for You" by Neil Young; and "I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship" by the Legendary Stardust Cowboy. In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released " Cactus " is a song by the American Alternative rock band Pixies, and is the eighth track on their 1988 album Surfer Rosa Pixies are an American Alternative rock band formed in Boston Massachusetts in 1986 " I've Been Waiting for You " is a song written by Neil Young for his debut solo album in 1968 Neil Percival Young OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto Ontario) is a Canadian Singer-songwriter, Musician " I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship " is a song written by Norman Carl Odam aka the Legendary Stardust Cowboy, who inspired the surname of David Bowie 's The Legendary Stardust Cowboy, born Norman Carl Odam on October 10, 1947 (though his website claims September 5 in Lubbock, Texas

A remix of the song "Everyone Says 'Hi'" is featured in the PS2 rhythm game Amplitude.

The song "Sunday" was played live at the Heathen Tour and A Reality Tour concerts. The David Bowie Heathen Tour was a 2002 Concert tour in support of the album ''Heathen'', and was also notable for the performances of all songs from the A Reality Tour was a worldwide Concert tour by David Bowie in support of the Reality album A live version recorded at the The Point, Dublin, Ireland in November 2003 was included on the A Reality Tour DVD. A Moby remix is available on the bonus disc of the 2-CD version of Heathen, and a Tony Visconti remix was released on the European version of the single "Everyone Says 'Hi'" and the single "I've Been Waiting for You". Richard Melville Hall, also known as Moby (born September 11, 1965 in Harlem, New York) is an American DJ Anthony Visconti (born April 24, 1944) is an American Record producer and sometimes a Musician or Singer. " Everyone Says 'Hi' " is a song written by David Bowie for the album Heathen ( 2002) the only single from the album that was available

The album features guest appearances from Who guitarist Pete Townshend (who had played guitar on an earlier Bowie track, "Because You're Young" from Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)), Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, Dream Theater veteran keyboardist Jordan Rudess, Kristeen Young and prolific bassist Tony Levin of King Crimson. The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964. The primary lineup consisted of guitarist Pete Townshend Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born 19 May 1945 in Chiswick, London) is an English rock Guitarist, Singer, " Because You're Young " is a song written by David Bowie in 1980 for the album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps. Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps is an album by David Bowie, released in September 1980 by RCA Records. Foo Fighters is an American Alternative rock and Post-grunge band formed by singer/guitarist Dave Grohl in 1995 David Eric Grohl (born January 14 1969 is an American rock musician Singer and Songwriter. Dream Theater is an American Progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name " Majesty " by John Myung, John Petrucci Jordan Rudess (born Jordan Rudes on November 4, 1956) is a Progressive rock Keyboardist best known as a member of the Progressive Kristeen Young is an American Rock and roll singer songwriter and keyboardist from St Tony Levin (born June 6 1946, Boston Massachusetts) is an American Bass guitarist Levin is best-known for his work with Progressive King Crimson is a Progressive rock band founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles in 1969

Heathen has also been released on a SACD in a limited number of copies with slightly longer versions of five of the songs. Super Audio CD ( SACD) is a read-only optical audio disc format that can provide higher fidelity digital audio reproduction than the Red

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Sunday" (Bowie) – 4:45
  2. "Cactus" (Black Francis) – 2:54
  3. "Slip Away" (Bowie) – 6:05
  4. "Slow Burn" (Bowie) – 4:41
  5. "Afraid" (Bowie) – 3:28
  6. "I've Been Waiting for You" (Neil Young) – 3:00
  7. "I Would Be Your Slave" (Bowie) – 5:14
  8. "I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship" (Norman Carl Odom) – 4:04
  9. "5:15 The Angels Have Gone" (Bowie) – 5:00
  10. "Everyone Says 'Hi'" (Bowie) – 3:59
  11. "A Better Future" (Bowie) – 4:11
  12. "Heathen (The Rays)" (Bowie) – 4:16

+ "Wood Jackson" (Japanese release bonus track)

Limited edition bonus disc

  1. "Sunday" (Moby Remix) – 5:09
  2. "A Better Future" (Remix by Air) – 4:56
  3. "Conversation Piece" (Written in 1969, recorded 1970, re-recorded 2000) – 3:51
  4. "Panic in Detroit" (Outtake from a 1979 recording) – 2:57

Production credits


Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
2002 Norway 2
2002 UK Albums Chart 5
2002 Billboard 200 14
" Cactus " is a song by the American Alternative rock band Pixies, and is the eighth track on their 1988 album Surfer Rosa " Slip Away " is a song written by David Bowie for the album Heathen in 2002. " Slow Burn " is a song written by David Bowie for the album Heathen in 2002. " Afraid " is a song written by David Bowie for the album Heathen in 2002. " I've Been Waiting for You " is a song written by Neil Young for his debut solo album in 1968 Neil Percival Young OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto Ontario) is a Canadian Singer-songwriter, Musician " I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship " is a song written by Norman Carl Odam aka the Legendary Stardust Cowboy, who inspired the surname of David Bowie 's The Legendary Stardust Cowboy, born Norman Carl Odam on October 10, 1947 (though his website claims September 5 in Lubbock, Texas " Everyone Says 'Hi' " is a song written by David Bowie for the album Heathen ( 2002) the only single from the album that was available " A Better Future " is a song written by David Bowie for the album Heathen in 2002. " Heathen (The Rays " is a song written by David Bowie in 2002 and is the title and closing track for the album Heathen. " Wood Jackson " is a song written by David Bowie during the sessions for the album Heathen in 2002. 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