Lodger
Studio album by David Bowie
Released	May 18, 1979 Rykodisc Reissue August 27, 1991
Recorded	Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland, September 1978 Record Plant Studios, New York, March 1979
Genre	Art rock
Length	35:07
Label	RCA Records
Producer	David Bowie, Tony Visconti
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (A-) link Rolling Stone link
David Bowie chronology
Stage (1978) Lodger (1979) Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)

Lodger is an album by British singer-songwriter David Bowie, released in 1979. 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 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Rykodisc Records is an American Record label, owned by Warner Music Group. Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Mountain Studios is a Recording studio previously located in Montreux, now located in Attalens, Switzerland. Montreux is a municipality in the district of Vevey in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Record Plant Studios (also known as just " The Record Plant " were three famous Recording studios which were started and run by Gary Kellgren (who The City of New York 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 Art rock is a term describing a subgenre of Rock music that tends to have "experimental or avant-garde influences" and emphasizes "novel sonic texture In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. 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 David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. 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. Robert Christgau (born April 18 1942) is an American Essayist, Music journalist, and the self-declared "Dean of American Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. Stage is David Bowie 's second live album released by RCA in 1978 Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps is an album by David Bowie, released in September 1980 by RCA Records. David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. The last of the 'Berlin Trilogy' recorded in collaboration with Brian Eno (though in fact produced in Switzerland and New York), it was more accessible than its immediate predecessors Low and "Heroes", having no instrumentals and being somewhat lighter and more pop-oriented. The Berlin Trilogy is a series of David Bowie albums recorded in collaboration with Brian Eno in the 1970s Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (born 15 May 1948 commonly known as Brian Eno (ˈiːnoʊ is an English Musician, producer Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation The City of New York Low is a 1977 album by British musician David Bowie. Widely regarded as one of his most influential releases Low was the first of the " Berlin "Heroes" (the quotation marks are part of the title for reasons of irony is an album by David Bowie, released in 1977 However it was still an experimental record in many ways and was not, by Bowie's standards, a major commercial success. Indifferently received by critics on its initial release, it is now widely considered one of Bowie's most underrated albums. ^[1][2]

Contents 1 Production 2 Style and themes 3 Cover 4 Release and aftermath 5 Track listing 6 Reissues 6.1 1991 reissue bonus tracks 7 Personnel 8 Charts 9 Certifications 10 Notes

Production

Originally to be titled either Planned Accidents or Despite Straight Lines,^[2] Lodger was largely recorded between legs of Bowie's 1978 world tour and featured the same musicians, along with Brian Eno. Lead guitar was played not by Robert Fripp, as on "Heroes", but by Fripp's future King Crimson bandmate, Adrian Belew, whom Bowie had "poached" while the guitarist was touring with Frank Zappa. Robert Fripp (born 16 May 1946 in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England) is a Guitarist, Composer and a Record King Crimson is a Progressive rock band founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles in 1969 Adrian Belew (born Robert Steven Belew, December 23, 1949, in Covington, Kentucky) is an American Guitarist Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21 1940 – December 4 1993 was an American Composer, Electric guitarist Record producer and Film director Much of Belew's work on the album was composited from multiple takes played against backing tracks of which he had no prior knowledge, not even the key. ^[1] Other experiments on the album included using old tunes played backwards, employing identical chord sequences for different songs, and having the musicians play unfamiliar instruments.

Eno felt that the trilogy had "petered out" by Lodger,^[3] and Belew also observed Eno's and Bowie's working relationship closing down: "They didn't quarrel or anything uncivilised like that; they just didn't seem to have the spark that I imagine they might have had during the "Heroes" album. "^[1] An early plan to continue the basic pattern of the previous records with one side of songs and the other instrumentals was dropped, Bowie instead adding lyrics that foreshadowed the more worldly concerns of his next album, Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps). Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps is an album by David Bowie, released in September 1980 by RCA Records. ^[3]

Style and themes

Though missing the songs/instrumentals split that characterised Low and "Heroes", Lodger has been interpreted as dividing roughly into two major themes, that of travel (primarily Side One) and critiques of Western civilisation (primarily Side Two). ^[4][5] The final track on "Heroes", "The Secret Life of Arabia", anticipated the mock-exotic feel of Lodger’s travel songs. "African Night Flight" was a tribute to the music and culture of the veldt, inspired by a trip to Kenya;^[6] its musical textures have been cited as presaging the popularity of world music, Bowie considering it a forerunner of the sounds developed by Brian Eno and David Byrne for My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981). The term Veld, or Veldt, refers primarily (but not exclusively to the wide open rural spaces of South Africa or southern Africa and in particular to certain The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south The term world music includes Traditional music (sometimes called Folk music or roots music of any culture that are created and played by indigenous musicians My Life in the Bush of Ghosts is a 1981 album by Brian Eno and David Byrne, titled after Amos Tutuola 's 1954 novel of the same ^[1][3] "Move On" was lyrically Bowie's ode to his own wanderlust, sonically his earlier classic "All the Young Dudes" played backwards. " All the Young Dudes " is a song written by David Bowie, originally recorded and released as a single by Mott the Hoople in 1972 ^[4] "Yassassin" was an unlikely reggae song with a Turkish flavour. "Yassassin" (Turkish for Long Live is a song written by David Bowie in 1979 for the album Lodger. Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s The music of Turkey includes diverse elements ranging from Central Asian folk music and music from Ottoman Empire dominions such as Persian music, "Red Sails" was inspired in part by the ambient motorik of German band Neu!;^[5] for Bowie, it combined "a German new music feel" with "a contemporary English mercenary-cum-swashbuckling Errol Flynn" to produce "a lovely cross-reference of cultures". Ambient music is a Musical genre in which sound is more important than notes Motorik is a term coined by music Journalists to describe the 4/4 beat often used by some so-called " Krautrock " bands such as Neu! and Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn ( June 20, 1909 &ndash October 14, 1959) was an Australian Film Actor, most ^[1]

Of the album's critiques, "Boys Keep Swinging", the first single, was seen partly as a witty riposte to the Village People but also, combined with its cross-dressing video clip, a comment on ideas of masculinity; musically it was notable for guitarist Carlos Alomar and drummer Dennis Davis in the unfamiliar roles of drummer and bass player, respectively. " Boys Keep Swinging " was a single by David Bowie. It previewed his album Lodger in the UK being released on 27 April 1979 Village People are a concept Disco group formed in the late 1970s Carlos Alomar (born 1951 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is an American Guitarist, composer and arranger best known for his work with David Bowie Dennis Davis is an American drummer and Session musician best known for his work with David Bowie. ^[4] According to Tony Visconti, the song featured the "exact same chord changes and structure, even the same key" as "Fantastic Voyage", Bowie's take on the possibility of nuclear war. Anthony Visconti (born April 24, 1944) is an American Record producer and sometimes a Musician or Singer. " Fantastic Voyage " is a song written by David Bowie and Brian Eno in 1979 for the album Lodger. ^[7] The second single, "DJ", took a sardonic look at the world of the disc jockey. " DJ " was a single by David Bowie. It was taken from the album Lodger in the UK being released on June 29 1979. A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience "Repetition", Bowie's exploration of a wife-basher's mentality, was sung in a deliberately unemotional tone that highlighted the lyric and the unnatural slur of the bass guitar. "Red Money" added new words to a Bowie/Alomar tune that had originally appeared as "Sister Midnight", with lyrics by Iggy Pop, on the latter's album The Idiot. James Newell Osterberg Jr (born April 21, 1947) better known by his Stage name Iggy Pop, is an American rock singer Songwriter The Idiot is the debut solo album by American rock singer Iggy Pop. ^[2]

Cover

David collaborated with British pop artist Derek Boshier on the cover design. British Pop artist Derek Boshier (b Portsmouth 1937 works in various media including painting drawing Collage, photography film and sculpture The original gatefold album sleeve featured a full-length shot of Bowie as an accident victim, heavily made up with an apparently-broken nose. The inside of the gatefold included pictures of Che Guevara's corpse, Mantegna’s Lamentation over the Dead Christ, and Bowie being readied for the cover photo. Ernesto "Che" Guevara (June 14 Following the Cuban revolution,Guevara reviewed Andrea Mantegna (c 1431 &ndash September 13, 1506) was an Italian Renaissance artist a student of Roman Archeology, and son in law of The Lamentation over the Dead Christ is a painting of c 1480 of the Lamentation of Christ by the Italian Renaissance artist ^[4][8] These images were not reproduced in the Rykodisc CD reissue in 1991. Rykodisc Records is an American Record label, owned by Warner Music Group. A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio

Release and aftermath

Lodger received relatively poor reviews on its original release, Rolling Stone calling it "one of his weakest . Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published . . scattered, a footnote to "Heroes", an act of marking time",^[9] and Melody Maker finding it "slightly faceless". Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly Music Newspaper ^[2] It was also criticised for having a thinner, muddier mix than Bowie's previous albums. ^[2] Lodger peaked at #4 in the UK charts and #20 in America at a time when the artist was being "out-Bowied" commercially by his New Wave "children" such as Gary Numan. New Wave is a Rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the 1980s Gary Numan (born Gary Anthony James Webb on 8 March 1958 is an English singer composer and musician ^[1]

Soon after its release, NME editors Roy Carr and Charles Shaar Murray predicted that Lodger would "have to 'grow in potency' over a few years, but eventually it will be accepted as one of Bowie's most complex and rewarding projects". The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music Magazine in the United Kingdom which has been Roy Carr is an English Music Journalist. He joined the New Musical Express (NME in the 1960s and has edited NME, Charles Shaar Murray (born 1951 is an English Music Journalist. ^[4] While biographer Christopher Sandford calls it a "slick, calculatedly disposable record",^[6] author David Buckley contends that "its stature grows with each passing year",^[1] and Nicholas Pegg sums up, "undervalued and obscure practically from the moment of its release, its critical re-evaluation is long overdue". Nicholas Pegg is a British actor director and writer His acting work in the theatre includes productions for Nottingham Playhouse, Scottish Opera, ^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by David Bowie and Brian Eno except where noted. David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (born 15 May 1948 commonly known as Brian Eno (ˈiːnoʊ is an English Musician, producer

1. "Fantastic Voyage" – 2:55
2. "African Night Flight" – 2:54
3. "Move On" (Bowie) – 3:16
4. "Yassassin (Turkish for Long Live)" (Bowie) – 4:10
5. "Red Sails" – 3:43
6. "DJ" (Bowie, Eno, Carlos Alomar) – 3:59
7. "Look Back in Anger" – 3:08
8. "Boys Keep Swinging" – 3:17
9. "Repetition" (Bowie) – 2:59
10. "Red Money" (Bowie, Alomar) – 4:17

Reissues

Lodger has been re-released several times on CD. " Fantastic Voyage " is a song written by David Bowie and Brian Eno in 1979 for the album Lodger. " African Night Flight " is a song written by David Bowie and Brian Eno in 1979 for the album Lodger. " Move On " is a song written by David Bowie and Brian Eno in 1979 for the album Lodger. "Yassassin" (Turkish for Long Live is a song written by David Bowie in 1979 for the album Lodger. " Red Sails " is a song written by David Bowie and Brian Eno in 1979 for the album Lodger. " DJ " was a single by David Bowie. It was taken from the album Lodger in the UK being released on June 29 1979. Carlos Alomar (born 1951 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is an American Guitarist, composer and arranger best known for his work with David Bowie " Look Back in Anger " is a song written by David Bowie and Brian Eno for the album Lodger (1979 " Boys Keep Swinging " was a single by David Bowie. It previewed his album Lodger in the UK being released on 27 April 1979 " Repetition " is a song written by David Bowie in 1979 for the album Lodger. " Red Money " is a song written by David Bowie and Carlos Alomar. RCA issued CDs of the album in the 1980s, which existed in at least two separate editions: Japanese-sourced pressings and German-sourced pressings (at least some of the early Japanese discs are defective, with severe audio dropouts throughout the album). Rykodisc (in the USA) and EMI (elsewhere) released a version with two bonus tracks in 1991. The most recent iteration appeared in 1999 on EMI (featuring 24-bit digitally remastered sound and no bonus tracks); subsequent editions are merely repackagings of the current EMI edition. The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in

1991 reissue bonus tracks

1. "I Pray, Olé" (Previously unreleased track recorded 1979) – 3:59
2. "Look Back in Anger" (New version recorded 1988) – 6:59

Personnel

• David Bowie – vocals, backing vocals, piano, guitar, synthesizer, Chamberlin
• Carlos Alomar – guitar, drums
• Dennis Davis – percussion, bass
• George Murray – bass
• Sean Mayes – piano
• Simon House – violin, mandolin
• Adrian Belew – guitar, mandolin
• Tony Visconti – backing vocals, guitar, mandolin, bass
• Brian Eno – synthesizers, ambient drone, prepared piano, cricket menace, guitar treatments, horse trumpet, eroica horn, piano
• Roger Powell – synthesizer
• Stan – saxophone

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1979	UK Albums Chart	4
1979	Billboard Pop Albums	20
1979	Norway	11

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1979	"Boys Keep Swinging"	UK Singles Chart	7
1979	"DJ"	UK Singles Chart	29

Certifications

Organization	Level	Date
BPI – UK	Gold	June 8, 1979

Notes

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