David Bowie - VH1 Storytellers [7/14]

Artist:

Bowie, David

See Also:

Beach Boys (The) Tin Machine The Classic Rock String Quartet - A Classic Rock Tribute To Bowie Original Soundtrack - Labyrinth Various Artists - Sound + Vision: Electronic Tribute To David Bowie Various Artists - The String Quartet Tribute To David Bowie

Description:

Personnel: David Bowie (vocals, guitar); Gail Ann Dorsey (vocals, bass instrument); Reeves Gabrels (guitar); Mark Plati (guitars); Mike Garson (piano, keyboards); Sterling Campbell (drums, percussion); Holly Palmer, Lani Groves (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Thom Cadley.
Audio Remixer: Mark Plati.
VH1`s sadly short-lived series STORYTELLERS was ideal for an old charmer like David Bowie, giving him an intimate platform to spin stories both old and new. When he appeared on the show on August 23, 1999, he was a few months away from releasing HOURS..., an album where he comfortably came to terms with his past, so it fits that he`s looking back fondly here, telling stories about the Mannish Boys and Iggy Pop, sliding the new tunes "Thursday`s Child" and "Seven" in between "Life on Mars?" and "Drive-In Saturday," plus "Can`t Help Thinking About Me," a single he released with the Lower Third in 1965. These are all good, relaxed, unplugged readings, but the chief attraction of VH1 STORYTELLERS is, appropriately enough, those stories Bowie tells, as they not only offer a glimpse into the creation of these songs, they do what great stories should do: they entertain. [VH1 STORYTELLERS is available as a CD/DVD package, with the CD containing a mere eight songs and the DVD containing a full program of 12 tunes, adding "Always Crashing in the Same Car" and Tin Machine`s "I Can`t Read" into the mix.]

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. Life On Mars?
2. Rebel Rebel [Truncated]
3. Thursday`s Child
4. Can`t Help Thinking About Me
5. China Girl
6. Seven
7. Drive-In Saturday
8. Word On a Wing

DISC 2:

1. Life On Mars?
2. Rebel Rebel [Truncated]
3. Thursday`s Child
4. Can`t Help Thinking About Me
5. China Girl
6. Seven
7. Drive-In Saturday
8. Word On a Wing
9. Survive
10. I Can`t Read
11. Always Crashing In the Same Car
12. If I`m Dreaming My Life

Album Information

Release Date:

07/14/2009

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Glam Rock

Label:

Virgin Records (USA)

Producer:

Sam Murphy; Patrizia Di Maria; Jay Moran

Catalog Number:

509999649092

Original Release Year:

2009

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Live

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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