VH1 Storytellers [180 Gram Limited Edition]

by David Bowie

Overview

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.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	10/11/2019
Label:	Parlophone / Rhino
UPC:	0190295474096

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Life on Mars?
2. Rebel Rebel [Truncated Version]
3. Thursday's Child
4. Can't Help Thinking About Me
5. China Girl
6. Seven

Disc 2

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 Credits

Performance Credits

David Bowie   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Sterling Campbell   Drums,Percussion
Lani Groves   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Gail Ann Dorsey   Bass,Vocals
Mike Garson   Piano,Keyboards
Holly Palmer   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Mark Plati   Guitar
Reeves Gabrels   Guitar

Technical Credits

Jo Brooks   Project Coordinator
Ray Davies   Inspiration
Nigel Reeve   Project Coordinator
Randy Ezratty   Engineer,Recording
Mick Ronson   Arranger
David Bowie   Arranger,Composer
Thom Cadley   Mixing
Mark Plati   Mixing,Remixing
Reeves Gabrels   Composer
Iggy Pop   Composer
Jay Moran   Audio Production
Patrizia Di Maria   Audio Production
Sam Murphy   Audio Production
Bill Flanagan   Liner Notes,Executive Producer
Samantha Murphy   Producer
Janet Rolle   Executive Producer
Kevin Mazur   Cover Photo
Henry Wrenn-Meleck   Project Coordinator
Darren Evans   Design,Art Direction
Patrizia DiMaria   Producer
Richard Skidmore   Photography