David BowieLet's Dance

Label:

EMI America – 1C 064-400 165, EMI America – 400165

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo

Country:

Europe

Released:

Genre:

Rock, Funk / Soul, Pop

Style:

Pop Rock

Tracklist

A1Modern Love
Lyrics By, Music ByDavid Bowie
4:46
A2China Girl
Lyrics By, Music ByDavid Bowie, Iggy Pop
5:32
A3Let's Dance
Lyrics By, Music ByDavid Bowie
7:36
A4Without You
Lyrics By, Music ByDavid Bowie
3:09
B1Ricochet
Lyrics By, Music ByDavid Bowie
5:13
B2Criminal World
Lyrics By, Music ByDuncan Browne, Peter Godwin, Sean Lyons
4:24
B3Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
Lyrics ByDavid Bowie
Music ByGiorgio Moroder
5:05
B4Shake It
Lyrics By, Music ByDavid Bowie
3:51

Companies, etc.

  • Mastered AtMasterdisk
  • Published ByJones Music
  • Published ByBug Music
  • Published ByJames Osterberg Music
  • Published ByFleur Music Ltd.
  • Published ByLogo Songs Ltd.
  • Published ByHudson Bay Music Co.
  • Published ByMCA Music
  • Record CompanyCapitol Records, Inc.
  • Record CompanyFast Forward Productions
  • Record CompanyMCA Inc.
  • Record CompanyMusic Corporation Of America, Inc.
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗David Bowie
  • Licensed ToEMI America Records
  • Copyright ©David Bowie
  • Pressed ByEMI Electrola GmbH
  • Printed By4P NICOLAUS GmbH

Credits

  • Arranged By [Horn Arrangements]Bowie*, Rodgers*
  • Baritone Saxophone, FluteSteve Elson
  • BassCarmine Rojas
  • Design [Package Design]Mick Haggerty
  • DrumsOmar Hakim, Tony Thompson (2)
  • EngineerBob Clearmountain
  • Engineer [Assistant Engineer]Dave Greenberg
  • GuitarNile Rodgers
  • KeyboardsRob Sabino
  • Lead GuitarStevie Ray Vaughn*
  • Mastered ByBob Ludwig
  • Mixed ByBob Clearmountain
  • Mixed By [Assisted By]David Bowie, Nile Rodgers
  • Painting [Painting On Cover]Derek Boshier
  • PercussionSammy Figueroa
  • Photography ByGreg Gorman
  • ProducerDavid Bowie, Nile Rodgers
  • Tenor Saxophone, FluteRobert Arron*, Stan Harrison
  • TrumpetMac Gollehon
  • VocalsDavid Spinner, Frank Simms, George Simms

Notes

Glossy cover

Engineered for Fast Forward Productions.
Mastered at Masterdisk, New York City.

Omar Hakim appears courtesy of Columbia Records.
Bernard Edwards appears courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corporation.
Nile Rodgers appears courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corporation.

Tracks A1, A3 to B1 and B4 © Jones Music ASCAP.
Track A2 © 1977 Bug Music/James Osterberg Music/Jones Music/Fleur Music Ltd. BMI.
Track B2 © 1978 Logo Songs Ltd.
All rights for the U.S. and Canada administered by The Hudson Bay Music Company BMI.
Track B3 © 1982 MCA Music, a division of MCA, Inc/Music Corporation of America, Inc, New York, New York.

Made in EEC.

℗ 1983 David Bowie under license to EMI America Records © David Bowie

Pressed in Germany by EMI Electrola GmbH, Köln.
Printed in Germany by 4P NICOLAUS GmbH, Köln.

Includes printed and pictured inner sleeve with lyrics and credits.

First cat#: spine, label and cover.
Second catalog#: vinyl runout and inner sleeve.

Runouts are stamped. Possible trailing numbers are etched.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society (Boxed): GEMA
  • Rights Society: STEMRA
  • Rights Society: ASCAP
  • Rights Society: BMI
  • Label Code: LC 5717
  • Other (Embossed logo stamp on back cover): EMI
  • Matrix / Runout (Label side A): 1C 064-400 165 A
  • Matrix / Runout (Label side B): 1C 064-400 165 B
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): 400165-A2
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): 400165-B1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): 400165-A1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): 400165-B1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 3): 400165-A1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 3): 400165-B2
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 4): 400165-A2
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 4): 400165-B2
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 5): 400165-A2 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 5): 400165-B1 2
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 6): 400165-A1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 6): 400165-B1 2
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 7): 400165-A1 2
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 7): 400165-B1 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 8): 400165-A1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 8): 400165-B1 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 9): 400165-A1 2
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 9): 400165-B1 2
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 10): 400165-A1 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 10): 400165-B1 2
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 11): 400165-A1 2.
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 11): 400165-B1 3.
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 12): 400165-A1 8
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 12): 400165-B1 2
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 13): 400165-A2 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 13): 400165-B2 3

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Let's Dance (LP, Album, Winchester Pressing)EMI AmericaSO-17093US1983
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Let's Dance (LP, Album)EMI America, EMI AmericaST.17093, ST-17093Australia1983
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Let's Dance (Cassette, Album, Stereo)EMI America, EMI America2C 266-40 0165, 2C 266 400165France1983
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Let's Dance = Bailemos (LP, Album)EMI America, EMI America10C 072 400.165, 10C-072 400165Spain1983
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Let's Dance (LP, Album, Stereo)EMI America, EMI America2C 070-400165, 2C 070-400.165France1983

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Reviews

  • MrDayInTheUk's avatar
    MrDayInTheUk
    Sounds great. Shame about the songs, or lack of.
    Back in the day, when this album was released, I vividly remember my heart sinking as I dropped the needle onto the groove and Modern Love blasted out, in all of its unsubtle racket. The title track, i.e the single, had left me cold, and I preferred Iggy’s China Girl, so straight away Side One was done and dusted as far as I was concerned.
    Then we had the horrible remake of Cat People on Side Two, a fairly mediocre cover of an old Metro song, Ricochet, which at least tried to be different, and the horribly inconsequential Shake It finishing the album off.
    I had waited nearly 3 years for this. My ears were still getting excited by Low, “Heroes” etc etc so this felt like an aural bucket of cold water tipped over the head. And just to add insult to injury you were bashed around the head by the bucket at the same time.
    Even the artwork and typography looked naff. I think part of me hoped that this would be a one-off and with the next album DB would be back with his usual pioneering, exciting output.
    How wrong I was :(
    • Hinkebein's avatar
      Hinkebein
      All in all a very good sounding vinyl record from 83 dynamic, punchy and clear. Pressed in Germany. Self-produced by Bowie and the outstanding guitar of Stevie Ray Vaughan.
      • jimke72's avatar
        jimke72
        Runout of my version with same specs (made in EEC, printed in Netherlands) 400165-A3 & -B3

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