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David BowieScary Monsters

Label:RCA Victor – AQL1-3647
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:Canada
Released:
Genre:Rock
Style:Pop Rock, New Wave, Post-Punk, Art Rock, Classic Rock

Tracklist

A1It's No Game (Part 1)
GuitarRobert Fripp
Translated By [Japanese]Hisahi Miura
VoiceMichi Hirota
4:16
A2Up The Hill Backwards
Acoustic GuitarTony Visconti
GuitarRobert Fripp
PianoRoy Bittan
3:14
A3Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Acoustic GuitarTony Visconti
GuitarRobert Fripp
5:10
A4Ashes To Ashes
GuitarChuck Hammer
PianoRoy Bittan
SynthesizerAndy Clark
4:21
A5Fashion
GuitarRobert Fripp
SynthesizerAndy Clark
4:45
B1Teenage Wildlife
PianoRoy Bittan
6:53
B2Scream Like A Baby
SynthesizerAndy Clark
3:33
B3Kingdom Come
GuitarRobert Fripp
Music By, Lyrics ByTom Verlaine
3:42
B4Because You're Young
GuitarPete Townshend
SynthesizerAndy Clark
4:57
B5It's No Game (Part 2)
GuitarRobert Fripp
4:20
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Notes

Released with inner lyric sleeve
This version with matte sleeve finishing and price code indication on the back: DG

Runouts: etched

Roy Bittan appears courtesy of The E-Street Band
Robert Fripp appears courtesy of E.G. Records Ltd.
Pete Townshend appears courtesy of Atlantic Records

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Price Code (Top right corner back jacket): DG
  • Rights Society: BMI
  • Rights Society (Track B3): ASCAP
  • Other (Spine): [Ever Reddy logo}
  • Matrix / Runout (Label side A): AQL1-3647-A
  • Matrix / Runout (Label side B): AQL1-3647-B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): AQL1-3647-A-x TX
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): AQL1-3647-B-³② X
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): AQL1-3647-A- TX
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): AQL1-3647-B-³ X
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): AQL1-3647-A-x TX
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): AQL1-3647-B-³ X
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 4): AQL1-3647-A- TX
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 4): AQL1-3647-B- TX
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 5): AQL1-3647-A- TX
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 5): AQL1-3647-B-³② X

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Title (Format)LabelCat#CountryYear
Scary Monsters (LP, Album)RCARCA PL 13647Denmark1980
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Scary Monsters (LP, Album)RCA VictorAPL1-3647New Zealand1980
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Scary Monsters (LP, Album, Stereo)RCA, RCABOW LP 2, PL 13647UK1980
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Scary Monsters (LP, Album)RCA, RCA, RCARCA PL 13647, PL 13647, BOW LP2Belgium1980
Scary Monsters (LP, Album, Stereo, Orange Labels)RCA, RCA VictorPL 13647Germany1980

Reviews

  • DavidRBarnes's avatar
    DavidRBarnes
    It ranks among his best albums, but isn’t one I can completely warm to. It has some fantastic moments - the three hit singles Scary Monsters, Fashion, Ashes To Ashes - but there is also a fair bit of filler. Sound-wise it is very solid, packing a lot of punch.
    • Adam_A's avatar
      Adam_A
      It's got a couple of hits ("Ashes to Ashes" and "Fashion") and the title track is rather strong too. It starts off loud and on the right track with "It's No Game", a good hint of what Bowie will sound like leaving the 1970s and entering the '80s. "Up The Hill Backwards" is its weakest point. The rest of it I find is filler, but it's good Bowie filler- strange and demented enough to be enjoyed over repeat listens, even if none of it is particularly catchy.
      • erik7778910's avatar
        erik7778910
        On "It's No Game (Part 1), the line ".. it breaks into pieces" only has the part "it breaks...". The vocals are cut off for some reason, the instrumental is still there which is strange.

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