Tonight (album)

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Tonight
Tonight cover
Studio album by David Bowie
Released September 1, 1984 (1984-09-01)
Recorded 1984
Genre Rock, dance, pop
Length 36:01
Label EMI - DB 1
Producer David Bowie, Derek Bramble and Hugh Padgham
Professional reviews
David Bowie chronology
Ziggy Stardust - The Motion Picture
(1983)		 Tonight
(1984)		 Never Let Me Down
(1987)

Tonight is a 1984 album by David Bowie, featuring collaborations with Tina Turner and a cover of the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows". Critics slammed it as a lazy effort, dashed off by Bowie simply to recapture Let's Dance's chart success. Yet the album bore the Top 10 hit "Blue Jean" whose long-form video, a 22-minute short film directed by Julien Temple, reflected Bowie's long-standing interest in combining music with drama. It also featured the minor hit "Loving the Alien", a deep song about religious conflict and one of the few songs from Tonight to later return to Bowie's stage repertoire. The album also has a pair of dance version rewrites of "Neighbourhood Threat" and "Tonight", old songs Bowie wrote with Iggy Pop, both of which originally appeared on Lust for Life, possibly to recreate the success of his earlier rewrite, "China Girl".

Contents

  1. "Loving the Alien" (David Bowie) – 7:11
  2. "Don't Look Down" (Iggy Pop, James Williamson) – 4:08
  3. "God Only Knows" (Tony Asher, Brian Wilson) – 3:06
  4. "Tonight" (Bowie, Pop) (performed by David Bowie and Tina Turner) – 3:50
  5. "Neighborhood Threat" (Bowie, Pop) – 3:12
  6. "Blue Jean" (Bowie) – 3:08
  7. "Tumble and Twirl" (Bowie, Pop) – 5:00
  8. "I Keep Forgettin'" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:34
  9. "Dancing With the Big Boys" (Carlos Alomar, Bowie, Pop) (performed by David Bowie and Iggy Pop) – 3:52

In 1995 Virgin Records rereleased the album on CD with three bonus tracks. EMI did the second rerelease in 1999 (featuring 24-bit digitally remastered sound and no bonus tracks).

  1. "This Is Not America" (1985 single release) – 3:51
  2. "As the World Falls Down" (from the Labyrinth soundtrack 1986) – 4:46
  3. "Absolute Beginners" (from the Absolute Beginners soundtrack 1986) – 8:00
  • 1995 reissue

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David Bowie
Studio albums David Bowie • Space Oddity • The Man Who Sold the World • Hunky Dory • The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars • Aladdin Sane • Pin Ups • Diamond Dogs • Young Americans • Station to Station • Low • "Heroes" • Lodger • Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) • Let's Dance • Tonight • Never Let Me Down • Black Tie White Noise • Outside • Earthling • 'hours...' • Heathen • Reality
With Tin Machine Tin Machine • Tin Machine II
Live albums David Live • Stage • Ziggy Stardust – The Motion Picture • Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby • Santa Monica '72 • LiveAndWell.com • Bowie at the Beeb
Soundtracks Christiane F. • Labyrinth • The Buddha of Suburbia
Compilations ChangesOneBowie • ChangesTwoBowie • The Best of Bowie • Rare • Sound + Vision • Changesbowie • The Singles Collection • The Best of 1969/1974 • The Best of 1974/1979 • All Saints • Best of Bowie • The Platinum Collection • The Best of 1980/1987
Concert videos Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars • Serious Moonlight • Glass Spider • A Reality Tour
Promotional films and compilations Love You Till Tuesday • Bowie – The Video Collection • Black Tie White Noise • Best of Bowie
Related articles Discography • Videography • Filmography • Tony Visconti • Brian Eno • Mick Ronson • Mick Woodmansey • Trevor Bolder • Iggy Pop • Mike Garson • Reeves Gabrels
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