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Heathen (album)

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Heathen
Heathen cover
Studio album by David Bowie
Released 11 June, 2002
Recorded Allaire Studios, Shokan, New York
Looking Glass Studios, New York City, New York
Genre Rock
Length 52:08
Label ISO
Producer(s) Tony Visconti, David Bowie
Professional reviews
David Bowie chronology
'hours...'
(1999) 		Heathen
(2002) 		Reality
(2003)


Heathen is an album by the British singer-songwriter David Bowie, released in 2002. It marked the return of producer Tony Visconti who co-produced with Bowie several of Bowie's classic albums. The last album he co-produced was Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) from 1980. Musically, Heathen is an interesting mix of nostalgia with the cutting edge. "Slip Away" is very similar in mood and style to classic Bowie songs like "Life on Mars?", while "Slow Burn" certainly is reminiscent of the songs ""Heroes"" and "Teenage Wildlife". On the other hand, "Sunday", "I Would Be Your Slave" and "Heathen (The Rays)" sound all very contemporary and fresh. It seems this mixture of old and new was a success as the album got both good reviews and sold over 2 million copies, including a 4 month run in the uk charts.

The working title for the album was Toy, first mentioned in 2000. This album was meant to feature some new songs and remakes of some his lesser-known songs from the 1960s. "Afraid" and "Slip Away" (then titled "Uncle Floyd") were two of the new songs intended for this album. Some of the remakes made it as B-side to the singles of Heathen.

The song "Cactus" is a cover of a Pixies song on their album, Surfer Rosa.

The song "Everyone Says 'Hi'" is featured in the PS2 rhythm game Amplitude.

The song "Sunday" was played live at the Heathen Tour and A Reality Tour concerts. A live version recorded at the The Point, Dublin, Ireland in November 2003 was included on the A Reality Tour DVD. A Moby remix is available on the bonus disc of the 2-CD version of Heathen, and a Tony Visconti remix was released on the European version of the single "Everyone Says 'Hi'" and the single "I've Been Waiting for You".

The album features guest appearances from Who guitarist Pete Townshend and former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl.

Heathen has also been released on a SACD in a limited number of copies with slightly longer versions of five of the songs.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Sunday" (Bowie) – 4:45
  2. "Cactus" (Black Francis) – 2:54
  3. "Slip Away" (Bowie) (A tribute to Uncle Floyd) – 6:05
  4. "Slow Burn" (Bowie) – 4:41
  5. "Afraid" (Bowie) – 3:28
  6. "I've Been Waiting for You" (Neil Young) – 3:00
  7. "I Would Be Your Slave" (Bowie) – 5:14
  8. "I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship" (Norman Carl Odom) – 4:04
  9. "5:15 The Angels Have Gone" (Bowie) – 5:00
  10. "Everyone Says 'Hi'" (Bowie) – 3:59
  11. "A Better Future" (Bowie) – 4:11
  12. "Heathen (The Rays)" (Bowie) – 4:16

The Japanese release had the song "Wood Jackson" as a bonus track.

[edit] Limited edition bonus disc

  1. "Sunday" (Moby Remix) – 5:09
  2. "A Better Future" (Remix by Air) – 4:56
  3. "Conversation Piece" (Written in 1969 - Recorded 1970 - Re-recorded 2000) – 3:51
  4. "Panic in Detroit" (Outtake from a 1979 Recording) – 2:57

[edit] Production credits

  • Musicians:
    • David Bowie: Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars, Sax, Stylophone, Backing Vocals, Drums
    • Tony Visconti: Bass, Guitars, Recorders, String Arrangements, Backing Vocals
    • Matt Chamberlain: Drums, Loop Programming, Percussion
    • David Torn: Guitars, Guitar Loops, Omnichord
    • The Scorchio Quartet
      • Greg Kitzis: 1st violin
      • Meg Okura: 2nd violin
      • Martha Mooke: Viola
      • Mary Wooten: Cello
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