- rock, pop rock, sophisti-pop
- 36 min
- 9 tracks
- EMI America
Tonight is the sixteenth studio album by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie, released on 24 September 1984 through EMI America Records. The follow-up to his most commercially successful album Let's Dance, it was written and recorded in mid-1984 at Le Studio in Morin-Heights, Canada, following the conclusion of the Serious Moonlight Tour.
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Character
Spare, character-led, grave and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
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- Record Mirror3/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- Smash Hits5½/10
- The Village VoiceC
- AllMusic2/5 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music1/5 ★
- MusicHound Rock1/5 ★
- Pitchfork4.3/10
- (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide1/5 ★
- Spin Alternative Record Guide4/10
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Tracks
- A1Loving the Alien7:11
- A2Don’t Look Down4:12
- A3God Only Knows3:09
- A4Tonight3:47
- B1Neighborhood Threat3:13
- B2Blue Jean3:12
- B3Tumble and Twirl4:59
- B4I Keep Forgetting2:35
- B5Dancing With the Big Boys3:35
9 tracks, 36 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- David Bowie
- Label
- EMI America
- Released
- 1984
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- XE
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