- new wave, pop rock, pop, dance-pop
- 40 min
- 8 tracks
- EMI America
Let's Dance is the fifteenth studio album by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie, released on 14 April 1983 through EMI America Records. Co-produced by Bowie and Nile Rodgers, the album was recorded in December 1982 at the Power Station in New York City. The sessions featured players from Rodgers' band Chic and the then-unknown Texas blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan on lead guitar. For the first time on an album, Bowie only sang and played no instruments.
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Spare, classical in form, warm and grave.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
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- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Smash Hits6½/10
- The Village VoiceB
- AllMusic3/5 ★
- Blender4/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune3/4 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 ★
- Pitchfork8.4/10
- Q3/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3.5/5 ★
- Spin Alternative Record Guide6/10
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Tracks
- A1Modern Love4:48
- A2China Girl5:33
- A3Let’s Dance7:37
- A4Without You3:10
- B1Ricochet5:14
- B2Criminal World4:25
- B3Cat People (Putting Out Fire)5:10
- B4Shake It3:52
8 tracks, 40 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- David Bowie
- Label
- EMI America
- Released
- 1983
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- ES
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