- art rock, rock, post-punk, new wave
- 46 min
- 10 tracks
- EMI
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), also known simply as Scary Monsters, is the fourteenth studio album by the English musician David Bowie, released on 12 September 1980 through RCA Records. His first album following the Berlin Trilogy (Low, "Heroes" and Lodger), Scary Monsters was Bowie's attempt at creating a more commercial record after the trilogy proved successful artistically but less so commercially.
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Character-led, grave, contemporary and open-ended.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- resolvedopen-ended
- warmbleak
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- Christgau's Record GuideB+
- Record Mirror5/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Smash Hits9/10
- Sounds4.5/5 ★
- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Blender5/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune3.5/4 ★
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- Q5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4.5/5 ★
- Spin4/5 ★
- Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10
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Tracks
- 1It’s No Game (No. 1)4:20
- 2Up the Hill Backwards3:15
- 3Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)5:12
- 4Ashes to Ashes4:25
- 5Fashion4:49
- 6Teenage Wildlife6:56
- 7Scream Like a Baby3:35
- 8Kingdom Come3:45
- 9Because You’re Young4:54
- 10It’s No Game (No. 2)4:24
10 tracks, 46 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- David Bowie
- Label
- EMI
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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