NASHVILLE |DATE: APRIL 8, 2002
DAVID BOWIE REVEALS 'HEATHEN'
Hot on the heels of the news that his label, ISO Records, has inked a multi-album deal with Columbia, DAVID BOWIE has announced track details for his forthcoming album HEATHEN, due out June 11.
The new album reunites BOWIE with producer Tony Visconti for the first time in 20 years and features a couple of very special guests: WHO legend Pete Townshend and Foo Fighter Dave Grohl have both added guitar parts to the record.
Townshend, whom last appeared on a BOWIE record back in 1980 (on the Scary Monsters And Super Creeps album track "Because You're Young") contributes an incendiary lead guitar line to the track "Slow Burn," tipped to be the lead-off track from the album in the U.S.. BOWIE calls it "the most eccentric and aggressive guitar I've heard Pete play, quite unlike anything else he's done recently." "Slow Burn" also features a performance from The Borneo Horns, who accompanied BOWIE on the "Serious Moonlight" tour.
Other tracks expected to make HEATHEN include the sublime "I Would Be Your Slave," which BOWIE recently performed in New York at the Tibet House benefit show at Carnegie Hall; the uptempo "Afraid," which has become a fan favorite after an exclusive BOWIEnet (davidbowie.com) webcast last year; "Marching," "Wood Jackson" and "5:15 The Angels Have Gone."
The tracks for the album have all been mixed by Tony Visconti. Meanwhile, the ethereal album opener "Sunday" has been remixed by BOWIE buddy MOBY, while the French electronic duo AIR have supplied a remix of the album track "A Better Future." The release of these two remixes will be announced shortly.
HEATHEN is rounded out with the title track, the epic "Slip Away" and "Everyone Says Hi," a beautifully melodic tune with a classic Visconti string arrangement.
All songs were written and recorded during July and August of last year.
HEATHEN will be released on ISO Records via Columbia June 11. More details about the album, its packaging and BOWIE's live plans for the rest of the year will become available shortly.
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