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Scary Monsters [Enhanced] [Original recording reissued]

~ David Bowie
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
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  • Audio CD (20 Sep 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Enhanced, Original recording reissued
  • Label: EMI
  • ASIN: B00001OH7Y
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,360 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Listen  1. It's No Game (Part 1) (1999 Digital Remaster) 4:20£0.69
Listen  2. Up The Hill Backwards (1999 Digital Remaster) 3:15£0.69
Listen  3. Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (1999 Digital Remaster) 5:12£0.69
Listen  4. Ashes To Ashes (1999 Digital Remaster) 4:25£0.69
Listen  5. Fashion (1999 Digital Remaster) 4:49£0.69
Listen  6. Teenage Wildlife (1999 Digital Remaster) 6:56£0.69
Listen  7. Scream Like A Baby (1999 Digital Remaster) 3:35£0.69
Listen  8. Kingdom Come (1999 Digital Remaster) 3:45£0.69
Listen  9. Because You're Young (1999 Digital Remaster) 4:53£0.69
Listen10. It's No Game (Part 2) (1999 Digital Remaster) 4:24£0.69

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The last of David Bowie's long run of classic albums is best remembered for its superb electropop-ish hit singles "Ashes To Ashes" and "Fashion". But while these may be representative of the record's quality, they're very different in sound to the rest of the album. Scary Monsters is fiercely and unforgivingly a rock album, reflecting strongly the influences of both British and American post-punk artists, particularly Television's Tom Verlaine, one of whose songs, "Kingdom Come", appears here. The uncompromising Robert Fripp plays a significant role, which he accurately described as "spraying burning guitar all over" the songs. Scary Monsters is Bowie's most abrasive and ferocious piece of work, and its power to needle and astonish has remained undimmed over the years. --David Bennun


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Fresh off his Berlin trilogy (LOW, HEROES, LODGER), David Bowie released SCARY MONSTERS, an album that continued the cool, detached, electronic-flavoured sound he'd been experimenting with on the aforementioned records. Robert Fripp's distinctively angular guitar style contributes greatly to the resulting Kraftwerk-flavoured funk of "Fashion" and the jittery paranoia of the title track. Elsewhere, Bowie updates the saga of Major Tom with "Ashes to Ashes" and turns to Tom Verlaine for the new wave nihilism of "Kingdom Come" which alsofeatures Fripp on guitar.
Robert Fripp was far from the only great guest invited to play on SCARY MONSTERS. Pete Townshend's swirling guitar on "Because You're Young" made it an underrated classic in Bowie's canon. SCARY MONSTERS provedto be David Bowie's last musical effort for a while as he spent the next three years pursuing a career in acting beforereturning to the studio in 1983 to record LET'S DANCE.

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Quite simply, rock's finest moment!, 17 Aug 2005
By Richard Gjerde "Karamasov" (Oslo Norway) - See all my reviews
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It must be very hard being David Bowie and all the time being compared to your brilliant past. In the period 1971-1980 no other artist could even come close to his inventiveness and importance. His output during these years is arguably more diverse and influential than even that of the Beatles. I "discovered" Bowie through Scary Monsters when I was 16 and I can say that no other piece of art (whether it is Bachs "Goldberg Variations", Dostoevsky's great novels, David Lynch's movies, or anything else) has made such a profound impression on me.

The album is a perfect blend of the avant-garde of "Low" and "'Heroes'", the funk of "StationToStation", and the rock of "Diamond Dogs". The opening "It's No Game" is a shock; the Japanese lyrics spit out "samurai-style" by a Japanese woman, Bowie's shrieking over-the-top vocals (listen to the way he sings "There's no free steps to heeeeaaaaveeeen" after approximately one minute, it is the most desperate cry I have ever heard), Robert Fripps extreme guitar, and Dennis Davis violent drumming makes for an unforgettable experience. A well-known Norwegian author likened the impression one gets from the one of seeing Edvard Munch's "The Scream", which is a very good analogy; bold, seemingly simple strokes conveying desperation and anxiety. There are several other songs of the same quality: the sublime (and well-known) "Ashes to Ashes" (a continuation of "Space Oddity"), the extremely funky "Fashion", the uncompromising rock'n roll of the song "Scary Monsters", and the anthemic "Teenage Wildlife" (reminiscent of "'Heroes'", but in my view even better). Even the weaker tracks would be outstanding on 99% of other rock albums. Finally, the lyrics are great and for once feel very personal. To make a long story short, this album has no weak spots whatsoever.

Unfortunately, after hitting this peak, the rest of the 80's went artistically (if not commercially) downhill for Bowie. During the whole of the last 15 years he has been struggling to regain is integrity and has produced a lot of high quality material (check out "Black Tie White Noise" (1993), "Outside" (1995), "Earthling" (1997), or "Heathen" (2002)). Unfortunately, a lot of people won't give these albums a listen because they either (old fans) thinks he is "passed it" or (younger people) assumes he is another boring old fart like for example Elton John or Rolling Stones.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars My favourite Bowie album, 23 Jan 2008
By M. Evans - See all my reviews
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Don't like to say best, as that's a matter of opinion, but this is the Bowie album I find I return to the most and rewards repeated listens. I think it captures a certain period in music history when punk/new wave was giving way to New Romantic/electronic better than any other album I can think of. Ashes To Ashes is my favourite ever Bowie song, a true gem, and Teengae Wildlife is another fave, one of his most underrated tracks. I think it's true that this was the last truly great Bowie album (he did some great stuff later but this is where he peaked), but I just find that this album encapsulates everything about Bowie's style and sound better than any other album. Wonderful.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Makes me wish i was born 20 years earlier, 23 May 2004
By Mr. Matthew C. Edwards "matt.edwards" (Leeds, UK) - See all my reviews
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Im only 16 an i've recently discovered the music of David Bowie so I bought the Best Of Bowie Compilation. On the Best of Bowie compilation i found 3 songs on it that i played over and over again, Ashes To Ashes, Scary Monsters & Fashion. So I bought the album Scary Monsters, were these three songs come from.
This album is a true classic and i'm really happy that i bought it. Its hardly been off since i bought it. But what can I say about the album that hasnt been sed in 1980. Well nothing. Im gonna judge this album as if it came out now. Actually i can't do that because its so 1980s so ignore what I just sed.
This album still is cutting edge now as it probaly was then. My favourite songs off the album are the title track, Scary Monsters, It's No Game(Both Parts) and Up the Hill Backwards, but I love all the songs of this album. Its also encouraged me to want to buy Diamond Dogs and Hunky Dory. So I will be buying them when i save up. My only complaint about this album is that it is too short. But because he was releasing new CDs nearly every year, I understand why its so short.
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5.0 out of 5 stars 'a battle cry for the brave new world'
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Published on 17 Mar 2006 by Raven

5.0 out of 5 stars Is this the last great album?..
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5.0 out of 5 stars Bowie's Best
Scary Monsters is unforgiveably a rock album, and it has to rate as one of David Bowie's greatest albums. I think so anyway. Read more
Published on 8 Nov 2004 by agemfilm2003

2.0 out of 5 stars Poor Show - NOT his best work, why do other people think so?
Being challenged by an artistic offering is often representative of a work that will later be dubbed "genius" or "groundbreakingly influential" - of David Bowie's "Low" this is... Read more
Published on 20 Oct 2004

4.0 out of 5 stars Bowie's finest moment
In a discography that includes some of rock's greatest albums, it's hard to choose one Bowie album that outshines all the rest. But for me Scary Monsters is that album. Read more
Published on 14 Jul 2004 by Bonpensiero

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