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Tonight
Studio album by David Bowie
Released	September 1, 1984 (1984-09-01)
Recorded	1984 at Le Studio, Morin Heights, Quebec
Genre	Rock Pop Pop rock
Label	EMI America Records - DB 1
Producer	David Bowie, Derek Bramble and Hugh Padgham
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Robert Christgau (C) link Rolling Stone Album Guide [citation needed]
David Bowie chronology
Ziggy Stardust - The Motion Picture (1983) Tonight (1984) Never Let Me Down (1987)

Tonight is a 1984 album by David Bowie, featuring collaborations with Tina Turner and a cover of the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows". Critics slammed it as a lazy effort, dashed off by Bowie simply to recapture Let's Dance's chart success. Yet the album bore the Top 10 hit "Blue Jean" whose long-form video, a 22-minute short film directed by Julien Temple, reflected Bowie's long-standing interest in combining music with drama. It also featured the minor hit "Loving the Alien", a deep song about religious conflict and one of the few songs from Tonight to later return to Bowie's stage repertoire. The album also has a pair of dance version rewrites of "Neighbourhood Threat" and "Tonight", old songs Bowie wrote with Iggy Pop, both of which originally appeared on Lust for Life.

Track listing

LP: EMI / DB 1 (UK)

1. "Loving the Alien" (David Bowie) – 7:11
2. "Don't Look Down" (Iggy Pop, James Williamson) – 4:11
3. "God Only Knows" (Brian Wilson, Tony Asher) – 3:08
4. "Tonight" (Bowie, Pop) (performed by David Bowie and Tina Turner) – 3:46
5. "Neighborhood Threat" (Bowie, Pop) – 3:12
6. "Blue Jean" (Bowie) – 3:11
7. "Tumble and Twirl" (Bowie, Pop) – 5:00
8. "I Keep Forgettin'" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:34
9. "Dancing with the Big Boys" (Carlos Alomar, Bowie, Pop) (performed by David Bowie and Iggy Pop) – 3:34

Reissues

In 1995 Virgin Records rereleased the album on CD with three bonus tracks. EMI did the second rerelease in 1999 (featuring 24-bit digitally remastered sound and no bonus tracks).

CD: Virgin / CDVUS97 (UK)

10. "This Is Not America" (1985 single release) – 3:51
11. "As the World Falls Down" (from the Labyrinth soundtrack 1986) – 4:46
12. "Absolute Beginners" (from the Absolute Beginners soundtrack 1986) – 8:00

• 1995 reissue

Production credits

• Producers:
  • David Bowie
  • Derek Bramble
  • Hugh Padgham

• Musicians:
  • Carlos Alomar: Guitars
  • Derek Bramble: Bass guitar, Guitar, Synthesizer, Background Vocals
  • Carmine Rojas: Bass guitar
  • Mark King: Bass on Tumble and Twirl
  • Sammy Figueroa: Percussion
  • Omar Hakim: Drums
  • Guy St. Onge: Marimba
  • Robin Clark, George Simms, Curtis King: Vocals
  • David Bowie, Tina Turner: Vocals on Tonight
  • David Bowie, Iggy Pop: Vocals on Dancing With The Big Boys

• The Borneo Horns:
  • Stanley Harrison: Alto sax, Tenor sax
  • Steve Elson: Baritone sax
  • Lenny Pickett: Tenor sax, Clarinet
  • Arif Mardin: Arrangement of strings, Synthesizers

Charts

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